Contender: 'The Adventures of Tintin: The Key from the Unicorn'

'The Adventures of Tintin' Browse the reviewIt's three decades since Steven Spielberg's Saturday-matinee throwback "Raiders from the Lost Ark" arrived eight Oscar nominations, including mentions for the best Picture and Director. Now, Spielberg's eye-popping adaptation of Belgian artist Herg's boy-adventurer comics works an identical retro, gung-ho groove, using the crucial difference it comes made in cutting-edge motion capture technology. No helmer of the animated feature has yet been nominated within the Best Director category. On the other hand, most helmers of animated features aren't Spielberg.The 3-time Oscar champion appears more likely to become recognized within the top races for his live-action WWI epic "War Equine," which will hit US screens mere days after "Tintin" in December. Should that film underwhelm, however, it isn't impossible that Spielberg supporters within the Academy could switch allegiance towards the loftier entertainment - presuming "Tintin" is really as well-received by US audiences and experts as it's been in Europe, in which the source material is much more broadly familiar.At the moment, a Best Animated Feature jerk looks to become the film's primary target. Even there, though, it faces the obstacle from the animation branch's periodic potential to deal with performance capture. Knowing that, nods for composer John Williams and also the seem team may be the simplest will get of.Launch date: 12 ,. 21ParamountRead the range review Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com