Oscar History: October 24 (2026)
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7 Days to Oscar Morning: Day 1
Today, we begin our look at the Oscar Nominations race that will be winding down this week as the Academy prepares to announce its 82nd Annual Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning, February 2, 2010. We will be looking at a handful of categories each day and our contributors will be sharing their thoughts on the…
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The DVD Report #140: January 26, 2010
Films set outside the U.S. dominate this week’s new releases. An overwhelming sadness permeates Jane Campion’s Bright Star, the story of the brief, doomed romance of 19th Century British seamstress Fanny Brawne and dying poet John Keats. Abbie Cornish, who appears in almost every scene, received the lion’s share of the notices for her portrayal…
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Coming Soon: 7 Days to Oscar Morning
In just over a week (February 2, 2010), the Academy will announce its nominees for Best Picture of the year. To celebrate this event, and to present our contributors’ predictions, we have split them across the seven days prior to the event. We will present our predictions for every category we can, so stay tuned…
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Precursor: Producers Guild of America
Below are the winners of the 2009 Producers Guild Awards. The Winners Picture: The Hurt Locker Animated Film: Up Documentary: The Cove Prediction Comparisons Peter J. Patrick – 3/3 (only person to predict The Hurt Locker) Wesley Lovell – 2/3 Tripp Burton – 2/3 Wes Huizar – 2/3
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Precursor: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Below are the winners for the 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards Winner Tallies (2) 30 Rock (2) Inglourious Basterds The Winners Ensemble: Inglourious Basterds Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart Actress: Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique – Precious
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Precursor Predictions: SAG, CDG & PGA
(UPDATED: 1/22/10, 4:16p CST) This is a fairly big weekend for Oscar prognosticators. Not only do the nominations polls for the Academy Awards close on Saturday, but the Costume Designers Guild announces its nominations and the Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented live on TNT (I will be posting live updates tomorrow night as well).…
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Precursor: Sound Editors Guild Nominations
Below are the nominees for the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Awards. Nomination Tallies (3) Avatar, Star Trek (2) An Education, (500) Days of Summer, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, 2012 The Nominations Sound Editing/Sound Effects & Foley/Feature Film 2012 Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglorious Basterds Push Star Trek Transformers – Revenge of the…
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Box-Office Preview #3: Weekend of January 22-24, 2010
Heading into the weekend, Avatar will attempt to become the first film since Titanic to remain at the top of the box-office for six consecutive weekends. Facing soft competition from three new releases, it should not be too difficult a task for it to manage. The toughest competition that Avatar will face this weekend will…
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Precursor Predictions: Sound Editors Guild
Their awards are called the Golden Reel Awards and they give out trophies in several categories. Although some of them could influence the Sound Editing category at the Academy Awards, the one that sends the most nominees through is the Sound Effects/Foley category. Animated films and foreign-financed films are not eligible for this category as…
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Precursor: London Film Critics Circle Nominations
In researching the Detroit winners, I also decided to check out winners of other precursors I hadn’t heard from yet and here are the nominees for the London Film Critics Circle. Nomination Tally (7) An Education (6) Fish Tank (5) In the Loop, Nowhere Boy (4) A Prophet (3) Moon, The White Ribbon, Up in…
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Precursor: Detroit Film Critics Society Winners
I am not sure when these were announced as their website doesn’t say, but here are the winners of the DFCS awards: Winner Tallies (2) Precious, Up The Winners Best Picture: Up Best Director: Pete Docter – Up Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Best Supporting Actor:…
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Review: The Messenger (2009)
The Messenger Rating Director Oren Moverman Screenplay Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman Length 105 min. Starring Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Samantha Morton MPAA Rating R for language and some sexual content/nudity. Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review Too often, the concerns of families at home when their loved ones are at war,…
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Precursor: Cinema Audio Society Nominations
Below are the nominees for the Cinema Audio Society’s Best Sound Mixing award: The Nominations Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Star Trek Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Prediction Comparisons Wesley Lovell – 4/5 (missed Public Enemies) Peter J. Patrick – 4/5 (missed Up) Wes Huizar – 4/5 (missed Inglourious Basterds) Tripp Burton – 3/5…
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Precursor: British Academy of Film & Television Arts Nominations
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts, the Academy’s British cousin, has announced its nominations. Below are those results: Nomination Tallies (8) Avatar, An Education, The Hurt Locker (7) District 9 (6) Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air (4) Coco Before Chanel, Nowhere Boy, Precious, Up The Nominations Best Film: Avatar An Education The…
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Precursor Predictions: BAFTA & CAS Nominations
UPDATED (Wes’ CAS predictions posted): Tomorrow, both the British Academy of Film & Television Arts and the Cinema Audio Society will announce their nominations. Below are our predictions about who will be nominated. We’ll start off with the smaller group, the Cinema Audio Society, which awards a trophy for Best Sound, equivalent to the Academy’s…
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