Oscar History: November 7 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Film Preview: Intrigo: Death of an Author (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 1, 2019) Original Release Date: January 17, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A small open boat ploughs through a troubled sea off the Dutch coast. One solitary man at the rudder. A few days later, when the wind has settled, the smashed up remains of the boat will be found a few kilometres…
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Precursor: 91st National Board of Review Awards (2019)
There are a couple of things that can be definitively said about the National Board of Review. They love Clint Eastwood and their winners seldom take home Oscars without a critic award sweep. That first statement bears out in their recognition of Kathy Bates in Supporting Actress, Paul Walter Hauser in Breakthrough Performance, and their…
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The DVD Report #649
New This Week All About Eve and Now, Voyager, the two films containing Bette Davis’ greatest performances, have been given new 4K transfers for their Criterion Collection Blu-ray releases, both with tons of extras. All About Eve was the first film to receive 14 Oscar nominations, the most of any film through 1950. Its record…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 3 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 29th Gotham Awards (2019)
Coming as a surprise to no one, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story easily took the award for Best Feature along with awards for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. This should give a boost to all of the winners going into the Oscar nominations with Adam Driver, Awkwafina, Marriage Story, and American Factory all solid contenders at…
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Precursor: 34th Goya Awards Nominations (2019)
While hardly a notable precursor, Spain’s Academy Awards, the Goya Awards, recognize the best that nation has to offer with few nominations for releases from other countries. Storming the nominations were three films that earned double-digit citations with all the rest receiving five or fewer nominees. While at War topped them all with seventeen while…
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Precursor: 24th Satellite Awards Nominations (2019)
The International Press Academy is a most bizarre organization. They regularly change some dates, refuse to announce others, and generally feel like an utterly disorganized mess. A strange parallel to the far more organized Golden Globes, it’s surprising that the group is still giving out awards. When asked to provide a date for their awards,…
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Film Preview: Feedback (2020)
Page Revisions: (December 1, 2019) Original (January 12, 2020) New Posters (#1-#3) Release Date: January 17, 2020 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A radio star experiences the worst night of his life when stalkers assault the radio station where he’s working.” Poster Rating: C+ / C / C- SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: (#1) The neon look…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2019
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles has made nine films with two of them being Oscar nominees. The Two Popes is his third attempt at scoring Oscar nominations, his first attempt since 2008’s Blindness, which failed to move the Oscar needle The…
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Precursor: 4th Atlanta Critics Awards (2019)
How the Atlanta film critics have become the first of the minor critics to announce is anyone’s guess, but here they are hot on the heels of the other early newbies the Hollywood Critics Association. Unlike the HCA, Atlanta seems to have an eye on influencing the Oscars with a lot of daring choices. Parasite…
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Precursor: 19th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations (2019)
Not exactly known for their Oscar forecasting, the AARP Movies for Grownups nominations nevertheless feature all of the major players, at least the ones eligible for their AARP card. Matter of fact, most of the older contenders are here with the exception of Ian McKellen, Willem Dafoe, and maybe a few others. There’s not a…
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Precursor: 28th Annie Awards Nominations (2019)
A couple of noteworthy/surprising things happened in this year’s Annie Awards nominations and a couple of the surprises aren’t a good sign. Let’s start with what we expected. Frozen II was sure to clean up here and Toy Story 4 was also supposed to do well and they did. How to Train Your Dragon: The…
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The Morning After: Dec. 2, 2019
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: The Farewell Lulu Wang’s second…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
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). With a handful of the potential precursors that could have announced this week not present, the only one…
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