Category: 2023 Precursors

  • 21st Iowa Critics Awards

    21st Iowa Critics Awards

    I have a few TBDs listed here, but I’m not so sure they will be announced. Two sources confirm the non-TBD selections, so it’s likely they won’t ever be announced. Having said that, The Holdovers clearly had a good run with this tiny group. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers (2) Oppenheimer (1) Barbie, Killers of…

  • 8th Hawaii Critics Awards

    8th Hawaii Critics Awards

    The uber-small Hawaii Film Critics Society went with Barbie for their top film of the year, an outside-the-box choice. They also didn’t just toss it one award, giving it one shy of Oppenheimer‘s leading total. Award Tallies (5) Oppenheimer (4) Barbie (3) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Ferrari, Past Lives, Poor Things (1) 80 for…

  • 40th Casting Society Nominations

    40th Casting Society Nominations

    The Casting Society’s nominations are an interesting batch just because it speaks to the power of casts and their casting directors. Casting is a category recognized at BAFTA but not the Oscars, which is surprising. It seems like a natural fit for the Academy. The Nominations Best Feature Big Budget Drama Casting The Color Purple…

  • 35th Producers Guild Nominations

    35th Producers Guild Nominations

    These could very well be our Best Picture nominees. They seem to be the most commonly cited, rewarded, and predicted. The Animated Feature category, however, is unlikely to replicate with The Super Mario Bros. Movie the most likely to get left off. This likely means the end of the road for Air, The Color Purple,…

  • 23rd AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations

    23rd AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations

    The major caveat here is that outside of the writing category, no one can be nominated here who isn’t eligible for AARP membership (50 years or older). You don’t have to be American, though. A lot of Oscar contenders are here, but also a lot of non-contenders abound. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (5) Killers of…

  • 17th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 2)

    17th Houston Critics Nominations (Part 2)

    Barbie, Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, and The Holdovers came out with the most nominations, which seems to be a mirror to the current situation in the precursors. Nominations Tallies (10) Barbie (9) Oppenheimer (8) Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things (7) The Holdovers (4) The Color Purple (3) American Fiction,…

  • 19th Austin Critics Awards

    19th Austin Critics Awards

    No film even came close to touching Oppenheimer for number of awards, yet it didn’t take their top prize, which went to Killers of the Flower Moon. Award Tallies (8) Oppenheimer (3) Killers of the Flower Moon (2) Past Lives (1) Fancy Dance, Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Holdovers, John…

  • 61st Publicists Guild Film Nominations

    61st Publicists Guild Film Nominations

    While not a particular accurate forecaster of the Oscars, they are an interesting option. Can anyone other than Barbie win? Not likely. The Nominations Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Air Barbie John Wick: Chapter 4 The Little Mermaid Maestro Oppenheimer Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Les Mason Award, the…

  • 38th Society of Cinematographers Nominations

    38th Society of Cinematographers Nominations

    The big surprise is El Conde, which was seldom mentioned as a possibility, but consider it’s Edward Lachman and it’s in black-and-white, it seems kind of like a no-brainer now. That said, it isn’t something too likely to carry over to the Oscars. Barbie is the clear loser here, but its cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto, was…

  • 51st Annie Awards Nominations

    51st Annie Awards Nominations

    These nominations mostly confirm our thoughts. Super Mario Bros. looked like it wasn’t going to get a nomination at the Oscars and these nominations bare that out with the film earning a single nomination for voice acting. That’s a pretty abysmal result. Not too surprisingly, Nimona came out on top of the nominations. Netflix has…