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  The highly anticipated Christmas release Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence, screened last night in LA and AwardsWatch* was there to take in what was either going to be a huge success or a big disappointment. Being one of the few films that has yet to be seen in full (The Revenant and The Hateful Eight are other majors), it’s kind ...

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The votes for the September Forum Oscar Polls are in and with it some dramatic results. August’s #1 film in Best Picture, The Danish Girl (which was tied with The Revenant) is not only not #1 anymore, it’s out of the top 10 entirely. We have not seen such a precipitous drop since the Oscar polls started last Spring. The ...

  So, it’s been a month since I updated the Gold Rush Gang’s Oscar predictions. The 1-2-3 punch of the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals caused so much havoc and change that it made sense to hold off until those had passed to get the most updated version of our predictions to you possible. One of the most interesting ...

  It happens every season, the fall festivals start rolling out and those first out of the gate get the prime spots for Oscar pundits to start putting their prediction ducks in a row. This season Black Mass emerged as a serious candidate (to some) and specifically Johnny Depp for his portrayal of real-life gangster turned informant Whitey Bulger. “Comeback!” ...

Boy, are these races getting close! Each month seems to find the top three in most categories getting closer to each other and making this race super competitive. A lot has changed since last month’s results so let’s get right to it. While The Revenant holds onto its #1 spot take a look at who has blown up the chart. ...

  As the buzz for Netflix’s first foray into feature film, Beasts of No Nation, hits festival after festival and the Oscar buzz gets louder and louder could we see Best Supporting Actor contender (and virtual lock) Idris Elba be joined on Oscar nomination morning by his co-star Abraham Attah in Lead? In the film, Attah plays Agu, a child ...

Next up in the Gold Rush Gang’s 2016 Oscar predictions are three categories that always come with eligibility stipulations and sometimes controversy. Accusations of cronyism, bake-offs and shortlists rule Original Score, Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects in a way that other categories (save the committees for Foreign Language Film and Documentary Feature, those have even deeper roots of controversy) ...

What used to be referred to as ‘The Coffee Table Awards’ back in the earlier days of Oscar watching have become much more extravagant and interesting. The 90s, chock full of prestigious period pieces like Shakespeare in Love, Restoration and The Madness of King George dominated the Production Design (then Art Direction) category. The 00s made room for musicals with contained set ...