Category: Predictions
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The Rundown: Adapted Screenplay
We continue our rundown series this week with the writing awards, art direction and the supporting acting prizes. Today’s article features the Adapted Screenplay category. Come back tomorrow for Original.
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Precursor Predictions: WGA, Annie, Scripter & ADG
Tonight and Saturday night, four precursors will be revealing their winners. Two guilds, one professional organization and one collegiate group. Starting things off tonight (Friday), the University of Southern California will reveal the winners of its annual Scripter award, a prize given to the best screenplay adapted from a literary source. The prize goes not…
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The Rundown: Makeup
Our final article this week is also the final category that has no professional guild representation. This week’s articles have all featured categories where there are few historical precursors that help us with our predictions. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Wes…
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The Rundown: Foreign Language Film
Now for our fourth entry this week, Foreign Language Film, a category that sometimes is easily predictable and other times is incredibly esoteric. We try our best with limited knowledge of the nominated films to pick a winner. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick…
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The Rundown: Documentaries, Feature & Short Subject
In our third predictions article for the 83rd Academy Awards, we take a look at the two documentary awards, Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Wes Huizar (New) = New Prediction (O) = Original Prediction (H)…
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The Rundown: Short Films, Animated & Live-Action
For our second day of The Rundown series, we’ll be looking at the two fiction short film categories. Live-Action and Animated Shorts. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Wes Huizar (New) = New Prediction (O) = Original Prediction (H) = Post-Hangover Prediction
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The Rundown: Original Score & Original Song
Today, we begin a series of articles that will carry us through to the Oscars on Sunday, February 27, 2011. Each weekday, we will take a look at one or two categories for this year’s awards. Each contributor has been asked to provide a brief bit of commentary on each race along with updated. Predictions.…
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Predictions: Post-DGA/SAG
Now that two of the biggest Oscar precursors have been announced, we thought we’d update you on our predictions for categories most impacted by these awards. Here are our post Directors Guild & Screen Actors Guild predictions. (Note: I did not receive updated predictions from Wes or Tripp prior to deadline) KEY: Appears on Four…
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What Does It Mean? The Guild Hat Trick
If you haven’t been hearing about it yet, you soon will be. The PGA, DGA and SAG awards form an interesting trifecta of guild awards. The Producers Guild gives out an award for Best Picture, the Directors Guild gives out a prize for Best Director and the Screen Actors Guild give out a trophy for…
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Precursor Predictions: VES, DGA & SAG
Over the weekend, we have three guilds handing out awards. The Visual Effects Society announces its winners on tonight, the Directors Guild of America has their banquet Saturday night and the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony will be shown live on TNT starting at 8pm ET, 7pm CT, 6pm MT & 5pm PT. I’ll be…
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Predictions: Post-Hangover Predictions
So, in the first day or two after nominations are announced, we’re often in such a hangover of information overload that when we make predictions within that time, we sometimes make rash decisions. Our contributors have taken a moment to calm down after the hangover and make some new predictions. Here they are. And we’ve…
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Predictions: First Oscar Winner Predictions
Now that we’ve had a chance to digest all of the Oscar nominations, we’re taking our first stab at predicting this year’s winners. We reserve the right to change them at any time. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Wes Huizar (New)…
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Predictions: How Did We Do?
After months of making changing predictions, the nominations have finally been announced. Now let’s see how our contributors fared with nominations. We’ve got four special tracking orders. “Perfect Scores” are contributors who correctly predicted all nominees in the category, “Universal Omissions” are Oscar nominees that no one predicted, “Alone in Thought” are individual predictions that…
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Oscar Predictions: Cinema Sight Final
Tomorrow, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce their nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. We’ll be covering the announcement live and posting the results as we get them. But before we do that, it’s time for Cinema Sight’s four contributors to lay down their final nominations predictions. Here are our…
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Oscar Morning: The Article
FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. On Tuesday morning, January 25, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing its nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. It will be broadcast live at just after 5:30a PST (6:30a MST, 7:30a CST, 8:30a EST). While…
