Category: 2023 Precursors

  • 26th Film Music Critics Awards

    26th Film Music Critics Awards

    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…

  • 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards

    30th Screen Actors Guild Awards

    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.…

  • 25th Costume Designers Guild Awards

    25th Costume Designers Guild Awards

    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…

  • 22nd Visual Effects Society Awards

    22nd Visual Effects Society Awards

    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,…

  • 76th Writers Guild Nominations

    76th Writers Guild Nominations

    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…

  • 4th Make-Up Artists Guild Awards

    4th Make-Up Artists Guild Awards

    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…

  • 64th British Academy Awards

    64th British Academy Awards

    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…

  • 51st Annie Awards

    51st Annie Awards

    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,…

  • 5th Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards

    5th Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards

    Predictable and unpredictable were words to describe these awards where we were roughly 50-50 in our predictions. The Oscar frontrunners picked up their respective awards. The Awards Best Original Score for a Studio Film Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Best Original Score for an Independent Film Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Best Original Song for…

  • 6th Latino Journalists Awards

    6th Latino Journalists Awards

    While several selections were some we’ve seen before, they feted Colman Domingo twice and gave nods to Past Lives and Society of the Snow more so than most other groups have. Award Tallies (5) Barbie (4) Oppenheimer (2) Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Society of the Snow, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (1) Blue…