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Rating: B- For all of our SXSW 2012 coverage,click here. Also, here are links to all of my SXSW reviews so far:

Many of you know thatHarry PotterauthorJ.K. It’s a limited and numbered edition of 31 discs with over 5 hours of never-before-seen footage. Includes multiple specially-produced, collectable memorabilia items, including concept art, a Map of Hogwarts and much more! Check back for further details coming in 2012 31 discs? That pans out to eleven bucks and change per disc, which is much more tolerable. Still, the price may be a bit too high for some people....

There’s some cross-over between Oscars and Saturn Awards this year withHugoracking up 10 nominations. As for TV,Breaking Badled with six nominations. I can live with all of these (although eight nominations forSuper 8is pushing it). I just saw that there were no nominations forDrive. The Saturn Awards are sham. Hit the jump for the full list of nominees. Image via Warner Bros. We are thrilled to honor him with the George Pal Memorial Award....

Well, my questions have been answered by this new 15-minute “making of” featurette. Yes, you read that right: 15 minutes!

I had a wig for my hair, and then I had to grow a beard out. Then, I actually had to grow it again. There was a scene that David [Wain] wanted to pick up, right after I shaved it. He said, aHey, in about a month, weare going to do this other scene. I actually thought it was going to be awkward for them, when we got there. Theyare nudists, so itas not awkward at all....

Hit the jump to watch the trailer. It cant buy happiness. Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves?

That’s why all African-American actors pull in huge salaries. Actors likeWill Smithand…Will Smith. Hit the jump for the full list of winners.

The nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards have finally been unveiled. Hit the jump to check out the full list of nominees. The drama has landed virtually no precursor award recognition and most had completely written it off. That said, I’m extremely happy aboutThe Tree of Life.] BEST DIRECTOR [Here Malick takes the spot that David Fincher held in the DGA nods. That feeling, Academy? That’s shame.] BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS...

He also discussed his upcoming projects,Contrabandwhich opens this weekend,Casa de mi PadrewithWill FerrellandNeill Blomkamp’sElysium. Hit the jump for the full interview. Can you talk about your role as producer and your collaboration with director Gerardo Naranjo? CL At what point did you come on board this project? Diego Luna: Since the beginning, Id have to say. We were doingRevolucion, the short films, and Gerardo was already thinking about doing this....

They described the logistical challenges they faced making the film safely on location. Can you talk about the genesis of this story? How did it come about and why did you produce it? Diego Luna: First came the necessity of doing something. We are so lucky that our jobs can be about who we are. This whole thing started as an idea. Gerardo said lets do something about this. Gerardo did an amazing piece, the one I personally like the most, which is about an emotion....

Hit the jump to read more: Collider: Can you talk about your upcoming projects? Diego Luna: I am an actor in two films. It’s something very different from everything I’ve done, but I enjoyed it. CL It was the first time I spent a week doing a sequence. It was this gunfight that lasted six days of shooting. My wife didn’t believe me when I called her and said “I’m still shooting this....

Over the last few years, composerAlexandre Desplathas gone from genre to genre and consistently delivered fantastic scores. As a big fan of his work, it’s great to see. The other day I got to sit down with Desplat for an extended interview. Hit the jump for more. The video is further down the page.

The full list of nominees is after the break. Not totally sure why “TBD” is listed next toThe Adventures of Tintin. Andrew L. Jones and Jeff Wisniewski are credited with the art direction. The winners for the ADGs 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards will be announced on February 4.