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Accio Director! Alfonso Cuaron May Direct Harry Potter Spin-Off FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
Oscar winning director Alfonso Cuaron is in “deep talks” to return to the Harry Potter verse.

Oscar Watching: No Complaints Here
For the most part, the evening went as expected – well, maybe not John Travolta’s presenting of Idina Menzel, who performed original song winner “Let It Go” (Adela Dazeem?) or Darlene Love‘s lovely impromptu rendition of “His Eye is on the Sparrow” as 20 Feet from Stardom won best documentary

The Blu-Rays/DVDs You Need to Buy This Month Part 1
There’s almost always an awesome film coming out on Blu-Ray or DVD each month, so which ones should you pay attention to this month?

Oscar Watching: The End is Near
Aren’t we ready for next year – our own year-in-advance picks we know we’ll laugh at in several months’ time, the obvious Oscar bait that fizzles out for one reason or another, the films that catch fire at the last minute, the campaign chicanery? But we still have this Oscar

Oscar Watching: The Awards Season is Boiling Down
The Olympics pushed back the ceremony and with it the whole awards season. So studios won’t let their films go down without a fight – even the original song race is heating up.

Oscar Watching: GRAVITY Bringing Other Movies Down?
Do GRAVITY’s wins with the DGA and the PGA mean the space-set thriller will win best picture?

Oscar Watching: Guilds and Upsets and Ties, Oh My!
How will the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild of America’s picks affect the Oscar race?

Oscar Watching: The Nominations Are In And The Dust Settles
AMERICAN HUSTLE and GRAVITY lead the Oscar nominations. 12 YEARS A SLAVE close behind. And what’s ALONE YET NOT ALONE?

Oscar Watching: Let It Go
The Oscar nominations arrive tomorrow. Who’s in, who’s out, and who might surprise us?

Oscar Watching: Guild Overload
Members of the motion-picture academy could begin voting for the Oscars as early as Dec. 27, and today marks the final day on which they can turn in their ballots. In other words, nothing that happens after today – save for some kind of technical glitch with the electronic voting

The 13 Best Movies of 2013
11 of Screen Invasion’s writers came together to rank the best movies of 2013. Nearly 60 movies were named overall, but 13 landed on top!

Oscar Watching: HUSTLE for 12 YEARS
Last week’s awards announcements suggest 12 YEARS A SLAVE and AMERICAN HUSTLE are the Oscar front-runners, but what about the surprises?

Oscar Watching: “It’s So Fluffy”… and Awful?
Forgive me for cribbing that movie quote, a line you couldn’t escape – believe me, I tried – upon the release of Despicable Me in 2001. It aptly describes the film: not much in the way of story, little more than an excuse for androgynous yellow creatures to spew gibberish.

Oscar Watching: An AMERICAN HUSTLE at the Oscars?
The first-ever screening of David O. Russell’s American Hustle took place on Sunday. Word on the film ranges from decent to terrific, but the one aspect on which everyone seemed to agree: Jennifer Lawrence. Last year’s best actress winner apparently steals the movie with her scenes as the wife of

Oscar Watching: It’s the HOLIDAY Season
With around $36.6 million, Thor: The Dark World again won the box office, but competition for the number one spot was surprisingly heated, so there go the “hammer” and “clobber” puns I would have otherwise used. Malcolm D. Lee’s The Best Man Holiday, sequel to 1999’s The Best Man, more

Oscar Watching: SAVING MR. BANKS for the Oscars?
Awards, Fests, and Campaigns Disney will push Saving Mr. Banks, which had a great stateside debut at the AFI Fest, as a drama at the Golden Globes. Most of us thought the film, which examines Walt Disney and P.L. Travers’ disagreements about 1964’s Mary Poppins, would contend in the musical