Category: Oscar Preview
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95th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
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). The critics nominations and awards are slowly trickling to a close as the year ends with only a…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 23-25, 2022
We had six films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Babylon After his auspicious debut with the acclaimed Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, director Damien Chazelle earned attention for his second film, Whiplash, which picked up his first Oscar nominations. The film received five in total and won 3…
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95th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 3
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). There were a lot of precursors this past week, so there are a lot of potential winners and…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 16-18, 2022
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Avatar: The Way of Water While we often say that everything Spielberg touches comes up for Oscar gold, James Cameron is no slouch either. Avatar: The Way of Water marks Cameron’s 9th feature film since bursting onto the scene in 1982…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 9-11, 2022
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Empire of Light On paper, Sam Mendes’ newest film sounded like an Oscar contender. It was about battling depression and the healing power of cinema and it starred Oscar winner Olivia Colman. However, like many obviously Oscar-baity films, the end result…
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95th 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). Some major and minor groups announced this week, including critics in Los Angeles, Boston, Washington D.C., and Hollywood.…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 2-4, 2022
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Emancipation Antoine Fuqua is one of a handful Black directors who’ve made names for themselves in cinema. His filmography is filled with solid box office performers, several of them starring Denzel Washington. As such, he’s earned his reputation as a bankable…
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95th 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). There weren’t many major announcements last week, but two big groups have announced recently. The Spirit Awards revealed…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 25-27, 2022
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Strange World Disney Animation is cyclical in nature. They’ll go through a thriving period and then drift into a lackluster one. They appear to be in the midst of another downward trend in creative energy with their latest in a string…
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursors Coverage Beginning This Week
Precursor season began with the Gotham Awards nominations back at the end of October. They want to be first out of the gate, but are always the lowest in matching capability due to their inability to see the full playing field. That said, their winners will be announced tonight. Since the National Board of Review…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 18-20, 2022
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. She Said Even with acclaimed films like All the President’s Men and Spotlight, there aren’t a lot of movies that dig into major scandals uncovered by investigative journalists. She Said follows two journalists for the New York Times looking into the…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 11-13, 2022
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever No one really thought when the first Black Panther film was in production that it would not only become the first MCU film to cross the $700 million threshold. Nor did they even contemplate its Oscar chances…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 4-6, 2022
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 28-30, 2022
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Call Jane With the recent overturning of Roe vs. Wade, films about abortion gain a more urgent salience than they might have in prior years. That said, not all films are created equal and a film like Call Jane might be…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 21-23, 2022
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Banshees of Inisherin You would never know it from his skill as a director, but Martin McDonagh has only directed four feature-length films. His first, In Bruges, released in 2008 and starred Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell as hitmen wrestling…
