Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: January 22 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (15) Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1900: Fredric Hope (37…
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16th Denver Film Critics Nominations
Nothing revelatory in these picks. Nominations Tallies (14) Sinners (12) One Battle After Another (8) Frankenstein, Sentimental Value (7) Hamnet (4) F1, Marty Supreme, Train Dreams (3) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Bugonia, KPop Demon Hunters, Weapons, Zootopia 2 (2) Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Predator: Badlands, Tron: Ares, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives…
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19th Houston Critics Awards
The winners are pretty much as expected. Awards Tallies (9) Sinners (2) KPop Demon Hunters (1) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, The Librarians, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, The Perfect Neighbor, Sentimental Value, Weapons The Awards Best Picture Sinners Best Animated Film KPop Demon Hunters Best Director Ryan Coogler – Sinners Best Actor Michael…
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19th Houston Critics Nominations
Pretty standard nomination offerings with a few odd ball picks thrown in the mix. Nominations Tallies (15) Sinners (13) One Battle After Another (7) Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value (6) Frankenstein (5) F1, Hamnet (3) The Secret Agent, Train Dreams (2) Bugonia, KPop Demon Hunters, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Weapons (1) The…
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2026 Nominations Predictions: January
Tomorrow’s the big day. After months of predictions and critics awards, it’s time to see how much the Academy agrees with the critics and prognosticators. We agreed fully on only two categories: Animated Feature and Actor. Beyond that, we are largely in agreement with several small discrepancies in each category, so predictable? Maybe. KEY: Appears…
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98th Oscar Morning: Final Nomination Thoughts
Tomorrow morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced. They’ll be revealed by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. Want to follow along tomorrow. See the checklist at the end of this article and mark off the selections as they are revealed. Before the nominations are announced, I wanted to put down in…
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Oscar History: January 21 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1898: Rudolph Mate (66 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing…
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33rd Cinema Audio Society Nominations
Interesting is that Avatar: Fire and Ash is not here, though it was on the Oscar shortlist. Mission: Impossible made it through, though, which is also interesting. The Nominations Best Sound Mixing – Live Action F1 Frankenstein Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning One Battle After Another Sinners Best Sound Mixing – Animated The Bad…
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Oscar History: January 20 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George Burns (100 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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13th North Carolina Critics Nominations
Not much in the way of original thinking here. Nominations Tallies (19) Sinners (16) One Battle After Another (11) Marty Supreme (10) Frankenstein (6) KPop Demon Hunters, No Other Choice, Sentimental Value (5) Hamnet, Train Dreams, Weapons (4) Bugonia, F1 (3) It Was Just an Accident, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Wicked:…
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9th Chicago Indie Critics Awards
Is Sinners ascendant and One Battle After Another fading? Maybe. Awards Tallies (9) Sinners (3) Frankenstein (2) Avatar: Fire and Ash, One Battle After Another (1) Hamnet, John Candy: I Like Me, KPop Demon Hunters, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams, Weapons The Awards Best Studio Film (over $20M) Sinners Best…
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24th Utah Critics Awards
It sure looks like they went out of their way to pick things other than what is leading. Awards Tallies (4) Sinners (3) Sorry, Baby (2) Warfare, Weapons (1) 28 Years Later, The Alabama Solution, Frankenstein, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,…
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38th European Film Awards
Sentimental Value was the big winner, carrying all of the top categories while Sirât was a creative powerhouse, winning most of the craft categories. Awards Tallies (6) Sentimental Value (5) Sirât (1) Arco, Bugonia, City of Poets, Fiume o Morte!, On Falling, Siblings, Sound of Falling Best Picture Sentimental Value Best Animated Feature Arco Best…
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Box Office History (Week 3, 2026)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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Oscar History: January 19 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…
