Category: Movies

The Awards season for December has pretty much wrapped up. We don’t have much going on until the Producer’s Guild Awards in early January. We have seen nominations from several groups, here’s what you need to remember…

Golden Globes – the nominations don’t mean anything in relation to the Oscars. The Golden Globes are held by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the HFPA like being wined and dined. The actual awards ceremony itself is a better thing to keep an eye on. You can start to get a feel of how people accept awards which might earn them votes moving into March. 

SAG Awards – This is *pretty much* the same group that will be nominating the four acting categories for the Academy Awards. Hands down the best predictor for those specific categories. The SAG version of Best Picture is Best Cast in  Motion Picture. This actually carries some weight when it comes to predicting Best Picture. The Actors Guild is the largest percentage of the Academy, and since Best Picture is nominated by all members, one could reason that the five nominees from the SAG awards should be considered strongly for the Best Picture Oscar race.

Annie Awards – The animated film awards.

“Is it those four movies and one of five other ones?”

Yes….yes it is.

So what about this year?

Well, if you want to look for yourself…

SAG Awards 
Golden Globes
Annie Awards

But here’s five thoughts, why 5 you ask? Because 5 is the magic movie number don’t you know?

1. Black Panther – it’s getting a Best Picture nomination…I think. Black Panther is performing very well early on in Awards season. It’s got the Golden Globe nomination (the popular vote) and the SAG and National Board of Review nomination (the snobby vote). Watch out for Crazy Rich Asians as well. 

2. John David Washington – There’s a moment in BlacKkKlansman when Washington yells “Patrice!” and it sounds JUST LIKE HIS DAD. He’s performance so far this awards season is also reminiscent of Denzel. And honestly, it kind of came out of no where. Again, doubling up on the Golden Globes and Sag seems weird for an actor that was considered an underdog going into the season. JDDubs has vaulted himself into the Best Actor race. 

3. The Year of the Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns is the movie that has been appearing on more and more lists. Emily Blunt now has a Golden Globe nom and Sag nom to her credit. But maybe the most shocking thing is Emily Blunt’s nomination in the Supporting Actress category. Talkie Talkers praised her performance in A Quiet Place but the SAG Awards noticed as well. 

4.  Best Supporting Actor, Who’s Out? – There seems to be 6 solid picks here, and that’s just one too many (what’s the magic movie number?). Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman), Mahershala Ali (Green Book), Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Sam Rockwell (Vice), and Sam Elliott (A Star is Born) all have legitimate shots to get nominated. My gut says to leave out Driver at the moment, but I wouldn’t bet money on it. 

5. Animated Picture, Who Gets In? – Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Spider-Man all seem to be close to locks at this point. That leaves one space left. Mirai is the favorite of the foreign animated films. Smallfoot seems to be gaining momentum as well. Early Man got the fifth spot at the Annie Awards and with Aardman Animations (Wallace and Gromit) behing behind the film they know what it takes to take home a little gold man. 

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