As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). This is our penultimate week looking at the winners and losers. Next week, we’ll be looking at the…
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Hereditary Rating Director Ari Aster Screenplay Ari Aster Length 2h 7m Starring Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd MPAA Rating R for horror violence, disturbing images, language, drug use and brief graphic nudity Original Preview Click Here
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The Costume Designers Guild has three chances to predict the Oscars, though you really only need to look at two of them as the winners for Period and Fantasy Costume Design each have a historical potential of winning. COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Costume Design BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody (RU:Peter) The Favourite (Wesley, Peter, Tripp,…
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For our sixteenth Rundown article, we glimpse at the foundation of all movies. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover the most inventive of categories, creating something where nothing exists.
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For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2018 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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A night of few surprises, A Quiet Place won the traditional effects/foley category while dialogue/ADR went to Bohemian Rhapsody. Rhapsody also picked up the musical category, but the surprise (to some, but not to those who’ve actually seen it) win was Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which not only took the expected animation feature category, but…
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Never content to leave a race predictable. The Writers Guild of America, already with the most unusual, arcane rules of all of the guilds, went out on a limb not once, but twice. Eighth Grade beats all the odds and triumphed over Oscar-nominated scripts by familiar names. Can You Ever Forgive Me? did the same.…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Most Anticipating? (Mar. 2019, Wide)
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Page Revisions: (February 10, 2019) Original Release Date: March 29, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A vigilante helps victims escape their domestic abusers.” Poster Rating: C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: An extreme close-up of a woman with a lacerated nose and a black eye. It says nothing effective about the film as it’s far too…
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Below are two previews for films opening next weekend. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Wide) Cinema Sight Preview Run the Race (Limited) Cinema Sight Preview
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For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2018 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Nothing terribly surprising happened with the Hollywood Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild awards with Vice winning its two expected prizes and the other nominated Oscar nominee Mary Queen of Scots winning one. A Star Is Born and Crazy Rich Asians split the contemporary prizes. Award Tallies (2) Vice The Awards Best Period and/or Character Make-up…
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In a shocking turn of events, the Cinema Audio Society chose Bohemian…no, that’s not the shocking part. Most people thought it was a possibility and it confirmed my Oscar suspicions. The surprise was that Isle of Dogs managed to beat Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse for the animated sound mixing award. The Awards Best Sound Mixing…
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