Articles about War Horse

Desperately seeking a Best Picture nod trend, @TheAVClub finally comes up with... reassurances about a "scary future"

What does the celebration of old times and old values in movies such as 'The Artist,' 'Hugo,' 'Midnight in Paris' and 'War Horse' say about today's Hollywood? According to this essay in @LATimes these movies are less about a lost past than they are about an unsatisfactory present. Apparently, in modern Hollywood, it is easy to hate what you do.

Kathleen Kennedy is one of the most successful movie producers in the world. The site @clothesonFilm has a brief discussion with Kathleen Kennedy, opening with how much she understands about the role of costume designer and why it is so important to her pictures.

Spielberg's movies are undeniably powerful. This critic revisited all of them to find out, after all these features, what Spielberg has really said in all his films. He comes away quite disappointed. He also explores his complicated relationship with the Academy.

First the felines, now the canines: 2012 Best Picture nominee movie posters recast with dogs (via @NextMovie)

A good heh: "If 2012's Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth"

@kylebuchanan points out what we've also been thinking: this year's Oscar nods are pretty meh. A guide to getting over it

"War Horse" was nominated for an Oscar for best picture and used almost 300 horses for one battle scene. The best acting among all of them was by Finders Key, now a famous horse actor, who also appeared in "Seabiscuit."

The horrors of war were only part of the experience of working on "War Horse", which required the actors to get used to working with actors and listening to cinematographer Janusz Kaminskis horse impressions.

A @Guardian writer on the portrayal of war that Spielberg's past films have eschewed, but that "War Horse" dispels