FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) and Anthony Hopkins (The Father) have all earned the top precursors on their way... Read More
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FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
What’s usually one of the most competitive and difficult categories to predict, Best Actress feels…closed up? Am I crazy or is it locked with Carey... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Probably the most difficult category of all, with precursor nominations and wins all over the map, literally. SAG gave us what seemed like a realistic... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR
While the top 3 in supporting actor are pretty locked in – Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah), Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY
Glad I waited until the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced their nominations this morning because they dropped a Cherry bomb on the Oscar race.... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Only Promising Young Woman and The Trial of the Chicago 7 have earned all four main screenplay precursors: BAFTA, BFCA (Critics Choice), Golden Globe and... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Father feel like an immovable top 4, even as three of them are adapted... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SOUND
Sound of Metal, Greyhound and News of the World have shown their strength with both sound guilds – Cinema Audio Society and Motion Picture Sound... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank and News of the World should be good to go here, they’ve hit what they needed to and Mank looks to be in line... Read More
FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
A rich category full of fascinating and complicated work and a shortlist that features three films that focus on traditional Black hair for the first... Read More
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