Category: 92nd Oscars (2019)
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
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 only six precursors releasing in the days leading up to and following Christmas and an equally smaller…
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Precursor: 18th Columbus Critics Nominations (2019)
Formerly known as the Central Ohio film critics, the Columbus film critics have made a very long list of their favorite films and it looks like a lot of other recent lists. Award Tallies (9) Little Women, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) Marriage Story (7) The Irishman, Parasite (5) The Farewell, Jojo Rabbit,…
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Precursor: 4th Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2019)
Little Women gets the best result its gotten in some time with these nominations, a list that includes eight nominations overall with none in acting outside of Florence Pugh. Everything else looks much the same. Award Tallies (8) Little Women (7) The Irishman, Marriage Story, 1917, Parasite (6) Knives Out (5) The Farewell, Once Upon…
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Precursor: 8th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2019)
Even with 6 nominations, Marriage Story couldn’t pick up a Best Director citation. However, the big story is that Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood dominated all comers with 8 nominations, a film that seems to be performing well above expectations. Award Tallies (8) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (6) Marriage Story (5) The…
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Precursor: 18th Golden Eagle Nominations (2019)
One of the myriad national organizations around the world that hand out awards in a similar vein to the Academy Awards, the Golden Eagle Awards are the Russian equivalent. With a single film for non-native productions, Hollywood gets a small bit of recognition each year. This year, it was with titles Green Book, The Lion…
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Precursor: 3rd Online Female Critics Awards (2019)
Their general love of Honey Boy continues with the selection of Shia LaBeouf for Best Supporting Actor. The rest of the winners list looks pretty commonplace. Award Tallies (3) Marriage Story (2) Parasite The Awards
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Precursor: 23rd Florida Critics Awards (2019)
The first Best Picture win for Portrait of a Lady on Fire comes from an unlikely source. Florida film critics have picked out-of-the-way choices in Best Picture and Director, but have stayed conventional the rest of the time. Award Tallies (3) Marriage Story, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2) Little Women, Uncut Gems The…
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Precursor: 23rd Online Critics Nominations (2019)
While a lot of this year’s big Oscar players are here, some (like Little Women) are absent. This group shows its populist/anti-populist streak year after year with off-beat choices alongside mainstream ones. Award Tallies (8) The Irishman (7) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (6) Marriage Story, Parasite (5) 1917 (4) Portrait of a Lady…
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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). While there wasn’t a lot on the precursor front in the last week, enough emerged to give us…
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92nd Oscars: Screener Watch – Week 9
The week didn’t exactly slow down, but I suspect it will. Lionsgate started things off with three titles, then Universal sent 1917. After that, I got a package from my association with GALECA, which was largely a bunch of TV series from Netflix. Lionsgate Bombshell Oscar Chances: Excellent: The film has already become ubiquitous in…
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Precursor: 18th Utah Critics Awards (2019)
Going with the flow, except in the runner-up choice of Rebecca Ferguson, this group looks a bit like all the others, except with more praise for Apollo 11 Award Tallies (3) Apollo 11, Parasite (2) Marriage Story, 1917 The Awards
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Precursor: 13th Women Journalists Nominations (2019)
True to their name, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists has highlighted the best of the year in film with an eye towards recognizing great films by women. Of the five films that tied for most nominations, two are directed by women with three more films by women earning three or more citations. None of…
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Precursor: 24th Satellite Awards (2019)
The irrelevance of this organization has never been more plain. Not only do they go with a number of candidates that aren’t even guaranteed nominations, better yet wins, they announced their awards weeks ago and no one really noticed or cared. Award Tallies (5) Ford v Ferrari (2) Joker, Rocketman The Awards
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Precursor: 9th Nevada Critics Awards (2019)
Another feather in Marriage Story‘s cap comes courtesy of the Nevada film critics, which gave the film its top prize as well as three other trophies for acting and directing. Surprisingly, Laura Dern didn’t get any love. While the selections are a mixture of commonplace and slightly-original, this list isn’t the most instructive. Award Tallies…
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Precursor: 9th Black Critics Awards (2019)
Unlike their counterparts in the African American film critics group, the Black Film Critics Circle has spread the love in different directions with the first recognition for Kasi Lemmons this season as well as several other expected and unexpected choices. Award Tallies (4) Dolemite Is My Name (2) The Irishman The Awards
