Category: Oscar Preview

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Nomadland I had already written this one a few months ago when it was going to release within 2020 rather than a brief critics-qualifying run. Here’s a link back to it.

We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Judas and the Black Messiah Although director Shaka King has absolutely no history with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, his film about an intended FBI sting against Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, has become a major late-season Oscar…

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. One Night in Miami To have two stage-to-screen adaptations release in one year is a rare feat, especially two that are getting some incredibly strong reviews. It’s entirely possible that both One Night in Miami and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom both…

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had four films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. News of the World Having only directed ten feature films including his 1989 big screen debut, Paul Greengrass hasn’t had much interaction with the Oscars. To date, only three of his films have scored Oscar nominations. His first was United 93…

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Nomadland Director Chloe Zhao’s meditation on wanderlust homelessness follows Frances McDormand on her American walkabout, exploring the American Midwest and it’s almost forgotten struggles. The film enters this year’s Oscar race after a successful fall festival run that included the Golden…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Croods: A New Age When the first film released seven years ago, it managed to secure an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, but not as one of the year’s stronger contenders. Frozen, Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, and The…

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Sound of Metal In Darius Marder’s film Sound of Metal, co-written with Abraham Marder based on a story idea by Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, stars Riz Ahmed as a rock band drummer who has suffered permanent hearing loss and must…

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Ammonite Francis Lee, the director by the acclaimed drama God’s Own Country in 2017, writes and directs this loose adaptation of the life of paleontologist Mary Anning, played by Kate Winslet. The film co-stars Saoirse Ronan as her romantic partner with…