Category: Oscar Preview
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
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). Apart from a few stragglers, critics have now had their say. We have a week off to cover…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 12-14, 2014
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Exodus: Gods and Kings From a distance, Exodus seemed like a fine opportunity to rebuild the Biblical Epic behemoth that the Academy used to favor, but the film has turned out to be something that critics don’t particularly love. Mix in…
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2014 Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
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). This week will be the final week for film critics to announce their nominees and most of the…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 5-7, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Wild The first full weekend after Thanksgiving weekend is typically a dumping grounds for films studios aren’t sure will be Oscar contenders, but they hedge their bets anyway. This year, that doesn’t seem to be the case as the only major…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
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). A large handful of prominent critics groups announced their awards this week, with another slew to come out…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 28-30, 2014
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Penguins of Madagascar Spun off from the highly popular, but Oscar averse franchise Madagascar, Penguins of Madagascar follows the adventures of the four antarctic denizens and their zany capers as super spies. With prominent placement in the founding franchise, their humorous…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
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). There was only one item this week, the Spirit Awards Nominations. The group has become more consistent in…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 21-23, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 After two previous strike-outs, a third is very likely in order for Katniss Everdeen and her franchise’s attempts to find additional legitimacy at the hands of the Oscars. The first two films were widely…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 14-16, 2014
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Foxcatcher Bennett Miller is one of the most consistent Oscar names in recent memory. With two films, he’s quietly amassed a reputation of guaranteed Oscar acclaim. He may still end up like Jason Reitman whose fourth film failed to live up…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 7-9, 2014
We had four films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Big Hero 6 Outside of December, this is probably one of the most fascinating weekends for Oscar enthusiasts as four wildly different features target more than 75% of Oscar categories. Top of the list (alphabetically anyway) is Big Hero 6, Disney/Pixar’s…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Nightcrawler Jake Gyllenhaal secured his first Oscar nomination for his co-lead (though he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor) role in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. Nine years later, his new film Nightcrawler in which he plays an investigative journalist on the…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 24-26, 2014
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 17-19, 2014
We had six films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Book of Life The dearth of animated films this year has left the Best Animated Feature category without a firm slate of five potential nominees. Other than a guaranteed nomination for early success The Lego Movie, Disney/Pixar’s sole effort this…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 10-12, 2014
We had Five films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Judge A master of forgettable comedies, director David Dobkins makes his first dramatic film with some heavyweight actors to do the heavy lifting. Starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, a film with this type star power is typically an…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 3-5, 2014
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Gone Girl In the Oscar game, many prominent directors require a significant, broadly popular effort to enter the Academy’s annual competition and from that point forward, they have consistent success with them. Two recent examples come to mind. David O. Russell…
