Category: Predictions

The annual right of passage known as the Critics Choice Awards will be telecast tonight on The CW. While not strictly the Critics’ Choice, since they don’t permit print or internet critics without high circulation and focuses mainly on critics whose work appears on television, they just happen to be better promoters and better predictors,…

The nominations for the 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were no true left-field inclusions that no one could have seen coming, though there were some surprise inclusions and surprise omissions that didn’t quite fit the narrative established prior to today. Here are the nominations as highlighted by our predictions and where we…

Tomorrow’s the precipice over which we all drop. The Oscar nominations are a the beginning of the end of Oscar season. All things that came before will act only as information in the grand scheme of selecting winners. The nominations are sure to provide shocks and in a year like this, even the slightest bump…

Here we are on the precipice. The critics have weighed in and now it’s time for the media-focused awards to take a spotlight ahead of the Oscar nominations on January 16. The Golden Globes are the oldest awards celebration other than the Oscars that has been televised. The Broadcast Critics and Screen Actors Guild programs…

With the Academy Award nominations scheduled for announcement on January 16, 2014, the critics phase of Precursor Season has started to wind down, meaning fewer groups are announcing their prizes and a consensus among critics is beginning to develop. There are still a few more to come, but only the guild awards will give us…

Just around the corner (this week and next), the precursor awards will start pouring out. In anticipation of this and updating our first time since October (just after Toronto/Telluride), we’re giving you a glimpse into our pre-precursor predictions. What this is means is that depending on how the precursors go and who they select, we…

A lot has happened since we last updated our predictions in August. Oscar contenders Grace of Monaco and Foxcatcher moved to 2014 while The Wolf of Wall Street‘s 2013 berth is in doubt. Telluride and Toronto cemented a few frontrunners while eliminating a few others. Our predictions today reflect most of those changes, though we’re…

It’s been three months since we last revised our predictions and while a few films have entered the race, a few have left it. Our predictions also showcase how little any of us know at this juncture. Our Best Picture predictions are spread over 15 films with The Monuments Men and The Wolf of Wall…

Today, before our first call for entries in our Oscar prediction contest, we present our first predictions for the 86th Academy Awards. We’ve each got our pet projects and we each chose a few off-the-wall predictions to show that the race isn’t quite settled and that we’re mostly just guessing at what’s going to carry…

Now that Oscar season is almost over, I feel I should post one last article featuring my personal observations of the race as well as highlight what I think would be the best choices, the worst choices and the choices that should have been. I haven’t seen all of the nominees as yet, so I’m…

For our final Rundown article, we recap all of the categories and our final predictions. After the jump, you’ll find our final predictions (barring last minute changes we make Saturday and Sunday morning, which we’ll post in the comments below this article). I’ll have a separate personal article to go over the races one last…

For our sixteenth 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. Later today, we’ll give your our final predictions so you can take a stab at the various Oscar pools out there.

The day before the Oscars, two events occur. One is the Razzies. The other is the more significant Spirit Awards. They are always the final precursor to announce, though they have very little bearing on the Oscars whatsoever.

Tomorrow or Saturday, I’ll be posting my final thoughts on all of the races, but because several pools close today, I thought I’d share my final predictions. At the link below, you will find all of my projections, including statements on each contender. Here’s a quick guide: “Strong Lead” is any film or performance that…