2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
The top 5 in Best Director this month stays the same with a bit of movement with that group. In fact, the top 10 is... Read More
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2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) maintains his #1 status and right now still looks like the one to beat in Best Actor. I think... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (October)
The season’s biggest category question has finally been answered; Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz will compete in Supporting Actress for The Favourite while Olivia Colman... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: THE TECHS (October)
This is the first month of official predictions for all below the line technical categories (although they have been live in the updating chart of... Read More
Interview: Barry Jenkins and KiKi Layne on ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ at the Mill Valley Film Festival
I caught up with Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and his If Beale Street Could Talk star KiKi Layne at the closing night of the... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
The top 4 of If Beale Street Could Talk, BlacKkKlansman, Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Boy Erased hold tight this month as Widows creeps... Read More
Frontrunner Friday – Annapurna in flux; category changes
After last week’s drops of trailers for Vice and The Mule, this week’s Frontrunner Friday brings us a few changes that may or may not... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Mule,’ ‘Vice’ trailers take aim at Oscar voters
Two big trailer drops both impact multiple Oscar races in this week’s Frontrunner Friday. First was Vice, Adam McKay’s satire of the rise of Dick... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: No one knows anything (and that’s a good thing)
Frontrunner Friday has returned after a month to digest the impact that Venice, Telluride and Toronto had on the Oscar playing field and it was... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
What a difference the fall festivals make. The top 10 for September is teeming with green as Venice, Telluride and Toronto brought the top Oscar... Read More
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