2025 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s Final Forecast in All 23 Categories – Cannes You Feel the Love Tonight?
“Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding” – Marcel Duchamp Alchemy goes beyond the simple... Read More
Predictions
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The Animated Feature race comes down to two films, the indie success Flow and the studio box office blockbuster The Wild Robot. They’ve each volleyed... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY
With the American Cinema Editors (ACE) not revealing their winners until nearly two weeks after the Oscars, their ability to be a proper precursor for... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN
With its total domination in both Costume Design and Production Design precursors, the sheer volume and size of the work by Paul Tazewell, Nathan Crowley... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
One of the easiest wins of the night, Conclave comes into the Adapted Screenplay race with every precursor it was eligible for: BAFTA, Critics Choice,... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR and SUPPORTING ACTRESS
With all precursors in hand – BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe and SAG – Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) are... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS
This should be an easy win for The Substance in Makeup & Hairstyling, especially if it goes hand in hand with a potential Best Actress... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND
Original Score this season has been something of a wash. With Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s thumping beats of Challengers winning the Golden Globe and... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT, LIVE ACTION SHORT
Here are my final Oscar winner predictions in the short categories for the 97th Academy Awards. ANIMATED SHORT 1. Yuck!Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet 2.... Read More
31st SAG Awards Predictions: Supporting Locks and Showdowns in Lead Actress, Lead Actor and the Top Cast Category
The 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards are this Sunday, marking the finale in the quartet of major guilds to have their say before the Oscars... Read More
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