Oscar History: June 21 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Make-Up Finalists Announced
The Academy has announced the 7 films that will make the basis for the category’s Best Makeup nominations: District 9 Il Divo The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian The Road Star Trek The Young Victoria For the most part, you can probably count on District 9 and The…
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Precursor: American Society of Cinematographers
The nominations for the ASC awards have been announced. The nominees are below: The Nominations Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Nine The White Ribbon Predictions Comparison Once again our shared predictions were correct. The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds both earned nominations. The two films that ended up on three contributors’ lists also ended…
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Precursor: Writers Guild of America
With so many Oscar contenders ineligible (Inglourious Basterds, Up, District 9, and others), it’s a wonder why we pay much attention to these. Consider yourself warned when trying to pull from the below lists in making your predictions. The Nominations Original Screenplay (500) Days of Summer Avatar The Hangover The Hurt Locker A Serious Man…
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Precursor Predictions: ASC & WGA Nominations
Tomorrow, the American Society of Cinematographers and the Writers Guild of America announce their nominees for the 2009 awards season. Your faithful contributors here have put their vast knowledge together and come up with their predictions for this year’s nominees. Here are our choices. American Society of Cinematographers common predictions The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds…
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Previews: Week Ending January 10, 2010
It’s once again time to take a look at the latest previews released this past week. Included is the only update from two weeks ago, a new poster for Inception. Although 2009 has come to a close, we have three updates from last year: a new poster for Nine and new trailers for cyber documentary…
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Review: 9 (2009)
9 Rating Director Shane Acker Screenplay Pamela Pettler, Shane Acker Length 79 min. Starring Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, Fred Tatasciore, Elijah Wood, Alan Oppenheimer MPAA Rating PG-13 for violence and scary images. Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review There was a time in world history when workers were afraid that…
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Precursor: Art Directors Guild Nominations
Below are the nominees for the 2009 Art Directors Guild. The Nominations Period Art Direction A Serious Man Inglourious Basterds Julie & Julia Public Enemies Sherlock Holmes Fantasy Art Direction Avatar District 9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Star Trek Where the Wild Things Are
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Precursor Predictions: Art Directors Guild Nominations
Tomorrow, the Art Directors Guild announces it’s 2009 nominations. We don’t have any specific commentary to go with our predictions, so here is our list: Period Art Direction common predictions Inglourious Basterds Nine predicted by 3 Sherlock Holmes (Wesley, Tripp, Wes) predicted by 2 Bright Star (Peter, Wesley) A Single Man (Peter, Tripp) The Young…
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Precursor: Directors Guild of America Nominations
The DGA has announced its nominees. See below: The Nominations Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker James Cameron – Avatar Lee Daniels – Precious Jason Reitman – Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds Predictions Comparison The universally selected four made it through with the fifth spot going to Lee Daniels for Precious.…
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Box-Office Preview #1: Weekend of January 8-10, 2010
And so begins a new decade of film with the first three new releases of the 2010s: Daybreakers, Leap Year, and Youth in Revolt. Unfortunately, not one of them will be the first release of the new decade to reach the top spot at the box-office. In its first non-holiday weekend, James Cameron’s science fiction…
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Precursor: BAFTA Long List and Foreign Film Nominees
Although they are an organization similar to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) are still a precursor to the big awards (and have been more so in recent years, being the first group to pick Tilda Swinton for a Supporting Actress win). They announce…
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Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild of America Nominations
Tomorrow, the nominees for the Directors Guild of America awards will be announced. We took a poll of contributors and here are the results and our thoughts on them. First, we’ll list the films we 100% agreed on. Then we’ll list the ones we didn’t. Best Director @ The DGA Full Agreement Kathryn Bigelow –…
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7 Finalists for Visual Effects Consideration Announced
The Academy has announced the 7 films in contention for the three-spot Best Visual Effects Oscar nominations. Avatar District 9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Star Trek Terminator Salvation Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2012
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Precursor: Online Film Critics Society Winners
Below are the winners for the Online Film Critics Society Awards. Winner Tallies (4) The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds (2) Up The Winners Best Picture: The Hurt Locker Best Animated Feature: Up Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Best Actor: Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker Best Actress: Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds…
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Precursor: USC Scripter Nominations
The USC Scripter Nominations, recognizing the year’s best adapted screenplays and the original source material, announced their nominations today. Below are the nominees. The Nominations Adapted Screenplay Crazy Heart District 9 An Education Precious Up in the Air
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