Category: Precursors

While the victory of Zero Dark Thirty signals a possible victor over non-nominated Quentin Tarantino, the big news of the night is the Adapted Screenplay win by Chris Terrio for Argo. The film didn’t seem like it had much of a shot with the WGA with the likes of Tony Kushner and David O. Russell…

Another prize for Argo and a great sign for its Oscar chances. A Best Editing Oscar would be a welcome award for Argo, which is looking at very few places it can compete for this year’s Oscars. Silver Linings Playbook also gets a boost and Brave is showing surprising (though not entirely unexpected) strength in…

And the musical won the Sound Mixing award. There’s really no surprise there, but it does put a damper on Skyfall‘s chances with the Oscars. The Awards Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Les Misérables Best Sound Mixing – Animated Brave Cinema Audio Society Data Year Founded: 1964 First Awards: 1993 (20)

The battle between Roger Deakins and Claudio Miranda continues with another split decision leading up to the Oscars. Deakins has struggled for years to find a film that would net him an Oscar and he might have finally found one. The problem is the vast color palette of Life of Pi tempts members to vote…

This year’s Grammy awards ceremony will begin in about one hour, but we already have all the results we need for Oscar forecasting and they don’t mean anything. Two categories went to films released last year (due to the Grammys’ unusual eligibility period) and the third is a song that wasn’t even on the Academy’s…

The British Academy of Film & Television Arts confirmed things we already knew and infused the Oscar race with a little more confusion than expected. Argo taking the prizes for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing have continued the film’s avalanche of late-season awards cementing its lead for this year’s Oscar. The same goes…

The Online Film & Television Association has selected their annual awards. Below is the full list of winners. Over the years, the OFTA has had many successes, but also many failures in predicting the Oscars. As the head of the organization, I can only say that I think the overall quality of this year’s winners…

This is a rather surprising result. I had expected the award to go to the more writerly Tony Kushner and Doris Kearns Goodwin. This really does mean the film has a lot of broad support in many circles. Certainly, this is no guarantee of an Oscar, but it does indicate support for the film’s adaptation.…

The Visual Effects Society has announced their awards and by their count, Life of Pi should be the hands-down winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. With four prizes including Best Visual Effects, There appears to be no real competition for the film among this year’s crop of nominees. Award Tallies (4)…

And with the Guild Hat Trick (DGA, SAG & PGA) in hand plus a handful of other prizes, Argo seems unbeatable, but there are still a few weeks until Oscar. Thing can change quickly with that much time still to go (the ballots haven’t even been sent yet). The Awards Best Director Ben Affleck –…

Down to the wire and to be overshadowed, the Art Directors Guild have made their selections confirming everything I already suspected about the race. The Oscar battle will be between Anna and Pi. The Awards Best Period Art Direction Anna Karenina Best Fantasy Art Direction Life of Pi Best Contemporary Art Direction Skyfall Art Directors…

The Annie Awards presentation has completed and the winners are all listed below. While the awards presentation, streamed live, was chaotic, plagued by technical difficulties and flubs, the presenters were largely having fun and in spite of everything, it was a fun time. Wreck-It Ralph now becomes the key contender for Best Animated Feature at…