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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

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Juda-as! Juda-ah-as! Judas! Ka-luu-ya!

Erik Anderson December 11, 2020

Judas and the Black Messiah is starting to climb, including Daniel Kaluuya shooting up to #1 in Supporting Actor. It inches up in Best Picture,... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: No Country for Nice Men

Erik Anderson December 4, 2020

One of the last few major films to screen for critics was this week, the new Paul Greengrass western starring the nicest guy in Hollywood,... Read More

Warner Bros will release ‘Dune,’ ‘In the Heights,’ ‘Matrix 4’ and entire 2021 slate on HBO Max concurrent with theatrical run

Erik Anderson December 3, 2020

The move is a seismic shift in the age of pandemic-driven theater closings and follows what Disney started earlier this year and will kick off... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (November)

Erik Anderson November 27, 2020

In a normal year, the day after Thanksgiving is kind of an official kick off to awards season. Voters have a stick of screeners to... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: When the Levee Broke

Erik Anderson November 20, 2020

The early word of mouth had been strong; that Chadwick Boseman was not only brilliant in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom but much more than supporting... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)

Erik Anderson October 2, 2020

My top 10 is eerily quiet this month, even after Venice and Toronto are over and NYFF is underway. Ammonite drops to make room for... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (September)

Erik Anderson September 21, 2020

This year’s batch of cinematography Oscar hopefuls is a surprising mix of names we know, like Greig Fraser (a previous nominee for Lion) who has... Read More