Awards Season is well and truly underway and the nominees for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards are to be announced on Monday 11th December. The Golden Globes are one of the major precursors when determining which films will be big players at the upcoming Academy Awards. Other precursors to come in the next few... Continue Reading →
Like Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay is looking like a two horse race between two, almost certain, Best Picture nominees. Both Celine Song's "Past Lives" and Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers" have received strong reviews this year, with The Holdovers finishing runners-up at TIFF in September. The festival season has since changes in the top five with... Continue Reading →
Despite a vast number of new releases since my last predictions in July, Adapted Screenplay still appears to be a two horse race for the famous statuette. "Killers of the Flower Moon" and "Oppenheimer" are still the two favourites for Best Picture and as a result Adapted Screenplay. Both films have been met with universal... Continue Reading →
In contrast to the stacked Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay has very few strong contenders for 2024. This is largely due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, which as seen some notable films pushed back to next year including: "Bob Marley: One Love", "The Book of Clarence", "Drive-Away Dolls" and Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers". Due to... Continue Reading →
In these early months, it is looking like Adapted Screenplay will be a two horse race next year, with two period epics by noteworthy directors battling it out for the famous statuette. Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" are two of the biggest contenders out the gate for the Academy... Continue Reading →
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