Category: Precursors

Disney beat itself at the Visual Effects Society awards with Avengers: Endgame in likely its last genuine attempt to win the Visual Effects Oscar lost to the photoreal The Lion King this could give that film the Jungle Book boost that puts it over the top with the Academy. Award Tallies (3) The Lion King…

Roman Polanski’s latest film, An Officer and a Spy (J’Accuse in France) pulled in the most nominations with the other Best Film nominees scoring loads of nominations. Matter of fact, unless you got a Best Film nomination, your film didn’t garner more than 3 nominations. Several well received films that competed for the Oscars (Les…

Once again, a guild has given its award to films that are not the frontrunner at the Oscars because the Oscar frontrunner wasn’t nominated. In this case, it’s Little Women, which has a better chance at winning than does Jojo Rabbit, the only one of these three winners also nominated at the Oscars. It might…

Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

Once again, the Grammys say absolutely nothing about the Oscar race. Two awards went to television/streaming programs, two awards went to a 2019 film. So, toss these results and move on. The Awards Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media A Star Is Born Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Chernobyl Best Song Written for Visual…

Pedro Almodovar’s Oscar nominee Pain and Glory topped this year’s Goya Awards with seven awards, including Best Film while While at War came in second with a strong 5, largely from creative categories. Award Tallies (7) Pain and Glory (5) While at War (2) The Endless Trench, Fire Will Come, Out in the Open The…

Another expected outcome for the evening, Little Women earned Greta Gerwig the award from USC Scripter, paving her way towards a likely Oscar win. Taking the WGA would likely lock that in. The Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Little Women (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First Awards: 1987 (33)

While the Annie Awards were busy shaking the season up, the Cinema Audio Society and others were locking it all down. Ford v Ferrari won an expected award from the CAS. Whether or not this transfers to the Oscars remains to be seen as the film’s strongest competition wasn’t nominated here. The Awards Best Sound…

Peaking at just the right moment, Sam Mendes’ 1917 takes the prize from the DGA, making it even more likely that the Academy will go the same direction. There’s still the possibility that Parasite can overcome, but since no foreign language film has ever done it, it would be quite surprising if that trend were…

Probably the most expected result of the night, Roger Deakins wins yet another prize from ASC for his work on 1917. Although ASC doesn’t match the Oscars much, this should be one more time that it does. The Awards Best Cinematography 1917 (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Spotlight Award The Lighthouse (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Documentary…

Like the Annies once treated DreamWorks, they now treat Netflix, adorning them with all but two prizes for the evening with Klaus a huge winner. This won’t likely have an impact on the Oscars. It would not be unheard of for studios to lavish fancy promotional materials on the various voters to earn their love.…

Although it was Russia’s entry to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and was ultimately not nominated, Beanpole managed to go home with a single award for Best Actress with Odessa, Text, and T-34 splitting most of the other awards. Award Tallies (4) Odessa, Text (3) T-34 (2) The Conquest of Siberia The…

Parasite picks up another award, as do several others in one of the last critics groups to give out prizes this year. Nominations Tallies (5) Parasite (4) 1917 (2) Avengers: Endgame The Nominations