• Contender: Ghostlight (2025)

    Contender: Ghostlight (2025)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Ghostlight was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 64.8 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree

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  • 5th Set Decorators Society Nominations

    5th Set Decorators Society Nominations

    An interesting batch of nominees with most of the expected Oscar contenders in evidence. This does put a nail in the Blitz and The Piano Lesson coffins. The Nominations Best Period Décor/Design The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Gladiator II Maria Nosferatu Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Décor/Design Alien: Romulus Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #9

    Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #9

    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: 82nd Golden Globe Awards

    Predictions: 82nd Golden Globe Awards

    The first major televised precursor is here. This is the second year where the Globes are changed. Have they changed completely or do the old tendencies continue to rise. We’ll find out on Sunday. GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Overall

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  • Oscar History: January 3 (2025)

    Oscar History: January 3 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1877: Josephine Hull (80 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress      Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1889: Robert M. Haas (73 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1898: Frederic Efrem Erich (58 at death)   {2

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  • Contender: Exhibiting Forgiveness (2025)

    Contender: Exhibiting Forgiveness (2025)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Exhibiting Forgiveness was added to this list based on the following criteria: 80+ MetaCritic Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 70.8 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –

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  • Contender: Femme (2025)

    Contender: Femme (2025)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Femme was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 53.5 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #9

    Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #9

    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 Profile:  Russell Harlan

    Oscar Profile: Russell Harlan

    Born September 16, 1903 in Los Angeles, California, Russell Harlan was the son of a couple from the Midwest who raised him and his younger brother, Richard, in Los Angeles. Harlan started in the film industry as an actor and stuntman, and by the early 1930s was working behind the camera as an assistant.  Among

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  • Oscar History: January 2 (2025)

    Oscar History: January 2 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Most Anticipated (13) Born 1893: Ernst Marischka (70 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1911: Jack Martin Smith (82 at death)   {9 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production

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  • Contender: The Idea of You (2025)

    Contender: The Idea of You (2025)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. The Idea of You was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 60.2 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage

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  • Contender: La Cocina (2025)

    Contender: La Cocina (2025)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. La Cocina was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 53.2 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #9

    Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #9

    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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  • Calendar Preview: January 2025

    Calendar Preview: January 2025

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. JANUARY Festivals Thursday, Jan. 23 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Wednesday, Jan. 1 – Austin Critics (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Friday, Jan.

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  • Oscar History: January 1 (2025)

    Oscar History: January 1 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Herman Rossse (78 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design      Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1887: Joseph T. Rucker (70 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography      Oscar Win: Cinematography 1891: Charles Bickford (76 at death)   {3 Noms, 0 Wins}

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