Month: January 2014

Typically, it’s the USC Scripter nominations rather than the Writers Guild of America that become the prediction starting point for the Adapted Screenplay category. That’s because the USC doesn’t declare a field of potential nominees ineligible simply because they aren’t working a guild contract. As such, they can be a pretty decent bellwether for the…

The traditional period dramas are largely absent with films set during the Civil War, the 1970’s and the 1960’s largely dominant. None of the selections are particularly unusual, nor are the choices in the other categories. You could probably pull in some of the Art Direction selections from the Fantasy category and eliminate one or…

They present their winner selections on December 17, but only announced the nominations for their Best Canadian Film award. This announcement was made last night at their annual awards dinner. The Awards Best Canadian Film Watermark Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (17)

The Dallas-Fort Worth Critics have a unique way of announcing winners. No other group does it this way, so it’s always interesting to see. All categories are ranked in the order they were voted, not just the top ten. You get to see just how critics feel about certain films and performances this way. Of…

Vancouver announced later than I expected, but they went along already-drawn routes. Oscar Isaac picks up another mention, but he may not have enough support to crack a very strong Oscar slate. Rather interesting is that other than Inside Llewyn Davis, which took two awards, no other film earned more than a single prize. At…