AwardsWatch - Predictions

2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (October)

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

With Dune gone, Sound of Metal moves up (a Hamptons Film Q&A revealed the sound designers worked for two years with 23 weeks of sound... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (October)

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

Dune is gone. Wonder Woman 1984 is definitely going to pack its magic lasso and move to 2021 so I’m preemptively dropping it now. That’s... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (October)

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

With delayed tentpoles like Dune from Warner Bros and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die, Emile Mosseri’s elegant score from A24’s Minari pushes him all the... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

Another Academy branch that makes strange and sometimes sketchy choices with their nominations is the documentary branch. They’ve changed their rules and voting procedures over... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

Always one of the weirdest categories, as the music branch often reaches into the abyss to find an obscure nominee (Alone Yet Not Alone, anyone?),... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2020

While Disney/Pixar’s Soul is the sure-fire frontrunner, Apple is going to give serious chase with Wolfwalkers (with GKIDS) and Netflix, who came close to winning... Read More

Screen Actors Guild TV predictions: Heavy is the head that wears ‘The Crown’

Tyler Doster October 5, 2020

Some of last season’s Emmy nominees and winners will bump up with newer, 2020 content including summer hit I May Destroy You; 4th season of... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)

Erik Anderson October 2, 2020

My top 10 is eerily quiet this month, even after Venice and Toronto are over and NYFF is underway. Ammonite drops to make room for... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)

Erik Anderson October 2, 2020

Florian Zeller (The Father) and George C. Rolfe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) move up into the top 10 this month as Ron Howard (Hillbilly Elegy)... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (September)

Erik Anderson October 1, 2020

With each passing week it seems clear that Anthony Hopkins is headed to his second Best Actor win after receiving career best reviews for The... Read More

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