FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN
I’ve sort of hammered away both in print and on podcasts that Production Design and Costume Design go hand in hand and in fact, they... Read More
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FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG
There aren’t a lot of categories this year where I’m letting my heart lead the way instead of my head. In fact, Original Score might... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: SOUND EDITING and SOUND MIXING
A few months ago we all could have easily called Sound Mixing for A Star Is Born and called it a day. But that was... Read More
FINAL Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY and LIVE-ACTION SHORT
There’s a wealth of sadness, depravity and dreariness in many of the nominees in the short film categories with a few rays of light that... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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