Month: January 2025
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97th Oscar Nominations
Emilia Pérez had a great day. It joins a small club of films that have secured 13 total nominations. That doesn’t always portend luck as many of those films have struggled with wins. The Brutalist didn’t appear to have any trouble securing its most needed nominations while Wicked picked up a few that weren’t entirely…
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Oscar History: January 23 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Fred Niblo Jr. (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1906: Arthur Lonergan (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Walter Greene (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1910: Irene Sharaff…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #12
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: FINAL
Although many races are very difficult to call, we have a surprising number of identical predictions and several that are close to identical. Best Animated Feature, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, and Production Design seem to be locked according to our prognosticators. The ones that are pretty close to locked are: Best Directing, Actress, Original Screenplay, Original…
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97th Oscar Morning: Final Nomination Thoughts
Tomorrow morning, the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced. They’ll be revealed by Bottoms star Rachel Sennott and SNL alum and Wicked supporting actor Bowen Yang. Before the nominations are announced, I wanted to put down in writing my thoughts on this year’s categories and how I came to my choices for…
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Oscar History: January 22 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (15) Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1900: Fredric Hope (37…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #12
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Oscar History: January 21 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1898: Rudolph Mate (66 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #12
Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…
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Box Office History (Week 3, 2025)
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…