Month: February 2025
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30th Critics Choice Awards
What a weird batch of winners. Nothing with more than three awards, Best Picture taking only one. It was like they wanted to hand out an award to every film. The surprise of the night was Jon M. Chu winning Best Director when he wasn’t nominated at DGA or the Oscars. It was refreshing for…
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27th Costume Designers Guild Awards
All of this year’s winners are also Oscar nominees, so the winner will likely be one of these three pictures. The Awards Best Period Costume Design Nosferatu WL PP TL Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Costume Design Wicked WL PP TL Best Contemporary Costume Design Conclave WL TL Costume Designers Guild Data First Awards: 1998 (27)
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Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #14
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: Producers Guild of America
Producers measure quality differently than others. Their accuracy has improved over the years, however. PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Picture Anora WL The Brutalist WL PP TL A Complete Unknown Nil Conclave PP Dune: Part Two Nil…
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Predictions: Directors Guild of America
The DGA has picked the Oscar winner so often that you have to take any choices they make as de facto endorsements of the future Oscar winner. At least in the main category. The others don’t have as much impact/success. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Adapted Screenplay
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 Adapted Screenplay Loading…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Film Editing
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, Film Editing. Below are our predictions in Best Film Editing. Best Film Editing Winner Predictions Anora (WL P) The Brutalist (PP P) [New] Conclave…
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Predictions: Annie Awards
The Annie Awards are the preeminent authority on animation. They get it wrong. Way wrong. But they still have a pretty solid track record. ANNIE AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 TL Kung Fu Panda 4 Nil…
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Oscar History: February 7 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: George Oppenheimer (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1920: Raphael Bretton (91 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1923: Mary Ann Nyberg (56 at death) {2 Noms,…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #14
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…