2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October) – Guillermo del Toro and Christopher Nolan Both at #1
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before. Just as in Best Picture, the Best Director race is tied at #1 and by... Read More
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2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October) – Last Flag Flailing, Blade Runner Returns
Usually by this time, the first week of October, we’re talking about the film that came out of the late summer film festivals to emerge... Read More
2018 Oscars: Animated Feature Oscar Race – Which Indie Films Can Go All the Way?
Earlier this week we took a look at this year’s unpredictable Animated Feature race and the reasons why literally any animated film can make –... Read More
6 Reasons Why This Year’s Animated Feature Race Is the Most Unpredictable In Years
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Studio features, Sequels and Foreign Language Films Populate the 2018 Animated Feature Oscar Race This year’s Animated Feature Oscar race... Read More
Frontrunner Friday or: How Late September Doesn’t Have an Oscar Frontrunner
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] It’s the first day of fall and the Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals have wrapped and by now a Best... Read More
7 Reasons Why The Shape of Water’s History-Making Golden Lion Win at Venice is so Important
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Venice Film Festival wrapped up yesterday with a historic win for The Shape of Water which snatched the Golden Lion... Read More
Predicting the Venice Film Festival Awards: Which Films Will Win Big Tomorrow?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Venice Film Festival wraps up tomorrow with its much-anticipated awards ceremony. As with Cannes and other film festivals, it’s almost... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ANIMATED FEATURE, VISUAL EFFECTS (September)
No changes in the top spots; Dunkirk leads Original Score once again, Coco is #1 in Animated Feature and Blade Runner 2049 holds onto Visual... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, SOUND EDITING, SOUND MIXING (September)
Dunkirk holds the beach in Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing as it did last month and again by significant margins. Only Blade Runner... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY, PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN (September)
Blade Runner 2049 continues to top the Cinematography and Production Design charts and Phantom Thread still looms despite not even a single production still or... Read More
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