Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 20th Online Film & Television Awards (2015)
The Online Film & Television Association celebrated its twenty years with its awards for 2015. Introducing the ranked Best Picture list and runners-up, the organization continues to show it isn’t interested in just predicting the Oscars. Mad Max: Fury Road, which isn’t on anyone’s radar as being a Best Picture frontrunner dominated these awards with…
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Precursor: 68th Writers Guild of America (2015)
Is this the beginning of a big weekend for Spotlight or this its final victory. We’ll know at BAFTA tomorrow. Until then, the expected winners triumphed in all three categories. The Awards Best Original Screenplay Spotlight (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Documentary Screenplay Going Clear: Scientology…
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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). There’s only one major group left to give out prizes and I’m not talking about the uncharacteristic Writers…
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Precursor: 68th Directors Guild Awards (2015)
It looks like Mad Max: Fury Road‘s road to the Oscars is terminated. Without DGA, it would be impossible for him to win Best Director or even Best Picture. That also means that The Big Short‘s shot at Best Picture is gone as well. Only Spotlight, a film that might typically win without a Best…
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Precursor: 24th Annie Awards (2015)
Losing only one category in which it was nominated, Inside Out ties five films for most honored film at the Annie Awards with ten awards (the others who share this honor are Mulan, The Incredibles, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, How to Train Your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda). It’s clear the…
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Precursor: 14th Visual Effects Society Awards (2015)
As expected, Star Wars: The Force Awakens had a huge night. After a longstanding history in the visual effects community of being the industry leader in visual effects, the Star Wars franchise seemed like the perfect honoree here. This also bolsters its chances of winning the Oscar, something that some had thought might be shifting…
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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). While this past week was the calm before the storm, the first showers are about to fall before…
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Precursor: 20th Art Directors Guild Awards (2015)
The big surprise that no one here saw coming was that The Revenant would parlay its lack of sets into a win for Best Period Art Direction. It proves the film has some teeth going into the Oscar race whereas the other two races for Fantasy and Contemporary seemed to be right on expected target.…
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Precursor: 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015)
What could have been a closing of the door towards other potential Best Picture winners, The Big Short went home empty-handed, losing the big award to Spotlight, which needed this win to stay in the competition for Best Picture at the Oscars. DiCaprio, Larson and Vikander have now cemented their frontrunner statuses. Idris Elba took…
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Precursor: 55th American Cinema Editors Awards (2015)
With the first guild tech prize out of the box, it looks like the leaders are every bit as expected. Mad Max was an unsurprising victor in Best Drama Editing, while fellow Oscar Best Picture nominee The Big Short won in comedy. The leaders of the Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary Feature competition won…
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Precursor: 63rd Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2015)
Most guilds announce their nominations before the Academy Awards. These can often be instructive as to what the branches are thinking. This year, one of the guilds decided to release quite some time after the nominations and their results aren’t very elucidating as a result. However, it’s worth noting that the Motion Picture Sound Editors…
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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). After another situation where a website said one thing when I looked and something else was the truth,…
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Precursor: 20th Online Film & Television Nominations (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road was the big nominee at this year’s OFTA film awards. With a nomination in Best Picture, a clean sweep of the techs and a number of categories in between, the film tops the nearest nominee by 3. Carol finds a boon with the group, securing a massive ten nominations, including a…
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Precursor: 27th Producers Guild Awards (2015)
The big story is that The Big Short took a mostly unexpected win with the PGA. In spite of a mediocre box office performance, the producers chose the housing market crash comedy as its choice for Best Picture, which positions it very well for a Best Picture run at the Oscars. Inside Out and Amy…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
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). It may not seem like it now, but a lot has happened in the last week. While there…
