Category: 2023 Precursors

Predictable and unpredictable were words to describe these awards where we were roughly 50-50 in our predictions. The Oscar frontrunners picked up their respective awards. The Awards Best Original Score for a Studio Film Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best Original Score for an Independent Film Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Best Original Song for…

While several selections were some we’ve seen before, they feted Colman Domingo twice and gave nods to Past Lives and Society of the Snow more so than most other groups have. Award Tallies (5) Barbie (4) Oppenheimer (2) Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Society of the Snow, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (1) Blue…

While BlackBerry didn’t compete in the main categories, it cleaned up in the Canadian-only races while Seagrass did the same but in the British Columbian ones. Anatomy of a Fall won only two prizes, including Best Picture. Award Tallies (5) BlackBerry (3) Seagrass (2) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal…

Poor Things was the SDSA’s selection for Best Picture, the only category they didn’t have nominations in. The film also won the period award while Barbie took fantasy, putting these two against one another as the prime contenders for the Oscars. The Awards Best Period Set Decoration Poor Things (Wesley, Thomas) Best Fantasy Set Decoration…

The Film Music critics have nominated a wide array of musical compositions for their awards. With multiple categories, it’s surprising that one of the Oscar nominees for Best Original Score (Killers of the Flower Moon) wasn’t nominated at all. Only two of them got multiple citations, Indiana Jones and Oppenheimer. It’s a good sign for…

Winners are being announced. Below are the nominees and our predictions as well as the winners as they appear. Will update as often as possible. The Awards Best Director Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best First Feature Celine Song – Past Lives (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best Documentary Director Mstyslav Chernov – 20 Days…

Winners are being announced. Below are all the nominees and any winners that have been announced. More as things develop. The Awards Best Period Art Direction Oppenheimer (Wesley, Thomas, RU:Peter) Best Fantasy Art Direction Poor Things (Peter, Thomas, RU:Wesley) Best Contemporary Art Direction Saltburn (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best Animation Art Direction Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse…

While LGBTQ films are usually more dominant than this, they still performed well enough with All of Us Strangers outperforming them all. Nominations Tallies (9) All of Us Strangers (7) Barbie (5) Anatomy of a Fall, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives (4) Poor Things (3) Bottoms, The Boy and the Heron, Rustin, Saltburn (2) Are…

You have to wonder who votes for these awards because the selections are all over the place and while some make sense, some don’t. Award Tallies (2) Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad (1) Barbie, The Color Purple, The Holdovers, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Rustin, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Zone of Interest The Awards…

I always find it interesting when the “best film of the year” doesn’t win corresponding awards for “best British/Irish film” or “best foreign language film” when also nominated. It makes it seem like it’s not the actual best film of the year but that others are better than it they just want to make a…

The Saturn Awards went pretty heavy for Avatar: The Way of Water with a smattering of love to Barbie and Oppenheimer among 2023’s releases. Award Tallies (4) Avatar: The Way of Water (3) Barbie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Oppenheimer (2) (1) Blue Beetle, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Mission: Impossible –…

The OFTA didn’t seem to shy away from Barbie like the Academy did, nominating it in several key categories the Academy ignored. That, on top of all of its non-Oscar category citations, allowed Barbie to top the record Titanic set back in 1997 for most nominations, by two. They don’t count the poster/trailer categories, so…

The Grammy winners we care about are always announced prior to the show. Here are those winners with Barbie out front with two. It’s possible Barbie picks up more wins throughout the night since the film has several nominations not just in these four categories. Award Tallies (2) Barbie The Awards Best Song Written for…

Vancouver’s critics have also put together their annual Canadian nominations, which were announced on the same dame but took time to filter out. Nominations Tallies (6) BlackBerry, Seagrass (3) Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, I Used to Be Funny, Seven Veils, To Kill a Tiger (1) Anything for Fame, The Burning Season, Close to…

The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, which has allowed its website to lapse making it difficult to come across these, put Barbie barely on top over Oppenheimer thanks to its three song citations. Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon also did well with Society of the Snow performing well in limited release. Award Tallies…