Category: Predictions

For our ninth Rundown article, we examine the final acting category. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover two of the shortest categories available.

Sunday afternoon in London (their evening), the British Academy of Film & Television Arts will reveal the winners of its annual awards. They don’t simulcast their show as they edit the broadcast to fit allotted time, thus we’ll just have to get the winners list from those who are at the ceremony. BRITISH ACADEMY AWARDS…

The Grammy Awards have dozens of categories and all eyes will be on the traditional music prizes, but they also give out awards for visual media. They have four categories, all of which will likely be handed out before the primary show begins. We will find out Sunday night regardless who wins. Here are thoughts…

The University of Southern California will reveal its selections for their annual Scripter Award, an prize given to the original author and the screenwriter for a cinematic achievement. Saturday night, they’ll announce their winner at the end of a long dinner and plenty of speechifying. While not as interesting in general as the Annie Awards,…

The Art Directors Guild has three categories that they’ll reveal at their private ceremony Saturday night. One of the three winners is likely to repeat at the Occars. ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Art Direction Cafe Society Fences Hacksaw Ridge (RU:Tripp) Hail, Caesar! (Wesley, Tripp, RU:Thomas) Hidden Figures (Peter, Thomas, RU:Wesley) Jackie (RU:Peter) Wesley…

For our eighth Rundown article, we look at the penultimate acting category. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that rounds off our coverage of the acting prizes.

For our seventh Rundown article, we look at the only category with mandatory subtitles for all the nominee. 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. Friday, we’ll tackle the penultimate acting category.

For our sixth Rundown article, we take a look through the lens at life. 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 a category that the vast majority of Academy members will have to read to watch.

For our fifth Rundown article, facts make up an important part of these categories. 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. Wednesday, we’ll cover a category where composition is most important.

The Visual Effects Society will be announcing its winners this Tuesday evening. They are one of the few groups to present awards on a week night. Comparing to the Best Visual Effects category at the Oscars, the nominees there are spread across multiple categories, so while we can get an idea of which films have…

For our fourth Rundown article, we take a look at the second of our four acting categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover the truest of all categories at the Oscars.

Saturday evening, all eyes are going to be on the Directors Guild of America. While some will be paying attention to the American Society of Cinematographers, most of those will be Oscar aficionados looking for Oscar hints. Below are our predictions for Saturday’s ASC event.

While all eyes will be on the Directors Guild of America tomorrow night, I’ll be gladly checking out the ceremony for the Annie Awards. One of the brightest spots of the Oscar season, their livestreamed awards are often funny and quite engaging. You won’t find great production values, but being entertained is often more important.…

The big guild announcement this weekend will be the Directors Guild of America. One of the most accurate Oscar barometers out there, the winner here is almost guaranteed the Best Director Oscar and his film is likely to also be the Best Picture winner, that’s how often this group aligns with the Academy.

For our third Rundown article, we take a glimpse into the competition for one of the four acting categories. 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 that goes great with…