Category: 90th Oscars (2017)
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The Rundown 2017: Original Song
For our third Rundown article, we look a category that’s all about words and music. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we look at one of the most accurate forecasters at the Oscars, one that’s become more significant…
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Precursor: 70th Directors Guild Awards (2017)
With Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water winning both the PGA and DGA awards, it goes into Oscar night as the odds-on favorite. Three Billboards and Get Out are still threats, but considering how long it’s been since a truly huge production took the top prize, this love letter to old Hollywood in general…
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Precursor: 45th Annie Awards (2017)
Destroying all competition, Coco won every single category in which it was nominated (though, it did lose two awards because it was competing against itself. However, it’s an impressive haul, especially with a lot of the fine work against it had been nominated in a few categories. This should prove a guarantee for the film…
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The Rundown 2017: Original Score
For our second Rundown article, we tackle the aural excitement of musical underscore. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that has a small tie today’s category where the last…
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2017 Precursor Predictions: Annie Awards
Four categories at the Annie Awards will have an impact on the Oscars. For Best Animated Feature, look to the primary and independent awards to give an idea of what could be competing at the Oscars. Meanwhile, Best Animated Short film is comprised of content from both the short film and special production categories here.…
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2017 Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild of America
In the last of the Big Three guilds (after the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild of America), we may either find the Oscar race drawing to a close or tightening up. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water needs to win in order to push that PGA victory towards an Oscar one. If Martin…
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The Rundown 2017: Documentary Categories
For our first Rundown article, we look into categories featuring stories drawn from real life. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the category where the most nominated living individual picked up…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
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). While there isn’t much going on this next week, last week was a pretty significant week. The Oscar…
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Precursor: 60th Grammy Awards (2017)
La La Land won two of the three categories in which it was nominated. The surprise was one of those wasn’t Best Song. Award Tallies (2) La La Land The Awards Best Music Film The Defiant Ones Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media La La Land Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media La La Land…
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Precursor: 38th London Critics Awards (2017)
With a winner set that has a lot of random selections that haven’t been common all season, the London Critics Circle is the last critics group to announce, but also does so at a time when the focus on the guild awards is stronger. Also with their U.K.-based eligibility rules, they don’t compare easily or…
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Precursor: 22nd Art Directors Guild Awards (2017)
Proving that Downsizing has been roundly rejected, it lost the contemporary award to Logan. On the Fantasy side, Blade Runner 2049 pulls out the win in a move that could be a sign of an Oscar in its future. Period winner The Shape of Water puts itself into a two-way race for Best Production Design,…
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Precursor: 57th American Cinema Editors Awards (2017)
In a surprising victory in Comedy/Musical, I, Tonya beat out several other candidates to win the prize putting itself into the runner-up position for the Oscars behind Dunkirk. The Awards Best Drama Editing Dunkirk (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Comedy/Musical Editing I, Tonya Best Animation Editing Coco (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary Editing Jane (Peter,…
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2017 Precursor Predictions: Art Directors Guild
With so many different categories, it’s never a surprise to see all five Oscar nominees on these lists. Three of this year’s nominees were Period nominees while the remaining two were Fantasy. That sounds about right from historical perspectives. These awards will be presented Saturday evening. ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Art Direction Darkest…
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2017 Precursor Predictions: American Cinema Editors
The American Cinema Editors select nominees in four categories. Two of those categories (Animation & Documentary) have no Oscar impact. The other two, Drama and Comedy/Musical do. While Comedy/Musical has less of an impact than Drama does, they could both have something to say about this year’s competitors. That’s because of the five Oscar nominees,…
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2017 Oscar Winner Predictions: First Post-Nominations Predictions
Our contributors have been hard at work assessing the nominations and deciding just which films and individuals have the best chances at winning. Below are our first post-nominations predictions. Looking over what we’ve predicted to start, we have agreed on the winner in nine categories out of twenty-four. We have completely different takes on Production…
