Category: Academy Awards History
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Precursor: 3rd Online Female Critics Awards (2019)
Their general love of Honey Boy continues with the selection of Shia LaBeouf for Best Supporting Actor. The rest of the winners list looks pretty commonplace. Award Tallies (3) Marriage Story (2) Parasite The Awards
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Precursor: 23rd Florida Critics Awards (2019)
The first Best Picture win for Portrait of a Lady on Fire comes from an unlikely source. Florida film critics have picked out-of-the-way choices in Best Picture and Director, but have stayed conventional the rest of the time. Award Tallies (3) Marriage Story, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2) Little Women, Uncut Gems The…
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Precursor: 23rd Online Critics Nominations (2019)
While a lot of this year’s big Oscar players are here, some (like Little Women) are absent. This group shows its populist/anti-populist streak year after year with off-beat choices alongside mainstream ones. Award Tallies (8) The Irishman (7) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (6) Marriage Story, Parasite (5) 1917 (4) Portrait of a Lady…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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 wasn’t a lot on the precursor front in the last week, enough emerged to give us…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 9
The week didn’t exactly slow down, but I suspect it will. Lionsgate started things off with three titles, then Universal sent 1917. After that, I got a package from my association with GALECA, which was largely a bunch of TV series from Netflix. Lionsgate Bombshell Oscar Chances: Excellent: The film has already become ubiquitous in…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 23 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 18th Utah Critics Awards (2019)
Going with the flow, except in the runner-up choice of Rebecca Ferguson, this group looks a bit like all the others, except with more praise for Apollo 11 Award Tallies (3) Apollo 11, Parasite (2) Marriage Story, 1917 The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 22 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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This Day in Oscar History: December 21 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 13th Women Journalists Nominations (2019)
True to their name, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists has highlighted the best of the year in film with an eye towards recognizing great films by women. Of the five films that tied for most nominations, two are directed by women with three more films by women earning three or more citations. None of…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 51, 2019)
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. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 20 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 24th Satellite Awards (2019)
The irrelevance of this organization has never been more plain. Not only do they go with a number of candidates that aren’t even guaranteed nominations, better yet wins, they announced their awards weeks ago and no one really noticed or cared. Award Tallies (5) Ford v Ferrari (2) Joker, Rocketman The Awards
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Precursor: 9th Nevada Critics Awards (2019)
Another feather in Marriage Story‘s cap comes courtesy of the Nevada film critics, which gave the film its top prize as well as three other trophies for acting and directing. Surprisingly, Laura Dern didn’t get any love. While the selections are a mixture of commonplace and slightly-original, this list isn’t the most instructive. Award Tallies…
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Precursor: 9th Black Critics Awards (2019)
Unlike their counterparts in the African American film critics group, the Black Film Critics Circle has spread the love in different directions with the first recognition for Kasi Lemmons this season as well as several other expected and unexpected choices. Award Tallies (4) Dolemite Is My Name (2) The Irishman The Awards
