Category: 90th Oscars (2017)
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Precursor: 89th National Board of Review (2017)
Steven Spielberg’s drama The Post was the big winner from the National Board of Review. The film, which only recently had its embargo dropped, is shaping up to be the prominent political drama of the year and could be the eventual Best Picture winner, though the National Board of Review doesn’t have the best track…
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Precursor: 60th Grammy Awards Nominations (2017)
Although the Grammys are the only awards that are given out to music for movies, they are a wholly un-predictive set of nominations. Every. Year. In Best Music Film, which is would only really tie into the Documentary Feature category at the Oscars, has only one film (Long Strange Trip) that was submitted for Oscar…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
We begin our first weekly recap today. Each week, we’ll look back at all the precursors from Monday through the following Sunday. Will the precursors affect the Oscars? That’s what we’re here to determine. We’ll look at the winners and losers along with what’s coming up from Tuesday through Monday. But, before we get into…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Focus Features
Focus Features sends its first screener release. Victoria & Abdul Oscar Chances: Decent: Early in the year, it seemed like Judi Dench was likely to earn another Oscar nomination as a monarch in this film. The problem was that people actually saw it and it earned some terrible reviews and has since faded quite a…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Fox Searchlight 2
Another from Fox Searchlight. Step Oscar Chances: Uncertain: This is another documentary that has a lot of strong word behind it and could be a competitor. We’ll have to wait and see if it makes the finals. Campaign-Proposed Categories Original Song – “Jump” Documentary Feature
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Netflix 3
A documentary and a fiction film for the latest batch of Netflix shipments. Get Me Roger Stone Oscar Chances: Uncertain: The film will have a lot of support among certain demographics within the Academy, but who knows if those groups are large enough to get it thrust into consideration. Campaign-Proposed Categories Documentary Feature The Meyerowitz…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber has sent out two nondescript discs. Tom of Finland Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Some think this could be a Foreign Language Film nominee. I doubt, however, that this will be the case. The Wound Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Another film that could be a Foreign Language Film nominee, but I’ve heard less about this film…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Magnolia 2
The original Magnolia/Magnet drop did not contain one of the titles listed on their insert. That title has arrived. Meet Lucky. Lucky Oscar Chances: Unlikely: As much as the film community would love to see Harry Dean Stanton nominated for Best Actor, the film’s low profile and the serious competition will mean that unless he…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Neon
A distributor that’s arrived out of nowhere has a viable Oscar contender on hand. They probably don’t have a large campaign budget, but who knows. I, Tonya Oscar Chances: Good: The film has earned strong reviews and stars Margot Robbie and Allison Janney are solidly in the race for nominations. They even picked up Spirit…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – A24 2
A24 has one more film for us to consider. Why they sent it separately, I don’t know. The Florida Project Oscar Chances: Uncertain: It was thought that Willem Dafoe was going to be a solid Best Supporting Actor contender and possible winner, but then he was left off the slate at the Spirit Awards, even…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Universal
Universal has delivered early-year critical success Get Out. Get Out Oscar Chances: Good: The film has already done well at the Spirit Awards and with the critical acclaim, it should be able to sneak into at least the Original Screenplay category at the Oscars with a Best Picture nomination also distinctly possible. Other nominations might…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Film Rise
Film Rise provided us with a copy of Marjorie Prime, which was just nominated for a Spirit Award. Marjorie Prime Oscar Chances: Unknown: The big question here is if Lois Smith has a shot at an Oscar nomination as the film otherwise doesn’t have a shot. The Spirit Award nomination is a good start, but…
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Precursor: 33rd Spirit Awards Nominations (2017)
As expected, the top nominee for this year’s Spirit Awards was Call Me By Your Name, which picked up six nominations. The most notable misses for the film were Michael Stuhlbarg in Supporting Actor and the screenplay itself. It is still the likely winner, but don’t yet count out second place on the nominations board,…
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Precursor: 29th PGA Documentary Nominations (2017)
The Producers Guild of America has revealed their nominees for Best Documentary. This year, they’ve announced seven nominees, two more than is usual. Whether that’s because past years have seen roughly 2, sometimes 3 of their nominees go on to Oscar nominations, they are hoping to increase their odds. With this list, though, I doubt…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – A24
A24 has submitted for our consideration two films, Good Time and The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Good Time Oscar Chances: Unlikely: While the film got good reviews, it has never appeared to be much of an Oscar contender. Some might have suggested Robert Pattinson for consideration, but I doubt even that’s a possibility at…
