And nothing changes. They had an opportunity to award legendary filmmaker Spike Lee and they didn’t take it. Roma continues its strong Oscar season push and carries the award it needed more than any other. After all, the DGA prize is oftentimes more accurate than any other org in predicting both Best Directing and Best…
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All of the winners have been announced, and there’s a mix of good and bad news. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse shockingly didn’t win the animation category, though ADG voters’ desire to see physical constructions might have won out. Otherwise, the two lead contenders for the Oscars won, which is a good sign for the predictability…
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Although it wasn’t as big a night as other Disney/Pixar movies in the past, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won all seven awards for which it was nominated with Incredibles 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet picking up most of the rest. Award Tallies (7) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2) Incredibles 2, Mary Poppins Returns (1)…
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Page Revisions: (January 27, 2019) Original Release Date: April 17, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of Steve, an Adélie penguin, on a quest to find a life partner and start a family. When Steve meets with Wuzzo the emperor penguin they become friends. But nothing comes easy in the icy Antarctic.” Poster Rating: C…
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New Trailer (#3) / New Poster (#1) The Beach Bum, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for all of the new content as well as the original.
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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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There was some concern early in the season that The Favourite wouldn’t be able to turn its critical acclaim into an Oscar campaign. It wasn’t exactly the kind of period piece the Academy goes for. While it’s not out of the woods yet, the surprise win here over supposedly stronger Best Picture contenders Green Book…
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Page Revisions: (January 27, 2019) Original Release Date: January 25, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The biopic depicts Flynn’s roust-about early life in Australia, before he became an internationally famed celebrity. In those days he was an adventurer, opium smuggler, gambler, street fighter, womanizer, and gold prospector. The film, based on Flynn’s early autobiography “Beam Ends,”…
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Page Revisions: (January 27, 2019) Original Release Date: January 31, 2019 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Plagued by guilt following the death of his son in a car crash, John Clarke (Huss), a brilliant surgeon comes to realise that the only thing that can ease his pain is the taste of human blood.” Poster Rating: B- (5)…
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Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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We’re nearing completion on this initial batch of Friday Face-Offs. We’ll finish out the losers and winners brackets and once it’s all done, we’ll highlight the full winners in each category. Once that’s done, we’ll try and do a better job of facing things off for a new and more comprehensive go-round. Here are this…
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Although this guild only has influence on the eventual Oscar winner, a surprise win or a convincing one could point towards a Best Picture trend. ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Art Direction The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) First Man (RU:Peter, RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas) Roma (RU:Wesley) Wesley Lovell:…
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This award is already a big deal as the winner almost always wins the Oscar, but also for what it says about Best Picture. This year it could be even more important as Best Directing seems solid at the Oscars, but Best Picture is incredibly amorphous. If we get a surprise here, we may just…
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Animation’s big night, the Annie Awards are always a good time to watch as they stream online and there are no shortage of gaffes, though the last couple of years has been a bit less interesting than previously, it’s nice to see an awards program that doesn’t live or die by the ratings. ANNIE AWARDS…
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