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Total Recall: 2013 Best Picture Nominees

We take a closer look at this year's contenders.

Jeff Giles on Thursday, Jan. 17 2013, 04:11 PM comment

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Awards season is in full swing, and film fans everywhere are either debating their picks for who's about to win or arguing over those who've already won. That goes double for us at RT, and to celebrate our annual embrace of Oscar fever, we've decided to dedicate this week's list to the films getting ready to duke it out for this year's Best Picture Academy Award. With room for real-life stories, a little romance, a few songs, some hard-hitting drama, and even some action and/or comedy, this year's batch of nominees is certainly an eclectic bunch -- so let's take a look at them all, reminisce about how many we've seen, and then hit the comments section to weigh in on their odds of winning come February 24. It's time for Total Recall!

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100 Movies To See In 2013

Our gallery of the 100 biggest and best movies on the horizon this year.

RT Staff on Tuesday, Jan. 15 2013, 12:55 PM Comment

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Browse our gallery of the 100 biggest and best movies on the horizon this year.

Sundance Preview: 25 Movies to Watch

A selection of the most exciting titles screening at Park City this fortnight.

RT Staff on Monday, Jan. 14 2013, 02:19 PM Comment

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A selection of the most exciting titles screening at Park City this fortnight.

The Year in Five Favorite Films

RT Staff on Friday, Dec. 28 2012, 11:06 AM Comment

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People love making lists, and filmmakers are no different. Each year we talk to a host of different people as part of our enduring Five Favorite Films feature, in which -- stay with us on this one -- we ask the talent to pick their all-time five favorite films. Or, as the case may be, the ones that they're currently into, have inspired their latest project, or just randomly tumble from their minds and into the ether in an unchecked stream of consciousness. Here then, we thought we'd have a quick look back at some of the stats and highlights of 2012...

The 25 Breakout Stars of 2012

A look at the new stars who made the biggest impact on screen this year.

Luke Goodsell on Thursday, Dec. 27 2012, 06:57 AM Comment

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From the newcomers of Moonrise Kingdom and Beasts of the Southern Wild to the rising young stars of The Hunger Games, Bond girls, arthouse mavericks and off-the-radar actors who made an impact, here's our look at the 25 breakout performers of 2012.

Five Favorite Films with West Memphis Three's Damien Echols

With the documentary West of Memphis in theaters, we talk to wrongly-convicted death row inmate -- and now free man -- Damien Wayne Echols about his favorite films, life on the inside, and the strange process of becoming a celebrity.

Luke Goodsell on Tuesday, Dec. 25 2012, 05:00 PM Comment

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It's hard to imagine just how surreal Damien Echols' life must have been. In 1994, the teenager was sentenced to death for his alleged part, along with two others, in the gruesome 1993 murder of three boys in Arkansas. Convicted by state prosecutors riding a wave of public and media hysteria, the so-called West Memphis Three spent the next 18 years in prison -- until an accumulation of new evidence raised doubts as to their guilt and, in 2011, they were finally set free. Having spent most of his adult life incarcerated, Echols has since become something of a celebrity, drawing the support of people like Peter Jackson, Johnny Depp and Eddie Vedder, who lent their weight to the campaign to free the falsely-accused men and expose the miscarriage of justice. Jackson also co-produced an extensive new documentary about the case -- Amy Berg's West of Memphis -- and with the film opening theatrically this week, we had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Echols recently. Read on for more of the interview, in which Echols talks about life in prison, his admiration for Stephen King, how the support of those famous pals helped save him from death row, and his plans with Depp to produce a screen version of his memoir. First up, he took a moment to talk about his five favorite films.

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Interview: Director Rich Moore on Wreck-It Ralph

The Simpsons and Futurama veteran talks about creating the world of Disney's animated hit, his love of gaming, working with John C. Reilly, and the joys of layered visual humour. Comment

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21 Unfilmable Books That Became Movies

With Life of Pi, an epic meditation on the power of storytelling and myth, Ang Lee has taken Yann Martel's supposedly unfilmable novel and turned it into something quite remarkable as cinema. Here, we take a look at some other supposedly unfilmable books that made it to the screen -- for both better and for worse. Comment

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