Tag: Fantasy
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DC and Las Vegas Critics Nominations Reaction
My hometown critics group announced their nominations, and as always they are solid nominations. They also are very conscientious of making sure the actual technical directors are named in their nominations, not just saying a film for, say, Best Production Design. More organizations should follow suit. Also a matter of housekeeping, we’re getting really into…
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National Board of Review Reaction (feat. AAFCA Top 10 and HCA Creative)
The oft anticipated National Board of Review capped off a busy day of awards nominations and winners announcement (i.e. fantasy points.) Did we gain some clarity on important races? Probably not, but we can dream, can we? Let’s get into it. RRR is having a moment Do you think the committee who picked India’s official…
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Satellite Award and DiscussingFilm Nominations Reaction
We had two big nomination announcements, leading to a whole bunch of points: the DiscussingFilm Critics Nominations and the International Press Academy Satellite Awards Nominations, the latter earning two points for each of its nominees. We saw a lot of draft picks earn their first points of the season at least one of these, including…
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New York Film Critics Circle Winners Reaction
The New York Critics Circle always offers some surprises, but one thing is certain: a win here will mean there will be wins later. Maybe those wins won’t translate to an Oscar nomination (Lady Gaga won Best Actress last year for House of Gucci, but was not nominated for an Oscar as one example), but…
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Sunset Circle Winners Reaction
This is a short reaction, mostly because the Sunset Circle Awards are included in Red Carpet Rosters not because they are an established regional critics association (they’re not) but because the principal voting members put out Oscar predictions that I rely on to generate pre-draft rankings (Erick Weber’s Awards Ace and Sasha Stone’s Awards Daily.)…
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Gotham Awards Reaction
The first major precursor awards were announced on November 28, 2022, the Gotham Awards. Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner of the evening, so let’s take a dive into the winners. Everything Everywhere All at Once wins Best Feature A24’s highest grossing movie now has a Best Feature win under its belt,…
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Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Reaction
Film Independent’s Independent Spirit Awards nominations were released this morning, and I feel like I’m both surprised and not surprised all at the same time every year when they come out. Nonetheless, let’s get to the major storylines from a fantasy perspective. Where’s The Whale and Till? The Whale and Till were completely shut out…
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Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) Reaction
I gave my reaction after the nominations came out, so this will be a short reaction for the simple fact that there are less winners than nominees (duh, right?) I don’t know if there were any surprises, per se, but there are still some things to unpack from the winners here. For a full list…
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The State of the Documentary Race
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced their nominations on November 11th and the Critics Choice Association announced their winners for the Documentary Awards (CCDA) on November 13th. We’re now up to four major nomination announcements for documentaries: Critics Choice (which announced winners yesterday), Gotham, Cinema Eye, and International Doc Association. Not one documentary had their…