Category: Oscar Preview

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Detroit Before The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow was barely known as a filmmaker. She was, at the time, little more than James Cameron’s ex-wife. Now, she’s a bona fide Hollywood legend having become the first woman to ever win an Oscar…

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Dunkirk From an Oscar perspective, few directors will earn Oscar nominations at nearly every outing. Of his nine previous theatrical releases, Christopher Nolan has delivered six Oscar nominees. His first experience with the Oscars was with his breakthrough film Memento. Released…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. War for the Planet of the Apes In 2011, the first film in the series, Rise of the Planet of the Apes brought an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects. Many thought it would win, but it went home empty-handed. Three…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Spider-Man: Homecoming When the first Spider-Man came out in 2002, it was a box office hit, which enabled the Academy to throw it a couple of honors. Nominated for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects, that first film went home empty…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Despicable Me 3 While Disney/Pixar has trouble getting sequels and prequels nominated, Illumination has trouble getting its originals nominated. With only eight films now on their production release list, Illumination hasn’t provided enough data to form definitive opinions, but current data…

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Transformers: The Last Knight In 2007, Michael Bay brought the world the first in a series of movies based on the popular 1980’s cartoon series Transformers. His first film was a box office behemoth, which spawned the series entire. Bay then…

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Cars 3 Returning to the world of Cars, 11 years after narrowly losing Best Animated Feature to the now-largely-forgotten Happy Feet, Pixar is hoping to return to the Oscar race with only the second film they’ve made more than one sequel…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Mummy Tom Cruise films have an uneven history at the Oscars, or to be more precise, almost none. Apart from his own Oscar nominations, most of his action films have been instantly forgotten by the Academy. The Mummy, upon first glance,…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Wonder Woman When looking at the DC Extended Universe and the Oscars, it’s instructive to compare to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While the MCU now has 15 films in its canon and DCEU only has four, the MCU has yet to…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Historically Disney’s franchise films have been solid performers at the Oscars. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales should be no exception, but things may be different this time around.…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Alien: Covenant Science fiction and horror are two genres the Academy is typically averse to. While there are notable exceptions, they seem to be fewer and farther between than they once were. That doesn’t mean recognition is non-existent. One franchise that…

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Guardians of the Galaxy When the original was released in 2014, it became a major Oscar contender, figuring in several precursor contests. It was thought to be a major player in several categories, including Best Production Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling,…

On our message board, the UAADB (Unofficial Academy Award Discussion Board), we have an annual tradition where we look at the year’s Oscar nominees in certain categories and try to decide if the individual will make a return to the Oscars at some point in the near future. There’s also a bonus round for predicting…