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Category: Academy Awards

  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 9-11, 2022

    We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Empire of Light On paper, Sam Mendes’ newest film sounded like an Oscar contender. It was about battling depression and the healing power of cinema and it starred Oscar winner Olivia Colman. However, like many obviously Oscar-baity films, the end result…

  • Precursor: 80th Golden Globe Nominations (2022)

    Having proclaimed they have fixed their diversity problem, the Golden Globe awards have returned in full force this year with a slate of nominees that fits in with their past voting, so there’s not a lot of newness here. While Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, and Top Gun: Maverick nabbed big nominations, their overall…

  • 95th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2

    As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Some major and minor groups announced this week, including critics in Los Angeles, Boston, Washington D.C., and Hollywood.…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 12 (2022)

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

  • Precursor: 48th Los Angeles Critics Awards (2022)

    The last of today’s announcements that I can find, Everything Everywhere All at Once tied with Tár for Best Picture, which is an extremely rare selection. What’s even more unusual is the choice of EO in Cinematography. Nominations Tallies (4) Tár (2) EO, Everything Everywhere All at Once The Nominations

  • Precursor: 43rd Boston Critics Awards (2022)

    In an uncommon occurrence, the Boston critics selected Return to Seoul as the best film of the year, an off-the-wall choice if anything, thus forcing them to change the name of their foreign language award to Best English Language Film, which went to The Banshees of Inisherin, which did quite well with this group. Nominations…

  • Precursor: 21st New York Online Critics Awards (2022)

    The Banshees of Inisherin got its best news of the season so far with a large array of wins from this group with a few unexpected selections (Hong Chau, Nope) along the way. Nominations Tallies (5) The Banshees of Inisherin (2) Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once The Nominations

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 11 (2022)

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

  • Precursor: 21st DC Critics Nominations (2022)

    This group’s selections look more like what the Academy nominations may look like with several films that wouldn’t have been competitors in previous years looking like they might be this year. Nominations Tallies (11) Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans (8) The Banshees of Inisherin (6) Tár (5) Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Women Talking…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 10 (2022)

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

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 2022)

    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…

  • Precursor: 22nd American Film Institute (2022)

    An interesting batch of selections, though nothing particularly unusual. The Awards Best American Films Avatar: The Way of Water Elvis Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans Nope She Said Tár Top Gun: Maverick The Woman King Women Talking Special Award The Banshees of Inisherin American Film Institute Data Year Founded: 1967 First Awards: 2001…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 9 (2022)

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

  • Precursor: 6th Hollywood Critics Creative Arts Nominations (2022)

    The Hollywood Critics Association, which has been roiled by controversy and resignations, has decided to split off its creative arts categories so that they can have two ceremonies instead of one. Probably not the best idea, but they may be hoping to streamline their main awards so they can hook a broadcast deal. Anyway, these…

  • Precursor: 27th Satellite Awards Nominations (2022)

    This group has never been a reliable Oscar bellwether and their early release often eliminates newer films from competition, so the fact that Top Gun: Maverick did this well isn’t surprising, but Babylon and The Fabelmans did better than their late releases would suggest. On top of that, where is She Said? Nominations Tallies (10)…

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