Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 16th Toronto Film Critics Association (2012)
A late-year rally may not be enough to save The Master, but Toronto went for the film in a big way, recognizing it for four awards while giving Denis Lavant and Gina Gershon their first awards of the season and giving Emmanuelle Riva another notch on her belt. Award Tallies (4) The Master The Awards…
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Precursor: 11th San Francisco Film Critics (2012)
No single film dominated the awards, with four films winning two awards each. Apart from a handful of duplicates, the group largely chose different winners than we’ve seen previously giving Joaquin Phoenix and Helen Hunt some much needed (at least in terms of Oscar) attention. Award Tallies (2) Amour, Lincoln, The Master, Zero Dark Thirty…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 18 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 14-16, 2012
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey After the dominating success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy with the Academy 9, 10 and 11 years ago, it was thought the films of The Hobbit would be in similar contention. Lackluster reviews have largely…
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Precursor: 7th St. Louis Film Critics Awards (2012)
More awards recognition for Argo, which has been quietly amassing a nice trove of awards. Django Unchained picked up three awards, but few of import. Award Tallies (3) Django Unchained (2) Argo, Compliance, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty The Awards
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Precursor: 25th Chicago Film Critics Awards (2012)
More major recognition for Zero Dark Thirty, which seems to be chugging along this season. Award Tallies (5) Zero Dark Thirty (4) The Master (2) Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lincoln (1) Amour, The Invisible War, Moonrise Kingdom, ParaNorman The Awards
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
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 (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
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Precursor: 17th Satellite Awards (2012)
It was a good night for the Weinstein Company as it took home three awards for Silver Linings Playbook including a sweep of Picture, Director, Actor and Actress along with a surprise Editing win. The victory may be sweet, but the high will be short-lived. The Satellite Awards are one of the poorest Oscar predictors…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 17 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: December 16 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Shortlist: Makeup and Hairstyling
The Academy has narrowed the list to seven films and will further winnow the list down to twelve. Lincoln and The Hobbit are sure to be nominees, but what will the third film be? I’m leaning towards Men in Black 3, but if Les Misérables plays better with Oscar voters than it did with critics,…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 15 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 25th Chicago Film Critics Nominations (2012)
My biggest question here is: Is The Master still in the hunt or do we have a group that saw the drubbing the film received from critics and other groups thus far and decided to rectify it with votes. There are a handful of new and eclectic choices in the bunch, but nothing particularly earth…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 50, 2012)
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: 6th Detroit Film Critics Society (2012)
Apart from Daniel Day-Lewis and Anne Hathaway, Detroit went a completely different than most of the other groups, heaping five trophies on Silver Linings Playbook. Whether this was intended to give the film a push it hadn’t gotten so far this year from other critics groups or shows a genuine love of the film is…
