• 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: October 19 (2023)

    Oscar History: October 19 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • 2023 Nominations Predictions: October

    2023 Nominations Predictions: October

    The calm before the storm. October and most of November, we’ll have very little movement in terms of Oscar contenders other than films potentially moving into the 2024 season. Right now, things are pretty stable and there’s nothing between now and the first precursor awards that will change the calculus, so don’t expect more than…

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  • Oscar History: October 18 (2023)

    Oscar History: October 18 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Academy Announces 96th Oscars Creatives

    Academy Announces 96th Oscars Creatives

    RAJ KAPOOR TAPPED AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND SHOWRUNNER AND KATY MULLAN AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE 96TH OSCARS® HAMISH HAMILTON TO DIRECT THE OSCARS MISTY BUCKLEY AND ALANA BILLINGSLEY RETURN AS OSCARS PRODUCTION DESIGNERS OSCARS RED CARPET AND KEY ART CREATIVES RETURN: KENNY GRAVILLIS, DAVID CHAMBERLIN, LISA LOVE AND RAÚL ÀVILA THE OSCARS SET TO…

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  • Oscar History: October 17 (2023)

    Oscar History: October 17 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • 8th Critics Choice Doc Awards

    The Critics Choice Association has announced their 8th annual documentary award nominations. The Documentary and Documentary Short awards are where the Oscar overlap will be. The only one of these titles that isn’t likely to carry over is Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie because of its Emmy submission/nominations. Beyond that, we’ll have to see…

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  • Contender Break

    Contender Break

    Most of the 2023 Oscar contenders have been forecast. As such, unless new films come up that we had not anticipated, we’ll be taking a bit of a break on new contenders until 2024.

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  • Box Office History (Week 41, 2023)

    Box Office History (Week 41, 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: October 16 (2023)

    Oscar History: October 16 (2023)

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  • Contender: Smoking Causes Coughing (2023)

    Contender: Smoking Causes Coughing (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Smoking Causes Coughing was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Contender Factor: 46.8 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Quentin…

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  • Oscar History: October 15 (2023)

    Oscar History: October 15 (2023)

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  • Contender: Shin Ultraman (2023)

    Contender: Shin Ultraman (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Shin Ultraman was added to this list based on the following criteria: 80+ MetaCritic Score Contender Factor: 36.2 out of 80 (Stage 5 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Shinji…

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  • Oscar History: October 14 (2023)

    Oscar History: October 14 (2023)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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  • Contender: Scrapper (2023)

    Contender: Scrapper (2023)

    CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Scrapper was added to this list based on the following criteria: Festival Award Contender Factor: 44.4 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Charlotte Regan Writers:…

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  • The Ultimate List Poll #70

    The Ultimate List Poll #70

    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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