Month: February 2025
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Live Action Short Film
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 Live Action Short Film Loading…
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Oscar History: February 19 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Paul Terry (84 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film 1895: Louis Calhern (61 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1899: Homer G. Tasker (90 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing 1911: Merle Oberon (68…
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7th Latino Journalists Awards
A surprisingly conventional list of winners with the Best Picture win by Sing Sing the only genuine surprise. AwardsTallies (2) Challengers, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Sing Sing, The Substance, Wicked (1) Blink Twice, The Brutalist, The Fall Guy, Flow, Frida, Hit Man, Los Frikis, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, A Real Pain,…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #16
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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97th Oscars Poll: Best Film Editing
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 Film Editing Loading…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Production 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, Art Directors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Production Design. Best Production Design Winner Predictions The Brutalist Conclave Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Wicked…
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Oscar History: February 18 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Adolphe Menjou (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1907: Oscar Brodney (100 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay 1917: Ralph S. Hurst (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1918: Ivan…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #16
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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52nd Saturn Awards
As a curiosity, these are interesting. As an Oscar forecaster, they aren’t much good, though Demi Moore and The Wild Robot are in good company. Awards Tallies (4) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two (2) The Substance (1) Alien: Romulus, Dream Scenario, Godzilla Minus One, Late Night with the Devil, Longlegs, Strange Darling,…
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Box Office History (Week 7, 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…