Category: 94th Oscars (2021)
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
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). It’s a quiet week with only the Oscar nominations as a major event. But, before we get into…
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Oscar Morning: The Article (2021)
Every year, I try to decide if I want to stick to my tradition or go in a new direction. At over 6,000 words last year, and with very little time left this year (I had dueling obligations between the OFTA and sickness), I’ve had to consider what’s best for me and for you. That…
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2021 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Final
And after two and a half months of near-constant precursors, the time is almost upon us. Tomorrow morning, the 94th Oscar nominations will be revealed to all. As is our tradition, we post today our final nomination predictions. Each of our contributors have provided what commentary they wish and I’ve posted my annual Oscar Morning…
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Precursor: 42nd London Critics Awards (2021)
One of the last critics groups to announce, London has gone all-in on The Power of the Dog as well, giving it four of its top awards. Awards Tallies (4) The Power of the Dog (2) Drive My Car, Passing, The Souvenir Part II The Awards
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Precursor: 26th Online Film & Television Nominations (2021)
The OFTA released a set of nominees that looks like a lot of other lists. There are some notable surprises along the way, but mostly Nominations we’ve seen regularly before. Dune, West Side Story, and CODA had a huge day. The Power of the Dog, Mass, tick, tick…BOOM!, and Spencer had a solid day. Meanwhile,…
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Precursor: 24th Film Music Critics Nominations (2021)
If you ever want to know how weird their eligibility rules are, just consider that Coppelia was never released to theaters in the US. Anyway, not much to see here as their correlation to the Oscars is mediocre at best. Nominations Tallies (3) Coppelia (2) Buckley’s Chance, Dune, The Green Knight, Jungle Cruise, The Last…
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Precursor: 63rd British Academy Nominations (2021)
It must first be noted that British films often perform much better with this group than they do with the Academy. This allows the 5 nominations for No Time to Die and 4 for After Love and Boiling Point to be disregarded. What’s most noticeable is the absence of Spencer, which really should have been…
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Precursor: 63rd BAFTA Rising Star Nominations (2021)
Last year’s group was largely unknown, but this year, there’s two potential Oscar nominees in the bunch and one person who’s been in several movies already, so it’s a much more familiar group. The Nominations Rising Star Award Ariana DeBose Harris Dickinson Lashana Lynch Millicent Simmonds Kodi Smit-McPhee British Academy of Film & Television Arts…
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Precursor: 38th Casting Society Nominations (2021)
These finally announced and there’s not much to say about the list. It’s pretty straight forward with few major contenders ignored. The Nominations
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
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). This week with all of the guilds announcing nominations (except the Screen Actors Guild who already had), it’s…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – February
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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Precursor: 15th Women Journalists Awards (2021)
Not much to say about these since they went largely as most of the season has gone. Nominations Tallies (11) The Power of the Dog (2) Encanto The Awards
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Precursor: 74th Directors Guild Nominations (2021)
While the Best Director slate isn’t as diverse as it has been in the past, we have four nominees we expected to see there with Paul Thomas Anderson rounding out the list. This is exactly my current five predictions for that category, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see it copied by the Academy. The…
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Precursor: 33rd Producers Guild Nominations (2021)
This was the penultimate guild announcement today, with the Directors Guild of America still pending, but this is a hugely important one for any film wanting a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars. Usually, one blockbuster makes this list, but I don’t see Spider-Man: No Way Home, which many thought would be this year’s biggest…
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Precursor: 61st American Cinema Editors Nominations (2021)
A film rarely wins the Oscar without a Best Film Editing nomination. The ACE is a prime predictor of the Oscar category of Film Editing, so missing here is a bad sign. First, the ugly: West Side Story and Cyrano, although musicals, were eligible in the overpacked Drama category. That doesn’t help either film, but…
