• 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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  • Contender: Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

    Contender: Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Five Nights at Freddy’s was added to this list based on the following criteria: $100 Million+ Box Office Gross Contender Factor: 43.8 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1…

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  • 89th New York Critics Awards (2023)

    89th New York Critics Awards (2023)

    This is probably the most mainstream list this organization has put out with Killers and Oppenheimer doing well. The only left-field choice is Franz Rogowski for Best Actor, the only one of the three that isn’t likely to parlay the win into an Oscar campaign. Award Tallies (2) Killers of the Flower Moon, May December,…

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  • Oscar Profile: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Oscar Profile: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Born May 29, 1897 in Brunn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary, now Brno, Czech Republic, Erich Wolfgang Korngold was a child prodigy. The son of a well-known music critic, young Korngold accompanied his father in playing four-handed piano arrangements by the age of five.  By the age of eleven he was appearing before enthusiastic Vienna audiences that included…

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  • Oscar History: November 30 (2023)

    Oscar History: November 30 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Contender: Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023)

    Contender: Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Contender Factor: 40.8 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage…

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  • Oscar History: November 29 (2023)

    Oscar History: November 29 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Contender: The Delinquents (2023)

    Contender: The Delinquents (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 Delinquents was added to this list based on the following criteria: 80+ MetaCritic Score Contender Factor: 45.6 out of 80 (Stage 5 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Rodrigo…

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  • 33rd Gotham Awards (2023)

    33rd Gotham Awards (2023)

    Not much of interest in these winners, but it sets Past Lives as one of the major players this year and suggests Anatomy of a Fall is also going to dominate critics awards while Lily Gladstone (for a different film) and Charles Melton could have stronger paths to nominations. Award Tallies (2) Anatomy of a…

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  • Oscar History: November 28 (2023)

    Oscar History: November 28 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Contender: Blue Beetle (2023)

    Contender: Blue Beetle (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Blue Beetle was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Contender Factor: 45.2 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Angel…

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  • Box Office History (Week 47, 2023)

    Box Office History (Week 47, 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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  • Oscar History: November 27 (2023)

    Oscar History: November 27 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Oscar History: November 26 (2023)

    Oscar History: November 26 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Oscar History: November 25 (2023)

    Oscar History: November 25 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • The Ultimate List Poll #76

    The Ultimate List Poll #76

    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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