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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 41st London Critics Awards (2020)

    Although the uniquely American feel and setting of Nomadlan doesn’t seem like the kind of thing British critics would go for, it still pulled in three awards, though the loss of Best Director to Steve McQueen for a program that was released on the BBC rather than in theaters, should tell us that they didn’t…

  • Precursor: 19th DC Critics Nominations (2020)

    DC Critics loved Minari and Nomadland, giving them tons of recognition while almost entirely ignoring this year’s Spike Lee joint. Nominations Tallies (8) Minari (6) Nomadland (5) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank, One Night in Miami (4) News of the World, Promising Young Woman, Soul Sound of Metal, Tenet, The Trial of the Chicago 7…

  • Precursor: 24th Toronto Critics Awards (2020)

    Toronto loves Nomadland, making it the only film they honored with multiple awards. Other than Daniel Kaluuya, many of their selections have been made elsewhere already. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland The Awards

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 7 (2021)

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

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 6 (2021)

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

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 6, 2021)

    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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 5 (2021)

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

  • Precursor: 62nd British Academy Longlists (2020)

    While it was expected for highly technical films, films with lots of actors, and period films to pull out big numbers, Promising Young Woman stands out with thirteen mentions and only one of those is in Best British Film. That it figures in several categories it was never expected to contend in (Production Design for…

  • Precursor: 23rd Film Music Critics Nominations (2020)

    The bizarre year that has been 2020 might explain why the film music critics nominations are all over the place in terms of recognition, ignoring some of the year’s best regarded scores like Mank being utterly shut out while Soul gets a single nomination for score of an animated film and The Midnight Sky appears…

  • Oscar Profile #534: Potential First-Time Nominees

    When the Oscar nominations come out every year, there is a mix of repeat performers and first-time nominees. This year is particularly rich with first time contenders from Riz Ahmed to Helena Zengel. In fact, there are sixteen strong potential first time nominees among the twenty acting slots. Among the contenders for Best Actor are…

  • Precursor: 27th Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2020)

    With the 27th SAG Awards nominations announced, we can now start to see whatever patterns there might be and see what Oscar might have in store. All of the major Best Picture Oscar contenders appear to be here, including three films with three nominations apiece. Nomadland and Promising Young Woman may have gotten Best Actress…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 4 (2021)

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

  • Precursor: 21st Vancouver Critics Canadian Nominations (2020)

    Before Vancouver announces their international selections, they’ve given us their best Canadian opinions on films made and released in Canada. Surprisingly, Chained picks up the most nominations while failing to earn a Best Canadian Film nomination. Second-place Possessor does, however, which might suggest that the film is setting itself up to rack up several wins,…

  • Precursor: 52nd NAACP Image Awards Nominations (2020)

    In spite of a year where Black protagonists were few and far between, the NAACP Image Awards put together a modestly impressive list of nominations. While films like Bad Boys for Life, Antebellum and The Banker weren’t terribly well received, films like Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, One Night in Miami, and Soul…

  • Precursor: 78th Golden Globe Nominations (2020)

    Taraji P. Henson & Sarah Jessica Parker announced the nominees this morning in two batches. The first batch, carried live on national television, covered all of the lead acting category along with Best Director and Best Motion Picture Drama. The rest were announced several minutes later, all streamed. Promising Young Woman did tremendously well with…

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