oscars
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No Justice at the Oscars, Just Justice League Memes
The Oscars has long been struggling for relevance for a number of reasons, and this year their floundering seemed more like a cry for help than an actual attempt at importance. Amid a confusing year for cinema, the Academy decided that the best way to get people to tune into the broadcast was to conduct…
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Superhero Movies Aren’t Oscar Worthy Yet, But They Can Be
The 2022 Oscars are this weekend, and it’s shaping up to be one of the messiest versions of the annual film awards show for a variety of reasons. Before its controversial category omissions and foolish decision to bring back the “most popular film” category (but this time stupidly dictated by Twitter), one of the most…
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Report: Oscars Twitter Award Is Already Going as Well As You’d Expect
Never underestimate the scope of fandom. That’s a lesson the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is currently learning, if we’re to believe a report from Deadline last week. The trade said that while most assumed a popular comic book movie like Spider-Man: No Way Home or Zack Snyder’s Justice League, both of which…
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Dune’s Sci-Fi Sounds Star in This Epic Deep Dive Video
Of all the people working on a film, the sound team is maybe the most invisible. If they do their job right, everything you hear is perfectly acceptable and natural. You rarely think about the work that goes into layering in dialogue, footsteps, movement, or creating sounds for things that don’t exist. It all just…