Film Preview: The Sun Never Sets (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Precursor: 18th Florida Critics Awards (2014)
In another split ballot, Birdman takes the top prize while Richard Linklater takes the prize for directing. None of these awards are terribly surprising in the current gamut of awards so far announced. Award Tallies (2) Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Interstellar, Whiplash The Awards Best Picture Birdman (RU: Boyhood) Best Animated
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Precursor: 10th Austin Critics Awards (2014)
When an organization gives it’s Best Film Prize to the film it also recognizes as the best film made in their own city, you can disregard the result. That it matches other groups is somewhat circumstantial. Award Tallies (4) Boyhood (3) Nightcrawler (2) Birdman The Awards Best Film Boyhood Best Animated Film
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Precursor: 4th Nevada Critics Awards (2014)
Gone Girl nabs two awards from Nevada while Birdman is shut out completely and Boyhood has a token award for Youth Performance. Many of these names we’ve seen bandied about as potential Oscar nominees, so there aren’t any real surprises. Award Tallies (3) Nightcrawler (2) Gone Girl, Interstellar The Awards Best Film Gone Girl Best…
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Precursor: 13th Utah Critics Awards (2014)
There isn’t a lot of overlap in categories from Utah with most films taking only a single award versus the four for Birdman, which continues to perform well with the regional critics. Award Tallies (4) Birdman The Awards Best Film Birdman (RU: The Imitation Game) Best Animated Feature
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Precursor: 18th Las Vegas Critics Awards (2014)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s backstage seriocomedy dominated the Las Vegas critics awards taking home seven, a huge tally for a single film. The rest of the selections were on par with other recent results, though Guardians of the Galaxy winning a costume design award is a bit unusual, even for critics. Award Tallies (7) Birdman (2)…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Apart from a few stragglers, critics have now had their say. We have a week off to cover…
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Film Preview: Two Days, One Night (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: December 24, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.” Poster: D…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 21 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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This Day in Oscar History: December 20 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Film Preview: The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
Poster Poster #1 Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: March 20, 2015 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.” Poster: B- / C / C+ (7) / B- / B (5) / C+…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 51, 2014)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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87th Oscars: Foreign Language Film Shortlist
The Academy has revealed their final shortlist. From here, only five films will be selected by the Academy for Best Foreign Language Film. Before I get to my initial (brief) thoughts on which five of these will get nominated for Oscar, let’s look at some of the acclaimed films I had thought might make it…
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The NEW Friday Face-Off #72
We started over at the beginning of August 2013, but with a new, more streamlined methodology to collecting votes. Just choose one selection in each of the ten categories below. Our first few weeks will be to select winners in cases of ties or in years where multiple categories existed for each discipline. After that,…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 19 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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