AwardsWatch - 2018 oscars

6 Reasons Why This Year’s Animated Feature Race Is the Most Unpredictable In Years

Erik Anderson September 23, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Studio features, Sequels and Foreign Language Films Populate the 2018 Animated Feature Oscar Race This year’s Animated Feature Oscar race... Read More

5 Reasons why Three Billboards’ People Choice Award Win at TIFF is a Big Deal

Erik Anderson September 19, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up this last weekend and it left us, for the first time in years,... Read More

7 Reasons Why The Shape of Water’s History-Making Golden Lion Win at Venice is so Important

Erik Anderson September 10, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Venice Film Festival wrapped up yesterday with a historic win for The Shape of Water which snatched the Golden Lion... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ANIMATED FEATURE, VISUAL EFFECTS (September)

Erik Anderson September 8, 2017

No changes in the top spots; Dunkirk leads Original Score once again, Coco is #1 in Animated Feature and Blade Runner 2049 holds onto Visual... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, SOUND EDITING, SOUND MIXING (September)

Erik Anderson September 8, 2017

Dunkirk holds the beach in Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing as it did last month and again by significant margins. Only Blade Runner... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY, PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN (September)

Erik Anderson September 8, 2017

Blade Runner 2049 continues to top the Cinematography and Production Design charts and Phantom Thread still looms despite not even a single production still or... Read More

Venice Film Festival: Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Sam Rockwell, Hong Chau Spark Oscar Buzz

Erik Anderson September 7, 2017

The Venice Film Festival isn’t over – but four standout supporting performances are already getting considerable buzz. From The Shape of Water to Three Billboards... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)

Erik Anderson September 6, 2017

Another month, another top placement for Melissa Leo (Novitiate), albeit this time, for the first time in a while, with a 99 instead of a... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)

Erik Anderson September 5, 2017

What a difference a month can make. Telluride and Venice saw the premieres of a large swath of as-of-yet unseen Best Actress contenders and the... Read More