Category: Precursors

La La Land won two of the three categories in which it was nominated. The surprise was one of those wasn’t Best Song. Award Tallies (2) La La Land The Awards Best Music Film The Defiant Ones Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media La La Land Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media La La Land…

With a winner set that has a lot of random selections that haven’t been common all season, the London Critics Circle is the last critics group to announce, but also does so at a time when the focus on the guild awards is stronger. Also with their U.K.-based eligibility rules, they don’t compare easily or…

Proving that Downsizing has been roundly rejected, it lost the contemporary award to Logan. On the Fantasy side, Blade Runner 2049 pulls out the win in a move that could be a sign of an Oscar in its future. Period winner The Shape of Water puts itself into a two-way race for Best Production Design,…

In a surprising victory in Comedy/Musical, I, Tonya beat out several other candidates to win the prize putting itself into the runner-up position for the Oscars behind Dunkirk. The Awards Best Drama Editing Dunkirk (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) Best Comedy/Musical Editing I, Tonya Best Animation Editing Coco (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary Editing Jane (Peter,…

Announcing nominations in a number of categories, the guild that represents sound editors and which closely mirrors the Sound Editing award have given three nominations to each of four films, all of which should be considered heavy favorites for nominations. The two films that got two each could be thought as contenders, but the Sound…

These are copies directly from the Razzie press release, so the fudged title names are entirely their doing, though I get some mild humor from the “Dead Careers Tell No Tales” dig at Johnny Depp. Announced the day before the Oscar nominations, the Razzies have always gone for low-hanging fruit or popular actors doing bad…

The night went largely as predicted with a raft of individual actors who are likely going to ride this third telecast victory to Oscars this March. Three Billboards helps itself in the Oscar race for Best Picture, but losing PGA isn’t likely to help. Award Tallies (3) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (1) Darkest Hour,…

With a staggering 19 nominations, The Shape of Water topped the nomination count at the OFTA Film Awards. Call Me by Your Name also had an impressive showing. A lot of the names we’ve seen throughout the season here, though The Florida Project rebounded a little bit by picking up a Best Picture slot, while…

While Coco and Jane make their push towards inevitable wins, the win of The Shape of Water puts a damper on talk of films like Get Out, Lady Bird, or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri being the frontrunner. This will be a huge get for this film. While it can’t win at the Screen Actors…

In their 9th year, the Denver film critics have decided to spread out their selections, giving no film more than two awards. Lady Bird picked up another Best Picture citation while several other individuals and films picked up additional awards to add to their hauls. Award Tallies (2) Coco, Get Out, Lady Bird The Awards…

The Visual Effects Society has announced their nominees in numerous categories for the best visual effects of the year. While seeing what has the most nominations (War for the Planet of the Apes and Blade Runner 2049 tied with seven each) can be instructive, only two categories have any carry over to the Academy Awards,…

In a three-way tie, the USC Scripter finalists have been announced. Recognizing the original author and the screenerwriter who adapted it, the USC Libraries annually honoring the Best Adapted Screenplay of the year. The Scripter award this year has cited two comic book adaptations as well as a handful of other Oscar contenders. Noteworthy exclusions…