2019 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (November)
If Beale Street Could Talk and A Star Is Born remain atop the Original Score and Original Song chart for November. This month sees a... Read More
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2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (November)
Incredibles 2 holds onto the top spot in Animated Feature but the phenomenal reviews for Ralph Breaks the Internet help bump up that film to... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)
Adapted Screenplay sees some movement in the top 10 but If Beale Street Could Talk stays put at #1 for the second month in a... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (November)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk), Amy Adams (Vice), Emma Stone (The Favourite), Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) and Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased) are an... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November)
The top 4 of Mahershala Ali (Green Book), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) and Sam Elliott (A Star... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: The Impact of AFI Fest and Spirit Awards noms
This week saw the second half of AFI FEST bring us two long-awaited world premieres that could impact many Oscar categories: Mimi Leder’s Ruth Bader... Read More
Spirit Awards Nominations Predictions: Bet on ‘Beale Street,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
When John Bailey, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the Oscars were starting to look like the Independent Spirit... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Date change for ‘Beale Street,’ ‘A Star Is Born’ drops songs and Viggo Mortensen…well
It’s only been a week but we’ve already seen a tidal wave midterm election, the beginning of AFI Fest (where I’ll be for the first... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: ‘Green Book’ rises, ‘ROMA’ gets advanced theatrical run
Green Book won another film festival audience award this week, its fourth, cementing the film as one of fall’s biggest crowd pleasers and pushing it... Read More
2019 Oscars: A Look at Asian Films in This Year’s Foreign Language Oscar Race
Our weekly Foreign Language Oscar race analysis pieces continue this week with a special look at the Asian films in this year’s race. Asian films... Read More
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