2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)
Best Director is historically an exciting and often surprising category as this Academy branch has often reached outside of the Best Picture lineup (whether it’s... Read More
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2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November)
How do you know when something is an ‘internet thing’ or the ‘real thing’? A few years ago, Jake Gyllenhaal seemed primed for a Best... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
Is Ben Affleck on the way back to an Oscar nomination? Affleck, who won the Original Screenplay Oscar for 1997’s Good Will Hunting (with Matt... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November)
Major category placements came in between last and this month for The Trial of the Chicago 7, Minari, One Night in Miami…, Supernova and Ma... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (November)
Aw, nerts! We’ve got a new #1 this month and it’s Amanda Seyfried in Mank. We’ve had a few films feature early silver screen star... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)
Things are looking promising… Emerald Fennell’s visceral and brilliant screenplay for Promising Young Woman made some commotion last week as another wave of critics screenings... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (November)
It may only be November but this is a category that feels…dare I say, almost locked? There’s certainly some room, especially for that 5th spot,... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (November)
I see a Midnight Sky rising… George Clooney’s space drama is popping up everywhere on my charts this month and with editing by Oscar winner... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)
Minari is making moves this month in multiple categories, including popping into the top 5 for cinematography. Lachlan Milne’s laconic lensing might be too subtle... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (November)
Emma. makes her debut in Production Design this month, pushing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom down into other contenders. The Personal History of David Copperfield climbs... Read More
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