Category: Precursors

The Nominations for the Golden Globe Awards have been announced. The nominees are below. Nominations Tallies (6) Up in the Air (5) Nine (4) Avatar; Inglourious Basterds (3) The Hurt Locker; Invictus; It’s Complicated; Precious; A Single Man The Nominations Best Picture, Drama Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious Up in the Air Best…

The San Francisco Film Critics nominations are below: Winner Tallies (2) The Hurt Locker The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia Best Supporting Actor: Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles…

The Southeastern Film Critics Association have selected their Best Films of 2009. Below is that list. Winner Tallies (3) Up in the Air The Winners Best Picture: Up in the Air Best Animated Film: Up Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: George Clooney – Up in the Air Best Actress: Meryl…

The winners of the 75th Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The winners are listed below: Winner Tallies (2) The Hurt Locker; Fantastic Mr. Fox The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Animated Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: George Clooney –…

I refuse to call them the Critics’ Choice awards because it’s not true. They contain a small fraction of the critics base, mostly representing broadcast journalists who act as Film Critics. And when you have someone like Tom O’Neil as a member, you can’t always be taken seriously. Anyway, because they have decided they want…

The American Film Institute has selected its Top Ten Films of 2009. Below is their list. Coraline The Hangover The Hurt Locker The Messenger Precious A Serious Man A Single Man Sugar Up Up in the Air

The New York Online Film Critics, a splinter group from the Online Film Critics Society, has announced the winners of its 2009 prizes. The winners are listed below. Award Tallies (3) Inglourious Basterds (2) Crazy Heart The Winners Best Picture: Avatar Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy…

The LAFCA has announced its 2009 award recipients. They have been listed below. Award Tallies (2) District 9 (2) The Hurt Locker The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker      Runner-Up: Up in the Air Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker      Runner-Up: Michael Haneke – The WHite Ribbon Best Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy…

The Boston Society of Film Critics has announced its 2009 award recipients. They have been listed below. Award Tallies (5) The Hurt Locker (2) Precious The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker Best Actress: Meryl Streep – Julie &…

Below are the nominees for the 2009 Detroit Film Critics Society awards. Their winners will be announced in one week on December 18, 2009. Awards Tallies (6) Inglourious Basterds; Up in the Air (4) Precious (3) (500) Days of Summer The Nominations Best Film (500) Days of Summer The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Up Up…

So, the Monday date was apparently for the winners, not the nominees. So, here are the winners. I was resistant at first to believe it, but this may finally be Jason Reitman’s entry into the winner’s circle. Up in the Air is very much poised as an Oscar winner for Best Picture. It’s a bit…

I don’t know if there’s something in the water, but this is the second week in a row where a previously-announced date was ignored and nominations were announced early. Last week it was the Satellite Awards. This week it’s the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Here are their choices: Nomination Tallies (8) Up in…

Next week, we have only a small handful of precursor announcements, but they include four of the oldest prizes given. The dates listed as (estimated) are based on previous trends and announcement cycles. They are a good guess, but not meant to be unequivocal. The ones listed as (confirmed) have been confirmed by the organizations…

Below is the list of winners of the National Board of Review awards along with their annual ten-best lists. Total Mentions (5) Up in the Air (4) Invictus (3) The Messenger (2) Burma VJ; (500) Days of Summer; The Hurt Locker; Moon; The Most Dangerous Man in America; A Serious Man The Winners Film: Up…

Tomorrow truly marks the beginning of Oscar season. While Sunday is a good jump start and yesterday was terrific in some regards, few events really pique the interests of Oscar-philes than the National Board of Review. Aside from the Oscars, the NBR is the oldest film award-giving body in existence, starting their awards in 1929.…