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Category: 90th Oscars (2017)

  • 90th Oscars: Academy Awards Nominations

    And there you have the full list of Oscar nominees. The Shape of Water, failing to get an expected Visual Effects nomination, falls one shy of tying the record. With 13 nominations, however, the film becomes the most nominated R-Rated film in history. Some of the big surprises this year: Martin McDonagh fails to carry…

  • Precursor: 65th Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2017)

    Announcing nominations in a number of categories, the guild that represents sound editors and which closely mirrors the Sound Editing award have given three nominations to each of four films, all of which should be considered heavy favorites for nominations. The two films that got two each could be thought as contenders, but the Sound…

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9

    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). The final week before the Oscar nominations and before we shift in earnest into the business of predicting…

  • Oscar Morning: The Article (2017)

    FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. After last year’s switch-up of the nominations announcement, we return to something akin to the prior two years’ announcements. All categories will be announced, once again in separate blocks. This time, they are announcing most of the categories regular audiences aren’t as…

  • 2017 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Final

    As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. And so we come to our…

  • Precursor: 38th Golden Raspberry Nominations (2017)

    These are copies directly from the Razzie press release, so the fudged title names are entirely their doing, though I get some mild humor from the “Dead Careers Tell No Tales” dig at Johnny Depp. Announced the day before the Oscar nominations, the Razzies have always gone for low-hanging fruit or popular actors doing bad…

  • Precursor: 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2017)

    The night went largely as predicted with a raft of individual actors who are likely going to ride this third telecast victory to Oscars this March. Three Billboards helps itself in the Oscar race for Best Picture, but losing PGA isn’t likely to help. Award Tallies (3) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (1) Darkest Hour,…

  • Precursor: 22nd Online Film & Television Nominations (2017)

    With a staggering 19 nominations, The Shape of Water topped the nomination count at the OFTA Film Awards. Call Me by Your Name also had an impressive showing. A lot of the names we’ve seen throughout the season here, though The Florida Project rebounded a little bit by picking up a Best Picture slot, while…

  • Precursor: 29th Producers Guild Awards (2017)

    While Coco and Jane make their push towards inevitable wins, the win of The Shape of Water puts a damper on talk of films like Get Out, Lady Bird, or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri being the frontrunner. This will be a huge get for this film. While it can’t win at the Screen Actors…

  • 2017 Precursor Predictions: Screen Actors Guild

    Looking at the past ten years of the SAG awards and their winners, we see trends toward their alignment with Oscar. They haven’t had fewer than three winners carry over. 4 of the ten years saw 3 matches with Oscar, 4 saw 4 matches with Oscars, and the remaining 2 were perfect matches (2010 and…

  • 2017 Precursor Predictions: Producers Guild

    The Producers Guild of America has been a terrific predictor in the last ten years until the last three years. Prior to 2014, every film that won the PGA award for Best Picture went on to win the Oscar. It should be noted, though, that in 2013, two films tied at PGA (Gravity and 12…

  • Precursor: 9th Denver Film Critics Awards (2017)

    In their 9th year, the Denver film critics have decided to spread out their selections, giving no film more than two awards. Lady Bird picked up another Best Picture citation while several other individuals and films picked up additional awards to add to their hauls. Award Tallies (2) Coco, Get Out, Lady Bird The Awards…

  • 90th Oscars: Nominations Announcement Information

    The Academy has shared some details about next week’s nominations announcement. The non-press-release below specifies the details. 90th Oscars® Nominations Announcement Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:22 a.m. PST/8:22 a.m. EST/1:22 p.m. GMT/9:22 p.m. CST The 90th Academy Awards® nominations in all 24 Oscar® categories will be announced in a two-part, live presentation on Tuesday, January…

  • Precursor: 16th Visual Effects Society Nominations (2017)

    The Visual Effects Society has announced their nominees in numerous categories for the best visual effects of the year. While seeing what has the most nominations (War for the Planet of the Apes and Blade Runner 2049 tied with seven each) can be instructive, only two categories have any carry over to the Academy Awards,…

  • Precursor: 31st USC Scripter Nominations (2017)

    In a three-way tie, the USC Scripter finalists have been announced. Recognizing the original author and the screenerwriter who adapted it, the USC Libraries annually honoring the Best Adapted Screenplay of the year. The Scripter award this year has cited two comic book adaptations as well as a handful of other Oscar contenders. Noteworthy exclusions…

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