Category: 96th Oscars
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8th Seattle Critics Nominations & Awards
Seattle breaking up its winners and nominations and its preliminary nominations made it difficult to follow, so here’s the last two parts together. Godzilla Minus One and The Holdovers were the big winners even if they weren’t among the big nominees. Award Tallies (3) Godzilla Minus One, The Holdovers (2) Barbie, Killers of the Flower…
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30th Screen Actors Guild Nominations
A small handful of big surprises change the tenor of this year’s competition, though most of the frontrunners are present and accounted for. Before we get to the films or performances that missed in certain categories, let’s talk about the major complete omissions. None of the foreign language contenders secured nominations. Anatomy of a Fall,…
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The Contenders: December Retrospective/February 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 December and see what films faltered. Then we’ll look forward to February and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts December Retrospective What became of the…
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7th Chicago Indie Critics Nominations
A fairly generic list from Chicago’s independent critics with Barbenheimer dominating predicatbly. Nominations Tallies (13) Barbie (12) Oppenheimer (10) Poor Things (8) The Holdovers (6) Killers of the Flower Moon, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (5) The Iron Claw, Past Lives (4) Anatomy of a Fall, Maestro (3) American Fiction, The Boy and the Heron, The…
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21st San Francisco Critics Awards
Spreading the wealth with Oppenheimer coming out on top. Award Tallies (3) Oppenheimer (2) American Fiction, The Zone of Interest (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, Barbie, The Boy and the Heron, Earth Mama, Fremont, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Poor Things The Awards Best Picture Oppenheimer Best Animated Feature The Boy…
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76th Directors Guild Doc Nominations
Three of the main Oscar contenders are here, so it’s a good sign for them. The Nominations Best Documentary Director Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp – Bobi Wine: The People’s President Mstyslav Chernov – 20 Days in Mariupol Madeleine Gavin – Beyond Utopia Davis Guggenheim – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie D. Smith – Kokomo…
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31st Cinema Audio Society Nominations
The Cinema Audio Society’s nominations give us a direction for what films are being considered in the Best Sound category. All of the nominees this year are prestige pics with Ferrari being the closest to a traditional contender here. Some major omissions include: The Creator, Napoleon, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The…
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28th Art Directors Guild Nominations
There isn’t anything too shocking here. The only potential Oscar contenders that weren’t on the list were The Color Purple, Indiana Jones, The Little Mermaid, and The Zone of Interest. The Nominations Best Period Art Direction Asteroid City Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Napoleon Oppenheimer Best Fantasy Art Direction Barbie The Creator Guardians of…
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7th Hawai’i Critics Nominations
Female-led films led the Hawai’i critics nominations with Barbie and Poor Things coming out on top. It’s also one of the few groups to give attention to Ferrari in any measurable way. Nominations Tallies (13) Barbie (11) Poor Things (9) Ferrari, Maestro, Oppenheimer (7) American Fiction, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (6) Killers of the Flower…
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22nd Utah Critics Awards
Utah’s critics have given their seal of approval to Past Lives, an uncommon decision this year. Award Tallies (3) Past Lives, Poor Things (2) The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (1) All of Us Strangers, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Godzilla Minus One, The Iron Claw, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Marvels,…