Category: Oscar Preview
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, FINAL
It’s the end of Oscar season and the awards have all been handed out. There isn’t much left to do, but analyze just how accurate the precursors were. Here are the big winners & losers. This looks at only their winner selections. Comparing nominees to the Oscars would be far more challenging and time consuming.…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 14
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). It’s over. Now, it’s time to look at who won and who lost at the precursors. Big Winners
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2014
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. NOTE: Because it will take time to write my winners/losers wrap-up of the precursors, this post is going live earlier than normal. In its place will be the wrap-up.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 21-23, 2014
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 13
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 is it. The Oscars are less than a week away and all of the guilds have had…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 14-16, 2014
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. RoboCop In 1987, Paul Verhoeven brought the tale of a prominent cop, terminally wounded, is grafted into the body of a cyborg and employed as a crime fighter in the dangerous streets of the city of Detroit. That film scored two…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 12
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). We’re entering the final week of precursors before the Oscars. There will be one week of nothing new,…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 7-9, 2014
We had one films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Lego Movie With the smash debut of The Lego Movie and the near-universal praise, you have an unqualified success here. The film’s chances at an Oscar nomination have gone up exponentially. Before it released, there was some doubt whether this…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11
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). Less than a month left before the Oscars and the precursors are still trickling in. This week, we…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2014
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. The guild awards are trickling in and perceptions of the race…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 24-26, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Visitors Koyaanisqatsi has a reputation for being an evocative documentary that wasn’t well rewarded at the time of its release in 1982. Since then, director Godfrey Reggio has teamed with Phillip Glass on a handful of documentaries, each using music to…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. This week saw few precursors, but a major one did announce.…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 17-19, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit When you look for Oscar contenders, it’s important to look beyond the high profile, message movies and give films that have a chance at tech nominations a look. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a spy thriller that…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Now that the Oscar nominations have been announced, we’re in the…
