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  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 20-22, 2013

    We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Her As a music video director, Spike Jonze is a prolific figure. On the film front, he’s been barely a blip, having directed only four films. His first film, 1999’s Being John Malkovich was a hit with critics and picked up…

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4

    As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards. At this point in the season, the smattering of critics groups still announcing aren’t changing the narrative much. That’s not to say there…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 23 (2013)

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  • This Day in Oscar History: December 22 (2013)

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  • Precursor: 12th Utah Film Critics (2013)

    A slight change in the narrative saw 12 Years a Slave coming in second in several categories, most frequently to Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity which won the Best Picture prize. Other than The World’s End for Best Original Screenplay, there was nothing out of the ordinary here. These were announced yesterday. Award Tallies (3) Gravity (2)…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 21 (2013)

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  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 51, 2013)

    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…

  • 86th Oscars: Foreign Language Film Shortlist

    The Academy narrows down the full slate of submitted foreign language films to nine from which the final five nominees will be selected. Below is the press release from the Academy indicating which nine made it. There are a few surprises. This list conveys a deep divide in the foreign language film selection committee. A…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 20 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Oscar Profile #165: Billy Wilder

    Born June 22, 1906 in Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, now Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie, Poland, to a Jewish family that operated a popular cake shop at the local train station, Samuel (Billy) Wilder was expected to join the family business but chose instead to become a lawyer. However, instead of attending the University of Vienna, he became…

  • Oscar Predictions: Mid-December

    With the Academy Award nominations scheduled for announcement on January 16, 2014, the critics phase of Precursor Season has started to wind down, meaning fewer groups are announcing their prizes and a consensus among critics is beginning to develop. There are still a few more to come, but only the guild awards will give us…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 19 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 13th Phoenix Film Critics (2013)

    Although 12 Years a Slave was named Best Picture in Phoenix, Gravity carried away the lion’s share of awards. The group also went with a few of the more recently-discussed winners like Matthew McConaughey and 20 Feet from Stardom, the but narrative from the critics’ groups is largely set at this point, so this doesn’t…

  • Precursor: 7th Houston Film Critics Awards (2013)

    Today’s final announcement came in yesterday it seems. The Houston critics used to announce nominees, but it that no longer appears to be the case. Here are the winners, which are largely the same with a few newcomers and infrequent citations such as Sandra Bullock for Gravity, The Hunt for Foreign Language Film and 20…

  • Precursor: 17th Las Vegas Film Critics (2013)

    12 Years a Slave picks up yet another prize, but a few more unusual picks thread through the Las Vegas critics group choices including rarely seen Emma Thompson and the lightly rewarded Matthew McConaughey. The rest are pretty standard selections. Award Tallies (5) 12 Years a Slave (3) Gravity (2) Dallas Buyers Club The Awards…

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