As predictable as a Hollywood formula, the Screen Actors Guild handed out acting awards to the presumptive favorites in four individual categories, and a leading Best Picture contender from their five cast nominees. Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Laura Dern and Brad Pitt all won their respective awards in leading and supporting categories, just as they [...]
We officially have our Oscar frontrunner for Best Picture. In the 30 years of the Producers Guild of America Awards, 21 of their winners have gone on to grab the Best Picture prize at the Academy Awards, including 8 of the last 10. This year, director Sam Mendes' "one shot" World War I epic 1917 was [...]
The Clown Prince of Crime got the last laugh on Oscar Nom morning as the R-rated billion-dollar blockbuster Joker led all films with 11 nominations including Best Picture. It's the first time that a movie based on a comic book character has been the Academy's leading nominee, going further than Black Panther did with 7 [...]
I'd been thinking for awhile that Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood would win the Oscar for Best Picture. The Critics' Choice Awards may have just predicted it as well. The association of national broadcast film critics named Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature film the best one of 2019, giving it the most awards with 4 total. [...]
The joke's on us. With momentum building for Joker in recent awards guilds and ceremonies (including a leading 11 nominations from BAFTA, the British Oscars), it came as a surprise to see helmer Todd Phillips absent from the list of nominees for the 72st Annual Directors Guild of America. Taking his slot: surprise dark horse [...]
Producers go big, kicking low budget to the curb. The nominations for the 31st Annual Producers Guild of America awards --- honoring the best produced movies of 2019 -- have been announced. The omissions and the snubs were predictable. An equivalent to the Academy Awards' Best Picture category, the PGA nominations are generally a good [...]
Of all the industry guilds, the Writers is the biggest wild card. Snubs aren't only normal; they're ingrained into the legalese of the org's eligibility rules. That's why you won't see Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood among this year's nominees. Another possible Oscar contender not eligible here: Lulu Wang's The Farewell. Due to arcane [...]
Some awards season narratives were locked while others remained wide open. In other words, the eclectic mix of winners was par for the course at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The disparity was notable in the two top prizes: Best Picture Drama and Best Picture Musical or [...]
A consensus among critics seems to be coalescing behind two films while a third continues to trend upward, and all three movies were the most cited by the National Society of Film Critics. Parasite, the year's best reviewed film and winner of several critics group awards in December, was named Best Film of 2019 by [...]
Wars of two kinds -- global and domestic -- dominated the 2019 Film Awards from the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Sam Mendes' so-called "one take" war movie 1917 (it's actually two simulated takes, not one single feature-length illusion) took home 4 awards including the two top honors: Best Film and Best Director (for Mendes). [...]