• 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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  • Oscar History: January 2 (2024)

    Oscar History: January 2 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • 2nd UK Critics Nominations & Awards

    2nd UK Critics Nominations & Awards

    Their announcement of winners video was really neat for the first category, but then they used the same music and design for every single category after that, which made for a tedious, repetitive watch. Thankfully, they only had seven categories, so it at least it was mercifully quick. The selections were spread out except for…

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  • Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2023)

    Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2023)

    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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  • Calendar Preview: January

    Calendar Preview: January

    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. 18 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Wednesday, Jan. 24 – Rotterdam Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday,…

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  • Oscar History: January 1 (2024)

    Oscar History: January 1 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Oscar History: December 31 (2023)

    Oscar History: December 31 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Oscar History: December 30 (2023)

    Oscar History: December 30 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • The Ultimate List Poll #81

    The Ultimate List Poll #81

    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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  • Oscar History: December 29 (2023)

    Oscar History: December 29 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Oscar Profile: Nedrick Young

    Oscar Profile: Nedrick Young

    Born March 23, 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nedrick Young was an Oscar winning writer and actor who began his acting career in film and on the New York stage in 1942.  He served overseas with the U.S. Army during World War II. Young made his film debut in 1942’s Bombs Over Burma.  Other pre-1949 films…

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  • Oscar History: December 28 (2023)

    Oscar History: December 28 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • 17th Women Journalists Nominations

    17th Women Journalists Nominations

    While it’s not surprising that some of the year’s strongest female-led films (Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Past Lives, Poor Things), there were a few female-anemic ones celebrated too (Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers). Nominations Tallies (9) Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon (8) Oppenheimer, Past Lives, The…

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  • 6th Greater WNY Critics Nominations

    6th Greater WNY Critics Nominations

    It says something when a group that’s been around for six years is only now coming onto our radars. Not that their selections are unique enough to enable them to stand out. Nominations Tallies (9) Oppenheimer (7) Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Poor Things (6) Barbie, The Holdovers, May December (3) All of…

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  • 27th Toronto Critics Awards

    27th Toronto Critics Awards

    Toronto’s critics spread the love with Best Picture winner The Zone of Interest tying Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon for most awards. Award Tallies (2) Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, Anatomy of a Fall, BlackBerry, Fallen Leaves, The Holdovers, Robot Dreams, Rye Lane,…

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  • 28th San Diego Critics Nominations & Awards

    28th San Diego Critics Nominations & Awards

    It started out with Barbenheimer and then became Barbenmargaret? Barbie and Oppenheimer understandably dominated the nominations, but Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. came out on top with the Best Picture win, a surprising development. It and Barbie tied for most awards. Awards Tallies (5) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Barbie (3)…

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