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2015 Academy Awards Nominations The wait is over. Early this morning,Chris Pine,J.J. Abrams,Alfonso Cuarón, and Academy presidentCheryl Boone Isaacsgathered to announce the nominees for the 87th Oscars. Get the full list of 2015 Academy Awards nominations after the jump. BirdmanandThe Grand Budapest Hotelled the nominations with 9 each, followed closely byThe Theory of Everythingwith 8.American Sniperdid better than expected with 7 nominations (including Best Actor and Best Picture). On the flip side,The Lego Moviesomehow failed to grab a Best Animated Feature Film nod, andNightcrawlersecured only a single nomination for Best Original Screenplay....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Invitation’ Smothers You In Paranoia And A Looming Sense Dread Welcome to31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry:The Invitation(2015). Now Streaming on Netflix Sub-Genre:Simmering mystery-thriller that makes you more and more uneasy with each passing momentBest Setting to Watch It In:With a group of estranged friends during a dinner party, all while suffocating under repressed emotionsHow Scary Is It?...

A New Degrassi Series Is In The Works At HBO Max Class is back in session at your favorite school for edgy teens! Wait no, I’m not talking about “Euphoria” High — think back to the golden era of teen angst when TV seasons were 40 episodes long and high schoolers doing drugs was considered controversial. That’s right, “Degrassi” is back and it’sheading to HBO Max, the official home of all things chaotic-teen related....

Alexander Skarsgard And Paul Rudd Go ‘Mute’ For Duncan Jones DirectorDuncan Joneshas been talking about this science fiction film noir dream projectMutefor years. Like so many passion projects, it always seemed to be just out of reach for theMoonandSource Codefilmmaker, who has spent the past few years bringingWarcraftto life. With his big-budget fantasy epic nearing the homestretch, Jones can actually makeMutehappeninstead of just wistfully talking about it to anyone who will listen....

Amazon Fire TV Live Adds Virtual Pay TV Options From Sling, YouTube, Hulu Amazon Fire TVjust got a big upgrade for all the cord-cutters out there. One of the cons of giving up cable in favor of streaming platforms is that you miss out on live TV. But Amazon’s Fire TV platform is expanding to give its customers an old taste of live television again, with several key new services: YouTube TV, Sling TV, and Hulu’s live TV offering....

Cameron Crowe’s Tropical Romantic Comedy Details Revealed Back in June,we told youaboutCameron Crowe’s next movie, an untitled romantic adventure comedy starringReese WitherspoonandBen Stiller. Not much was publicly known about the project back then, so I thought we’d do an update. Ben Stiller stars as a 37-year-old disgraced US weapons consultant named Brian Gilcrest, who is disliked by most everyone. His only friend is a techie named Jeremy “a super-smart and highly aware computer”....

Cry Macho Review: Clint Eastwood Rides Again In This Old-Fashioned Cowboy Drama It’s been nearly 30 years since “Unforgiven,” which remains Clint Eastwood’s directorial masterpiece, and each year is apparent on Eastwood’s craggy face in his latest effort, “Cry Macho.” In some respects, “Cry Macho” is as reminiscent of that seminal Western as it is another Eastwood hit, “Gran Torino.” In that 2008 drama, Eastwood was paired with a young actor, balancing his taciturn elder-statesman status with someone from an entirely different generation....

George Lucas' ‘Star Wars’ Sequel Trilogy Would Have Brought Back Darth Maul, Leaned Heavily On Princess Leia We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Before the newStar Warstrilogy came around, the prequels were the most divisive installments of the sci-fi saga. While olderStar Warsfans love the original trilogy more, those who grew up withThe Phantom Menace,Attack of the ClonesandRevenge of the Sithhold the movies in high esteem. So there’s plenty of interest in learning anything and everything about the making of those films with the benefit of hindsight....

Imogen Poots Cast In Shakespeare Spin-Off Cordelia And Hideo Nakata’s Chatroom There’s been a pair of stories in Screen Daily that tell us of two different films to have just castImogen Pootsin lead roles. There’sChatroom, an internet inspired thriller fromHideo Nakata, director of theRingfilms, and there’s alsoCordelia, a spin-off from Shakespeare’sKing Learthat revolves around the life of Lear’s daughter after her exile to France. Chatroom’s origins are also theatrical, in fact, having been adapted byEnda Walshfrom his stage play of the same name....

Is Blu-Ray An Inferior Format To DVD? We all know that Blu-Rays are loaded with better audio/video quality and superior special features when compared to DVD. But is the experience of watching them actually more enjoyable? Peter mentioned this piece inyesterday’s Page 2, but I thought it was worth revisiting. Khoi Vinh, who used to be the Design Director atThe New York Times, has written upa provocative poston the topic. Vinh complains about a number of issues relating to Blu-Ray players, including firmware updates and speed:...

Jason Lee Picks Up His First Directing Gig, While New Moon’s Chris Weitz Might Stop Directing Altogether Chris Weitz’s sure-to-be-a-blockbusterNew Moonis about to hit theaters, but according to a recent conversation he had withMovieMaker(viaIn Contention), he might soon be ready to hang up his spurs. Meanwhile, we also learned that actor Jason Lee is finally stepping behind the camera to direct his first feature-length film. Hit the jump to find out more details on both....

Leslye Headland’s Female-Led ‘Star Wars’ Series Will Be A Martial Arts Thriller Back in April, it was reported thatLeslye Headland, the filmmaker behind movies likeBacheloretteandSleeping With Other Peopleand one of the brains behind Netflix’s mind-bending seriesRussian Doll, was set to write and act as showrunner on a female-centricStar Warsseries for Disney+. What could that show look like? Will it feature familiar or entirely new characters? Details are scarce for now, but a new report suggests that the female-led Leslye HeadlandStar Warsseries will at least feature a lot of martial arts....

Listening To Kenny G Trailer: This HBO Documentary Wants You To Practice Safe Sax Love him or hate him, everyone knows Kenny G. The curly-haired sax-man is somehow both reviled while also being one of the best-selling artists of all time. The HBO documentary “Listening to Kenny G” promises to offer a “humorous but incisive look” at Kenny G and his career, with Kenny G himself front and center as he talks about doing what he loves: playing that ‘phone, daddy-o!...