Category: Predictions

The Writers Guild of America, in spite of its peculiar rules of eligibility, is the preeminent predictor of Oscar success. With a few exceptions, they will generally nominate the ultimate Oscar winner. Further, they are likely to also duplicate the selection or at least boost the potential of their winners to gain Oscar glory. WRITERS…

For our seventh Rundown article, we look at the only category where the actors aren’t typically seen on screen. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Feature as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category we’ll examine the one…

For our sixth Rundown article, we look at the category most responsibility for place and setting. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Production Design as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the newest Academy category.

For our fifth Rundown article, the only category that awards the product of a specific nation and not an individual. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Foreign Language Film as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll look at a category that has paired so significantly with…

For our fourth Rundown article, we look at the folk who put it all together. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Film Editing as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover the only category that has never featured a Best Picture winner as a nominee.

For our third Rundown article, we look a category that’s all about words and music. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we look at one of the most accurate forecasters at the Oscars, one that’s become more significant…

For our second Rundown article, we tackle the aural excitement of musical underscore. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that has a small tie today’s category where the last…

Four categories at the Annie Awards will have an impact on the Oscars. For Best Animated Feature, look to the primary and independent awards to give an idea of what could be competing at the Oscars. Meanwhile, Best Animated Short film is comprised of content from both the short film and special production categories here.…

In the last of the Big Three guilds (after the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild of America), we may either find the Oscar race drawing to a close or tightening up. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water needs to win in order to push that PGA victory towards an Oscar one. If Martin…

For our first Rundown article, we look into categories featuring stories drawn from real life. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the category where the most nominated living individual picked up…

With so many different categories, it’s never a surprise to see all five Oscar nominees on these lists. Three of this year’s nominees were Period nominees while the remaining two were Fantasy. That sounds about right from historical perspectives. These awards will be presented Saturday evening. ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Art Direction Darkest…

The American Cinema Editors select nominees in four categories. Two of those categories (Animation & Documentary) have no Oscar impact. The other two, Drama and Comedy/Musical do. While Comedy/Musical has less of an impact than Drama does, they could both have something to say about this year’s competitors. That’s because of the five Oscar nominees,…

Our contributors have been hard at work assessing the nominations and deciding just which films and individuals have the best chances at winning. Below are our first post-nominations predictions. Looking over what we’ve predicted to start, we have agreed on the winner in nine categories out of twenty-four. We have completely different takes on Production…

FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. After last year’s switch-up of the nominations announcement, we return to something akin to the prior two years’ announcements. All categories will be announced, once again in separate blocks. This time, they are announcing most of the categories regular audiences aren’t as…

As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. And so we come to our…