Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #3
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New Poll Series Debuts This Week
With the closure of the Friday Face-Off, we decided to start up a new polling series that asks you to rate every Oscar nominee in most of the major categories. Every day of the week at noon (Central), a new poll group will post with anywhere between 30 and 35 nominees across two to four…
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Predictions: British Academy
The closest thing we have to the makeup of the Academy of itself, the British Academy still has its quirks but campaigns can begin and end with them. BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS Best Film Anatomy of a Fall (RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Wesley) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter,…
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The Ultimate List Poll #88
We’re looking back at all of the Oscar winners and selecting what films and performances and comparing them to one another. The most effective way to do that is pit each winner against each other winner. This long-running series will ultimately result in a final ranking of every winner in every category (except the documentary…
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Path to Oscar 2023: Directing
The DGA can have an impact when they pick an Oscar nominee and, overall, their accuracy can’t be beat. Best Directing Winner Predictions Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet Killers of the Flower Moon – Martin Scorsese Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan WLPPTL Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer…
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Oscar History: February 16 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Robert Flaherty (67 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1884: Bert Kalmar (63 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1896: Carl Dreher (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing 1899: Leland Fuller (63…
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Oscar Profile: Rosalind Russell Revisited
Born June 4, 1907, the middle of seven children to a successful Connecticut lawyer and his wife, Rosalind Russell was named after the S.S. Rosalind, a ship on which her parents had a memorable cruise and not the Shakespeare character as is commonly thought. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan,…
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Path to Oscar 2023: Production Design
With the Art Directors Guild and Set Decorators Society both representing the industry, it will be interesting to see if their alignment or lack thereof will impact the Oscars. Best Production Design Winner Predictions Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Napoleon Oppenheimer PP Poor Things WLTL Runner-Up Predictions Barbie WLTL Killers of the Flower Moon…
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Oscar History: February 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (28) Born 1893: Walter Donaldson (54 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1896: William H. Pine (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1899: Gale Sondergaard (86 at death) {2…
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5th Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards
Predictable and unpredictable were words to describe these awards where we were roughly 50-50 in our predictions. The Oscar frontrunners picked up their respective awards. The Awards Best Original Score for a Studio Film Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best Original Score for an Independent Film Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Best Original Song for…
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The Contenders: January Retrospective/March Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of January and see what films flourished and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to March and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts January Retrospective When we…
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Path to Oscar 2023: Documentary Short Subject
Another category where no guild exists. There are even fewer organizations that recognize short documentaries, so we’re on our own. Best Documentary Short Subject Winner Predictions The ABCs of Book Banning TL The Barber of Little Rock Islands in Between The Last Repair Shop WLPP Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó Runner-Up Predictions The ABCs of…
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Oscar History: February 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Jack Benny (80 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 16th | 2 times 1896: Werner Heyman (65 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1903: Stuart Erwin (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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6th Latino Journalists Awards
While several selections were some we’ve seen before, they feted Colman Domingo twice and gave nods to Past Lives and Society of the Snow more so than most other groups have. Award Tallies (5) Barbie (4) Oppenheimer (2) Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Society of the Snow, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (1) Blue…
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24th Vancouver Critics Awards
While BlackBerry didn’t compete in the main categories, it cleaned up in the Canadian-only races while Seagrass did the same but in the British Columbian ones. Anatomy of a Fall won only two prizes, including Best Picture. Award Tallies (5) BlackBerry (3) Seagrass (2) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal…
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4th Set Decorators Society Awards
Poor Things was the SDSA’s selection for Best Picture, the only category they didn’t have nominations in. The film also won the period award while Barbie took fantasy, putting these two against one another as the prime contenders for the Oscars. The Awards Best Period Set Decoration Poor Things (Wesley, Thomas) Best Fantasy Set Decoration…
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Path to Oscar 2023: Live Action Short Film
There are no guilds representing short filmmakers but there are a couple of organizations that give out awards for live action short films; however, there aren’t many and their selection criteria are all over the place, so we’ll mostly be on our own with this category. Below are our predictions in Best Live Action Short…
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