Category: Oscar Preview
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
Two guilds and an organization announced nominees this week including the always interesting USC Scripter Awards and the costume designers and sound editors guilds. But, before we get into this week’s winners and losers, let’s take a look at what’s coming up this week: Week 9 Saturday, Jan. 26 – Producers Guild Awards Sunday, Jan.…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 11-13, 2013
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Gangster Squad In early 2012, Gangster Squad was one of a handful of films with high hopes of Oscar consideration. Shortly after the tragic shooting at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros. announced that out of consideration of…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7
While there were some precursors of note this past week, most of the focus has to be on the Oscar nominations that were announced. Below, the winners and losers article will discuss the biggest winners and losers of the week, largely because of their performances at the Oscars. But, before we get into this week’s…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
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…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 28-30, 2012
We had four films that released this weekend that have the potential for Oscar nominations. Django Unchained The solid opening weekend plus Christmas Day at the box office means the film will be firmly in Academy voters’ minds as they finish up their ballots to send in this week. Yet, the question of whether they…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 21-23, 2012
We had three films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Amour Michael Haneke’s latest Oscar import may be his most successful with the Academy to date. The White Ribbon picked up two Oscar nominations three years ago. Its nominations for Cinematography and Foreign Language Film were not honored with statuettes by the…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
In our fourth week of precursors, we’re heading into the holidays, which means nothing much new will be coming out, but after that, we start getting into the guild nominations and awards, which will be a lot more interesting. But, before we get into this week’s winners and losers, let’s take a look at what’s…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 14-16, 2012
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey After the dominating success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy with the Academy 9, 10 and 11 years ago, it was thought the films of The Hobbit would be in similar contention. Lackluster reviews have largely…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
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…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 7-9, 2012
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Hyde Park on Hudson When the history of the 2012 awards season is written, it will undoubtedly be said that Hyde Park on Hudson started out with such potential from cast to story, that it had to be a shoo-in for Oscar…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
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…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
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…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 23-25, 2012
We had five films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Life of Pi It was a stellar Thanksgiving weekend for Oscar contenders with five potential nominees among the new releases. Life of Pi may be the strongest contender in the bunch. Ang Lee is at his best, but that may not be…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 16-18, 2012
We had two films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Anna Karenina After director Joe Wright burst onto the scene in 2005 with the critically acclaimed Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley, the Oscars took notice of him. Prejudice earned four Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Knightley along with Original Score,…
