Category: Contenders
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The Contenders 2024/2025: November/January
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 November and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to January and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts November Retrospective November was…
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Contender: Between the Temples (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Between the Temples was added to this list based on the following criteria: Precursor Citation Type of Contender: Acting Contender Factor: 59. out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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Contenders: December Update
For our December 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 All contenders have reached Stage 2 or higher, so there will be no changes here. Moving to Stage…
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The Contenders: October Retrospective/December 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 October and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to December and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts October Retrospective With October…
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Contenders 24: November Update
For our November 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. Before we get to that, please note that I have also removed four films from this year’s contenders list as it does…
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Contender: September 5 (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. September 5 was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 65.7 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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The Contenders 2024: September/November
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 September and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to November and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts September Retrospective While September…
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Contenders 2024: October Update
For our October 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. Before we get to the movement, a couple of notes on this month’s update. Four films were pulled from the 2024 contenders…
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Contender: Flow (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Flow was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Animation Contender Factor: 51.9 out of 85 (Stage 4 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Contender: The Outrun (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 Outrun was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Acting Contender Factor: 73.6 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…