Category: Predictions
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The Rundown 2011: Best Animated Short / Best Live Action Short
For our sixth Rundown article, we have two categories where the shortest Oscar winners will be crowned. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the newest Oscar category, one of…
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The Rundown 2011: Best Makeup
For our fifth Rundown article, a category where making oneself look completely alien is a good thing. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Makeup as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover a pair of categories where being powerful and compact leads to victory.
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2011 Precursor Predictions: Visual Effects Society
Peter has said he isn’t terribly confident about his predictions here, largely because the minds of the VES voters are so foreign to us. I have a tendency to agree with this as they have made some off-the-wall selections in the past. Still, we will give it a go and while I have a bit…
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The Rundown 2011: Best Foreign Language Film
For our fourth Rundown article, a category least in line with general expectations. 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. Tomorrow, we’ll discuss a category that has many different faces.
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2011 Precursor Predictions: Annie Awards
Last year, I did amazingly well with my Annie Awards predictions. This year, I’m not as confident because the playing field is so stranegly different, especially considering the Oscar nominations, so most of my guesses (and those of Peter and Tripp) are simply that: guesses. ANNIE AWARDS Best Animated Feature The Adventures of Tintin (Peter)…
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2011 Precursor Predictions: Art Directors Guild Awards
Anything can happen with the Art Directors Guild. Sure, they are an adequate precursor, but sometimes they go out on a limb (as in the case of Oscar non-nominee The Curse of the Golden Flower). This year, however, I think they’ll stick with more Oscar-friendly fare and give us a preview of what could win…
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The Rundown 2011: Best Supporting Actor
For our third Rundown article, we’ve got a rare race between a slew of veterans and one neophyte whose recognition is in the nomination. 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 Monday off with a category…
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The Rundown 2011: Best Documentary Feature /
Best Documentary ShortFor our second Rundown article, we’re looking at two categories that cover the non-fiction portion of Oscar’s evening. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover one of the top-tier categories which features an…
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The Rundown 2011: Best Original Score / Best Original Song
Every year, Cinema Sight’s contributors submit their selections for who they think will win this year’s Oscars. In addition, we handicap the race for you. Today is our inaugural post and we’re covering two categories for you today. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score and Best Original…
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2011 Precursor Predictions: DGA & SAG
Saturday and Sunday, two of the major Oscar precursors present their awards. The DGA will announce first on Saturday at a gala dinner that we’ll get snippets from, but won’t be able to see. If you see anyone with a giant medallion plaque in the media, be wary. The first four silver ones will be…
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84th Predictions: First Awards Predictions
Now that the nominations have been announced, it’s time to share with you our predictions for this year’s winners. Now, with only the PGA having announced of all of the guilds, we cannot be certain on any of these. These are based on a number of factors, including hunches. Starting next Wednesday, we’ll be posting…
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Oscar Morning: The Article (2011)
FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. On Tuesday morning, January 24, 2012, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing its nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. It will be broadcast live at just after 5:30a PST (6:30a MST, 7:30a CST, 8:30a EST). This…
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84th Predictions: Final Nominations Predictions
The time for hemming, hawing and vacillating is complete. Tomorrow, the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards will be revealed. Without much time left, we’re giving to you our final predictions for this years awards. It’s interesting to see all the differences between our predictions over the past several months begin to coalesce into a…
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Precursor Predictions: Producers Guild of America (2011)
Saturday evening, the Producers Guild of America kick off the Guild Awards season with the first awards presentation. While they have a checkered past, there’s no denying they have a strong history of decent predictive capabilities. Here are our fearless predictions on who we think will take home the awards. (NOTE: Normally, I post my…
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84th Predictions: January
From now until the Oscar nominations, we’ll be bringing you periodic updates to our personal predictions for this year’s Oscar nominations (and after that our predictions for the winners). Today, after a series of guild nomination announcements and before we head into the first major awards-giving ceremonies of the year (Broadcast Critics tonight, Thursday, and…
