Category: Predictions
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Predictions: Set Decorators Society 2024
The Set Decorators Society earns the prize for going first in the post-nominations landscape. Sure the Globes have already happened but the American Cinema Editors postponed due to the L.A. fires. SDSA was far enough out that they are still going to be able to keep their date while ACE moves to after the Oscars.…
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Predictions: First 97th Oscars Winners
Now that we’ve had time to review the nominations and get a reading on the landscape, here are our first winner predictions of the 97th Oscars. (Editor’s Note: Thomas’ commentary has been added) INTRODUCTIONS Wesley Lovell: I did well predicting most categories except for the documentary and short film ones. I took a bath there.…
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2024 Nomination Predictions: Our Statistics
Based on our nominations predictions, here’s how we did. Let’s start out with this year’s winner, Thomas La Tourrette, who managed 97 correct predictions out of 120. Pete Patrick came in second with 86 with Wesley Lovell following closely with 85. We agreed on a lot of predictions, but there were still several nominations that…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: FINAL
Although many races are very difficult to call, we have a surprising number of identical predictions and several that are close to identical. Best Animated Feature, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, and Production Design seem to be locked according to our prognosticators. The ones that are pretty close to locked are: Best Directing, Actress, Original Screenplay, Original…
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97th Oscar Morning: Final Nomination Thoughts
Tomorrow morning, the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced. They’ll be revealed by Bottoms star Rachel Sennott and SNL alum and Wicked supporting actor Bowen Yang. Before the nominations are announced, I wanted to put down in writing my thoughts on this year’s categories and how I came to my choices for…
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Contenders: Final Pre-Nominations Update
For our final update before the Oscar nominations are announced, several films moved on to the next stage. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. We will also take a step in a different direction for our lists at the end. In addition…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: December
With many precursors announced (only one industry one, the editors) and the shortlists recently revealed, these are closing in on our final predictions. Please note that due to time constraints with the shortlists releasing yesterday afternoon, the precursors and changes pages of the website have not been updated but may be completed later today. For…
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Contenders: December Update
For our December 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 All contenders have reached Stage 2 or higher, so there will be no changes here. Moving to Stage…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: November
Our final predictions for the preponderance of critics announce their nominees. We’ve seen a lot of changes and while there seems to be some coalescence among us, there are some categories we’re still very far apart on. Our next predictions will be releasing just after the shortlists are announced so we may be a bit…
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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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2024 Nominations Predictions: October
We’re entering the lean times between the biggest fall festivals and the final year-end critics prizes. October and November are typically a little quiet and allow for a little re-attunement. As such, here are our October predictions. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Thomas…
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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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2024 Nominations Predictions: September
The last of the major festivals, and perhaps the three most important, have come and gone. It’s about that time of year when we start seeing the patterns fully emerge but we still have time before the critics awards start solidifying everything. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists…
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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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2024 Nominations Predictions: August
One last update before the fall festivals with some categories seeing minimal changes while others find themselves radically different. We’ve added Original Score and Makeup & Hairstyling predictions to this list with Production Design and Costume Design coming in September and the remaining categories waiting until shortlists are revealed late this year. KEY: Appears on…
