Looking at Film from Every Angle

Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 11th Houston Critics Awards (2017)

    The big winner at the Houston Film Critics awards was Lady Bird, which won the trifecta of Picture, Director, and Screenplay. Otherwise, the list is very commonplace. Award Tallies (3) Lady Bird, The Shape of Water (2) Blade Runner 2049, Coco The Awards

  • 90th Oscars: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards

    I’m a bit behind on posting this, but the Academy announced the 10 achievements to be recognized with Scientific and Technical Achievement honors, including the Gordon E. Sawyer honorary award, statuettes, plaques, and certificates. In my Women at the Oscars article not long ago, I referenced a small number of women to win these awards…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 7 (2018)

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

  • Precursor: 52nd National Society of Film Critics Awards (2017)

    In some of the closest races this organization has ever seen, Lady Bird won Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay by one or two votes (two for Best Picture, one each for the other two prize). The Best Director award was so incredibly close that the top three vote-getters were were all within one of each…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 6 (2018)

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

  • Precursor: 29th Producers Guild Nominations (2017)

    The first thing one must remember about the Producers Guild of America is that they very much look at success as a portion of the measure of quality. Films that underperform, even with acclaim, are seldom recognized. They also tend to avoid films that don’t have some importance to the awards seasons. Further, if a…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2018)

    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…

  • Precursor: 9th Make-Up Artists Guild Nominations (2017)

    Here we have the five categories presented by the Make-Up Artists Guild. They ar ean eclectic bunch, but the quesiton is how they may or may not impact the Oscars. The only film on the Oscar shortlist not referenced here is Victoria & Abdul, all of the others are. Two of them, both I consider…

  • 2017 Precursor Predictions: Golden Globe Awards

    Sunday, the first television awards show of the season kicks off with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosting the biggest party of the year. Televised on NBC, the winners will have receive a tremendous bump going into Oscar nomination voting and could gain some traction towards a win. In this post is our list of…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 5 (2018)

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

  • Precursor: 70th Writers Guild Nominations (2017)

    Here are your Writers Guild of America nominations. First, let’s look at the films that weren’t included that are still Oscar contenders, then we’ll look to see which of them were excluded from the eligibility list for specified reasons. Titles missing from the list: Darkest Hour, Downsizing, The Florida Project, Phantom Thread, The Post, and…

  • Precursor: 22nd Art Directors Guild Nominations (2017)

    Adding a new category this year for animation, the Art Directors Guild have entered into the Oscar race with a slate that looks like it’s expected to look. The notable exclusions here are The Greatest Showman, Alien: Covenant, The Beguiled, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Phantom Thread, Victoria & Abdul, and Wonderstruck. Of these,…

  • Oscar Profile #373: Fred MacMurray

    Born Fredrick Martin MacMurray on August 30, 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, Young Fred was raised in Wisconsin from the age of five. A saxophone player in college, he later became a singer and as such had featured roles in the 1930’s Three’s a Crowd and 1933’s Roberta on Broadway. He became a life-long friend with…

  • 2017 Oscar Nominations Predictions: January

    As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. In our first predictions of 2018…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 4 (2018)

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

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