Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Glenn Close
You could feel it coming. After months of wondering how Hillbilly Elegy was going to land with critics and with it, the potential Oscar hopes... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Lady Sings the Blues
As the tallying of votes of this week’s Presidential election rages on (and as of this writing, Joe Biden is the leader and will be... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
We’re finally getting our first looks at Netflix’s fall and winter slate with trailers for Hillbilly Elegy, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank and the... Read More
Chloé Zhao, Aaron Sorkin announced as first SFFILM Awards Night honorees
SFFILM Awards Night has quickly become one of the top stops of an ever-growing awards season and this year is no different. The 2020 edition... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
Like Adapted Screenplay, things are verrry quiet on the Original Screenplay front. So quiet I haven’t made any changes. That’s odd, right? It’s a pretty... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)
A lot of new blood this month with A24’s Minari, Sony Classics’ Nine Days and Netflix’s The Prom joining the fray. Minari has some very... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)
Not to beat a dead horse but, two top contenders – Warner Bros Dune and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die have vacated 2020/2021 eligibility, which... Read More
With delayed tentpoles like Dune from Warner Bros and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die, Emile Mosseri’s elegant score from A24’s Minari pushes him all the... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)
Always one of the weirdest categories, as the music branch often reaches into the abyss to find an obscure nominee (Alone Yet Not Alone, anyone?),... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
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
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