2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (February)
We seem to be back in the era where a film editing nomination is crucial to a Best Picture win. Back in the day, it... Read More
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2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (February)
With 21 critics’ wins, Nomadland‘s Joshua James Richards is the overwhelming critics’ frontrunner with Erik Messerschmidt (Mank) in a relatively distant second. Hoyte van Hoytema... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN (February)
Costume Design has a lot of consistencies as a category, but not necessarily good ones. Period pieces, be they bodice rippers, the fantasy realm, the... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (February)
Many moves up this month, with News of the World peaking at #2 and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey re-entering the top 10 after its... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (February)
Sound and fury, signifying…an Oscar nomination? That’s the hope of some of the powerhouse films with complicated sound design in a year largely devoid of... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (February)
While the Oscar shortlist gave us just a few snubs (Hans Zimmer for both Hillbilly Elegy and Wonder Woman 1984) it really opened the door... Read More
Writers Guild of America (WGA) predictions: no land for nomads, messiahs may rise
As one of the strictest guilds in the entertainment industry, quite often the outcome of the Writers Guild nominations (and even wins) isn’t all that... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (February)
The Oscar shortlist showed us where the music branch leaned, snubbing several high-profile songs like “Wear Your Crown” from The Prom, “Rocket to the Moon”... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (February)
After the shocking snubs of Sonic the Hedgehog, The Invisible Man and Greyhound, the Oscar shortlist for Visual Effects gave us some big surprise inclusions... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (February)
The Oscar shortlists really turned this category upside down. Major players like Bill & Ted and Borat 2 didn’t make the cut despite being exactly... Read More
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