The 13 Most Disappointing Movies of 2016
2016 was in many ways a rough year for Hollywood. An unusual number of high-profile deaths — Gene Wilder, Patty Duke, Garry Shandling, Alan Rickman, Prince, Anton Yelchin, Carrie Fisher, and Debbie…
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Oscars: 'Rogue One,' 'Hacksaw Ridge,' '13 Hours' Mix It Up in Sound Categories
This year's contenders for sound editing and mixing include war films, musicals, sci-fi escapades and more.
‘La La Land,’ ‘BFG,’ ‘Hidden Figures’ and More Tune Up Original Score Oscar Race
This year's race also features music from films like "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" and "Kubo and the Two Strings."
Composers Compete for Oscar With Fresh Tunes, New Technology
Shrinking budgets, tight schedules, temporary music, new recording techniques — these are just some of the challenges facing film composers these days. Variety asked several composers in contention…
Sound Mixers and Editors Create Realism in Their Oscar-Contending Films
The sound contenders in this year's Oscar race echo a vast auditory range, from the subtle complexities of a poet's inner monologue to the whimsical songs of a couple falling in love, and even an…
‘Pete’s Dragon’ Tops Disney Trio of Best-Selling Discs
After two weeks at No. 1, Walt Disney Studios' "Finding Dory" finally slipped a notch on the national home video sales charts – replaced at the top by another Disney film, "Pete's Dragon," a remake…
‘Fantastic Beasts’ and ‘The BFG’ Tap Into Magical Musical Worlds
Magic, wizarding, giants, strange creatures — fantasy always needs music to help us suspend disbelief and imagine new worlds. This year, two of Hollywood’s most acclaimed composers tackled big…
‘Jungle Book,’ ‘Rogue One,’ ‘Doctor Strange’ Lead Visual Effects Oscar Race
Members of the Academy’s visual effects branch will have their work cut out for them in narrowing this year’s wide-ranging field of big-screen spectacles down to 10 semi-finalists for the bakeoff…
China Box Office: ‘Operation Mekong’ Stays Ahead of ‘The BFG’
Bona Film Group's actioner "Operation Mekong" enjoyed its third week on release and its second week on top of the Chinese box office. It kept Steven Spielberg's "The BFG" in second place, while "Ben…
'The Secret Life of Pets' Continues to Top TV Ad Spending
In this week's edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by iSpot.tv, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in TV ad spending for the third week in a row with "The Secret Life of…
‘Finding Dory’ Keeps Holiday Box Office Bright; ‘The BFG’ Fizzles
"Finding Dory" is swimming into history over the Independence Day holiday with $50.2 million at the four-day box office. Pixar-Disney’s sequel won the frame handily over three new releases, led by…
