Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 15th American Film Institute (2015)
Although it has yet to unspool except for a handful of Hollywood and press screenings, Star Wars: The Force Awakens earns a spot on the annual list of the best American films. If you don’t see your favorite film on the list, remember that these are American films only. That means no Brooklyn or 45…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 16 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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88th Oscars: Makeup Shortlist
The Academy has narrowed the potential Best Makeup & Hairstyling nominees down to seven finalists. Only three of these will make it through and I suspect that Mad Max, The Revenant and Mr. Holmes may end up the nominees, though Black Mass and 100-Year-Old Man could also be contenders. 7 FEATURES ADVANCE IN RACE FOR…
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Precursor: 15th Phoenix Critics Nominations (2015)
Tied for the most nominations, Spotlight finally gets the bounty it has been denied so far this year and Mad Max: Fury Road continues to do well. Often one of the best precursors to the Academy Awards, Phoenix has changed their nominations to only list 3 in many categories, which doesn’t help prognosticators much. Still,…
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Precursor: 36th London Critics Nominations (2015)
Although 45 Years has the most overall nominations, a significant factor needs to be taken into account. Two of its nominations come from British/Irish-only categories, unique to London’s critics. Several films have that distinction. To signify those and what their actual nomination counts should be, I’ve put (*) next to each with their actual total…
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Precursor: 9th Detroit Critics Awards (2015)
The first of several incoming groups today, Spotlight finally received a large share of awards with Liev Schrieber representing the cast outside of the Ensemble category. Still, Tom McCarthy couldn’t beat out George Miller for Best Director. Award Tallies (4) Spotlight (2) The Danish Girl The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 15 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 19th Toronto Critics Awards (2015)
Carol may have taken Best Picture and Best Director from the Toronto critics (who apparently live-tweeted their winners last night, but didn’t post until today), but it’s the wins for Shaun the Sheep Movie, Tom Hardy and Nina Hoss that are a bit surprising. None of these individuals or films have had much luck with…
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Precursor: 24th Southeastern Critics Awards (2015)
Getting a jump on their usual announcement schedule, the Southeastern Film Critics pushed their awards out a week early. The results show Spotlight once again taking a Best Picture prize without a Best Director win. George Miller continues to rack up such trophies. Bryan Cranston earns his first actual award of the season. Award Tallies…
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Precursor: 20th San Diego Critics Awards (2015)
More good news for Mad Max: Fury Road, which secured another Best Picture prize along with Best Director, Best Editing and Best Visual Effects. Leonardo DiCaprio makes another appearance at the top of a list as does Brie Larson who hasn’t gotten that much attention lately. It’s clear this group loved genre pics with Mad…
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Precursor: 23rd Dallas Area Critics Awards (2015)
The Revenant had a smashing day at the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association taking four awards, but coming in second behind Spotlight which won two. Dallas-Fort Worth is the only group that announce ranked lists of most categories. The only real surprise was The Revenant topping The Hateful Eight for Music Score and even that…
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88th Oscars: Competition Shortlist
Although the Academy says these are the films in competition for Best Picture, that’s really just a fancy way of saying that outside of the documentary, short film, and foreign film categories, every other film that’s released this year and is on this list is eligible in every other category unless they haven’t been shortlisted.…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
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). A bounty of awards have come out in the last week with the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe…
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Precursor: 28th Chicago Critics Nominations (2015)
Mad Max continues its Hoovering of the precursor nominations and awards with another leading 7 nominations from the Chicago critics. Carol, which came in second and was also a Best Picture nominee, failed to pick up a nod for Rooney Mara or for the screenplay, both of which would have put it above Max in…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 11-13, 2015
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. In the Heart of the Sea There was a time when Ron Howard’s name meant a great deal towards a film’s success, specifically at the box office, and sometimes at the Oscars. However, after his last two films have been high…
