AwardsWatch - 2021 oscar predictions

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: It’s a New Dawn, it’s a New Day

Erik Anderson January 8, 2021

The new year is bringing us the final pieces of the Oscar puzzle, even if we’re nearly four months away from the big show itself.... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Should Auld Pandemics Be Forgot?

Erik Anderson January 1, 2021

Happy New Year, everyone! We made it out of 2020 but it doesn’t mean that Oscar predictions fall by the wayside just because we’re all... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (December)

Erik Anderson December 25, 2020

A24’s First Cow and Searchlight’s Nomadland are the two films that jumped out ahead in the first critics’ announcements this month with the caveat that... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December)

Erik Anderson December 25, 2020

We won’t have the official list of eligible submissions until some time in January but if all hold we’ll end up with 91 entries, just... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 25, 2020

It’s Chloé Zhao’s world, we’re just living in it. Ahead of the first critics’ awards I think any of us could have predicted that Chloé... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (December)

Erik Anderson December 24, 2020

Not much change this month with so much up in the air in terms of in a category that is dependent on the number of... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (December)

Erik Anderson December 24, 2020

The toughest race of the season just got much tougher. Although I’m starting to feel Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) is a softer frontrunner... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 24, 2020

When the critics awards started last week things took an interesting turn for the top 3 in Best Actor. Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (December)

Erik Anderson December 23, 2020

As alluring as it sounds to have a category like cinematography be composed entirely of first-time nominees, it’s not going to happen. Regardless of branch,... Read More