Category: 96th Oscars
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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 faltered. Then we’ll look forward to December and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts October Retrospective In retrospect, October had…
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8th Critics Choice Doc Awards
I don’t have a lot to say about these as they’ve been around for a bit now, but haven’t shown any predictive prescience. Still was obviously the big winner taking five prizes and that might bolster its chances at an Oscar nomination, but the Academy is often reticent to recognize biographical documentaries, though they’ve softened…
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66th Grammy Awards Nominations
Not only is it rare to get more than 3 nominations, we might have a record for number of nominations from a single movie soundtrack with four nominations alone in the song category. This is also the most current-year-centric the Grammy nominations have been in some time with only four titles from 2022 (three of…
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Contenders: 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. In addition to the stage changes, we’ve now removed a total of three films that have either moved into 2024 or have…
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Calendar Preview: November
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. NOVEMBER Festivals Friday, Nov. 3 – Mar del Plata Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Friday, Nov. 3 – Tallinn Film Festival (Festival) (Official)…
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2023 Nominations Predictions: October
The calm before the storm. October and most of November, we’ll have very little movement in terms of Oscar contenders other than films potentially moving into the 2024 season. Right now, things are pretty stable and there’s nothing between now and the first precursor awards that will change the calculus, so don’t expect more than…
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The Contenders: September Retrospective/November 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 September and see what films faltered. Then we’ll look forward to November and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts September Retrospective While this series typically…
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Contenders: September Update
For our September 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 eight films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Calendar Preview: October
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. OCTOBER Festivals Wednesday, Oct. 4 – BFI London Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Friday, Oct. 6 – Warsaw Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Thursday,…
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2023 Nominations Predictions: Post-Festival
With Venice, Toronto, and Telluride now in the rearview mirror, we have a much better view of what Oscar season will be about. Here are out latest updates. This month, we’re adding Production Design and Costume Design. Next month, we’ll be adding everything except Original Song, International Feature, and the documentary and short film categories.…