Category: Precursors

This guild has been around a long time, but their predicting quality is pretty bad. The Awards Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Joker Publicist of the Year Award Rachel Aberly Best Unit Still Photography for Motion Pictures Niko Tavernise Les Mason Award, the highest honor publicists can bestow on one of their own Stephen…

Not terribly instructive so far after the Oscar nominations have been revealed and right before the Oscars are announced, but four of the five nominees for the Oscar for Best Original Score are nominated here with three of them earning three nominations and the fourth (Little Women) picking up two. Curiously missing is Randy Newman’s…

The BAFTA Awards are being announced on the as-live broadcast of the ceremony; however, the ceremony in London is already over, so we know the winners. 1917 performed about as well as expected. There were a few minor upsets, but apart form Visual Effects, Animated Feature, Original Score, and Production Design, most the races appear…

The OFTA has made some bold decisions here, going with non-Oscar nominees and non-frontrunners throughout their selections with a few mainstream ones blended in. Award Tallies (7) Parasite (6) 1917 (2) Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, Toy Story 4 The Awards

A couple of less than expected results. While Parasite was predictable, and Once Upon a Time… wasn’t exactly expected, but also wasn’t shocking, the Avengers: Endgame selection was a bit of a surprise considering what went into the other films. This might suggest that the race is between Once and Parasite at the Oscars. The…

Parasite and Jojo Rabbit get boosts going into the Oscars, though Little Women takes a hit. BAFTA’s winner might tell us where the Academy will go for sure. If it’s Jojo, then Women may be done. If Little Women wins at BAFTA, things might stay they way we expected. The Awards Best Original Screenplay Parasite…

Another victory for Parasite with Marriage Story and The Souvenir the only other films with multiple wins. Award Tallies (2) Marriage Story, Parasite, The Souvenir The Awards

With Parasite nowhere in sight, the selections of the Casting Society of America look like they went in very expected directions. The Awards Best Feature Big Budget Comedy Casting Knives Out Best Feature Big Budget Drama Casting Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Best Studio or Independent Comedy Casting Jojo Rabbit Best Studio or Independent…

Disney beat itself at the Visual Effects Society awards with Avengers: Endgame in likely its last genuine attempt to win the Visual Effects Oscar lost to the photoreal The Lion King this could give that film the Jungle Book boost that puts it over the top with the Academy. Award Tallies (3) The Lion King…

Roman Polanski’s latest film, An Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse in France) pulled in the most nominations with the other Best Film nominees scoring loads of nominations. Matter of fact, unless you got a Best Film nomination, your film didn’t garner more than 3 nominations. Several well received films that competed for the Oscars (Les…

Once again, a guild has given its award to films that are not the frontrunner at the Oscars because the Oscar frontrunner wasn’t nominated. In this case, it’s Little Women, which has a better chance at winning than does Jojo Rabbit, the only one of these three winners also nominated at the Oscars. It might…

Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

Once again, the Grammys say absolutely nothing about the Oscar race. Two awards went to television/streaming programs, two awards went to a 2019 film. So, toss these results and move on. The Awards Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media A Star Is Born Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Chernobyl Best Song Written for Visual…