It’s weird to think that this category has only been around since 1981, when Rick Baker won for his iconic makeup effects for An American Werewolf in London.
The film dazzles during long shots of the cave-diving characters suspended in the Esa-ala’s massive insides as if in utero.
It’s difficult not to be cynical about a contest that’s so easily manipulated by hype and publicity.
We’re picking this one out of a hat, folks.
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The 3D-enhanced death sequences are tailor-made for those who always wanted to take an ax to the MTV Beach House.
This elegantly and scrupulously produced Blu-ray essentially serves as an all-in-one FYC campaign for Fincher’s film.
A Useful Life’s dramatic laxity can be blinding, but it’s not without its moments of silent, rather droll, lucidity.
With Biutiful, Alejandro González Iñárritu proves that he hasn’t lost his appetite for overstatement.
If you’re TV set and Blu-ray player can handle it, this 3D Blu-ray set of Step Up 3D corroborates the film’s innovative use of 3D.
A handsome Blu-ray presentation of a film that largely plays like one of those video game cutscenes you can’t skip.
Black Swan is Showgirls stripped bare of its camp affections, Suspiria with a pretense to realism, Repulsion for our J-horror-addled times.
It would seem that Christina Aguilera’s regard for retrograde musical forms spills over into her taste in films.
Avatar looks more like a cartoon on the small screen than it did in theaters, but anyone who owns a Pixar film on video knows that isn’t meant as a slam.
The film plays like a pilot episode for a new Showtime series, but it’s a heartfelt and well-acted sitcom nonetheless.
Tears tell no lies in the end: Toy Story 3 is sketchy, but it’s also profoundly moving.
Throughout 127 Hours, Danny Boyle’s artistry capitalizes on his audience’s attention-deficit disorders.
Tyler Perry’s histrionic For Colored Girls is purple in more ways than one.
King would say the extras on this release are meant to stir one’s juices, but I say they have been designed to diminish brain cells.
The Taqwacores pays lip service to its characters with the same self-importance of a ’90s-era Real World episode.