Category: Precursors

  • 77th Directors Guild Awards

    77th Directors Guild Awards

    With this director win and the Critics Choice Award for Anora, we might be looking at a new frontrunner. The Awards Best Director Sean Baker – Anora PP Best First Feature RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys WL PP TL Best Documentary Director Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev – Porcelain War WL TL Directors Guild of America…

  • 36th Producers Guild Awards

    36th Producers Guild Awards

    Another victory for Anora. It sounds like the collapse of The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez have benefited the film greatly. The Awards Best Picture Anora WL Best Animated Feature The Wild Robot WL PP TL Best Documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story WL PP TL Producers Guild of America Data Year Founded: 1950 Film; 1957…

  • 52nd Annie Awards

    52nd Annie Awards

    A clean sweep by The Wild Robot. It goes into the Oscars as the dominant contender. Pair this with its PGA win tonight, it seems like it’s destined to win. Awards Tallies (9) The Wild Robot (2) Flow (1) Despicable Me 4, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Orion and the Dark, Wander to…

  • 5th Set Decorators Society Awards

    5th Set Decorators Society Awards

    A bit of a surprise that not all of the winners were Oscar nominees. Clearly, they have an interest in something different than we initially thought. The Awards Best Period Décor/Design A Complete Unknown Nil Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Décor/Design Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Nil Best Contemporary Décor/Design Conclave WL PP Best Comedy/Musical Décor/Design Wicked WL PP TL Set…

  • 30th Critics Choice Awards

    30th Critics Choice Awards

    What a weird batch of winners. Nothing with more than three awards, Best Picture taking only one. It was like they wanted to hand out an award to every film. The surprise of the night was Jon M. Chu winning Best Director when he wasn’t nominated at DGA or the Oscars. It was refreshing for…

  • 27th Costume Designers Guild Awards

    27th Costume Designers Guild Awards

    All of this year’s winners are also Oscar nominees, so the winner will likely be one of these three pictures. The Awards Best Period Costume Design Nosferatu WL PP TL Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Costume Design Wicked WL PP TL Best Contemporary Costume Design Conclave WL TL Costume Designers Guild Data First Awards: 1998 (27)

  • Predictions: Producers Guild of America

    Predictions: Producers Guild of America

    Producers measure quality differently than others. Their accuracy has improved over the years, however. PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Picture Anora WL The Brutalist WL PP TL A Complete Unknown Nil Conclave PP Dune: Part Two Nil…

  • Predictions: Directors Guild of America

    Predictions: Directors Guild of America

    The DGA has picked the Oscar winner so often that you have to take any choices they make as de facto endorsements of the future Oscar winner. At least in the main category. The others don’t have as much impact/success. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up…

  • Predictions: Annie Awards

    Predictions: Annie Awards

    The Annie Awards are the preeminent authority on animation. They get it wrong. Way wrong. But they still have a pretty solid track record. ANNIE AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Animated Feature Inside Out 2 TL Kung Fu Panda 4 Nil…

  • Predictions: Critics Choice

    Predictions: Critics Choice

    The second broadcast awards show of the season to be quickly overshadowed by the raft of guild honors the next few weeks. CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Introductions Wesley Lovell: The Critics Choice Awards were put off due to the…