Category: Precursors
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Precursor: 3rd Indiana Film Critics (2011)
Not much can be said about this group whose two prior years have barely given us enough information to know much of anything except that their director and foreign film choices in the past haven’t been Oscar nominees. They are at least going to break their dismal record in Best Director this year, though Paul…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the several critics…
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Precursor: 10th San Francisco Film Critics (2011)
The Tree of Life was the big winner with the San Francisco critics and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy managed to enter the game as did Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus. In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards…
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Precursor: 5th Houston Film Critics Society Nominations (2011)
Another big group going for The Artist which picked up seven nominations, two more than its nearest competitor. This is also the first sighting of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which could be a fluke or the start of a trend (after all, it was screened late for critics). In addition to the nominees and/or…
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Precursor: 5th Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations (2011)
Taking more than just a place to hole up against the weather, Take Shelter takes a surprising lead in the Detroit critics nominations. The Artist and The Help had strong tallies as well while The Descendants is proving to be the best film of the year whose director isn’t thought of as such. In addition…
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Precursor: 10th New York Online Film Critics (2011)
The New York Online Film Critics have also embraced The Artist this year and gave it three prizes while Bridesmaids picks up two by itself and Take Shelter and The Tree of Life both earn two, but one they each earned for supporting actress Jessica Chastain, who appeared in both films, picking up the breakthrough…
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Precursor: 11th American Film Institute List (2011)
The American Film Institute has chosen its annual list of the ten best American films of the year. In years past, they have had varying success at getting Oscar nominations with a record 9 of 10 last year, but considering how many prominent foreign films are in competition this year, that number is sure to…
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Precursor: 37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association (2011)
Spreading their awards ultra thin, The Tree of Life, which came in second to The Descendants for Best Picture, earned a total of three awards. Every other film earned only a single mention each. Director, Actor and Screenplay may be locked in for Oscar nominations according to LAFCA history with Actor being a surprisingly strong…
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Precursor: 32nd Boston Society of Film Critics (2011)
The Boston Society of Film Critics divvied up their awards fairly evenly with no film earning more than three prizes and splitting Best Picture (The Artist) and Best Director (Martin Scorsese). Melissa McCarthy gets a decent boost with this prize as does Michelle Williams. Albert Brooks may be one of the few winners this season…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…
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Precursor: 20th Annie Awards Nominations (2011)
As the original did, Kung Fu Panda 2 dominated the nominations with 12. DreamWorks dominated the nominations with its Puss in Boots also scoring 9 nominations. Disney/Pixar did better than expected with Winnie the Pooh picking up 8 nominations and Cars 2 coming home with 7. Of note is that Happy Feet Two is nowhere…
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Precursor: 10th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Awards (2011)A couple of trends have emerged with Martin Scorsese, The Artist, George Clooney and Albert Brooks with two precursor awards in their names. Could this point towards a split vote at the Academy? I wouldn’t be too surprised at this point. In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you…
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Precursor: 10th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Nominations (2011)This is only the third year that the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) has announced nominees, prior they only revealed winners. So, the history of the group is not actively known, but we’ll recount the last 2 years anyway just to give a limited frame of reference. From the nominations below, The Artist…
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Precursor: 23rd PGA Documentary Nominations (2011)
The Producers Guild of America have announced the nominations for the first of their three film categories. Documentary nominations are announced today, and the remaining categories will be announced January 3, 2012 In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding…
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Precursor: 16th Satellite Awards Nominations (2011)
The nominees have just been announced. When the IPA first broke away from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (they put on the Golden Globes for those who don’t know), the International Press Academy was concerned over the forced populism the Globes engendered each year by trying to name the biggest stars possible regardless of quality.…
