Category: Precursors
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9th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)
These were announced 11/1 with the rest being announced in December. The Nominations Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking All We Carry Fish War Gasoline Rainbow Rainier: A Beer Odyssey Strange Darling Seattle Film Critics Society Data First (Reboot) Awards: 2016 (9)
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Contenders 24: November Update
For our November update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Before we get to that, please note that I have also removed four films from this year’s contenders list as it does…
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37th European Film Awards Nominations
With a new rule this year that the documentary and animated feature nominees are also Best Picture nominees, that slate is rather lengthy. It also means that there are a lot more 2-nomination films than typically. Good news for a few major Oscar contenders, Emilia Pérez, The Room Next Door, Ralph Fiennes, and Daniel Craig.…
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34th Gotham Awards Nominations
The latest awards have been announced and their way of nominating is a bit bizarre. People who vote in the acting categories don’t vote in picture and vice versa. Thus the absence of The Brutalist or The Piano Lesson in Best Picture is no indication that the films in Best Picture are thought to be…
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9th Critics Choice Doc Nominations
The first precursors of the year are often the least impactful. The Critics Choice Association generally picks the most popular documentaries, which is not how the Academy typically operates. That said, it’s a good hint at what could be players at the Oscars. Below are the nominations. Winners will be announced on November 10, 2024.…
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Contenders 2024: October Update
For our October update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Before we get to the movement, a couple of notes on this month’s update. Four films were pulled from the 2024 contenders…
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Contenders: September Update 2024
For our September update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have twenty-one films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Contenders: August Update
For our August update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have 10 films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Contenders: July Update
For our July update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have seven films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Contenders: June Update
For our June update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have one film moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Contenders: May Update
For our May update, a small number of films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have one film moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally…
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76th Writers Guild Awards
It’s probably for the best these didn’t come out before the Oscar nominations. The Awards Best Original Screenplay The Holdovers (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) Best Adapted Screenplay American Fiction (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Documentary Screenplay The Pigeon Tunnel (Wesley, RU:Thomas) Writers Guild of America Data Year Founded: 1933 First Awards: 1948 (76)
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Predictions: Writers Guild of America
Weeks after the Oscars were held, the Writers Guild of America finally reveals their winners. We’ll see if the Oscar winners carry over or if the Barbie shift back to original will benefit that film or hinder others. And with this group, we finally wrap up our coverage of the 96th Oscars. WRITERS GUILD OF…
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4th Critics Choice Super Awards
No film swept the specific genre categories with several films winning multiple awards. What will always be shocking is when a non-Best Picture nominee beats out a Best Picture nominee. Poor Things being so good it deserves a Best Picture nomination but not good enough to beat Godzilla Minus One? Preposterous. Awards Tallies (2) Godzilla…
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Contenders: A New Year
After a solid first year with the Contenders series, I wanted to try to adapt and refine my methodology to see if we could increase the accuracy. To that extent, one of my first changes was in segmenting out each film into a handful of categories if you will. Each of them represent a different…
