Category: Oscar Preview

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

We had zero films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had fivefilms release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty How this film became an Oscar contender, I’ll never understand. In my defense, the only place I ever saw it referenced as such was The Hollywood Reporter. Everywhere else, the film was mostly just ignored. The…

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Her As a music video director, Spike Jonze is a prolific figure. On the film front, he’s been barely a blip, having directed only four films. His first film, 1999’s Being John Malkovich was a hit with critics and picked up…

We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Recording-breaking Oscar hauls dominated the conversation about the original The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was a landmark achievement. Mining the same universe doesn’t always pique Academy interests and the weak performance of the…

We had one films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Inside Llewyn Davis With Fargo, filmmaking brothers Joel and Ethan Coen became household names with Oscar. Although few of their subsequent films made it to the party, they were always talked about as key players even in those years. When they…

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”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Frozen Once upon a time, in a time long long ago, Walt Disney Pictures was the most dominant force in animation there ever was. Shortly after Mulan, the mouse house began to tumble in esteem with critics and audiences. A few…

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Even if this becomes the biggest hit of the year, don’t expect the Academy to suddenly take notice. The first film in the franchise was a contender in a number of categories including Best Original Song…