2018 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (November)
Blade Runner 2049 remains a solid #1 in Production with a score of 99 this month. No changes in the 2-4 but Phantom Thread comes... Read More
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2018 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS and MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING (November)
The top three in Visual Effects remain the same from last month: Blade Runner 2049, War for the Planet of the Apes and Star Wars:... Read More
2018 Oscars: Animated Feature – Analyzing the Oscar chances of indie contenders Loving Vincent and Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
In our third piece analyzing this year’s indie contenders in the Animated Feature Oscar race, we focus on two interesting films. One has a very... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: SOUND EDITING and SOUND MIXING (November)
Dunkirk still controls the Sound categories again this month and the top three in both are still: Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049 and Star Wars: The... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (November)
We have a new leader in the Original Score race: Alexandre Desplat’s The Shape of Water. After leading all summer, Hans Zimmer’s Dunkirk score falls... Read More
2018 Oscars: Analyzing FLF Contenders from Hungary, Norway and Argentina
Our fourth piece on this year’s exciting Foreign Language Oscar race continues with 3 films that are high in many Oscar watchers’ predictions but we... Read More
Not much has changed since the last Frontrunner Friday. Dunkirk sits atop the list once again with only a very small 1-point downturn. It’s impressive... Read More
2018 Oscars: Animated Feature Oscar Race – In This Corner of the World and Lu Over The Wall
In our second piece analyzing this year’s indie contenders in the unpredictable Best Animated Feature Oscar race, we turn our attention to two Japanese animated... Read More
2018 Oscars: Analyzing FLF contenders from South Africa, Italy and Spain
Here’s our third piece on this year’s exciting Foreign Language Oscar race. As the BFI London Film Festival comes to a close, we’ve seen three... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: The Fallout of Weinstein and Amazon and the State of the Oscar Race
It would be impossible to not start an Oscar race piece without mentioning the explosive accusations against, and fallout of, one of Hollywood’s most ferocious... Read More
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