http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Wed, 23 May 2012 22:55:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-list-of-2013-best-actress-oscar-contenders/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-list-of-2013-best-actress-oscar-contenders/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:58:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59094 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-list-of-2013-best-actress-oscar-contenders/feed/ 35 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hope-springs-pictures-meryl-streep/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hope-springs-pictures-meryl-streep/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:31:25 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58933 Hope Springs, due in theaters this August.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hope-springs-pictures-meryl-streep/feed/ 16 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-list-of-2013-best-actor-oscar-contenders-day-lewis-murray-jackman-and-more/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-list-of-2013-best-actor-oscar-contenders-day-lewis-murray-jackman-and-more/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:15:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57782 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-list-of-2013-best-actor-oscar-contenders-day-lewis-murray-jackman-and-more/feed/ 69 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hunger-games-for-best-picture-lawrence-for-best-actress-nope/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hunger-games-for-best-picture-lawrence-for-best-actress-nope/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:25:05 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57535 The Hunger Games a shot at Best Picture and thinking Jennifer Lawrence may have a shot at Best Actress. I like the film, but I just don't see this happening.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hunger-games-for-best-picture-lawrence-for-best-actress-nope/feed/ 37 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/for-your-consideration-list-of-25-potential-2013-best-picture-oscar-contenders/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/for-your-consideration-list-of-25-potential-2013-best-picture-oscar-contenders/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:16:12 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56172 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/for-your-consideration-list-of-25-potential-2013-best-picture-oscar-contenders/feed/ 110 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-moments-from-the-2012-oscars/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-moments-from-the-2012-oscars/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:16:55 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55789 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-moments-from-the-2012-oscars/feed/ 28 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-winners-the-artist-is-named-oscars-best-picture/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-winners-the-artist-is-named-oscars-best-picture/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:57:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55751 The Arist took home Best Picture at the Oscars and ended up tying with Martin Scorsese's Hugo as both won five awards at the 2012 Oscars. The Iron Lady was the only other multiple award winner as I offer up the complete list of Oscar winners and my final say on the night overall.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-winners-the-artist-is-named-oscars-best-picture/feed/ 42 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscars-live-blog-schedule-nominees-presenters/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscars-live-blog-schedule-nominees-presenters/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:48:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55686 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscars-live-blog-schedule-nominees-presenters/feed/ 36 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-independent-spirit-award-winners-the-artist-wins-four/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-independent-spirit-award-winners-the-artist-wins-four/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:42:24 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55703 The Artist won four Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature, Director, Actor and Cinematography as it makes its way to tomorrow night's Oscars as the clear front-runner... as if there was reason to doubt.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-independent-spirit-award-winners-the-artist-wins-four/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sacha-baron-cohen-banned-oscars-response/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sacha-baron-cohen-banned-oscars-response/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:42:34 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55637 The Dictator. He has now issued a response...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sacha-baron-cohen-banned-oscars-response/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-surprise-winners-id-like-to-see-at-the-2012-oscars/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-surprise-winners-id-like-to-see-at-the-2012-oscars/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:47:21 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55574 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-surprise-winners-id-like-to-see-at-the-2012-oscars/feed/ 37 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/complete-list-of-2012-oscar-presenters-and-performers/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/complete-list-of-2012-oscar-presenters-and-performers/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:16:41 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55522 Bridesmaids, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis have already been announced.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/complete-list-of-2012-oscar-presenters-and-performers/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-2012-oscar-predictions/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-2012-oscar-predictions/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:19:28 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55502 The Artist will be the night's big winner with five Oscars including Best Picture followed by Hugo with four. Check out my picks, place your votes and share your thoughts!]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-2012-oscar-predictions/feed/ 33 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-costume-designers-make-it-easier-to-vote-against-hugo-and-the-artist/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-costume-designers-make-it-easier-to-vote-against-hugo-and-the-artist/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:46:36 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55482 Hugo or The Artist on the top line.