Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
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). While the last couple of weeks have been literally or virtually dead, this week’s rush of guild nominations…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 4 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Precursor: 49th National Society of Critics Awards (2014)
I don’t have a lot to say about these heavily idiosyncratic choices other than the fact that they aren’t that reflective of current prevailing opinions. Award Tallies (2) Boyhood, Mr. Turner The Awards Best Picture Goodbye to Language (25 points) Boyhood (24 points) Birdman (10 points) Mr. Turner (10 points) Best Director
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This Day in Oscar History: January 3 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2015)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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Precursor: 54th Editors Nominations (2014)
The American Cinema Editors have announced the nominees for the 54th Annual Eddie Awards. The big surprise here is that Best Picture contender Selma is completely missing with a six-film lineup. Nightcrawler and Whiplash got surprise nominations, which puts them in stronger position for Best Picture nominations. The rest of the year’s major contenders are…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 2 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (3)
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Oscar Profile #218: Ronald Neame
Born April 23, 1911 in London, England to early British film director Elwin Neame and his wife, silent screen star Ivy Close, Ronald Neame was one of the true renaissance men of the movies, working as an assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director. Neame was only 18 when he worked as assistant director…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 1 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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2014 Oscar Predictions: December Predictions
Things are starting to settle for this year’s potential Oscar nominees. With the critics groups nearly finished (National Society of Film Critics will be the last of the major elders to announce later this week) and the guilds preparing to announce their nominees (SAG is the only one with a full slate already in circulation),…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Friday Face-Off (3)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 26-28, 2014
We had eight films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Big Eyes Once upon a time, Tim Burton was a wunderkind, a film director with great potential and an even greater fanbase. However, as the years have drifted by, Burton’s enthusiasts have dwindled in number with one creative and critical drubbing…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 29 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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). With a small number of critics groups still to announce, this week we move into the real nitty…
