A Star is Born led the way with four nominations, while The Favourite was right behind with three. Thereâ€™s not a lot of surprises on this weekâ€™s list. The Screen Actors Guild were the third group to announce their nominations for this awards season. That said, thereâ€™s still some things you can learn here. I think this year will be an example of the latter and I don't think The Favourite is suddenly an Oscar favorite.

Other times their bias to British films is too much. Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, and James Franco lead a massive ensemble. Sometimes the BAFTAs are a really good indicator for who will do well on Oscar night. First ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Trailer Reveals the Coen Brothers’ First Netflix Movie. The BAFTA nominations were announced and The Favorite led the way with 12 nominations. No one film led the way with total nominations, as two films, The Favourite and Roma tied with 10 nominations each.Ģ018 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations And there were some interesting results to digest. Because it was the day after a long weekend, it took a bit of time to get all the normal work done and digest the results. They do this every year for reasons no one has been able to adequately explain to me. The Oscar nominations were announced yesterday starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. Today we look at the two Screenwriting Categories, starting with Best Adapted Screenplay, which is not among the most competitive categories, but it isnâ€™t inconceivable that there will be an upset. With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. For example, I would be happy with half of the Best Picture nominees winning.Ģ018 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Adapted Screenplay Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone Iâ€™m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldnâ€™t pick between. Meanwhile, those that are Underlined are those I want to win. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a Western Anthology Film by The Coen Brothers.It was released on November 16, 2018, on Netflix.The film tells six unconnected stories set in The Wild West, with the framing device of an anonymous hand flipping through an illustrated book of short stories.

Bold films are those films I think will win. in Italics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, todayâ€” enter now!). Before that, letâ€™s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Itâ€™s Oscar Day, and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes.Ģ018 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look Itâ€™s Oscar night and we will be live blogging the show. 2018 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 R 2h 13m Westerns Ranging from absurd to profound, these Western vignettes from the Coen brothers follow the adventures of outlaws and settlers on the American frontier.

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