Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 10-12, 2017
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Murder on the Orient Express In 1974, Sidney Lumet brought to the big screen one of the best adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel in history. Six Oscar nominations were given to the film and, had they had ten nominees at…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 13 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: November 12 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: November 11 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 45, 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: Animated Features Shortlist
The Academy has announced 26 films submitted for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. What’s most interesting here is some of the titles that weren’t submitted. Throughout the year, I try to keep track of new animated releases and add them to the Hopefuls list. Five films that were on that list…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 10 (2017)
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Oscar Profile #365: Viola Davis
Born August 11, 1965 in St. Matthews, South Carolina, the fifth of six children whose father was a horse trainer and whose mother was a maid. Two months after she was born, her parents moved her and three of her siblings to Cedar Falls, Rhode Island, leaving her two oldest siblings with her grandparents. She…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 9 (2017)
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2017 Oscar Nominations Predictions: November
As is our tradition, May began 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. November is the month where we…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 8 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: November 7 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 3-5, 2017
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Thor: Ragnarok When discussing the Oscar potential for any film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s instructive to look back at the history of nominees and what common factors there are. We’ve talked many times about this in the past, so…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 6 (2017)
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Universal 2
Arriving Friday, one of the Best Animated Feature contenders. Despicable Me 3 Oscar Chances: Uncertain: There aren’t many Best Animated Feature contenders, so it’s possible this could contend, but the new rules and format of voting for this category might mean a nomination, but might not. Best Original Song might be a better chance. Campaign-Proposed…
