Category: Predictions

It’s hard to believe that this roller coaster year has finally come to a close. Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the winners of its 86th Annual Academy Awards. With those announcements will undoubtedly come shock, bewilderment, confusion and excitement. We’ll be here watching. As a final prep for this…

For our sixteenth and final Rundown article, we cover the big one. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Picture as well as general commentary about the race.

There was a time when the Spirit Awards and the Oscars rarely ever synced. In those days, you might get one or two Oscar nominees on the spirit slate in most categories, but even that was a rarity. In the last few years, the Spirit Awards have had a much larger quantity of Oscar nominees…

For our fifteenth Rundown article, we talk about two visual categories that add a layer of sumptuousness and period authenticity to any film. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Production Design & Best Costume Design as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the big one.

For our thirteenth Rundown article, we examine the aural categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Sound Mixing & Sound Editing as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover the final creative categories.

For our fourteenth Rundown article, we look at the foundations of all motion pictures. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Screenplay & Best Adapted Screenplay as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover two more aural categories.

For our twelfth Rundown article, we look at two categories responsible for the overall visual look and pacing of the film. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Editing & Best Cinematography as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover two categories that are the absolute foundations…

For our eleventh Rundown article, we look at the second of the lead acting categories. 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 two categories that deal with filmmaking form.

Unlike their editing peers, the Cinema Audio Society has only two awards. One for animation. One for Live Action. That alone makes them much more in tune with Oscar voting and as such, we can look to their choices as something of a litmus test. These are given out Saturday evening. Here are our predictions…

The Costume Designers Guild is an odd bunch and they sometimes make very unusual choices. Always give Oscar nominees an advantage, but beware of the eclectic. This Saturday, they give out their awards. Today, we give you our predictions for those awards and a bit of commentary.

For our tenth Rundown article, we look at one of two lead acting categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the corresponding lead category.

For our ninth Rundown article, we look at real life categories that cover real life stories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover one of two lead acting categories.

For our eighth Rundown article, we look at took categories that can change the visual appearance of anyone or anything. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Visual Effects & Best Makeup & Hairstyling as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover two true life categories.

For our seventh Rundown article, we look at a category that frequently goes along with Best Picture. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Director as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover two very visual aspects of film.

They aren’t a perfectly-matched group, but the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards are a interesting look at how sound editors feel about the works nominated for the Oscars and their decisions may signal interesting results on Oscar night. These awards will be given out Sunday evening. Below are our predictions and some commentary…