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  • Precursor: 3rd Hollywood Critics Nominations (2019)

    The Hollywood Critics Association got out of the gate first among critics organizations, but their newness isn’t something that speaks to credibility. They seemed to love Quentin Tarantino’s film more than others while several titles earned strong nomination sets in spite of earlier letdowns (Waves and The Farewell for example). Still, Bombshell, which earned 9…

  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 22-24, 2019

    We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood In only her third film, director Marielle Heller has proven quite the prolific filmmaker with Oscar attention once again being focused on her. With her first film in 2015, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Heller…

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1

    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). With the Spirit Award nominations announced, Precursor Season for the 92nd Academy Awards is in full swing with…

  • 92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 5

    CBS Films started off the week with a documentary screener and that was followed by another A24 delivery, then one form Paramount, one from STX, and finally two from Roadside Attractions. Here they are. CBS Films Pavarotti Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have…

  • 92nd Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – December

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 25 (2019)

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  • 92nd Oscars: The Precursors Are Coming

    Oscar Season has already begun and we’re about to enter a very busy season. Throughout the next three months, we’ll be posting almost daily updates with precursor winners and nominees from across all organizations, critics groups, and guilds. Below is a calendar of events that should help you identify when your favorite precursor announces. Please…

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 24 (2019)

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  • This Day in Oscar History: November 23 (2019)

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  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 47, 2019)

    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. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 22 (2019)

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  • Precursor: 35th Spirit Award Nominations (2019)

    For years now, the Spirit Awards have almost looked like a preliminary ballot for the Academy Awards with a large swath of Oscar contenders in tow. This year, however, the list seems to be more in line with the lists of old where some categories have nary an Oscar contender in them and some with…

  • Precursor: 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards (2019)

    As expected, Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite dominated the awards taking five awards. While it was up for several more and it didn’t win in expected places like Cinematography, Editing, and Screenplay, there’s no question the film was a huge success. Award Tallies (5) Parasite (2) E.X.I.T, Swing Kids The Awards

  • Oscar Profile #471: Richard Widmark

    Born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, growing up mostly in Illinois but moving frequently due to his father’s job as a traveling salesman. He attended Lake Forest College where he originally studied law but switched to acting after starring a school production of Counsellor-at-Law which he taught after graduating with a degree in…

  • This Day in Oscar History: November 21 (2019)

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