Category: Academy Awards History

BAFTA’s overlap with the Oscars this year is discouragingly minimal, which is rather frustrating. We’ve often used them as a barometer going into the Oscars. While something like Best Actor might be helped by that, other races won’t be. Still, we could see trends emerging that might give us a clue.

Although they don’t represent all critics, they have nonetheless positioned themselves as the bellwether of critics groups. Their penchant for making their Oscar predictions their votes for winners has made many frustrated with their nom-de-plume. That said, in a fluctuating Oscar season like the one we’ve had, they might provide the best insight into what…

The Annie Awards are animation’s biggest event every year and is usually a great deal of fun to watch when it’s telecast. Three of the categories can be portents to Oscar glory, Animated Feature, Independent Animated Feature, and Animated Short Subject. Here are all of our thoughts on the races. (Editor’s Note: These awards have…

The DGA could well be the best barometer for how the late Oscar race is going. That’s not just true of Best Directing, but also Best Picture where the frontrunner race has been a touch up in the air. Still, it could also tell us nothing. We will have to see.

For our twelfth Rundown article, we present our predictions for Actress. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actress as well as general commentary about the race. ///Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with Animated Short Film.

For our eleventh Rundown article, we stage our predictions for Actor. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover Actress.