Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (August)
Robert De Niro (Joy) sees his lead increase, putting his vote total to a near perfect score and maintaining his #1 status. His strength in... Read More
robert redford
Can Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford Handle the ‘Truth’?
Even though the film is due in less than three months, we’re just now getting our first look at Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford in... Read More
Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (July)
Robert De Niro (Joy) continues his pretty comfortable lead on his nearest competitor, Tom Hardy (The Revenant) and actually increases a bit. De Niro is... Read More
Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June)
Some big changes this month in Best Actor. The top two guys, Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant are... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Rambo: First Blood Part II and Out of Africa (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II and Out of Africa were both released in 1985, two action packed motion pictures that blew audiences away. In one... Read More
Contender or Pretender Series: A Most Violent Year
Welcome back to Contender or Pretender 2014, an Awardswatch series where, in each entry, we profile a different 2014 film and try to determine whether... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture Series – Can’t Stop the Music and Ordinary People (1980)
Welcome to a new Awardswatch series, Worst Picture/Best Picture from the mind of Jeff Beachnau. In 1929, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences... Read More
86th Academy Award Nominations: Dallas Overperforms, 12 Years Underperforms and N’Oprah Strikes Again
The nominations for the 86th Academy Awards were announced this morning to a chorus of shocks and awes with American Hustle and Gravity leading the... Read More
Gold Rush Gang FINAL Oscar Nomination Predictions
It’s all come down to this. With the 11 members of AwardsWatch’s Gold Rush Gang this year you’ll find quite a bit of unity in... Read More
BFCA + GG + SAG + BAFTA: The Holy Quartet
Every year AwardsWatch compiles the lists and combinations of the major precursors bagged by potential Oscar nominees and this year is no different. A total... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST CASTING (December) 
2026 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (December) 
Black Reel Awards: ‘Sinners’ Dominates with Record 21 Nominations 
2026 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN (December)