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-costume-designers-make-it-easier-to-vote-against-hugo-and-the-artist/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-academy-debuts-oscar-etiquette-with-kevin-kline-and-mike-myers/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-academy-debuts-oscar-etiquette-with-kevin-kline-and-mike-myers/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:21:58 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55461 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-academy-debuts-oscar-etiquette-with-kevin-kline-and-mike-myers/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-a-look-at-the-live-action-shorts/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-a-look-at-the-live-action-shorts/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:46:28 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55409 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-a-look-at-the-live-action-shorts/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-voters-are-94-white-and-77-are-males-with-a-median-age-of-62/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-voters-are-94-white-and-77-are-males-with-a-median-age-of-62/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:53:09 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55380 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-voters-are-94-white-and-77-are-males-with-a-median-age-of-62/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-descendants-and-woody-allens-midnight-in-paris-take-wga-awards/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-descendants-and-woody-allens-midnight-in-paris-take-wga-awards/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:30:15 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55367 The Descendants and Midnight in Paris took home awards last night from the Writers Guild of America and both appear to be the Oscar front-runners in their respective categories.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-descendants-and-woody-allens-midnight-in-paris-take-wga-awards/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-descendants-wins-the-usc-scripters-award-and-ace-editing-with-the-artist-and-rango/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-descendants-wins-the-usc-scripters-award-and-ace-editing-with-the-artist-and-rango/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:27:37 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55346 The Descendants came out on top in both along with wins for The Artist, Hugo and Rango.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-descendants-wins-the-usc-scripters-award-and-ace-editing-with-the-artist-and-rango/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cirque-du-soleil-to-perform-at-the-2012-oscars/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cirque-du-soleil-to-perform-at-the-2012-oscars/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:08:48 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54615 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cirque-du-soleil-to-perform-at-the-2012-oscars/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-the-visual-effects-of-rango-in-new-ilm-sizzle-reel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-the-visual-effects-of-rango-in-new-ilm-sizzle-reel/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:29:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54559 Rango.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/explore-the-visual-effects-of-rango-in-new-ilm-sizzle-reel/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-things-the-oscars-could-learn-from-the-grammys/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-things-the-oscars-could-learn-from-the-grammys/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:01 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54548 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-things-the-oscars-could-learn-from-the-grammys/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-year-oscar-reunion-revisiting-and-revoting-for-the-2002-oscars/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-year-oscar-reunion-revisiting-and-revoting-for-the-2002-oscars/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:24:53 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54523 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-year-oscar-reunion-revisiting-and-revoting-for-the-2002-oscars/feed/ 52 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/american-society-of-cinematographers-award-the-tree-of-life-best-cinematography-of-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/american-society-of-cinematographers-award-the-tree-of-life-best-cinematography-of-2011/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:42:23 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54295 The Tree of Life it would appear we may be looking at 11 for 26 next year.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/american-society-of-cinematographers-award-the-tree-of-life-best-cinematography-of-2011/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-bafta-winners-the-artist/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-bafta-winners-the-artist/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:18:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54286 The Artist has won yet again, this time cleaning house at the 2012 BAFTA Film Awards winning seven total awards including Best Film, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay. Click through for the full list of winners and to realize how the Best Actress race will hold all the drama at the Oscars.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-bafta-winners-the-artist/feed/ 16 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-visual-effects-society-awards-paramount-and-rango-clean-up/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-visual-effects-society-awards-paramount-and-rango-clean-up/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:37 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54133 Rango serving as the night's biggest winner, winning in for all four of its nominations.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-visual-effects-society-awards-paramount-and-rango-clean-up/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-trailer-for-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-and-featurette-for-hugo/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-trailer-for-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-and-featurette-for-hugo/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:38:41 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54104 Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Hugo.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-trailer-for-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-and-featurette-for-hugo/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-the-close-races-for-best-actor-and-actress/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-the-close-races-for-best-actor-and-actress/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:25:14 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54048 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-the-close-races-for-best-actor-and-actress/feed/ 40 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-art-directors-guild-honors-hugo-potter-and-dragon-tattoo/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-art-directors-guild-honors-hugo-potter-and-dragon-tattoo/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:25:40 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54030 Hugo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo giving me all I need to know to name Hugo the Oscar front-runner.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-art-directors-guild-honors-hugo-potter-and-dragon-tattoo/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-the-trailer-for-the-oscar-nominated-documentary-undefeated/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-the-trailer-for-the-oscar-nominated-documentary-undefeated/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:14:58 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53961 Undefeated to share with you, the best documentary I saw in 2011.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-the-trailer-for-the-oscar-nominated-documentary-undefeated/feed/ 2