2021 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (October)
Another Academy branch that makes strange and sometimes sketchy choices with their nominations is the documentary branch. They’ve changed their rules and voting procedures over... Read More
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2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)
Always one of the weirdest categories, as the music branch often reaches into the abyss to find an obscure nominee (Alone Yet Not Alone, anyone?),... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (October)
While Disney/Pixar’s Soul is the sure-fire frontrunner, Apple is going to give serious chase with Wolfwalkers (with GKIDS) and Netflix, who came close to winning... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
My top 10 is eerily quiet this month, even after Venice and Toronto are over and NYFF is underway. Ammonite drops to make room for... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)
Florian Zeller (The Father) and George C. Rolfe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) move up into the top 10 this month as Ron Howard (Hillbilly Elegy)... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)
With each passing week it seems clear that Anthony Hopkins is headed to his second Best Actor win after receiving career best reviews for The... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)
Just in time, the first look at Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom came in yesterday and with it our first look at Best Actress frontrunner Viola... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (September)
Significant changes in supporting actor this month as two events have dramatically shifted our view on this race. First was the tragic passing of actor... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)
While Netflix opted out of all festivals this fall, Venice and TIFF gave us Pieces of a Woman, which the streamer picked up and added... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (September)
A heavily male-dominated category this season (but then, when isn’t it?) and with a frontrunner so clear and so far out ahead it almost makes... Read More
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