Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 89th National Board of Review (2017)
Steven Spielberg’s drama The Post was the big winner from the National Board of Review. The film, which only recently had its embargo dropped, is shaping up to be the prominent political drama of the year and could be the eventual Best Picture winner, though the National Board of Review doesn’t have the best track…
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Precursor: 60th Grammy Awards Nominations (2017)
Although the Grammys are the only awards that are given out to music for movies, they are a wholly un-predictive set of nominations. Every. Year. In Best Music Film, which is would only really tie into the Documentary Feature category at the Oscars, has only one film (Long Strange Trip) that was submitted for Oscar…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 28 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 24-26, 2017
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Coco Every animation studio with the exception of one (Studio Ghibli) longs despeartely to replicate the success and passion audiences have for Disney and Pixar. Disney was the only respected game in town for decades until Pixar emerged as Disney faced…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
We begin our first weekly recap today. Each week, we’ll look back at all the precursors from Monday through the following Sunday. Will the precursors affect the Oscars? That’s what we’re here to determine. We’ll look at the winners and losers along with what’s coming up from Tuesday through Monday. But, before we get into…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 27 (2017)
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Focus Features
Focus Features sends its first screener release. Victoria & Abdul Oscar Chances: Decent: Early in the year, it seemed like Judi Dench was likely to earn another Oscar nomination as a monarch in this film. The problem was that people actually saw it and it earned some terrible reviews and has since faded quite a…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Fox Searchlight 2
Another from Fox Searchlight. Step Oscar Chances: Uncertain: This is another documentary that has a lot of strong word behind it and could be a competitor. We’ll have to wait and see if it makes the finals. Campaign-Proposed Categories Original Song – “Jump” Documentary Feature
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Netflix 3
A documentary and a fiction film for the latest batch of Netflix shipments. Get Me Roger Stone Oscar Chances: Uncertain: The film will have a lot of support among certain demographics within the Academy, but who knows if those groups are large enough to get it thrust into consideration. Campaign-Proposed Categories Documentary Feature The Meyerowitz…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 26 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: November 25 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 47, 2017)
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…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Kino Lorber
Kino Lorber has sent out two nondescript discs. Tom of Finland Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Some think this could be a Foreign Language Film nominee. I doubt, however, that this will be the case. The Wound Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Another film that could be a Foreign Language Film nominee, but I’ve heard less about this film…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Magnolia 2
The original Magnolia/Magnet drop did not contain one of the titles listed on their insert. That title has arrived. Meet Lucky. Lucky Oscar Chances: Unlikely: As much as the film community would love to see Harry Dean Stanton nominated for Best Actor, the film’s low profile and the serious competition will mean that unless he…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 24 (2017)
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