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
2026 Oscar Predictions
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 PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
What started a full year ago, at Sundance, winding through Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York and Los Angeles, brings us to today. After... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
Mother. Truly the word, the subject, the theme of 2025 actress performances. Jessie Buckley, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Amanda Seyfried all took us to the... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR
I want to say Best Actor feels pretty locked in now but there are still little outliers in the 5-7 slots that make that lock... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jacob Elordi’s win for Frankenstein at Critics Choice all but secured him a spot at the Oscar table. In the 32 years of CCA every... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
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FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR 
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