Category: 89th Oscars (2016)
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Precursor: 59th Grammy Awards Nominations (2016)
Grammy rules set the eligibility period from October through September, meaning their list includes releases from 2015 and 2016. This particularly frustrates Oscar observers because the Grammys are one of the few music-industry awards that recognize scores and songs. As such, we look to what shows up on this list to give us an idea…
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89th Oscars: Jimmy Kimmel to Host Academy Awards
Through decidedly different channels, it was announced today that Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC’s late night program will host this year’s Oscars, his first time doing so. The announcement is/was being made on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Here’s the Academy’s press release on the announcement. JIMMY KIMMEL TALKS OSCARS® HOST GIG ON “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” To…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). A small raft of precursors were handed out this week, both in terms of actual award and nominations.…
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Precursor: 15th DC Critics Awards (2016)
The Washington D.C. Area critics were over the moon for La La Land, handing the film a staggering 7 awards. This is the first blow-out the film has received this season and suggests it will be a much stronger player than previously thought. Natalie Portman and Viola Davis notch their first wins on what is…
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89th Oscars: Screener Watch: Nov. 28-Dec. 4, 2016
This week, eight new films arrived in my mailbox. Three were from Netflix Studios; three were from Focus Features; one was from Cohen Media/Amazon Studios; and the other was from regular Amazon Studios. Here is what arrived. 13th Oscar Chances: Excellent: Ava DuVernay’s Selma scraped by with a small number of nominations, winning Best Original…
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Precursor: 42nd Los Angeles Critics Awards (2016)
The Los Angeles Film Critics have announced their winners for the best of 2016. Moonlight performed strongly with La La Land coming in second frequently. Adam Driver and Lily Gladstone received surprise citations while The Handmaiden makes a strong play in Best Foreign Language Film and Best Production Design. Award Tallies (4) Moonlight (2) The…
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Precursor: 15th DC Critics Nominations (2016)
The DC Area film Critics have announced their preliminary nominations for this year’s awards. They will announce their winners on Monday (December 5, 2016). Looking over this list, the usual suspects (Moonlight, La La Land, and Manchester by the Sea are here. There are also strong showings by Arrival, Hell or High Water and Jackie.…
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89th Oscars: Visual Effects Longlist
The Academy has announced 20 films on the shortlist for consideration for this year’s Best Visual Effects Oscar. From these 20, the list will be narrowed to 10 films from which the final 5 nominees will be selected. Based on my own predictions and hopefuls list, the titles missing are A Monster Calls, Assassin’s Creed,…
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Precursor: 82nd New York Critics Awards (2016)
La La Land gets another huge shot in the arm with a Best Picture win from the New York Film Critics Circle. Moonlight also got a major boost, as did Isabelle Huppert. Zootopia is the surprising choice for Best Animated Film and gives it a boost towards the Oscars where its early release may have…
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Precursor: 22nd Broadcast Critics Nominations (2016)
The Broadcast Film Critics Association, moving ever further back into the awards season, wants to be the first live broadcast of awards of the season. In moving back, they have inadvertently made themselves slightly less relevant. With two of the year’s major Oscar players Silence (for most categories) and Rogue One (in tech categories), not…
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Precursor: 88th National Board of Review Awards (2016)
Kenneth Lonergan’s drama Manchester by the Sea picked up three prizes from the National Board of review, including Best Picture. Many of the year’s key competitors are in evidence here with some noteworthy surprises such as Hidden Figures earning the ensemble award and the here-to-fore unseen Silence placing on the list in spite of that.…
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Precursor: 21st Satellite Awards Nominations (2016)
La La Land had a tremendous day with an astounding 13 nominations. The next film down on the list was Hacksaw Ridge, which needed some measure of recognition from the precursors to remain relevant. Also helped by these nominations: Hidden Figures, a film that didn’t seem on many radars until it was pulled back to…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Our first precursor of the year, the Spirit Awards nominations, came out last week. The below commentary is…
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Precursor: 25th Annie Awards Nominations (2016)
By benefit of receiving a double nomination in a single category, Zootopia barely edges out Kubo and the Two Strings for the year’s most nominated animated feature. The two will likely be duking it out for dominance with Kubo‘s more inventive stop-motion animation sure to be a foil to the Disney juggernaut from earlier this…
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89th Oscars: Screener Watch: Nov. 21-27, 2016
This week saw a number of groups sending screeners. The Orchard sent five; Amazon Studios sent five; DreamWorks/Universal sent one; Fox Searchlight sent one; Focus Features sent one; The Weinstein Company sent one; and DreamWorks/20th Century Fox sent one. Christine Oscar Chances: None: While Rebecca Hall has received excellent notices, the Best Actress category is…
