AwardsWatch - 2021 Oscar Predictions

2021 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (January)

Erik Anderson January 25, 2021

Finally a little bit of action in this category. With nearly all of the major player blockbusters that would have dominated this category moved off... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (January)

Erik Anderson January 25, 2021

Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odom, Jr. is all but assured to become a double Oscar nominee this year and this month he moves up... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (January)

Erik Anderson January 25, 2021

War is hell. It’s also a prime Sound Oscar contender zone. Even with the newly merged sound categories, war films and films with lots of... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (January)

Erik Anderson January 25, 2021

A handful of scores from major releases were revealed as ineligible ahead of the official list from the Academy (reported by Variety) largely based on... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Blood Brothers

Erik Anderson January 22, 2021

When Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods was released back in June of 2020 it was a test. We were entering the summer without a blockbuster.... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Promising Young Woman

Erik Anderson January 15, 2021

It was just last week that I mentioned in the January 15 Frontrunner Friday that those predictions would be posted just hours before I had... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: It’s a New Dawn, it’s a New Day

Erik Anderson January 8, 2021

The new year is bringing us the final pieces of the Oscar puzzle, even if we’re nearly four months away from the big show itself.... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Should Auld Pandemics Be Forgot?

Erik Anderson January 1, 2021

Happy New Year, everyone! We made it out of 2020 but it doesn’t mean that Oscar predictions fall by the wayside just because we’re all... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (December)

Erik Anderson December 25, 2020

A24’s First Cow and Searchlight’s Nomadland are the two films that jumped out ahead in the first critics’ announcements this month with the caveat that... Read More