Category: 91st Oscars (2018)
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Precursor: 19th Vancouver Critics Awards (2018)
Roma may have won Best Picture, but First Reformed took home more awards. An unusual three-way tie in Best Actress was about the most excitement this group had in their selections. Award Tallies (3) First Reformed (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Favourite, Roma The Awards
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Precursor: 3rd Seattle Critics Awards (2018)
Another award for Roma. It’s almost like critics are trying to force the Academy’s hand, which may not work. Regardless, there aren’t any winners here that seem out of the ordinary. Award Tallies (4) Roma (2) Black Panther, The Favourite The Awards
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Precursor: 10th Indiana Critics Awards (2018)
Sometimes it takes the regional critics to infuse Oscar season with some unusual selections. Most of what Indiana’s film journalists have done is select unique and interesting choices. There are a few that aren’t out of left field, but from Best Picture on down, this is one of the most eclectic batches so far. Award…
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91st Oscars: Shortlists – All of Them
Unlike past years, the Academy has decided to reveal all of the shortlists simultaneously. Here is the press release. On initial glance, there were no major embarrassments to be found. All of my predictions in Documentary Feature, Foreign Language Film, and Visual Effects made the short list. A few from my Original Song and Original…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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). With the Screen Actors Guild announcing their nominations, this was a fairly momentous week. Several other groups also…
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Precursor: 26th Dallas Area Critics Awards (2018)
While Roma was the top winner, A Star Is Born came out on top as the year’s best film according to the Dallas-Fort Worth critics. All of the selections here are being recognized again, so there’s not a lot of new or fresh information here. Award Tallies (3) Roma (2) The Favourite, Isle of Dogs…
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Precursor: 5th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (2018)
Another group following prescribed winners, but spreading things a bit more evenly among its awards. Award Tallies (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Favourite, Roma, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Awards
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Precursor: 12th Houston Critics Nominations (2018)
A strong showing for The Favourite thanks to its three acting nominations, but Black Panther and If Beale Street Could Talke also delivered strong numbers. Not a lot of divergence here from what we’ve already seen. Nominations Tallies (7) The Favourite (6) Black Panther, If Beale Street Could Talk (5) A Star is Born, Vice…
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Precursor: 13th St. Louis Critics Awards (2018)
Giving A Star Is Born Best Picture, but no other awards (a runner-up mention in Best Actress was the closest it came), is a rather unusual move considering most critics groups tend to put a lot of awards onto films they award Best Picture (or at least more than one or two). BlacKkKlansman did incredibly…
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Precursor: 52nd Kansas City Critics Awards (2018)
Hedging a few of its bets, Kansas City’s film critics have gone down a familiar path with their selections with Amy Adams being the only slightly atypical choice they’ve made. Award Tallies (3) The Favourite, Roma (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Vice The Awards
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Precursor: 39th Boston Critics Awards (2018)
Going a different direction in several categories than a lot of the awards that have been announced so far, Boston has given strong attention to If Beale Street Could Talk, which could certainly use some added attention. Award Tallies (3) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, If Beale Street Could Talk (2) Shoplifters The Awards
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Precursor: 7th Boston Online Critics Awards (2018)
We’ve seen You Were Never Really Here referenced before this precursor season, but never with such forceful adoration. The film performed far better than expected. Looking over the choices of the Boston online critics and you’ll see a more eclectic bunch of winners that aren’t necessarily frontrunners, though some are. Award Tallies (4) You Were…
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Precursor: 19th Vancouver Critics Nominations (2018)
One of the few groups that reward fewer than five nominees in each category, Vancouver’s film critics have picked a ton of major Oscar competitors for recognition, along with a few not-so-contending selections. On the Canadian film side, Roads in February and Edge of the Knife were the dominant films. Nominations Tallies (6) The Favourite,…
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Precursor: 22nd Las Vegas Critics Awards (2018)
Another chapter of the Roma show comes to a close with five awards going to Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white feature. A Star Is Born did well as well. Nothing particularly exciting jumps out of this particular list. Award Tallies (5) Roma (4) A Star Is Born (2) A Quiet Place The Awards
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Precursor: 15th Women Critics Awards (2018)
Topping this year’s Women critics awards is The Favourite while Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma, and Widows picked up multiple awards. Award Tallies (3) The Favourite (2) Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma, Widows The Awards
