AUGUST 1, 2014 Get On Up Oscar Prospects: What I said: “Uncertain. The film has a lot of potential for Oscar nominations, not the least of which is star Chadwick Boseman whose depiction of James Brown from the trailers suggests a powerhouse. If the film can live up to his capabilities, it could be a…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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The Broadcast Film Critics Association have announced their winners for 2014. Few surprises came down the pipe. To prove just how predictable this group was, every category in which Peter, Tripp and I agreed on the prediction, that prediction came to fruition. There were no major surprises (no rallied support for Selma, no off-the-wall star…
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Return Links Polls Best Supporting Actress Poll: 1991 – 1995 Cinema Sight Asks: Which Best Supporting Actress winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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New Trailer (#2) / New Posters (#2-#5) Fifty Shade of Grey, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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I made prediction changes up until late in the day on Wednesday evening. Now it’s time to take a look at how I did overall with some commentary about the races as they turned out. Within the last week, I made a number of changes, some of those weren’t very fruitful (eliminating Robert Duvall from…
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Our contributors each put forward a list of predictions for the Oscars. Here’s how we did. Please note that I (Wesley Lovell) made changes to my final predictions after this went live, so the accuracy here will differ. However, at the time we all put forth our nominations, this is how we saw it. Our…
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The Broadcast Critics give out their awards tonight (Thursday). They changed their description a few years back to the Critics’ Choice, though with how many critics there are and how many aren’t in the BFCA, the title is a bit dubious. Either way, I asked our contributors to pick their choices for what the BFCA…
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The nominations have been announced. The late support for Nightcrawler evaporated with the film picking up only one nomination. Foxcatcher proves that you should never count out Bennett Miller. Selma made it in by the seat of its pants, but did so with only two nominations. The Imitation Game, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Best Of… (3)
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Tomorrow morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will reveal the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards. The reveal times start at 5:30am PT, 6:30am MT, 7:30am CT & 8:30am ET. There will be a live broadcast on the internet. An embedded link will be included in a post that will go live…
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Return Links Polls What Are You Watching? (Jan. 16-18, 2015) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (Jan. 16-18, 2015) Public OpinionPoll Results
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The Sound Editors have spoken and we have heard them. Birdman is doing incredibly well with this guild, topping every other film with three nominations, getting into both the Sound Effects and Dialogue categories. Only Unbroken was able to duplicate that feat. It’s quite possible that both films (which also showed up with the Cinema…
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New Trailer (#2) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, updated Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
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The Academy has selected 15 achievements to receive a certificate, 4 to receive a plaque and 1 to receive a statuette. There is also a Gordon E Sawyer winner (David W. Gray) and an Award of Commendation. Below is the press release for the achievements. 21 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE HONORED WITH ACADEMY…
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