2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Winners – Part One
And so we limp to the finish line of another awards season. Every year I tell myself it won’t feel quite this long. Every year... Read More
Oscars
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY
With American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), BAFTA and British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), Michael Bauman has the goods to win the Oscar for One Battle... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST SOUND
A big weekend for sound awards with Cinema Audio Society (CAS) and Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), which offered us at least one little surprise... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST CASTING
The first new category at the Oscars in two decades and even with three available precursors the results are impacted by everything from inconsistent competition... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING
With ACE and BAFTA, One Battle After Another has the edge over Sinners and F1 in film editing, a crucial connector to the Best Picture... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS
I guess it’s sort of a forgone conclusion that if an Avatar film is up for visual effects, congrats to everyone else on their nomination.... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The worldwide phenomenon that is KPop Demon Hunters and its dominance in the critics and precursor races–save BAFTA where it wasn’t eligible–makes for one of... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Like the men in supporting actor, their women counterparts in supporting actress have gotten a wealth-spread of precursors that even more inconclusive. While Sean Penn... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR
A true see-saw of a category this season, where one contender dominated early critics wins but as we got closer to the televised awards season,... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT, LIVE ACTION SHORT
As they’ve often been, the short film categories can often make or break your office Oscar pool (is that still a thing?) or at least... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (May) 
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