AwardsWatch - Oscars

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE

Erik Anderson February 19, 2019

It’s hard to bet against a film that’s so utterly dominated nearly all precursors and that’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I know people want to... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS

Erik Anderson February 19, 2019

This will be between Avengers: Infinity War, which won the Visual Effects Society’s top prize and First Man, which took the group’s supporting visual effects... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Erik Anderson February 19, 2019

A complicated category in a banner year for documentaries with precursor wins going to films not even nominated. PGA and DGA went to Won’t You... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: The show’s a mess, Oscar predictions are a roll of the dice

Erik Anderson February 15, 2019

In the last Frontrunner Friday before final 2019 Oscar winner predictions come out next week, we have one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING (February)

Erik Anderson February 14, 2019

The Academy has has an odd history with this category. It’s bizarrely stuck at only three nominees when year to year shows there are more... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (February)

Erik Anderson February 13, 2019

Like Cinematography, Film Editing is one of this year’s category’s the Oscars’ producers decided to move to a commercial break and be inserted into the... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (February)

Erik Anderson February 13, 2019

I know some people want this to be a closer race than it is; that Olivia Colman’s BAFTA win is somehow a bigger factor than... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (February)

Erik Anderson February 12, 2019

Cinematography has been the cornerstone of film from its very inception. Before anything else there was the camera. From its birth on paper film to... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (February)

Erik Anderson February 12, 2019

While the other three acting categories seem pretty close to as locked as possible, Supporting Actress remains not so much a mystery but a real... Read More