Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 21st Art Directors Guild Awards (2016)
The Art Directors Guild have selected their winners. Two Oscar nominees prevailed while one went down to a non-nominee. Hidden Figures managed to best Hail, Caesar! in the Period category, which was a bit surprising since the Academy didn’t recognize it. Passeners was a little less surprising in Fantasy, which could mean it’s a stronger…
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Precursor: 15th Visual Effects Society Awards (2016)
The Oscar frontrunner dominated the Visual Effects Society awards, taking five awards total. The Jungle Book had received six nominations and, had it not been double-nominated in the Animated Performance category, it would have done a clean sweep, as such, it merely won in every category in which it was nominated. Deepwater Horizon won the…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). A lot happened this weekend with the Directors Guild, Annie Awards, and Cinematographers selecting their winners for the…
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Precursor: 21st Online Film & Television Awards (2016)
The Online Film & Television Association has announced its awards for 2016. Many believe that La La Land will perform a pretty major sweep at the Oscars, but that didn’t intimidate the OFTA into trying to duplicate that. From the looks of their winners, they broke out of the mold in several areas. While a…
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Precursor: 25th Annie Awards Awards (2016)
The worship of Disney continues with the strong showing of Zootopia with six prizes including Best Animated Feature. Kubo and the Two Strings came in second with three awards (though, honestly, it should have won). Awards Tallies (6) Zootopia (3) Kubo and the Two Strings (2) Moana (1) Doctor Strange, The Jungle Book, The Little…
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Precursor: 69th Directors Guild Awards (2016)
While the cinematographers went in an unexpected direction, the Directors Guild of America were highly predictable with all the expected winners winning. The Awards Best Director Damien Chazelle – La La Land (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best First Feature Garth Davis – Lion (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary Director Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made…
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Precursor: 31st Cinematographers Guild Awards (2016)
In a shock no one could have seen coming, Greg Fraiser takes the award for Best Cinematography for Lion, the safe money was on Linus Sandgren for La La Land, which makes for an interesting bump in its race towards the Oscar. The Awards Best Cinematography Lion – Greg Fraiser American Society of Cinematographers Data…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). I missed yesterday’s due date, so I’m catching up with the Oscar Preview post today. The Oscar nominations…
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Precursor: 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016)
There you have the year’s Screen Actors Guild winners. Denzel Washington finally earns his SAG award, briefly upending the streak Casey Affleck had been making towards Oscar glory. Hidden Figures takes the prize for Best Cast against stiff competition from fellow Oscar Best Picture nominees. Emma Stone repped future Oscar-winning Best Picture La La Land…
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Precursor: 28th Producers Guild Awards (2016)
And there you have the least predictable Producers Guild awards ever with all the frontrunners taking home prizes. It makes all three virtually inevitable at the Oscars. The Awards Best Picture La La Land (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Animated Feature Zootopia (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary O.J.: Made in America (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas)…
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Precursor: 64th Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2016)
The Motion Picture Sound Editors, three days after the Oscar nominations, have announced their nominations. The surprising thing here is that Rogue One captured three nominations, but failed to show up at the Oscars. Meanwhile, all five Oscar nominees show up in these nominations, albeit in different locations since La La Land got a token…
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Precursor: 56th American Cinema Editors Awards (2016)
In a night of expectations and upsets, the American Cinema Editors selected their 56th set of winners. Leading the pack was expected Oscar winner La La Land winning the comedy/musical prize, a category all of our contributors guessed correctly. In the highly competitive drama field, Arrival took the prize for its time-hopping sci-fi spectacle. In…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). There were only two groups announcing this past week and neither will have significant impact on the Oscar…
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Precursor: 37th Golden Raspberry Nominations (2016)
Sometimes the Razzie Awards nomination, a longtime pre-Oscar tradition, are a gestalt examination of the worst of the year. Sometimes, they are a sour grapes tribute. This year is a mixture of both. While the hate of Batman v. Superman is understandable, citing Ben Affleck as Worst Actor is pure sour grapes, not raspberries. Picking…
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Precursor: 37th London Critics Awards (2016)
The London Film Critics aren’t always the most instructive. Apart from their eligibility window not featuring the same films as the Oscars, they have a tendency to recognize British talent over American talent, even though they have separate categories. As such, Huppert’s win for Things to Come rather than Elle, Tom Bennett’s tied win of…
