Category: Predictions

The sound awards are always one of the hardest to predict simply because it’s hard to know what the Academy is hearing. They’ve gone for classic, quality sound mixes and they’ve gone for aural deluges with no coherence. We’ll give you a few facts, share our predictions and our favorites and least favorites. Trivia: Five…

With the Costume Designers Guild having given out their prizes, it’s now time for us to weigh in on the Costume Design award for the Oscars. In addition to our predictions, you’ll find five facts and our favorite and least favorite wins. Trivia: Five Facts Introduced in 1948, the category started out with Black-and-White and…

(Updated 3/5/10, 12:50p – Added Wes’ info) As we get closer and closer to the Oscars, more of the top categories will be revealed. Here are some facts about the Best Actor category, along with our predictions and favorite and least favorite winners in the Best Actor category. Trivia: Five Facts The category was among…

(Updated: 2/28/2010, 2:45p) We have another one-two punch today as we look at the music categories at the Oscars: Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Like with our documentary and short film categories yesterday, we’ll split the score and song categories into two separate five-part fact sheets, then offer up our predictions in both…

Another of our combination rounds, this one dealing with the documentary and short films categories. Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Animated Short Film and Live Action Short Film are covered below. There are a few more facts than normal and more predictions. Our thoughts on our favorite and least favorite winners are confined to the Documentary…

(Updated: 2/24/10, 6:13p) Today, we have a one-two punch for you, highlighting the year’s writing awards. Since the Academy has had so many different category descriptions and rules, we thought it best to cover our favorites of these groups somewhat collectively. In addition, the trivia encompasses all writing awards and our predictions are for both…

Just under two weeks left until the 82nd Academy Awards. Today, we’re looking at the Best Makeup award. Below are five facts, our predictions for winners and alternates, and our favorite and least favorite winners in this category. Trivia: Five Facts Given as special honorary awards in 1964 and 1968, the category was not made…

We begin our daily Oscar predictions coverage with the Best Supporting Actress category. Each day between now and the Friday before the Academy Awards, we here at CinemaSight will be presenting a category-by-category analysis of the races including trivia about the category, our predictions and alternates, and a glimpse out our favorite and least favorite…

Today, we take a look at the Best Director prize, one of the night’s most predictive categories. We’ll give you five interesting facts about the award, give you our predictions, and share our favorite and least favorite winners in the history of the Oscars. Trivia: Five Facts The first awards were given out at the…

As we continue looking at the Oscars one category at a time, we move on to one of the most stylish awards, Best Art Direction, awarded to the film that created the best overall visual look and sets. Accompanying our predictions for the Oscar winner are some facts and our favorite and least favorite winners…

Today, we’re going to be taking a look at the Best Editing category, our first tech category. Editing is often ignored as a tech category because it’s not always the most showy or noticeable, but when a film feels like, breezy, cohesive and comprehendable, that’s because the editor did his job. Sometimes it’s the job…