Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) holds onto the #1 spot this month, but oh so barely, as Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) continues... Read More
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This year, voting for Animated Feature makes a big change – everyone in the Academy can vote for nominees. This category, like Foreign Language Film... Read More
Adapted Screenplay is a weird category this year. Once you get past our predicted top 5 it’s like pulling teeth to find likely contenders. Even... Read More
Dunkirk stays locked onto the #1 spot in Film Editing once again. This is always an interesting category because the winner usually falls into one... Read More
Blade Runner 2049 remains a solid #1 in Production with a score of 99 this month. No changes in the 2-4 but Phantom Thread comes... Read More
The top three in Visual Effects remain the same from last month: Blade Runner 2049, War for the Planet of the Apes and Star Wars:... Read More
Dunkirk still controls the Sound categories again this month and the top three in both are still: Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049 and Star Wars: The... Read More
We have a new leader in the Original Score race: Alexandre Desplat’s The Shape of Water. After leading all summer, Hans Zimmer’s Dunkirk score falls... Read More
Our fourth piece on this year’s exciting Foreign Language Oscar race continues with 3 films that are high in many Oscar watchers’ predictions but we... Read More
It would be impossible to not start an Oscar race piece without mentioning the explosive accusations against, and fallout of, one of Hollywood’s most ferocious... Read More

2018 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November)
2018 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE (November)
2018 Oscar Predictions: THE SCREENPLAYS (November)
2018 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)
2018 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (November)
2018 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS and MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING (November)
2018 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (November)
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