http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Sat, 26 May 2012 01:15:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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/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/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/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/2012-eddie-nominees-american-cinema-editors/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-eddie-nominees-american-cinema-editors/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:10:57 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53004 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo continues to gain Oscar momentum following David Fincher's nomination from the Directors Guild as it now has received a nomination from the American Cinema Editors (ACE). Fellow rising contender Bridesmaids was also among the lucky 13 nominees.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-eddie-nominees-american-cinema-editors/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-animated-feature-update-rango-takes-lead-smurfs-disqualified/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-animated-feature-update-rango-takes-lead-smurfs-disqualified/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:57:37 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51973 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-animated-feature-update-rango-takes-lead-smurfs-disqualified/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kung-fu-panda-2-leads-2011-annie-award-nominations/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kung-fu-panda-2-leads-2011-annie-award-nominations/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:30:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51062 Kung Fu Panda 2 takes the lead with 12 noms, followed by Rango and Puss in Boots with nine nominations each.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kung-fu-panda-2-leads-2011-annie-award-nominations/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watched-watched-installment-122/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watched-watched-installment-122/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:49:51 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51038 Five Easy Pieces after seeing Young Adult and then it was a trio of award screeners as I prepare for year end.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watched-watched-installment-122/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-batch-confused-guesses-animated-feature-category/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-batch-confused-guesses-animated-feature-category/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:33:04 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47090 is and isn't animation brewing, a large swath of potential major contenders still unseen and a general lack of enthusiasm surrounding the contenders that are out there so far this year, the Best Animated Feature category for this year's Oscars leaves a lot to be desired. I have a list of 18 contenders so far, but that could easily be cut to 15 or even 12 depending on where the Academy draws the line.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-batch-confused-guesses-animated-feature-category/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-watch-early-galas-feature-oscar-front-runners-spielberg-oldman/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-watch-early-galas-feature-oscar-front-runners-spielberg-oldman/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:56:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=46848 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-watch-early-galas-feature-oscar-front-runners-spielberg-oldman/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rango-blu-ray/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rango-blu-ray/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:49:48 +0000 Kevin Blumeyer http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43275 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rango-blu-ray/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/week-dvd-blu-ray-july-12-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/week-dvd-blu-ray-july-12-2011/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:59:59 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43255 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/week-dvd-blu-ray-july-12-2011/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sucker-punch-leads-friday-box-office-but-likely-to-lose-the-weekend-to-wimpy-kid/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sucker-punch-leads-friday-box-office-but-likely-to-lose-the-weekend-to-wimpy-kid/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:00:41 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=38465 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sucker-punch-leads-friday-box-office-but-likely-to-lose-the-weekend-to-wimpy-kid/feed/ 30 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/not-all-animated-movies-are-for-kids/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/not-all-animated-movies-are-for-kids/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:10:15 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37815 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/not-all-animated-movies-are-for-kids/feed/ 60 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-wrap-up-mar-4-mar-6-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-wrap-up-mar-4-mar-6-2011/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:24:12 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p= http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-wrap-up-mar-4-mar-6-2011/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rango-tops-friday-box-office-on-way-to-years-largest-opening/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rango-tops-friday-box-office-on-way-to-years-largest-opening/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 17:02:07 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37632 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rango-tops-friday-box-office-on-way-to-years-largest-opening/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-review-rango-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-review-rango-2011/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:01:29 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37583 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-review-rango-2011/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-4-mar-6-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-4-mar-6-2011/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:47:12 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37573 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mar-4-mar-6-2011/feed/ 16 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/with-rango-ilm-lassoes-their-first-animated-film/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/with-rango-ilm-lassoes-their-first-animated-film/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:47:30 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37482 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/with-rango-ilm-lassoes-their-first-animated-film/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/close-encounters-of-the-hollywood-kind-bieber-depp-and-the-cast-of-i-am-number-four/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/close-encounters-of-the-hollywood-kind-bieber-depp-and-the-cast-of-i-am-number-four/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:25:28 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=36765 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/close-encounters-of-the-hollywood-kind-bieber-depp-and-the-cast-of-i-am-number-four/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/latest-mpaa-ratings-bulletin-no-2155/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/latest-mpaa-ratings-bulletin-no-2155/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:00:23 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35750 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/latest-mpaa-ratings-bulletin-no-2155/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/transformers-captain-america-and-thor-trailers-and-more-expected-during-super-bowl/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/transformers-captain-america-and-thor-trailers-and-more-expected-during-super-bowl/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:11:15 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35716 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/transformers-captain-america-and-thor-trailers-and-more-expected-during-super-bowl/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-poster-and-trailer-for-rango/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-poster-and-trailer-for-rango/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:10:14 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=34498 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-poster-and-trailer-for-rango/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/full-rango-trailer-available-for-your-approval/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/full-rango-trailer-available-for-your-approval/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:27:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=28818 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/full-rango-trailer-available-for-your-approval/feed/ 15 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poster-johnny-depp-is-rango/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poster-johnny-depp-is-rango/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:34:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=28767 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poster-johnny-depp-is-rango/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/teaser-trailer-for-gore-verbinskis-rango-debuts/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/teaser-trailer-for-gore-verbinskis-rango-debuts/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:03:34 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=28272 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/teaser-trailer-for-gore-verbinskis-rango-debuts/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-production-update-january-30-2009/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-production-update-january-30-2009/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:37:00 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=12842 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-production-update-january-30-2009/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-production-update-january-23-2009/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-production-update-january-23-2009/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:15:11 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=12630 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-production-update-january-23-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/depp_and_verbinski_teaming_in_a_film_with_lots_of_cg/ 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