*before going into the review, let’s get the obvious out of the way: we at Age of the Nerd would like to take a moment to say we are fully aware of Victor Salva’s criminal history and the moral dilemma that is presented when discussing or financially supporting his movies.
The horror landscape has changed rather drastically in the sixteen years since controversy magnet Victor Salva first introduced slasher-starved audiences to “the Creeper” (Jonathan Breck) and his taste for body parts in the ‘Jeepers Creepers‘ franchise. Since then, there’s been the rise of the torture porn sub-genre and filmmakers like Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, the supernatural found footage genre, an obnoxious onslaught of inferior remakes (fingers shall be pointed specifically at The Wicker Man, When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas) and a needed return to form thanks to filmmakers like James Wan, David Sandberg and Jennifer Kent.
The horror landscape has changed rather drastically in the sixteen years since controversy magnet Victor Salva first introduced slasher-starved audiences to “the Creeper” (Jonathan Breck) and his taste for body parts in the ‘Jeepers Creepers‘ franchise. Since then, there’s been the rise of the torture porn sub-genre and filmmakers like Eli Roth and Rob Zombie, the supernatural found footage genre, an obnoxious onslaught of inferior remakes (fingers shall be pointed specifically at The Wicker Man, When a Stranger Calls and Black Christmas) and a needed return to form thanks to filmmakers like James Wan, David Sandberg and Jennifer Kent.
- 9/29/2017
- by William Coffey
- Age of the Nerd
Oscar frontrunner “La La Land” continued its awards momentum, taking best contemporary hairstyling Sunday night at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards.
However, in terms of the Oscar race, makeup and hairstyling nominees “Suicide Squad” and “Star Trek Beyond” were both big winners, grabbing period/character make-up and special make-up effects, respectively.
Other movie winners were “Nocturnal Animals” for contemporary make-up and “Hail, Caesar!” for period hair styling.
TV winners included “Westworld,” ” Game of Thrones,” The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” “American Horror Story: Roanoke,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again,” and “Dancing With the Stars.”
Make-up artist Leonard Engelman (“Ghostbusters”) and hair stylist Barbara Lorenz (“La La Land”) were feted for their lifetime achievements, while “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy received the Distinguished Artisan Award.
Winners for Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films):
Best Contemporary...
However, in terms of the Oscar race, makeup and hairstyling nominees “Suicide Squad” and “Star Trek Beyond” were both big winners, grabbing period/character make-up and special make-up effects, respectively.
Other movie winners were “Nocturnal Animals” for contemporary make-up and “Hail, Caesar!” for period hair styling.
TV winners included “Westworld,” ” Game of Thrones,” The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.” “American Horror Story: Roanoke,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again,” and “Dancing With the Stars.”
Make-up artist Leonard Engelman (“Ghostbusters”) and hair stylist Barbara Lorenz (“La La Land”) were feted for their lifetime achievements, while “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy received the Distinguished Artisan Award.
Winners for Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films):
Best Contemporary...
- 2/20/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Celebrating those who help make characters come to life in entertainment, some famous faces headed to the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards on Saturday (February 15).
Helping honor some very talented folks, Kat Graham looked stunning in a sleeveless white, form-fitting dress with silver and gold accents while Jane Lynch chose an all-black jacket and pants combo.
Johnny Depp accepted the Distinguished Artisan Award in a black on black suit and dress shirt combo as he told the crowd, "[T]here is no way I’d been able to find anywhere close to the character without these people that paint me into that skin."
After a ten year hiatus, the awards show is back to recognize the incredible transformations in media today. Check out the full list of winners below.
Feature-length Motion Picture
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Lee Daniels. "The Butler"
Candace Neal
Robert Stevenson
Best Contemporary Make-up
"Prisoners"
Donald Mowat...
Helping honor some very talented folks, Kat Graham looked stunning in a sleeveless white, form-fitting dress with silver and gold accents while Jane Lynch chose an all-black jacket and pants combo.
Johnny Depp accepted the Distinguished Artisan Award in a black on black suit and dress shirt combo as he told the crowd, "[T]here is no way I’d been able to find anywhere close to the character without these people that paint me into that skin."
After a ten year hiatus, the awards show is back to recognize the incredible transformations in media today. Check out the full list of winners below.
Feature-length Motion Picture
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Lee Daniels. "The Butler"
Candace Neal
Robert Stevenson
Best Contemporary Make-up
"Prisoners"
Donald Mowat...
- 2/16/2014
- GossipCenter
Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.
Originally published, 08/30/2001
Within the horror genre exists a subgenre that could be called "nightmare movies," films that focus on the relentless pursuit of one or two characters by a malevolent force, with no digressions into significant subplots. Like a real bad dream, such a film need not always proceed with complete "realism"--and therein lies a potential stumbling block. There's a precarious balance that must be maintained between nightmare logic and no logic, and Jeepers Creepers, though it maintains the right atmosphere to the end, winds up tipping over onto the wrong side.
Not long into the picture, college-age siblings Trish (Gina Philips) and Darry (Justin Long) are staring down a pipe leading deep into the ground outside a creepy, abandoned church. They've...
Originally published, 08/30/2001
Within the horror genre exists a subgenre that could be called "nightmare movies," films that focus on the relentless pursuit of one or two characters by a malevolent force, with no digressions into significant subplots. Like a real bad dream, such a film need not always proceed with complete "realism"--and therein lies a potential stumbling block. There's a precarious balance that must be maintained between nightmare logic and no logic, and Jeepers Creepers, though it maintains the right atmosphere to the end, winds up tipping over onto the wrong side.
Not long into the picture, college-age siblings Trish (Gina Philips) and Darry (Justin Long) are staring down a pipe leading deep into the ground outside a creepy, abandoned church. They've...
- 10/20/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
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