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Music Supervisors Guild Rewards ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’
The Music Supervisors Guild have handed out their awards, ending off a very successful weekend for the films Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Promising Young Woman, both of which also had strong showings at the BAFTAs over the past two days. Other winners in the film categories were Soul and The Cuban. The television categories topped off amusingly with a three-way […] More
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Art Directors Guild Winners Announced!
The 25th annual Art Directors Guild Awards were held this evening, and several big players of the awards season walked away with major prizes, with David Fincher’s Mank and Pete Docter’s Soul among them. Also rewarded were television sensations The Mandalorian and The Queen’s Gambit. The ADG gave out lifetime achievement awards to Stuart Wurtzel, […] More
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in Op-ed
Before the Gold: Best Original Score
This month, we’re taking a look at this year’s Oscar nominees and digging into their past work to find hidden gems that you may have overlooked. This year’s Best Original Score nominees span decades of experience and include seasoned pros, newcomers, and Nine Inch Nails members alike. Here’s a showcase of the musical geniuses who’ve […] More
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Producers Guild Awards ‘Nomadland’ With Its Top Prize
Folks, the Oscar for Best Picture appears to be wrapped up. Why do I say that? Well, moments ago, Nomadland won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. That prize, the most prestigious one given out by the Producers Guild of America, makes Chloé Zhao‘s film easily the odds on […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of March 22nd – Catch Up With Oscar Nominees ‘News of the World’ and ‘Soul’
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have two Academy Award nominees hitting shelves. They are News of the World and Soul, both of which are nominated in multiple Oscar categories. So, there’s quality here, no doubt about it. Read on for more… Joey’s Top Pick Soul Pixar’s latest ambitious effort is among their most […] More
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Interview: Music Editor Sally Boldt & Production Mixer Justin Pearson On How They Made Everything Sound Stunning in ‘Soul’
A few months ago, Pixar released its latest work of art in the animated effort Soul. Recently, I had the honor to chat with two of the brilliant artists who worked on it in Sally Boldt and Justin Pearson. They go deep into the process of what it took to make this thing sound as […] More
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Annie Award Nominations Led By ‘Soul’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’
The Annie Awards have announced their nominations honoring the finest achievements in animation for the year in film, television, and more, and a familiar battle is taking place at the top. For this entire awards season, the race for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature has clearly been between Disney/Pixar’s Soul and Apple’s Wolfwalkers. If you thought that […] More
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Film Review: ‘Soul’ Once Again Gets to the Heart of the Matter for Pixar
With every Pixar release, the animation giant contends with whether or not they’ve made another classic. On the one hand, that’s pretty unfair, considering the heights achieved over the years. On the other hand, however, it’s an amazing feather in their cap, to have expectations on that level. Tomorrow, Pixar puts out Soul, one of […] More
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Disney to Focus More on Streaming in a Major Corporate Reshuffling
In another sign that Hollywood is really nervous about how long it will take audiences to feel comfortable going back to theaters, The Walt Disney Company announced a broad structural reorganization of its entertainment arm, placing a renewed emphasis on the company’s streaming services, such as Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. Disney will be consolidating its […] More
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Theaters Lose Their ‘Soul’ as the Pixar Film Goes to Disney+
Disney has been hit hard during the pandemic. 2019 was the biggest year ever for the multi-platformed studio, and 2020 took nearly all the wind out of their kingdom’s sails, especially theatrical releases and parks. But there is one branch of the Disney empire that could be their saving grace. By pure luck of timing, […] More
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in Op-ed
Pixar: Making Adults Cry Since 1986
Since Pixar debuted into the hearts and souls of cinema goers, it hasn’t failed to create ingenious shorts and stunning features over its 34-year existence. From the bugs of A Bug’s Life, the monsters of Monsters, Inc., as well as the fish of Finding Nemo, all the way to the cars of the Cars trilogy, […] More
