Category: 2023 Precursors

Nothing terribly surprising this year. The Awards Best Picture Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Wesley, RU:Peter) Best Documentary American Symphony (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter) Producers Guild of America Data Year Founded: 1950 Film; 1957 TV; 1962 Unified First Awards: 1989 (35)

The Spirit Awards went largely as expected with few genuine surprises. Award Tallies (3) The Holdovers (2) American Fiction, Past Lives (1) Anatomy of a Fall, Four Daughters, Fremont, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, May December, Showing Up, A Thousand and One The Awards Best Feature Past Lives (Peter, Thomas, RU:Wesley) Best Director Celine…

They do love their John Williams. Award Tallies (2) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny The Awards Score of the Year Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Best Original Score for a Drama Film Oppenheimer Best Original Score for a Comedy Film American Fiction Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film Indiana Jones…

With the final precursor in several categories, the Oscar winners may well be set. Each of the leads needed this award to win the Oscar and they got it. Murphy and Gladstone are still in a tight race with Giamatti and Stone but, in the end, this will likely carry over 100% to the Oscars.…

The expected winners won. Not much to see here and definitely no clue to the eventual Oscar race finish that we didn’t already know. The Awards Best Period Costume Design Poor Things (Wesley, Thomas, RU:Peter) Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Costume Design Barbie (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best Contemporary Costume Design Saltburn (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Costume Designers Guild Data…

The Creator was the big winner and that should make it the frontrunner for the Oscar in spite of losing at BAFTA since BAFTA honored a film that wasn’t even nominated for the Oscars. Award Tallies (5) The Creator (4) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (1) The Flash, Oppenheimer,…

It’s probably for the best these didn’t come out before the Oscar nominations. We might have all been predicting a few of these that had no chance. The Nominations Best Original Screenplay Air Barbie The Holdovers May December Past Lives Best Adapted Screenplay American Fiction Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Killers of the…

Maestro was the big winner this year, a bit shocking for a film with less special effects make-up than other films. Award Tallies (2) Maestro, Saltburn (1) Barbie The Awards Best Special Make-up Effects Maestro (Thomas) Best Period and/or Character Make-up Maestro (Thomas, RU:Peter) Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling Barbie (Wesley, RU:Peter) Best Contemporary…

Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest had big days with the former winning two major picture prizes while Anatomy of a Fall won only Best Original Screenplay and Barbie was shut out. Award Tallies (7) Oppenheimer (5) Poor Things (3) The Zone of Interest (2) The Holdovers (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, American…

It was a big night for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which won every category in which it was nominated. The Boy and the Heron, its nearest competition only secured two wins as did Nimona. Award Tallies (7) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) The Boy and the Heron, Nimona (1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,…