Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 10th Houston Critics Nominations (2016)
Houston, we have a problem. Your association website is two years out of date. Having to go to IMDB to find your awards information isn’t the best idea. Anyway, the Houston Film Critics showed more love for Jackie and The Nice Guys; however, the rest of the list is fairly commonplace this season and not…
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Precursor: 6th Georgia Critics Nominations (2016)
The Georgia Film Critics announced their winners late on Tuesday, but here they are. There’s some good news for Jackie as it receives its best showing in some time. It’s probably way too late, though. The Nice Guys and Silence also did better than they have all season with the former not being recognize at…
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Precursor: 8th Make-Up Artists Guild Nominations (2016)
The first of today’s major guild announcements is out and the Hollywood Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild has made their selections in five theatrical categories. Looking at the seven films that made the Academy’s shortlist, five of them are here: Star Trek: Beyond, Suicide Squad, Deadpool, Florence Foster Jenkins, and Hail, Caesar!. Only two of…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 11 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 15th Visual Effects Society Nominations (2016)
Of the ten films that made the Academy’s Visual Effects shortlist, only six make an appearance on this list of nominees from the Visual Effects Society. With considerably more categories than the Oscars, we have to be care to draw too many conclusions. There are two categories that typically have any bearing on the Oscars:…
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Precursor: 28th Producers Guild Nominations (2016)
The Producers Guild of America, above all other groups, looks to films that succeed financially oftentimes before the ones that succeed critically. Take for example the inclusion of Deadpool, a film that won’t come within a country mile of Best Picture versus the absent Jackie, a film with critical acclaim, but no love from those…
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Precursor: 24th Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2016)
The Cinema Audio Society has selected its nominees for Best Sound Mixing in three categories, one for documentaries, one for animated films, and one for live-action films. That latter is the one that has the cross-over with the Oscars, so it’s the one we’re most interested in. The only major omission I see here is…
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Precursor: 58th British Academy Nominations (2016)
Topping this year’s British Academy of Film & Television Arts nominations, La La Land pulled in a solid eleven nominations. The big surprise is the 9 that Nocturnal Animals brought in without a Best Film citation. As always, there’s some heavy favoritism towards British productions, including I, Daniel Blake in Best Film. Here are some…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 10 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7
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). It’a big week in the precursors with several guilds announcing their nominations. While other groups announced last week,…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 9 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Precursor: 74th Golden Globe Awards (2016)
A clean sweep greeted La La Land from the Golden Globe Awards, a staggering 7 awards for the evening. The biggest shock of the night came with Aaron Taylor-Johnson won Best Supporting Actor for Nocturnal Animals. Otherwise, the awards went largely as expect. Winning no other awards, Barry Jenkins’ drama Moonlight took the Globe for…
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Precursor: 1st Seattle Critics Awards (2016)
In spite of being the nomination leader, La La Land went home empty-handed. Meanwhile, Moonlight made out like a bandit, scoring six awards including Bet Picture. As things go, there isn’t anything particular noteworthy about their selections. Awards Tallies (6) Moonlight (3) Arrival (2) Elle, The Handmaiden The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: January 8 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 51st National Society of Film Critics Awards (2016)
The last of the major critics groups to announce, the National Society of Film Critics, went down fairly expected routes with their selections. Note, I have put “X points” next to each. In years’ past, they have also released the points each victor and runner-up have received. I have not found this information so far.…
