Category: 96th Oscars

  • 35th Producers Guild Nominations

    35th Producers Guild Nominations

    These could very well be our Best Picture nominees. They seem to be the most commonly cited, rewarded, and predicted. The Animated Feature category, however, is unlikely to replicate with The Super Mario Bros. Movie the most likely to get left off. This likely means the end of the road for Air, The Color Purple,…

  • Predictions: Critics Choice Awards

    Predictions: Critics Choice Awards

    It’s time for the Critics Choice Awards. Who will win? Will they be the Oscar frontrunners or ephemeral critics’ picks? Bet on the former, but hope for the latter. CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS Introductions Wesley Lovell: I always have a hard time mustering interest in this group’s selections. Sure, they are ostensibly a critics organization, but…

  • 23rd AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations

    23rd AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations

    The major caveat here is that outside of the writing category, no one can be nominated here who isn’t eligible for AARP membership (50 years or older). You don’t have to be American, though. A lot of Oscar contenders are here, but also a lot of non-contenders abound. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (5) Killers of…

  • 17th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 2)

    17th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 2)

    Barbie, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, and The Holdovers came out with the most nominations, which seems to be a mirror to the current situation in the precursors. Nominations Tallies (10) Barbie (9) Oppenheimer (8) Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things (7) The Holdovers (4) The Color Purple (3) American Fiction,…

  • 19th Austin Critics Awards

    19th Austin Critics Awards

    No film even came close to touching Oppenheimer for number of awards, yet it didn’t take their top prize, which went to Killers of the Flower Moon. Award Tallies (8) Oppenheimer (3) Killers of the Flower Moon (2) Past Lives (1) Fancy Dance, Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Holdovers, John…

  • 61st Publicists Guild Film Nominations

    61st Publicists Guild Film Nominations

    While not a particular accurate forecaster of the Oscars, they are an interesting option. Can anyone other than Barbie win? Not likely. The Nominations Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Air Barbie John Wick: Chapter 4 The Little Mermaid Maestro Oppenheimer Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Les Mason Award, the…

  • 38th Society of Cinematographers Nominations

    38th Society of Cinematographers Nominations

    The big surprise is El Conde, which was seldom mentioned as a possibility, but consider it’s Edward Lachman and it’s in black-and-white, it seems kind of like a no-brainer now. That said, it isn’t something too likely to carry over to the Oscars. Barbie is the clear loser here, but its cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto, was…

  • 51st Annie Awards Nominations

    51st Annie Awards Nominations

    These nominations mostly confirm our thoughts. Super Mario Bros. looked like it wasn’t going to get a nomination at the Oscars and these nominations bare that out with the film earning a single nomination for voice acting. That’s a pretty abysmal result. Not too surprisingly, Nimona came out on top of the nominations. Netflix has…

  • 76th Directors Guild Nominations

    76th Directors Guild Nominations

    The DGA sometimes throws predictors off with its selections and Alexander Payne is that candidate this year. The other four were clearly expected, but Payne wasn’t. It’s not surprising, just not what’s expected. Celine Song likely got hindered by being up for the First Feature nomination, but that’s not exclusionary, so she was seriously injured…

  • 19th Austin Critics Nominations

    19th Austin Critics Nominations

    The top four nomination-getters were close together but Killers of the Flower Moon came out on top. Nominations Tallies (11) Killers of the Flower Moon (10) Oppenheimer (9) Poor Things (8) Barbie (6) The Holdovers, Past Lives (5) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (4) American Fiction (3) Anatomy of a Fall, Are You There God? It’s…