Shortly after the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced, there was wild backlash and shock shooting across the blogosphere, including from yours truly. What movie was nominated for Best Picture? Who didn’t earn a well-deserved acting nomination? My favorite movie was shut out? After going through the lists over and over, I’ve gone through and … Continue reading
The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards have been announced, and as we predicted, there were some surprises. But even we weren’t expecting some of these shockers, such as the inclusion of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close in the Best Picture field. Yes, the Best Picture field just got a bit noisier. Extremely Loud and … Continue reading
With the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards to be announced tomorrow morning at 8:35am ET/5:35am PT, we are now just one night away from knowing which movies and performances, in all 23 categories, will compete for Oscar glory next month. While some nominees have been easy to predict, others have been anything but. That … Continue reading
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards have been an Oscar bellwether since their inception in 1990, giving their first ever Golden Laurel Best Film award to Driving Miss Daisy (1989), the eventual Oscar winner for Best Picture. In fact, the winner of the Producers Guild prize has gone on to win the Oscar in 15 … Continue reading
Up to this point, I have spent the last few months tracking the Best Picture race. But more recently, I’ve decided that I’d expand my horizon’s a bit and give my predictions for all of the other Academy Award categories as well, from the acting categories to screenplay to visual effects to makeup. Let’s start … Continue reading
When people think Oscars, they tend to think of the big awards to be Best Picture and Best Actor/Actress. But there is something called the “Big 5” at the Oscars: the combination of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted). It’s a coveted feat, and while 40 different … Continue reading
The technical and artistic category awards at the Oscars are generally the most misunderstood among those without a background in film. And, yes, that includes me. My nomination predictions in all of these categories are pretty much a crapshoot, and so expect minimal analysis after each category. I will, however, do my best to explain … Continue reading
For the last couple of months, I’ve been intensely tracking the Oscar race: in a year without a Hurt Locker or King’s Speech, the race has been a bit difficult to track. At least, until now. With the Oscar nominations set to be announced in just a few days, I decided I’d visit the potential nominees one … Continue reading
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