Category: Contenders
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Contender: Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Kung Fu Panda 4 was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Type of Contender: Animation Contender Factor: 55.3 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage…
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Contender: Dune: Part Two (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Dune: Part Two was added to this list based on the following criteria: 2023 Contender Type of Contender: Broad Contender Factor: 78. out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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Contender: The Bikeriders (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. The Bikeriders was added to this list based on the following criteria: 2023 Contender Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 64. out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Contenders: A New Year
After a solid first year with the Contenders series, I wanted to try to adapt and refine my methodology to see if we could increase the accuracy. To that extent, one of my first changes was in segmenting out each film into a handful of categories if you will. Each of them represent a different…
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The Contenders: February Retrospective/April 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 February and see what films succeeded or faltered. Then we’ll look forward to April and see what have something going for them. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts February Retrospective…
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The Contenders: January Retrospective/March 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 January and see what films flourished and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to March and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts January Retrospective When we…
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Contenders: 2023 Performance Update
With the Oscar nominations out and a reflection on the year, it’s easy to see where things were going. Yet, our Contenders series this year was trying to look at the Oscar mathematically and we learned a great deal. To start, the Contenders series lumped everything together regardless of what type of contender it was.…
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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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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)
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 –…