Category: Precursors

As expected, Get Out continued its roll through Oscar season with two wins from the Spirit Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, awards that Jordan Peele is not expected to win at the Oscars while the one award he has a shot at he lost to co-contender Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird, the Screenplay…

The annual Golden Raspberry awards, nicknamed the Razzies, are given out by a small group of voters who choose which of Hollywood’s major movies deserve awards for the worst of the year, in a bit of a surprise, The Emoji Movie came out on top with four awards, topping the likes of Fifty Shades Darker…

Of the three Oscar nominees, Wonder went home empty-handed, Victoria & Abdul wasn’t even nominated, and Darkest Hour claimed two prizes. If Darkest Hour‘s leading status wasn’t certain before, it’s assured now. Award Tallies (2) Darkest Hour The Awards Best Special Make-up Effects Darkest Hour (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Period and/or Character Make-up Darkest Hour…

Finally winning an expected award this season, Dunkirk just confirmed itself as the frontrunner for Best Sound Mixing and may have helped itself to the Best Sound Editing award since they often go together. The Awards Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Dunkirk (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas, RU:Peter) Best Sound Mixing – Animated Coco (Wesley, Peter,…

The Costume Designers Guild has upended expectations by selection two of three rather surprising choices. Phantom Thread failed to pick up the expected Period Costume Design award while Beauty and the Beast failed in Fantasy. That two double-whammy against the presumed Oscar frontrunners puts into question their continued success in the race. The only largely…

In a surprise for this Oscar season, not only did no film win more than one award from the sound editors, but Blade Runner 2049 took the top award for sound effects and foley while non-Oscar nominee War for the Planet of the Apes captured the Dialogue/ADR award. While Oscar voters aren’t always keen on…

The British Academy has selected its winners for this year and a lot of pieces have fallen into place and perhaps not good ones. Three Billboards decimated competition, winning Best Film as well as Best Original Screenplay, the two awards where it had the most competition. It’s victory sets it up as the strongest Best…

The Online Film & Television Association has announced its 2017 awards winners. While most of the winners match what a lot of people are thinking are the Oscar frontrunners, they’ve managed to push forward a couple of ideas: Lady Bird and Get Out are stronger in competition than some might thing with Get Out taking…

In the department of awards that no one seemed to care about, the International Press Academy has selected their winners for 2017. The reason I ask if anyone cares is that we are now a week after their supposed presentation date of February 11 and I’ve only now found their winners. I looked the night…

The cinematographers have spoken and although they haven’t the greatest Oscar track record, Blade Runner 2049 remains in the race. Had anyone else, especially Mudbound won, Blade Runner 2049 would have been done at the Oscars. It now lives on to compete with Roger Deakins potentially winning his richly deserved first Oscar. The Awards Best…

Dominating the 16th Visual Effects Society awards, War for the Planet of the Apes continued its franchise sweep of the VES awards, nabbing the third trophy for Best Visual Effects. This may have some effect on the Oscars, but we won’t kow for sure unti lthe final envelope is opened, considering Oscar ignored the prior…

There we have them. After a really quick announcement run, the two Oscar writing categories now have frontrunners, well at least one of them does. Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars is sure to follow suit, but the WGA choice for Original Screenplay will now face off against non-nominated Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The Oscar…