Oscars 2022: More Precursors
More stuff to catch up with. Mostly due to the Golden Globes being broadcast tonight. On a Tuesday! I feel like I know why they put it on a Tuesday night instead of a Sunday night, but we don’t need to...
View ArticleOscars 2022: PGA / DGA / SAG / CDG / MU+HS Guild Nominations
More precursors. I’m doing my best to stay caught up here, but I’ll be honest, I’m probably not even gonna be actively putting any real thought into categories until it comes time to pick the nominees...
View ArticleOscars 2022: The Shortlists
It’s shortlist time, folks. These shortlists articles have become one of my favorite things to write up during the Oscar season. What’s funny about it is how we used to have almost all of these...
View ArticleOscars 2022: Precursors Go West
Okay, last bit of precursors before Oscar nominations. What’s crazy is how the WGA and ACE won’t announce until after the Oscar nominations come out, so we’re fully flying blind on Screenplay and...
View ArticleOscars 2022: Best Original Song Eligibles
The list is back, baby! I like to think it’s because somebody listened to me and put it out there for all the Oscar degenerates like me who like to go through and look at every single thing eligible....
View ArticleOscars 2022: My Nominations Ballot
If I were able to select the entire Oscar ballot, this is what I would nominate (again presented without comment past — I’m still working on International Feature, Doc Short, Live Action Short and...
View ArticleOscars 2022: The B+ Nominations Ballot
It’s that time again, folks. This year is fully weird for me. The past two years were partially weird because of the pandemic, but this one went even further. Right as prime movie season/awards season...
View ArticleAnd the Nominees Are (2022)
This is so weird. Oscar nominations morning has been and is always appointment viewing for me. And this year, I almost didn’t even watch them live. I turned on the livestream seconds before it started....
View ArticlePrecursors 2: Electric Boogaloo
Hey look, we’ve got some winners. I considered just not talking about these at all until Oscar ballot time, but BAFTAs were today and it seemed worthwhile. I’ll probably wait until the end of the month...
View ArticlePrecursors: The Quickening
More precursors! Not really gonna waste time here. Oscars are in like two weeks and this is the last of the major things we were waiting to see come in. Past this, it’s all just guilds confirming what...
View ArticleOscars 2022: Precursors 33 ⅓ — The Final Insult
Last set of precursors, guys. Oscar night is within a week now, and we’re in the final stretches. Not gonna waste any time here, let’s just get into what won so we can finish our ballots: CAS, the...
View ArticleThe B+ Oscar Ballot: Guide to the 95th Academy Awards
It’s that time again. Maybe it’s because I barely paid attention to awards season this year or maybe it’s because the Academy’s composition is changing and the long-held truths about how this body...
View Article95th Academy Awards Recap
Another year in the books. Not a whole lot to really say about this one. A lot of the obvious stuff won. Which, given what won, a lot of that is very interesting and worth talking about and...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 1997-1998)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 1999-2000)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 2001-2002)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 2003-2004)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 2005-2006)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 2007-2008)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
View ArticleThe Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Picture, 2009-2010)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve...
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