Category: Predictions

The Make-Up Artists Guild has been around such a short time that it’s hard to say if they’ll have much prognosticative capability. As such, we can’t really say we know how it will affect Oscar, nor can we really get a firm grasp on what will win these awards, but we’ll do our best.

Through 2006, the USC Scripter prize was a poor predictor of the Oscars. Frequently going for major novelists (whom they award alongside the screenwriters) over Oscar winners. However, from 2007 on, the USC Scripter has only once gone to a film that didn’t also win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. That was 2009, the…

For our fifteenth Rundown article, the female version of the lead category. 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 a category that takes something everyone’s seen, heard or read and makes it new…

For our fourteenth Rundown article, the aural expressions. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score and Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the female counterpart of Monday’s article.

For our thirteenth Rundown article, we look at the light and the composition. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Cinematography as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover the musical categories.

For our twelfth Rundown article, we look at a category where having nothing to go on is a good thing. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Screenplay as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover a category that’s all about lighting and composition.

These winners will have little impact on the Oscars as the soundtrack category is all 2014 film releases and the original song category only has two nominees from the Oscars, neither of which are adequately comparable to the race at the Oscars. Since our contributors don’t follow the music industry, they have little or no…

For our eleventh Rundown article, the male, lead counterpart for Friday’s post. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover the category where creating something from nothing is part of the job.

The closest kin to the Academy Awards there is, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts will give out its prizes this Sunday. It will be broadcast, but will be shown on a time delay meaning winners will be revealed long before it actually airs for anyone.

Largely uncharacteristic of the Academy’s nominations selections, the WGA does a better job selecting winners, at least when they’ve nominated the future Oscar winner. This year shouldn’t be an exception as the lead contenders are all Oscar nominees with the lone exception of Steve Jobs.

The American Society of Cinematographers hand out their prizes on Sunday, but don’t expect it to mean much with the Academy. While they do often match-up, they just as often don’t. That means that in a close race, like this one, it could be an influential choice.

For our tenth Rundown article, we look at the companion to Monday’s female-driven race. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor as well as general commentary about the race. /Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category with the leads.

For our ninth Rundown article, we look at two categories where art truly does express itself. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Feature & Best Animated Short Film as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover big names who aren’t big in their films.

For our eighth Rundown article, we look at the men (typically at least for the Oscars) who control every aspect of a film’s vision. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Director as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover two categories where creating motion from still…

For our seventh Rundown article, we look at the foundation of a film’s look and feel. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Production Design as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover the category that most closely aligns with Best Picture that isn’t Best Film Editing.