The Telluride Film Festival launched some Oscar contenders
Happy Labor Day everyone, and welcome to September as well. Over the past week or so, the Telluride Film Festival has unspooled a number of Academy Award contenders, in effect launching the Oscar race...
View ArticleA couple of Awards Season odds and ends
Here’s something a little bit new that I figured I’d try. Basically, this is a round up of some of the awards season related news that will be popping up from time to time. Some weeks, there will...
View ArticleA September Oscar Predictions Update
It’s that time again folks. Since we’re now into September, it’s time for me to come to you all once again with some new and (hopefully) even more up to date than ever Oscar predictions. As usual...
View ArticleRe-ranking the contenders in Best Picture
With the festival season well underway and a good portion of the contenders for Best Picture having screened or about to screen, now seems like as good a time as any to take a look at the category and...
View ArticleThe Impact of the Toronto Audience Award on the Oscar race
Over the weekend, the Toronto International Film Festival gave out its extremely prestigious Audience Award, a prize that’s often considered to be a harbinger of future Oscar success. To one degree or...
View ArticleA Mid-September Oscar Predictions Update
Oscar predictions are a funny thing. Sometimes you have to just update them wholesale, and sometimes they only require a small bit of tinkering. That’s the nature of this beast, one where a single new...
View ArticleAn October Oscar Predictions Update
Just as I said last month…oscar predictions are a funny thing. Sometimes you have to just update them wholesale in order to not be way off the mark, and sometimes they only require a relatively small...
View ArticleHow this year’s New York Film Festival shaped the Oscar race
Over the weekend, the 52nd New York Film Festival came to a close and with that brought us into the final stretch of the festival season. As such, I wanted to discuss the fest a little bit and see...
View ArticleA Mid-October Oscar Predictions Update
Ladies and gentlemen, as I’ve been saying over the past few months…oscar predictions are a rather funny thing. Sometimes you have to just update them all wholesale in order to not be way off the...
View ArticleGolden Globe predictions for October
With the month of October almost complete and the precursor season having officially kicked off yesterday morning with the Gotham Award nominations (I’ll be writing about that on Monday or Tuesday as...
View ArticleRe-ranking the contenders in Best Original Screenplay
After a short break, today I’m continuing on down the line of the big eight categories and re-ranking them all The latest one to get this treatment? Best Original Screenplay, which will be one of the...
View ArticleSpotlight on the Stars: Steve Carell
For this week’s spotlight piece, I wanted to look at someone from the cast of the upcoming movie Foxcatcher. I had three incredibly talented men to choose from, but I ultimately went with Steve...
View Article“Foxcatcher”: What’s Up with the 2015 Awards Race
Directed by: Bennett Miller Written by: E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman Main Cast: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo Vanessa Redgrave, and Sienna Miller, among others… Past Oscar relations:...
View ArticlePredictions for the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards
One of the most interesting precursors to me is always the Independent Spirit Awards. They don’t always cite the same things that the Academy does, so it’s a chance to see smaller and more eclectic...
View ArticleA December Oscar Predictions Update
Well, the calendar has turned to December folks, so now we’re getting serious here in terms of Oscar predictions. Precursor awards are in full swing now, so expect the Academy Award picture to begin...
View ArticleOscar stock watch: 5 contenders up and 5 contenders down
With an almost daily influx of awards to make note of, this is the sort of time where things change for Oscar contenders quickly. As such, I wanted to try out a new segment, where I periodically take...
View ArticleThe Golden Globe nominations are led by “Birdman”
Bright and early this morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their 2015 Golden Globe award nominations. Leading the charge this year was Birdman, while other films like Boyhood,...
View ArticleUpdated Oscar predictions after the Golden Globe and SAG announcements
Happy Friday everyone! With the nominations for the Golden Globe awards and the Screen Actors Guild awards really giving a bit more shape to the Academy Award race, I thought it was time to break in a...
View ArticleA Mid-December Oscar Predictions Update
We’re almost at the point where it’s time for weekly Oscar prediction updates folks. It’s not quite that time, but before long it’ll be bi-weekly at least, with some precursor winner predictions...
View ArticleGolden Globe post nomination predictions for December
As we move from Phase One to Phase Two of the awards season, things begin to take a new turn. Now, it’s not only predicting who and what is going to be nominated, but also now a focus on potential...
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