Category: Academy Awards
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The Rundown 2014: Best Documentary Feature & Short Subject
For our seventh Rundown article, we look at the non-fiction categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Monday, we’ll cover a category that will be effected by this weekend’s big guild announcement.
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This Day in Oscar History: February 6 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Ceremonies
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2014 Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild
The big one. There are few precursors with more clout or prognosticative capabilities than the DGA. Look to this to tell us if Boyhood peaked early or if it’s in it to win it. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Best Director Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Clint Eastwood – American Sniper Alejandro G.…
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The Rundown 2014: Animated Feature
For our sixth Rundown article, we look at one of the year’s most controversial categories because of the big omission no one had expected. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Feature as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the only categories where real life…
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Precursor: 13th Visual Effects Society Awards (2014)
Disney’s Big Hero 6 was the big winner at the VES awards sweeping the animation-only categories, taking five trophies in all. The big win, however, was for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which took the top Visual Effects prize while Birdman took the Supporting Visual Effects award. Interstellar takes its first big loss…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 5 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Ceremonies
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The Rundown 2014: Short Films (Animated & Live-Action)
For our fifth Rundown article, we look at two categories that may be short in length, but can be mighty in impact. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live-Action Short Film as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover one of…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 4 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Released
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2014 Precursor Predictions: Visual Effects Society
At the beginning of the season, Interstellar seemed like a slam-dunk winner. Nowadays, that thought isn’t as prevalent.
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The Rundown 2014: Supporting Actor
For our fourth Rundown article, we look at the most secure category at the Oscars this year. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll look at two of the smaller categories, not just by familiarity, but by length.
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This Day in Oscar History: February 3 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2015
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Timbuktu Mauritania’s first submission to the Academy Awards was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. Not many nations can claim that feat. It helps that director Abderrahmane Sissako has built a reputation in cinema for his appreciation for and application of…
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The Rundown 2014: Supporting Actress
For our third Rundown article, we examine one of the seemingly pre-set categories for this year’s Oscars. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Tueday, we’ll cover another foregone concluion.
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This Day in Oscar History: February 2 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). After last week’s lull in precursors with only a smattering of events, this week is a much bigger…
