AwardsWatch - best picture

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Color of Night and Forrest Gump (1994)

Jeff Beachnau July 6, 2017

Color of Night – “This is worth seeing if you’re in the mood for a adult-orientated suspense thriller…with quite a lot of sex. & yes, ladies,... Read More

Worst Picture/Best Picture Series: Indecent Proposal and Schindler’s List (1993)

Jeff Beachnau June 30, 2017

It’s baaaaack! After a long hiatus, Jeff Beachnau returns to his Worst Picture/Best Picture series comparing the Razzie’s worst film and the Oscars Best Picture... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June) – Pentagon Papers Pic is #1, Call Me By Your Name Rises, Florida Project Debuts

Erik Anderson June 5, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] What a difference a month makes. Wonderstruck, which had been a top 5 contender all year and landed at #1 last... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: Huge Shakeup as ‘Wonderstruck’ Plummets and Spielberg’s ‘Pentagon Papers’ Tops

Erik Anderson May 19, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In the biggest shakeup since starting Frontrunner Friday for the 2018 Oscar season, the previous #1 (and the official #1 for... Read More

A Brief History of Oscar and the Cannes Film Festival and Who Might Win This Year

Erik Anderson May 16, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 70th Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week (Thursday, to be exact) but did you know that only Cannes Palme... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: Wonderstruck on Top, Spielberg ‘Post’ Pic Uptick

Erik Anderson May 12, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Wonderstruck, the new #1 Best Picture prediction for May, remains there for Frontrunner Friday and even gains two more points from... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (May) – Wonderstruck is new #1, Get Out debuts

Erik Anderson May 1, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, despite debuting a poster and first trailer, has been dethroned this month by the Todd Haynes Cannes entry... Read More

Major Rule Changes for Docs and Animation Coming to 90th Oscars

Erik Anderson April 7, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In what can only be described as a major backlash, the Academy just announced some big changes in the Documentary... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (April)

Erik Anderson April 7, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Big debuts (The Post, Suburbicon) and big drops (Paul Thomas Anderson’s Untitled Fashion Project, The Current War) and big rises (Mudbound,... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: Suburbicon, Greatest Showman Enter the Oscar Race

Erik Anderson March 31, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] This year’s CinemaCon event in Las Vegas opened up the visibility to this year’s Oscar race a bit, giving us peeks... Read More

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