Category: Precursors

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…

Guillermo del Toro’s period fantasy stormed the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics awards, taking a staggering five prizes, including Best Actress. The rest of the selections have all been seen elsewhere before, so there isn’t much new here. Award Tallies (5) The Shape of Water (2) Lady Bird The Awards

Chicago has gone gaga over Lady Bird, giving it their Best Picture prize. Several of the big names of the year were also cited, so there’s not a lot of shock going around. Award Tallies (4) Lady Bird (3) Call Me by Your Name (2) Blade Runner 2049 The Awards

A big day for The Shape of Water as it tops its second slate of nominations today. Fourteen nods is a huge number, especially when the nearest competition (Blade Runner 2049 and Dunkirk) only have eight each. There were a couple of unusual selections from this group, but most of their slate has been on…

With a solid performance down ballot, The Shape of Water easily topped Call Me by Your Name and Lady Bird for most nominated. A lot of names here we’ve seen before, so no major surprises. Nominations Tallies (9) The Shape of Water (5) Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird (4) Dunkirk, Get Out, The…

San Diego critics have spread their love out around numerous films, including the 2016-eligible Oscar nominee My Life As a Zucchini. Get Out won Best Picture, but only managed to claim the Original Screenplay award. Greta Gerwig won Best Director, but only managed a second prize in Best Supporting Actress. Things were spread out a…