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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 16th Houston Critics Awards(2022)

    Although Banshees did better in the nominations, Everything came out on top. Awards Tallies (3) The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, RRR The Nominations

  • 95th Oscars: The Polls – Best International Feature

    For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2022 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 18 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 2023)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…

  • The Rundown 2022: Documentary Short Subject

    For our third Rundown article, we review one of the short film categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with the most international category. Best Documentary Short Subject Winner Predictions The…

  • 2022 Precursor Predictions: British Academy Awards

    The organization with the closest membership composition to the Academy is the British Academy. They, of course, have their predilections, but sometimes they can foreshadow trends we wouldn’t have otherwise considered. BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS Best Film All Quiet on the Western Front The Banshees of Inisherin (Tripp, Thomas, RU:Wesley, RU:Peter)…

  • 2022 Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild of America

    For years, the overlap between the DGA winner and the Oscar winner was near exact. That’s not so much true anymore, but if something odd wins, it’s usually signs of impending changes. This will tell us if the status quo is maintained or altered. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Best Director Todd Field – Tár…

  • 2022 Precursor Predictions: Art Directors Guild

    The Art Directors Guild links up best to the Production Design category, but they also have three chances to get it right usually, though this year, two of the biggest contenders are in the period category together, so it might tell us how things are going. ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Art Direction All…

  • 95th Oscars: The Polls – Best Original Song

    For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2022 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 17 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations

  • Oscar Profile #636: Cate Blanchett Revisited

    Born May 14, 1969 in Ivanhoe, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne, Catherine Elise (Cate) Blanchett was the middle child of a property director/teacher Australian mother and an advertising executive Texas-born father. Her father died when she was ten, leaving her mother to raise the family with the help of her grandmother. Blanchett graduated from Australia’s…

  • The Rundown 2022: Original Song

    For our second Rundown article, we review the melodies nominated in the other music category. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover one of the short film categories. Best Original Song Winner Predictions Applause – Tell It…

  • 95th Oscars: The Polls – Best Original Score

    For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2022 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 16 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations

  • Precursor: 21st Visual Effects Society Awards (2022)

    As expected, the big winner was James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water. The only other film to earn multiple awards was Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. Awards Tallies (9) Avatar: The Way of Water (3) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio The Awards

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