Category: 93rd Oscars (2020)
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Precursor: 52nd NAACP Image Awards (2020)
Giving Bad Boys for Life a single award, the NAACP Image Awards selected a sometimes odd, often predictable set of selections. Some Oscar contenders were given awards while others were ignored. Not sure it helps much with Oscar predictions, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Awards Tallies (3) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul (2) Jingle Jangle: A…
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The Rundown 2020: Original Song
For our second Rundown article, we look at Best Original Song. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best XXXX as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category Best International Feature.
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The Rundown 2020: Original Score
For our first Rundown article of the year, we look at one of the categories with no adequate guild precursor. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover Best Original Song.
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Precursor: 32nd Producers Guild Awards (2020)
The last big hurdle for both Nomadland and My Octopus Teacher was the Producers Guild of America. If they love the films, then the Academy generally will as well. It’s more important for an indie film to win at PGA than it is a broad-release one, so Nomadland likely has this thing all sewn up…
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2020 Precursor Predictions: Producers Guild of America
The final test of Nomadland‘s ability to sweep into the Oscars is the stuffy, success-craving Producers Guild of America. If it can win here, it can win the Oscar. We’ll just have to see how things go. (Editor’s Note: Updated to include Tripp’s predictions & commentary. 12:06pm Central, 3/23/21) PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Best…
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Precursor: 73rd Writers Guild Awards (2020)
This award matters most to Promising Young Woman going into the Oscars, which reminds me of films like Her and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, films with original concepts that utterly bowled over viewers. The Trial of the Chicago 7 isn’t out of the race, but you have to wonder if Aaron Sorkin, who…
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Precursor: 16th Austin Critics Awards (2020)
It really seems like the later in the season awards groups are giving prizes, the more frequently they are ignoring season leader Nomadland. Is it a concerted effort or just happenstance? Awards Tallies (6) Minari (3) Nomadland (2) The Invisible Man, Promising Young Woman The Awards
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2020 Precursor Predictions: Writers Guild of America
With the frontrunner for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars ineligible for this award, we’ll be left with the winner of the Original Screenplay prize to tell us if there’s going to be a clean sweep or a knock-down, drag-out fight between The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Promising Young Woman. WRITERS GUILD OF…
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Precursor: 7th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (2020)
An obvious love of Minari doesn’t translate into a large number of awards with most films going home with a single award. Awards Tallies (3) Minari (2) Soul The Awards
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Precursor: 36th Spirit Award Grant Winners (2020)
Film Independent always announces its grant winners prior to the awards. Below are the winners. The Awards Producers Award Gerry Kim Someone to Watch Award Ekwa Msangi Truer Than Fiction Award Elegance Bratton Spirit Awards Data First Awards: 1985 (36)
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2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Our Statistics
Based on our nominations predictions, here’s how we did. Once again, it was an incredibly close competition. 1 correct prediction separated first and second place. This year, Thomas La Tourrette came out on top with 89 correct predictions, just 1 more than Wesley Lovell. Tripp was third with 81 correct predictions and Peter J. Patrick…
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2020 Oscar Winner Predictions: Post-Nominations
Now that the Oscar nominations have been announced, it’s time to get to guessing on the winners. Our contributors’ performances in this year’s nominations will be reviewed and posted hopefully this evening. (This has been updated with Thomas’ predictions)
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93rd Oscar Nominations
Only Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Sound of Metal managed to overperform expectations while nearly ever other Best Picture contender managed to underperform. We have history in Directing where we have two women nominated for the first time in history. Further, respected filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg popped up in Directing pushing out…
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Precursor: 3rd Latino Journalists Awards (2020)
The Latino Journalists group enjoyed Nomadland the most, but definitely seemed to be following the trend rather than setting it. Award Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul (2) Minari, One Night in Miami The Awards
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Precursor: 63rd Grammy Awards (2020)
An entire slate of winners from prior or future years. Joker was last year’s Best Original Score winner, so it’s not shocking it also won this year’s award. The Awards
