The first batch of predictions from the newly inducted Gold Rush Gang are ready for perusing! 2014 looks to be a fantastic and fascinating year for predictions and the list of Best Picture candidates shows that. While most of the films seem to be on the indie side there are some clear blockbusters (Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, starring the newly Oscar-ed Matthew McConaughey, for one) it will be fun to see which of these films breaks out as a big sleeper hit of the season and makes its mark.
Currently, Big Eyes, Birdman, Foxcatcher, Inherent Vice and Interstellar find support with all ten members. Next up is Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken with nine votes (what gives, Matt L.?) and Fury and Gone Girlwith eight. Tate Taylor’s Get On Up, which just debuted its first trailer, has the support of six members but after that it’s a crap shoot with a handful of film garnering scattered support.
Erik, Alexander, David, Evan, Jason, Kenneth, Matt L., Matt M., Peter, Richard
Big Eyes, Birdman, Inherent Vice, Interstellar
Erik, Alexander, David, Evan, Jason, Kenneth, Matt M., Peter, Richard
Unbroken
Fury: Erik, Alexander, David, Jason, Kenneth, Matt L., Matt M., Richard
Fury, Gone Girl
Gone Girl: Erik, Alexander, Evan, Jason, Matt L., Matt M., Peter, Richard
Check out the rest of the Gold Rush Gang forecasts right here and wait ’til you see our Best Actress predictions!
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
