Category: Precursors

Getting a bit of love when it has only gotten a smattering before, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won top prize with The Shape of Water also doing quite well. These are all winners we’ve seen before. Award Tallies (3) The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2) Blade Runner 2049, The Disaster…

Following everyone that came before them, the Florida Critics throw in a little spice, but have mostly created a list that duplicates other lists. Award Tallies (9) The Shape Of Water (8) Dunkirk (7) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (6) Get Out, Lady Bird (5) Call Me By Your Name (4) Blade Runner 2049, I,…

More awards for already-awarded individuals and films. There’s nothing here that’s original, making it a rather staid slate. Award Tallies (4) The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2) Gifted The Awards

Here we have the London Film Critics Circle’s nominations. With films releasing in the UK well after releasing in the US, oftentimes films like Elle end up bumped into the next year, which in turn bumps people out of the acting categories. There are a few original selections here, but most of them are more…

Vancouver loves Lady Bird , giving it three top prizes, but avoiding Greta Gerwig as director and screenwriter. Award Tallies (3) Lady Bird (2) Phantom Thread The Awards

Another award for Get Out and more prizes spread out to existing winners. Award Tallies (2) Get Out, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The Awards

Like most of the other groups, the Seattle critics spread the love across multiple films. Get Out picks up another Best Picture prize and several others pick up more trophies. Award Tallies (3) Lady Bird, Phantom Thread (2) Dunkirk, The Florida Project, Get Out The Awards

The Indiana Film Journalists love Lady Bird bestowing numerous awards on the film. No other film came close. The winners weren’t generally out of the ordinary, though the adapted screenplay love for Logan is unexpected. Award Tallies (6) Lady Bird (2) The Florida Project The Awards

After sixteen years, the Utah film critics are still a bit baffling. Apart from a handful of Oscar contenders, they went far left field with the choices of Ghost Story for Best Picture, Andy Serkis in Best Actor, and Tatiana Maslany in Best Supporting Actress. Award Tallies (2) Blade Runner 2049, The Shape of Water…

The Online Film Critics Society made changes to its rules and categories this year making things a bit more unusual. There are some very odd choices on this list that don’t fit into the current Oscar narrative, so they may not be that indicative this year. Award Tallies (8) The Shape of Water (6) Call…

The St. Louis film critics went for The Shape of Water in a huge way, presenting it with a solid 5 awards. Award Tallies (5) The Shape of Water (2) Baby Driver, Blade Runner 2049 The Awards

Another win for Get Out with lots of equal love for Call Me by Your Name. Award Tallies (3) Call Me by Your Name, Get Out (2) The Shape of Water The Awards

Vancouver film critics have made their selections for the year’s best films. Two things always to note about Vancouver. They are the only group that only selects three nominees in each category (excepting this year’s Best British Columbian Film) and they are the only group that actively recognizes Canadian-only films with a full slate of…

I can’t believe I managed to miss the nominations this morning. Got too busy, I guess. Anywhere, here they are. There are a lot of winners and losers with this list, so, as I usually do, I’m going into each category individually, starting with the individual acting categories. Best Actor: Tom Hanks took a major…