• New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    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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  • 37th USC Scripter Nominations

    37th USC Scripter Nominations

    The only major precursor outside of BAFTA left for Adapted Screenplay is the USC Scripter, which typically awards the screenwriter and the source material. This is great news for Origin, which seems to have been forgotten by most groups this year. The others were largely expected. What missed out? All of Strangers and Are You…

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  • 27th Online Critics Nominations

    27th Online Critics Nominations

    The OFCS seemed to like just about everything everyone else had, though there are quite a few notably exceptions. Maestro was completely shut out while American Fiction didn’t get a Best Picture citation. Nominations Tallies (12) Oppenheimer (11) Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things (9) Barbie (5) Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives (4)…

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  • Contenders: Pre-Nominations Update

    Contenders: Pre-Nominations Update

    Since the Academy Award nominations are coming next week, we’ve moved all of our films to Stage 6, which is the precursors stage. Of the precursors we’re tracking, only six of them have yet to announce. Two of those are guilds (American Cinema Editors and Writers Guild of America) and four of them are other…

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  • Oscar History: January 17 (2024)

    Oscar History: January 17 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film      Oscar Wins: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at death)   {1…

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  • 22nd Visual Effects Society Nominations

    22nd Visual Effects Society Nominations

    The Creator, Elemental, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse were the most cited films this year, which is good news for the three of those who were on the Academy’s shortlist (Elemental wasn’t on it). Two shortlisters didn’t even make the list, Poor Things and Rebel Moon – Part One:…

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  • 71st Sound Editors Guild Nominations

    71st Sound Editors Guild Nominations

    Oppenheimer might have come out on top of the nominations, but it did so with only three whereas six other films came in with two citations each. Of the ten films on the Academy’s shortlist, The Creator and Mission: Impossible are the only titles not here. Barbie, Maestro, Napoloeon, and Oppenheimer were the only titles…

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  • 21st African American Critics Awards

    21st African American Critics Awards

    African American Critics split their love between three films this year, giving out separate prizes for drama, comedy, and musical. They haven’t done this in the past. It’s an interesting change, but it also shows in their selections that those three films were also their general favorites as well, giving everything else only a single…

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  • Contender: The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)

    Contender: The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. The Pigeon Tunnel was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Contender Factor: 52.5 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Errol…

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  • Contender: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

    Contender: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Contender Factor: 59.3 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 –…

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  • Oscar History: January 16 (2024)

    Oscar History: January 16 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story      Oscar Win: Writing 1890: Karl Freund (79 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),…

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  • Contender: Stamped from the Beginning (2023)

    Contender: Stamped from the Beginning (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Stamped from the Beginning was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Contender Factor: 51.4 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director:…

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  • Contender: Passages (2023)

    Contender: Passages (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Passages was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Contender Factor: 54.2 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Ira Sachs Writers:…

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  • Box Office History (Week 2, 2024)

    Box Office History (Week 2, 2024)

    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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  • Oscar History: January 15 (2024)

    Oscar History: January 15 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Best Of… (12) Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song      Oscar Win: Original Song 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at…

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  • 29th Critics Choice Awards

    29th Critics Choice Awards

    Neck-and-neck all night, Barbie and Oppenheimer were both potential winners, but with that Best Comedy category, too many voters probably voted Barbie there and if it had not, it might have won. While most of the winners were expected, Emma Stone and Paul Giamatti shook up the narrative and it will be an interesting road…

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