FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
Another clean sweep for Frankenstein keeps Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau at the top where they’ve been for months. Here are my final winner predictions... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN
Great gowns, beautiful gowns. But really, they are. With a clean sweep of every precursor–BAFTA, Critics Choice and the Costume Designers Guild–Kate Hawley should sail... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Last Battle Before the War is Won (2/27/26)
Last week, we had our first real taste of where the industry was leaning and it was for One Battle After Another. BAFTA kept the... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Pre-BAFTA Conclave Begins, Will a New Frontrunner Be Anointed? (2/20/26)
Last weekend the Make Up & Hairstylists Guild (MUAH) winners, where Sinners grabbed both period hair and makeup while Frankenstein took the prosthetic makeup award, to no... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Paul Thomas Anderson Inches Closer (2/13/26)
Last weekend, Paul Thomas Anderson won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) award for Theatrical Feature Film for One Battle After Another, moving one step... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26)
All is quiet on the western front this week with no changes across the board in the rankings from last week but that could all... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: We Need to Talk About ‘Marty’ (1/30/26)
It wouldn’t be a proper Oscar season without an old controversy made new, would it? Earlier this week, the inaugural issue of the California Post... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: First Take on 2026 Oscar Winner Predictions
No rest for the wicked (sorry, that’s my last one of those), it’s time for first Oscar winner predictions of the season. The Oscar nominations... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Nomination Predictions in All 24 Categories
Seemingly predicting the impossible with five films receiving 10+ nominations: Sinners (14), One Battle After Another (13), Frankenstein (11), Marty Supreme (11) and Hamnet (10).... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Nominees in All 24 Categories
With the Golden Globes handed out and most of the major guild nominations now complete, the 2026 Oscar race has fully taken shape. This is... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST CASTING 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS 
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