Month: February 2025
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Cinematography
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Cinematography Loading…
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Predictions: Society of Composers & Lyricists
A group that hasn’t got the greatest reputation when it comes to predicting the Oscars but could matter this year with its later due date giving us more info than the Critics Choice or Golden Globe winners did. SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions:…
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Oscar History: February 11 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1908: Philip Dunne (84 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay, Screenplay 1909: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (83 at death) {9 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing, Adaptation, Screenplay, Story and Screenplay Oscar Wins: Directing, Screenplay Academy Awards Host: 28th-Co | 1 time 1916:…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #15
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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Predictions: Visual Effects Society
The Visual Effects Society is the guild that represents all visual effects artists in the industry, a small subset of which are members of the Academy. Their choices can sometimes predict the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete…
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Box Office History (Week 6, 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…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Supporting Actor
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Supporting Actor Loading…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Costume Design
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Costume Design. Below are our predictions in Best Costume Design. Best Costume Design Winner Predictions A Complete Unknown Conclave Gladiator II Nosferatu Wicked (WL…
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Oscar History: February 10 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: George Leverett (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1888: Harry Beaumont (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1897: Judith Anderson (94 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1903: Lewis Allan (83 at death)…
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2nd Michigan Critics Guild Awards
Anora did quite well as did The Brutalist. Awards Tallies (4) Anora (3) The Brutalist (1) Conclave, The Fire Inside, Monkey Man, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Wicked, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Picture Anora Best Animated Feature The Wild Robot Best Director Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Best Actor Adrien Brody – The…