Category: Academy Awards

Nary a shock to the system with the choices for this year’s DGA nominations. This pretty much guarantees that all five films will be on the Best Picture list at the Academy Awards. It also means that barring a failure to get nominated, if the Academy picks all five films, you will have the five…

After two high profile snubs this past week, the Coen Brothers picked up the National Society of Film Critics prize for Best Picture along with three other awards. This should feel like balm to heal the wounds. Other than the Coens’ dominance here, these names have largely appeared elsewhere, though James Franco has been underrepresented…

First, let’s look at the Oscar contenders that weren’t eligible due to archaic rules that prohibit films written outside of guild contracts from being eligibile. 12 Years a Slave, Fruitvale Station, Philomena, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, In a World…, The World’s End, Blue Is the Warmest Color, The Past, any animated film (Frozen, Monsters…

Boy did this group go early (Dec. 16), so I completely missed their announcement until I checked to see if they had announced yet when they would normally reveal during the very last week of the year. Nothing particularly new here. They voted mostly along current-thought lines. 12 Years a Slave was again the big…

Of the films that needed a PGA nomination to cement their chances for Best Picture consideration, both Dallas Buyers Club and Saving Mr. Banks received them. The Wind Rises did not, but you cannot blame the producers who haven’t been able to see the financial returns the film has made. This is Frozen‘s to lose.…