Month: January 2024
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Contender: Stamped from the Beginning (2023)
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Contender: Passages (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Passages was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Contender Factor: 54.2 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Ira Sachs Writers:…
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Box Office History (Week 2, 2024)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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Oscar History: January 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Best Of… (12) Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at…
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29th Critics Choice Awards
Neck-and-neck all night, Barbie and Oppenheimer were both potential winners, but with that Best Comedy category, too many voters probably voted Barbie there and if it had not, it might have won. While most of the winners were expected, Emma Stone and Paul Giamatti shook up the narrative and it will be an interesting road…
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Contender: She Came to Me (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. She Came to Me was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Contender Factor: 49.6 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree…
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Contender: Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Contender Factor: 45.6 out of 80 (Stage 5 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director:…
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14th Denver Film Critics Nominations & Awards
Denver’s critics are the first to go almost all-in on Barbie. Few other groups are going for something so mainstream, preferring the popular, but traditional Oppenheimer instead. An interesting choice. Awards Tallies (4) Barbie, Oppenheimer (3) Poor Things (2) Godzilla Minus One (1) The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across…
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21st Iowa Critics Awards
I have a few TBDs listed here, but I’m not so sure they will be announced. Two sources confirm the non-TBD selections, so it’s likely they won’t ever be announced. Having said that, The Holdovers clearly had a good run with this tiny group. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers (2) Oppenheimer (1) Barbie, Killers of…
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8th Hawaii Critics Awards
The uber-small Hawaii Film Critics Society went with Barbie for their top film of the year, an outside-the-box choice. They also didn’t just toss it one award, giving it one shy of Oppenheimer‘s leading total. Award Tallies (5) Oppenheimer (4) Barbie (3) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Ferrari, Past Lives, Poor Things (1) 80 for…