AwardsWatch - 2019 oscars

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Erik Anderson February 21, 2019

BAFTA may have gone for The Favourite but that film isn’t nominated for the Oscar. Of the three films that are (why are there still... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Erik Anderson February 20, 2019

Spike Lee is finally going to win a competitive Oscar to go along with his Honorary one from 2016. Although the screenplay for BlacKkKlansman has... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Erik Anderson February 20, 2019

Can anything really beat Roma here? There’s really nothing standing in its way unless you think that the voting body doesn’t want to give the... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN

Erik Anderson February 20, 2019

I’ve sort of hammered away both in print and on podcasts that Production Design and Costume Design go hand in hand and in fact, they... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: SOUND EDITING and SOUND MIXING

Erik Anderson February 20, 2019

A few months ago we all could have easily called Sound Mixing for A Star Is Born and called it a day. But that was... Read More

FINAL Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY and LIVE-ACTION SHORT

Erik Anderson February 19, 2019

There’s a wealth of sadness, depravity and dreariness in many of the nominees in the short film categories with a few rays of light that... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE

Erik Anderson February 19, 2019

It’s hard to bet against a film that’s so utterly dominated nearly all precursors and that’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I know people want to... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS

Erik Anderson February 19, 2019

This will be between Avengers: Infinity War, which won the Visual Effects Society’s top prize and First Man, which took the group’s supporting visual effects... Read More

FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Erik Anderson February 19, 2019

A complicated category in a banner year for documentaries with precursor wins going to films not even nominated. PGA and DGA went to Won’t You... Read More

Oscar Podcast #73: FINAL Oscar winner predictions with guest Amanda Spears, creator of the #PresentAll24 movement

Erik Anderson February 18, 2019

Welcome to the AwardsWatch Final Oscar Winner Predictions Podcast! I am honored to be joined by Amanda Spears, the creator of the #PresentAll24 hashtag and... Read More