Category: Precursors

The Motion Picture Sound Editors did nothing but eliminate Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood going for 1917, Ford v Ferrari, and Parasite for three of their prominent winners. The only genuine surprise was Echo in the Canyon in their documentary category. This likely helped 1917 the most. The Awards

If the main acting awards were lacking in surprise, the voters at SAG made up for it with the win of Parasite for best cast. When they presented their film as one of the nominees, it became clear that the film was well loved among actors and was probably going to win. Now, it looks…

The OFTA released a set of nominees that looks like a lot of other lists. It also looks like a list that corrected some notable errors that the Academy made in their nominations last week. Award Tallies (14) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Parasite (12) 1917 (11) Little Women (9) The Irishman (8) Jojo…

With the first of the big three awards going to 1917, the film solidifies its frontrunner status. Although it cannot win the Screen Actors Guild Award because it isn’t nominated, it has the best shot of winning Best Picture of any film this year. The Awards Best Picture 1917 (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Animated…

Suggesting that a foreign language film could actually be popular enough to win Best Picture, the American Cinema Editors picked Parasite as the best edited drama with Jojo Rabbit its comedy counterpart. The Awards Best Drama Editing Parasite (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter) Best Comedy/Musical Editing Jojo Rabbit (Tripp, Thomas, RU:Wesley) Best Animation Editing Toy Story 4 (Peter,…

Not only do I have no idea when these were announced, I have no idea who the winners were in two categories. These come courtesy of the IMDB page for this awards body. Neither the group’s Twitter nor Facebook page have been updated since July. I’m posting today, though who knows for sure when they…

Unlike last year’s embarrassment of having every other winner a tie because there were only 4 members, that issue has been resolved with their expansion to 7 members. That said, they may have done something else to prevent ties because that’s still too few to avoid it. Other than that, this slate looks like it…

There were a lot of omissions and handful of unexpected results. Nine nominees in Best Picture and all but one of them received more than 5 nominations. Joker did exceptionally well, earning nominations in categories that weren’t exactly expected (see Costume Design). It was the top nominated film of the year, just like at BAFTA…

Nothing too surprising here, but it is odd that they didn’t announce the winner of the Best Buddy Picture award. Award Tallies (2) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Irishman, Marriage Story The Awards

Going in an entirely different direction than most other precursors, the Broadcast Film Critics Association has thrown a few wrenches into the gear works. That said, their Best Picture and Best Production Design selections were the only unexpected choices. Otherwise, they spread the love and no one really knows how this will impact anything. Award…

Bombshell wiped the floor with the competition, winning prizes in every category it was nominated in. Rocketman was surprisingly skipped entirely and Joker, expectedly, and Downton Abbey, interestingly, were the other winners. Award Tallies (3) Bombshell The Awards

With both nominations and awards announced (the nominations may have been on Jan. 10 and the rest later, but I don’t know for sure since there’s not a lot of data out there outside of IMDb. They loved Once Upon a Time… and that’s all you can really say about them. Award Tallies (3) Once…

Georgia film critics went out on no limits and started no trends with their selections here. Award Tallies (4) Parasite (3) 1917 (2) The Irishman, Little Women The Awards

Not all information is available for these awards. These are the pieces of information I’ve been able to collect so far. Award Tallies TBD The Awards Best Danish Film Before the Frost Cutterhead Out of Tune Queen of Hearts Uncle Best Actor Jesper Christensen – For frosten Jacob Lohmann – De frivillige Mohammad Ismail Mohammed…