“Gone Girl” by David Fincher: An August Oscar Predictions Update
Welcome to August folks. Now that we’re well into the second half of 2014 and reaching the end of the summer, it’s time for me to come to you again with some new and (hopefully) even more up to date...
View ArticleThe 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 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 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 ArticleRe-ranking the contenders in Best Adapted Screenplay
Ahoy there folks. 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, you ask? Why, it’s Best Adapted Screenplay, which...
View ArticleJon Stewart makes a strong debut as a filmmaker with “Rosewater”
This weekend, a film by the name of Rosewater begins its theatrical run. On the surface, it seems like one of many awards hopefuls, in that it’s a biopic/true story citing a political issue, among...
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 ArticleThe best films and performances of 2014
We’ve come to the end of the line, ladies and gentlemen. 2014 is about to be put into the books, with 2015 upon us in mere few hours. To close out the year, I wanted to pile on to the seemingly never...
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