Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 5th Detroit Film Critics Society (2011)
After announcing its nominees in the 11th, the Detroit Film Critics Society has named its winners for 2011. Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender haven’t gotten much attention this year, but here they are winning prizes. Those who receive the most traction with this group are Actor (Fassbender), Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) and Supporting Actress (Mulligan).…
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Precursor: 19th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (2011)
I received a press release moments ago from the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association who have chosen the best of 2011. They aren’t the most predictive group out there, only Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) and Screenplay (The Descendants) have had four of five comparable results with the Academy. On the nominations side, their winners have…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 50, 2011)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 (starting in January) 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…
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Precursor: 24th Chicago Film Critics Nominations (2011)
Always good to inject some interest into the Original Score category, the Chicago critics are strong are a frequently strong prognosticating body, though they have their own strange quirks that make them interesting. This eyar, most of those oddities appear in Best Actress where Anna Paquin who’s gotten no attention for most of the year…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 5th Houston Film Critics (2011)
The steamroll that is The Artist has been temporarily halted by the Houston critics who gave the film only one award for Original Score. The Descendants received three trophies including Best Picture and Drive received two. Another award for Michael Fassbender and Shailene Woodley give them added support when neither appeared on the SAG list…
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Oscar Profile #64: Christmas and Oscar
Many films have memorable Christmas scenes, but there are way too many to do justice to the subject so I am just going to concentrate on those that are set specifically at the holiday itself with two exceptions – both of which feature songs that have become holiday standards. Despite limiting myself to films specifically…
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Precursor: 69th Golden Globe Nominations (2011)
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced its nominees for their annual Oscar precursor called the Golden Globes. There were no hugely embarrassing selections this year (a la The Tourist), though many notable names were missing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is HFPA bait if anything is, but it wasn’t included. Was it screened too…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 15th Las Vegas Film Critics Society (2011)
Another series of big wins for The Artist, which has become the de facto front runner this awards season. Nothing really unexpected here, though Refn’s win as best director is something of a surprise. In the seven major categories, this group has done amazingly well at pushing through nominations getting five for five in each…
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Precursor: 16th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (2011)
Although it didn’t even get nominated for Best Picture, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 is the big winner here. No other film got two or more nominations save Harry. And apart from the wins by The Artist, Moneyball and Hugo, most of the rest of the choices were fairly eclectic covering a…
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Academy Announces 10 Finalists for Live Action Short Film
The Academy today announced the ten films that will compete for three to five slots at this year’s Oscars in the Live Action Short Film category. Beverly Hills, CA (December 14, 2011) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process…
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Precursor: 18th Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2011)
The 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced and the nominees are mostly names we’ve heard before with the exception of Demian Bichir for A Better Life and Jonah Hill for Moneyball. There are few major surprises here, though it’s worth noting that The Artist is not only secured an Oscar nomination, but…
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Precursor: 15th Toronto Film Critics Association (2011)
The Toronto critics have proclaimed their best of the year without a single film really emerging as a surprise. This group is not good at predicting with Animated Feature and Supporting Actor each earning three prizes in the last five years. Though, they are better at getting nominees with Animated Feature (The Adventures of Tintin),…
