Category: Academy Awards
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14th Black Critics Awards
This is a result that seems more in line with what we would expect. Their top award winner also won the most prizes. For the most part, their selections are about as expected. Award Tallies (4) Sing Sing (3) Nickel Boys (1) All We Imagine as Light, The Brutalist, Daughters, Gladiator II, Malcolm Washington, The…
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29th Satellite Awards Nominations
If you miss the way the Golden Globes used to fawn over the least worthy options, look no further than the International Foreign Press Academy and their list that includes such headscratchers as Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, The Bloody Hundredth, Cabrini, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom, The Wait, and Young Woman and the…
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45th London Critics Nominations
London’s critics have a different release window to worry about and thus titles like La Chimera show up when they might be eligible for Oscar. That said, this list looks more “high brow” than most other lists, which is par for the course with this group with them ignoring seemingly more “American” efforts like Dune:…
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Oscar Profile: Oscar Loves Christmas
While no film with Christmas as its main theme has ever won a Best Picture Oscar, one film in which the holiday is prominently featured did win the big prize. That was 1960’s bittersweet comedy, The Apartment, which takes place primarily from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Kruschen…
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Oscar History: December 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: George Dutton (77 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects 1902: Ralph Richardson (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1925: Robert B. Sherman (86 at death) {9 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Substantially Original…
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9th Seattle Critics Awards
Seattle loved Anora and, surprisingly, Furiosa, a film that has been forgotten by most other groups and was missing from most expected shortlists. Yet again, The Substance took the top prize but lost the tally race to two other films. Strange. Award Tallies (4) Anora (3) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2) Sing Sing, The…
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22nd African American Critics Awards
Nickel Boys was a better film but The Piano Lesson was the better film? It’s always strange to see the Best Film winner take home a pittance of awards compared to two other films that didn’t win. Award Tallies (4) The Piano Lesson (3) Sing Sing (2) Nickel Boys, The Wild Robot (1) Dahomey, Daughters,…
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28th Las Vegas Critics Awards
Las Vegas went a new direction from a lot of groups with their Dune: Part Two love. And it wasn’t even close it seems. Awards Tallies (6) Dune: Part Two (2) The Brutalist, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, My Old Ass, Strange Darling, Wicked (1) Anora, Dìdi, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, Hans Zimmer, Nosferatu,…
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32nd Dallas Area Critics Awards
Dallas film critics went with the flow and awarded Anora with its top award along with two other prizes. Nothing particularly new or exciting in this list other than to see how some candidates ranked overall. Award Tallies (3) Anora (2) The Brutalist, The Wild Robot (1) Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, The Seed…
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33rd Southeastern Critics Awards
Anora came out on top while second-place finisher The Brutalist did equally well. Nothing too revolutionary here. Award Tallies (3) Anora, The Brutalist (2) Conclave (1) Challengers, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Sugarcane, Wicked, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Film Anora The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two Challengers Nickel Boys Sing Sing Wicked The…
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18th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 1)
Houston has announced their first set of nominations for 2024 in the Texas Independent Film Award category and you will be forgiven for never having heard of any of these. The Nominations Texas Independent Film Award Deliveries from Eva The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia Lost Soulz Runaway Radio When Houston Had the Blues Houston…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: December
With many precursors announced (only one industry one, the editors) and the shortlists recently revealed, these are closing in on our final predictions. Please note that due to time constraints with the shortlists releasing yesterday afternoon, the precursors and changes pages of the website have not been updated but may be completed later today. For…
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Oscar History: December 18 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Gladys Cooper (82 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1891: Lewis Lewyn (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Color Short Film 1899: Rex Wimpy (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1900: Darrell Silvera (82…
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97th Oscars Shortlists Announced
My only issue with these is that Wicked is eligible for Best Original Score but Dune: Part Two was ineligible because it was too derivative. 97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy…
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Oscar History: December 17 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Leo Erdody (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1900: Katina Paxinou (72 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1906: Marlin Skiles (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1918:…
