We pride ourselves in delivering tomorrow’s news today. Another, of the many, examples is this morning’s press release that “West Side Story” will be available digitally on March 2nd.

Did the Best Picture race finally cough up a frontrunner yesterday? When the 2022 Oscar nominations were announced, Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” led with 12 nominations. Hell, the academy voters even liked Jesse Plemmons - the film’s weakest performance- enough to nominate him in the Supporting Actor category.

After being snubbed by SAG, many people believed that Kristen Stewart‘s shot at a Best Actress nomination was DOA. Then came yesterday morning’s nominations announcement and K-Stew was very much part of the final five.

A few quick notes on the surprises from this morning’s Oscar nominations ..

Steven Spielberg received his 8th Oscar nomination for directing today. He now joins a very select group of four filmmakers who have received 8 Best Director nominations. Billy Wilder has 8, Scorsese has 9, and William Wyler, who holds the record, earned 11 total directing nominations.

Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” was supposed to have this ardent fan base within the industry — what happened? Maybe folks just didn’t like the damn thing. It can’t be far off from the truth, the film garnered mixed reviews upon its release.

There hasn’t been a Steven Spielberg film I’ve been anticipating more than “The Fablemans,” in at least a decade. The sky’s the limit when it comes to the potential this one has. Now we’re learning that Spielberg regular John Williams is currently finishing work on the score for “The Fabelmans.”

Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan are set to announce nominations for the 94th Academy Awards. Nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 8, beginning at 5:18 a.m.

You can scroll through the entirety of this year’s Razzie nominations. The “Worst Picture” lineup is composed of “Diana the Musical,” “Infinite,” Karen,” “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” and “The Woman in the Window.”

I’ll have my Oscar predictions tomorrow. For the time being, IndieWire’s always-reliable awards pundit Anne Thompson had this peculiar anecdote to say about Oscar voting:

Slow news day, but I have to salute Awkwafina for quitting the cancerous slime that is Twitter. I’ve been meaning to do the same thing, although I’m almost never on the damn thing. Just to keep things flowing for this site, and to have some kind of “presence” on “Film Twitter,” I’ve refrained, but I trust our loyal readership will continue on without it, regardless.

There’s been hot debate as to whether “Spider-Man: No Way Home” would land on Disney Plus this year. The news I’m hearing is that, yes, an appearance on the mouse house streaming service will happen … but only in late 2023 /early 2024.

“Moonfall,” the Roland Emmerich sci-fi disaster flick, took in just $2.7 million on Friday. It’s set to make around $8 million overall this weekend. The movie cost $150 million, not including marketing costs. You do the math. This is turning into a stinker for the ages.

Terrence Malick’s “The Last Planet” wrapped production in Rome back in mid-2019, it still hasn’t been released, and if it weren’t for the fact Malick is known for his lengthy post-production rituals, then you’d think something was very wrong with the film.

This is a shot of Paul Schrader on the set of “The Master Gardener.” The film is set for a six-week shoot. This comes after his last two critically-acclaimed films, “First Reformed,” and “The Card Counter.”

Thanks to Hanimal for these additional titles now officially in post-production: