Category: Precursors
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Predictions: Visual Effects Society
Their impact on the Oscars is felt in its top categories but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn about the strength of the competitors by the down-ballot selections. VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY AWARDS Best Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature The Creator (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Predictions: Annie Awards
The Annies have a hit-or-miss record with predicting the Oscars and their top categories can rarely suggest a change in direction but can affirm a frontrunner. ANNIE AWARDS Best Animated Feature The Boy and the Heron (Peter, RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Nimona Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Wesley, Thomas, RU:Peter) Suzume Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Wesley…
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Predictions: Make-Up Artists Guild
Only one of these categories really speaks to the Oscar competition but not everyone is represented so we’ll see how accurate they can be if they can even pick one of the Oscar nominees to win. MAKE-UP ARTISTS & HAIR STYLISTS GUILD AWARDS Best Special Make-up Effects Golda (RU:Wesley) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3…
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Predictions: British Academy
The closest thing we have to the makeup of the Academy of itself, the British Academy still has its quirks but campaigns can begin and end with them. BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS Best Film Anatomy of a Fall (RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Wesley) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter,…
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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…
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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…
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24th Vancouver Critics Awards
While BlackBerry didn’t compete in the main categories, it cleaned up in the Canadian-only races while Seagrass did the same but in the British Columbian ones. Anatomy of a Fall won only two prizes, including Best Picture. Award Tallies (5) BlackBerry (3) Seagrass (2) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal…