Category: 97th Oscars

  • The Contenders: 2024 – July Retrospective/September Forecast

    The Contenders: 2024 – July Retrospective/September 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 July and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to September and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts July Retrospective July was…

  • Contenders: August Update

    Contenders: August Update

    For our August update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have 10 films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…

  • Calendar Preview: August

    Calendar Preview: August

    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. AUGUST Festivals Wednesday, Aug. 28 – Venice Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Saturday, Aug. 31 – Telluride Film Festival (Festival) (Unconfirmed)

  • 2024 Nominations Predictions: July

    2024 Nominations Predictions: July

    In the middle of July, it’s difficult to say what will ultimate wind up with Oscars. That said, a number of contenders have already shown up and some of them have faltered while others emerged that weren’t on the radar previously. Here are our predictions as they stand in the month of July. This month,…

  • The Contenders: June Retrospective/August Forecast

    The Contenders: June Retrospective/August 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 June and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to August and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts June Retrospective With June…

  • Contenders: July Update

    Contenders: July Update

    For our July update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have seven films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…

  • Calendar Preview: July

    Calendar Preview: July

    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. JULY There are no major events in July.

  • 2024 Nominations Predictions: June

    2024 Nominations Predictions: June

    We’re half way through the year and some of us see things as changing rapidly, others see it stagnating with little word about year-end releases. This week, we chose to add Sound and Visual Effects categories; however, Thomas wasn’t able to provide those predictions by publication time. We’ll update as soon as those are in…

  • Governors Awards Recipients for 2024

    Governors Awards Recipients for 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Richard Curtis and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The…

  • The Contenders: May Retrospective/July Forecast

    The Contenders: May Retrospective/July 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 May and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to July and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts May Retrospective May was…