Category: 2023 Precursors

Philadelphia gave their top prize to Anora along with several prizes, which suggests a deep affection for the film in a city of brotherly love. Award Tallies (6) Anora (2) The Brutalist, The Substance (1) All We Imagine as Light, The Fall Guy, Memoir of a Snail, Nosferatu, The People’s Joker, A Real Pain, Super/Man:…

North Carolina critics were partial to Dune: Part Two along with Challengers, Conclave, and Nosfferatu, which earns itself a rare Best Picure nomination. Nominations Tallies (12) Dune: Part Two (9) Challengers, Conclave, Nosferatu (8) The Brutalist, The Substance (7) Wicked (6) Anora, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing (5) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Wild Robot…

Utah’s critics love The Brutalist as well as Conclave and Dune: Part Two plus Nosferatu and The Substance. Nothing genuinely earthshattering in the tallies, though the presence of Tuesday in the top category plus Best Actress is a bit of a surprise. Nominations Tallies (9) The Brutalist (6) Conclave, Dune: Part Two (5) Nosferatu, The…

Another early announcer I missed and this one makes an interesting case of what the guild likes that the Academy’s members didn’t. The Apprentice, Dune: Part Two, and Waltzing with Brando didn’t make the cut with the guild while top nominees The Deliverance and The Substance were skunked by the Academy. Nominations Tallies (3) Beetlejuice…

The Annie Award nominations came out earlier this month when I wasn’t paying enough attention. The easy winner is The Wild Robot, though Inside Out 2 and Wallace & Gromit also did well. Not doing as well as it should have were Flow and Memoir of a Snail, which barely earned nominations, though they at…

It’s probably for the best these didn’t come out before the Oscar nominations. The Awards Best Original Screenplay The Holdovers (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) Best Adapted Screenplay American Fiction (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Documentary Screenplay The Pigeon Tunnel (Wesley, RU:Thomas) Writers Guild of America Data Year Founded: 1933 First Awards: 1948 (76)

No film swept the specific genre categories with several films winning multiple awards. What will always be shocking is when a non-Best Picture nominee beats out a Best Picture nominee. Poor Things being so good it deserves a Best Picture nomination but not good enough to beat Godzilla Minus One? Preposterous. Awards Tallies (2) Godzilla…

With some odd category placements these nominations are a bit confusing. Nominations Tallies (5) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (4) Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, John Wick: Chapter 4, Poor Things (3) Evil Dead Rise, M3GAN, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Blue Beetle, The Creator, Extraction 2, Nimona, Scream…

They might as well have named their awards the NAACP Color Purple Awards since that film absolutely dominated everyone else. It makes sense since the film was the only one that really seemed like an Oscar contender that wasn’t. Awards Tallies (11) The Color Purple (2) Brother, Creed III, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (1) The…

The Satellite Awards went different directions in the craft categories but mostly provided minimal surprises. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers, Oppenheimer (3) Maestro (2) American Fiction, Barbie, Poor Things (1) Bad Press, The Boy and the Heron, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Napoleon, The Zone of Interest The…