Oscars

The first official 2018 Oscar predictions for the tech categories from the Gold Rush Gang and Blade Runner 2049 takes a clear lead on multiple categories. Dominating Cinematography with a perfect score of 100, could this finally be Roger Deakins’ ticket to Oscar gold or is it merely a replicant? Dunkirk isn’t too far behind here and with Hoyte Van ...

Call Me By Your Name and The Papers have commanding leads in Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay, respectively. Each outnumber their #2 rivals by exactly 20 points with both films in the top 5 for Best Picture (with The Papers at #1) an in Best Director Spielberg sits in the top spot while CMBYN‘s Luca Guadagnino is just outside the ...

A truly remarkable month of change from May to June and a big part of it due to the Cannes Film Festival. In what I can only describe as the most stunning month-to-month drop in our prediction history, Oscar winner Julianne Moore (Wonderstruck), who has held the #1 spot in Supporting Actress since the 2018 predictions began, drops off the ...

Things are looking bright for Ben Mendelsohn this month. The Emmy winner’s film, Darkest Hour, moved up in Best Picture and Best Director, still holds onto the #1 in Best Actor (Gary Oldman) and he reaches his highest placement this month, landing at #2. Worth noting, his point total is actually three points lower than last month so while his rankings ...

No change for this month’s top 3, with Meryl Streep (Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers Project) still locked in at #1 with 99 points (oh Jason…), Judi Dench at #2 for Victoria and Abdul (which just dropped a poster and trailer), Kate Winslet at #3 for Wonder Wheel and Frances McDormand at #5 for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The only major ...

Unsurprisingly, Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) remains atop the list with a perfect score of 100, just as he did last month, something I don’t expect to change for a long time, if ever. Daniel Day-Lewis is still strong at #2 for Paul Thomas Anderson’s fashion project which now has a name – Phantom Thread. Tom Hanks holds on at #3 ...

As with Best Picture, Todd Haynes enjoyed a single month at #1 with Wonderstruck but falls all the way down to #7 in Best Director for June. Also the same as Best Picture, Steven Spielberg jumps over Detroit‘s Kathryn Bigelow for the top spot. Joe Wright (Darkest Hour) and Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) make small moves up with Haynes’ departure as ...

What a difference a month makes. Wonderstruck, which had been a top 5 contender all year and landed at #1 last month for the first time, takes a disastrous hit this month after its Cannes debut two weeks ago. Now, that isn’t to say the film’s reviews were bad, they were mostly good and it sits in the low 70s ...

“If there was a murder, then there was a murderer. The murderer is with us — and every one of you is a suspect.” Murder on the Orient Express 20th Century Fox – 11/10 Dir: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Tom Bateman, Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom, Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy ...

Victoria & Abdul Focus Features – 9/22 Dir: Stephen Frears Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams What It’s About: The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to ...