Category: 2025 Precursors
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29th Film Music Critics Awards
And with these awards, not a single Oscar nominee made it through to the end. Awards Tallies (3) Avatar: Fire and Ash (1) Anaconda, Astérix et Obélix: Le Combat des Chefs, The Chairman, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Dark Crystal, Frankenstein, Jay Kelly, Le Secret de Martha, Ocean with David Attenborough, Play Dirty, Zootopia 2…
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29th Film Music Critics Nominations
Per usual, the Oscar prognosticative capability of this group is pretty rough with all of the Oscar nominees present but only one of them in the top category. Nominations Tallies (3) Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Frankenstein (2) Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Sinners (1) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein…
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26th Vancouver Critics Awards
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie was the most honored of the year over Best Picture winner One Battle After Another and Best Director winner Sinners. Awards Tallies (3) Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2) One Battle After Another, Sinners (1) Blue Heron, Foreigner, Forward, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, Keeper,…
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35th Razzie Awards
For the first time in a long time, a film most people didn’t even know existed, War of the Worlds, was crowned the worst of the year. The selections seem less snotty and more fitting. Good job. Awards Tallies (5) War of the Worlds (2) Snow White (1) Bride Hard, Gunslingers, Song Sung Blue The…
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63rd Publicists Guild Film Awards
Not much to say about these but they clearly prefer the Sinners. The Awards Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture Sinners Press Award Kevin McCarthy – On Film…with Kevin McCarthy International Media Award Ali Plumb – BBC Radio, United Kingdom Best Unit Still Photography for Motion Pictures Atsushi Nishijima Henri Bollinger Award for Special Merit…
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30th Satellite Awards
Their website is still not updated and there are no press releases showing the winners. These are what I’ve found. It seems like Satellite voters went out of their way to pick winners that weren’t going to win Oscars. There are a few that could be foreshadowy but for the most part, these aren’t going…
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29th Toronto Critics Awards – Canadian Awards
A bit late posting but here are the winners of the two final Canadian film awards. The Awards Best Canadian Film Finalists (To Be Announced: 2/24/25) Blue Heron Best Canadian Documentary (To Be Announced: 2/24/25) Endless Cookie Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (29)
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40th Society of Cinematographers Awards
While not what I predicted, these choices weren’t entirely unexpected either. The Awards Best Cinematography One Battle After Another WL PP Documentary Cinematography Nil 2000 Meters from Andriivka WL PP TL Spotlight Award Nil Orphan WL TL American Society of Cinematographers Data Year Founded: 1919 First Awards: 1986 (40)
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78th Writers Guild Awards
All expected winners, the WGA is likely going to match the Oscars 100% this year. The Awards Best Original Screenplay Sinners WL PP TL Best Adapted Screenplay One Battle After Another WL PP TL Documentary Screenplay Nil 2000 Meters to Andriivka WL PP TL Writers Guild of America Data Year Founded: 1933 First Awards: 1948…
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73rd Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards
Several unexpected choices this year setting up a competition for the Oscar between Cinema Audio Society winner F1 and the three nominees that won here, Frankenstein, Sinners, and Sirât. Awards Tallies (2) Sinners (1) Bill Joel: And So It Goes: Part 1, Deaf President Now!, Frankenstein, Sirât, Zootopia 2 The Awards Best Sound Editing: Feature…
