FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
It looks like the Critics’ Choice curse will finally be broken this year, as Summer of Soul nabs the PGA and BAFTA for Documentary Feature,... Read More
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FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE
With the Golden Globe, BAFTA and PGA in hand, Encanto is the favorite to win the Oscar in what’s been quite a turnaround in this... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE
With the Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice and BAFTA in hand, the long-awaited second Oscar win for Hans Zimmer is finally within reach. Zimmer won for... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING
Often the lynchpin or bellwether of Oscar’s top category, Film Editing this year is one of the wildest ever. Four different films won editing precursors... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
With Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay nominations, it’s hard to make a case against Japans’s Drive My Car from Ryusuke Hamaguchi racing... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT and LIVE ACTION SHORT
Here are my ranked final Oscar predictions for Animated Short, Documentary Short Subject and Live Action Short. ANIMATED SHORT FILM 1. Robin Robin (Netflix)2. Boxballet (Melnitsa Animation Studio) 3. Bestia (Miyu... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS
There would have to be a rift in the time-space continuum for Dune to lose the Visual Effects Oscar. Not only is it a gargantuan... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
Such an interesting category as the tides keep turning and crashing into each other. Between Dune‘s Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and House of Gucci‘s Paolo Gucci,... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
There are so many ways to interpret how voters will approach a category like production design; will they go for period recreations that evoke memories... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN
With having nabbed Critics’ Choice, BAFTA and Costume Designers Guild, Cruella is the far out in frontrunner for the Costume Design Oscar. Hitting two quadrants... Read More
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