2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
The top 10 in Best Actor this month remains the same as last month and the top 5 with just a small tweak in placement.... Read More
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2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October)
Margot, oh Margot, what to do. Before we had much of an inkling as to what Bombshell would look like, Margot Robbie has been riding... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (October)
Supporting Actor is still a bit of a challenge Christian Bale’s category placement for Ford v Ferrari still up in the air so I’m keeping... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
Now this is a juicy category. Unlike Adapted Screenplay, Original is jam-packed with so many contenders it’s going to be a bit of a bloodbath... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (October)
Jojo Rabbit bounces back this month, while A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood just hangs on, precariously, to the top 5. Adapted Screenplay is rather... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SOUND EDITING & SOUND MIXING (October)
War movies and space travel. Those two genres so often dominate the sound categories and this year is no different. Universal’s WWI epic 1917 and... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (October)
Bombshell screened this week for critics and it’s coming in roaring hot, moving up to the #1 spot this month. With an incredible amount of... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (October)
Not a move this month in Original Score, which is feeling very solid at the moment. Obviously though, we’ll have a clear picture on December... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN & COSTUME DESIGN (October)
Ahead of its release, Ad Astra was feeling very much like it was taking an identical trajectory to 2018’s First Man and indeed, it has... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING & CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)
Some movement in Film Editing this month with James Mangold’s race car drama Ford v Ferrari moving into the pole position. It’s a tough call... Read More
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