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Category: Academy Awards

  • 93rd Oscars: Special Awards

    Normally, the Academy announces honorary Oscars alongside its special awards, such as this Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Yet, that didn’t happen this year. While we don’t have any confirmation that I’ve seen so far, I suspect it has to do with the pandemic and any of the honorees would likely be septuagenarians, octogenarians, or nonagenarians.…

  • 93rd Oscars: Eligibility Lists Announced

    You can tell it’s getting closer to Oscar time because the eligibility lists are coming out. In one fell swoop, the Academy has revealed the films eligible for Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature. Let’s take the lists one at a time. First, Animated Feature. It’s the category I often feel the most educated…

  • Oscar Profile #533: Michelle Pfeiffer Revisited

    Born April 28, 1958 in Santa Ana, California to Donna and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor, Michelle Pfeiffer has an older brother, Rick, and two younger sisters, Deedee and Lori, both of whom have acted. She made her acting debut in 1978 as the bombshell in the TV series, Delta House. In minor…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 28 (2021)

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

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 27 (2021)

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

  • Precursor: 12th North Texas Critics Awards (2020)

    While Nomadland took the top prize and two other awards, Minari also did well taking two acting awards and the foreign language film prize, still incorrectly listed as being from Korea. It’s in Korean, but was produced in the U.S. Awards Tallies (3) Minari, Nomadland The Awards

  • Precursor: 36th Spirit Award Nominations (2020)

    The first caveat of Spirit Award Nominations is that the nominations aren’t picked by the organization on the whole, but by a committee. Thus there are often strange inclusions/omissions offered up every year. For instance, Ma Rainey’s in Best Feature and Promising Young Woman in director. This in spite of Carey Mulligan and the film…

  • Precursor: 19th New York Online Critics Awards (2020)

    With a handful of winners that haven’t been commonplace so far this year, several of their selections are following the trends being set by earlier-arriving awards. Award Tallies (3) Minari, Promising Young Woman (2) Nomadland, One Night in Miami The Awards

  • Precursor: 92nd National Board of Review Awards (2020)

    The second oldest film awards body in the United States is a bad barometer of Oscar contention. Typically announcing their list before most other precursors are announced, the NBR is going much later this season. Yet, that extra time hasn’t done much to improve their selections. While the Clint Eastwood/Warner Bros. bias appears to be…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 26 (2021)

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

  • Precursor: 34th USC Scripter Nominations (2020)

    There are a handful of titles that have been earning the lion’s share of attention this year in terms of their screenplay. The USC Scripter nominations list four of those titles with frequently cited I’m Thinking of Ending Things failing to make the cut over Emmy nominee Bad Education, which will not be eligible for…

  • Precursor: 54th Kansas City Critics Awards (2020)

    The film that’s been dominating awards season tied for Best Picture with another film that’s been a fixture in many places this year. There are a few trendlines starting to develop and Best Director, the acting, and screenwriting winners here are are among the most frequently cited so far. Award Tallies (3) Nomadland, Promising Young…

  • Precursor: 24th Online Critics Awards (2020)

    Nomadland was a huge hit with the Online critics, sweeping the awards with wins in every category in which it was nominated. There isn’t much else to say about this list. Award Tallies (6) Nomadland (2) Promising Young Woman, Soul The Awards

  • Precursor: 20th American Film Institute (2020)

    The surprising exclusion of Promising Young Woman comes as inferior movies Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank make the list instead. The Awards Best American Films Da 5 Bloods Judas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank Minari Nomadland One Night in Miami Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7…

  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 22-24, 2021

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

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