Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild of America Nominations
Tomorrow, the nominees for the Directors Guild of America awards will be announced. We took a poll of contributors and here are the results and our thoughts on them. First, we’ll list the films we 100% agreed on. Then we’ll list the ones we didn’t. Best Director @ The DGA Full Agreement Kathryn Bigelow –…
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7 Finalists for Visual Effects Consideration Announced
The Academy has announced the 7 films in contention for the three-spot Best Visual Effects Oscar nominations. Avatar District 9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Star Trek Terminator Salvation Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2012
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Precursor: Online Film Critics Society Winners
Below are the winners for the Online Film Critics Society Awards. Winner Tallies (4) The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds (2) Up The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Animated Feature: Up Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker Best Actress: Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds…
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Precursor: USC Scripter Nominations
The USC Scripter Nominations, recognizing the year’s best adapted screenplays and the original source material, announced their nominations today. Below are the nominees. The Nominations Adapted Screenplay Crazy Heart District 9 An Education Precious Up in the Air
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Precursor: Producers Guild of America Nominations
The Producers Guild of America have announced their choices for the Best Pictures of 2009. Below are the lists: The Nominees Best Picture Avatar District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus Precious Star Trek Up Up in the Air
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Predictions: Producers Guild of America
Tomorrow, the PGA announces its nominees for the Best Picture, Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary of 2009. Our regular contributors have put together our predictions not only for the PGA nominations, but also our thoughts, as they currently stand, on Best Picture. Below is our list of Predictions. They fall into three categories: common…
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Academy Deems 81 Productions Eligible for Original Score
Steve Pond over at thewrap.com has an article about several prominent film scores being declared ineligible for the Original Score award at this year’s Academy Awards. Among those ineligible? Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter, Precious and The Blind Side. Below is the list of eligible scores: Adam Adoration Adventures of Power Aliens in…
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Precursor: National Society of Film Critics
The National Society of Film Critics applied the status quo to this year’s race honoring The Hurt Locker. The most interesting choice is the tie between Christoph Waltz and Paul Schneider. Schneider gave one of my favorite supporting performances this year, so I’m quite pleased he picked up something even though I’m sure Oscar is…
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Precursor Calendar: January, 2010 and a Happy New Year
Well, it’s another year and another decade, but it’s still Oscar season. May we all have a Happy New Year and may our upcoming months of Oscar fun be filled with surprises, but only pleasant ones. Of course, we still have plenty of precursors left before The Big Night. So, here’s the breakdown of what’s…
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OFTA Reminder Links
Below are several links to the ballots. Trailer Suggestions Black Mass Ex Machina Far from the Madding Crowd Inside Out Joy Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian #1 The Martian #2 Max Minions Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation The Revenant Room #1 Room #2 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Spotlight Star…
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2008 at the Oscars
Although Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire proved unstoppable by the time the Oscars were given out for 2008, it was not an early favorite. Early speculation centered around such eagerly anticipated films as David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Gus Van Sant’s Milk; Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon and John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt along with Christopher…
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Precursor: Online Film Critics Society Nominations
Below are the nominees for this year’s Online Film Critics Society awards. As a voting member, I must say that I’m at times excited (the love for District 9) and at times irritated (Jackie Earle Haley? Seriously?). But, overall, a fairly straightforward list, little of which I’m not surprised to see nominated. Nomination Tallies (8)…
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2007 at the Oscars
2007 was a year in which a good deal of the Oscar prognosticators’ speculation centered on whether or not No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood would be too violent for Academy tastes. The more genteel violence of Sweeney Todd, Into the Wild and Atonement seemed more likely to them to pass…
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2006 at the Oscars
When film historians look back on the first decade of the new millennium, I have no doubt 2006 will be seen as the decade’s best year for film. It was the year that gave us such highly acclaimed films as Pan’s Labyrinth; Children of Men; The Departed; The Lives of Others and Letters From Iwo…
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Precursor: Florida Film Critics
I forgot to post these when they were announced. They were announced December 22, 2009. Winner Tallies (3) Precious; Up in the Air The Winners Picture: Up In The Air Actor: George Clooney – Up In The Air Actress: Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Supp. Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Supp. Actress: Mo’Nique – Precious…
