Keeping pace with Hollywood’s perpetual awards horserace. Sign up for the newsletter here . Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Sabrina Lantos/Universal Pictures Finally, a movie that (slightly) exceeded expectations at the box office! I won’t pretend that I wasn’t big-time skeptical about Black Phone 2 , considering the first one: 1. Pretty definitively killed off its child-killing villain, The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) 2. Was bad Those elements contributed to a $5 price tag for the sequel, which