Category: Predictions

The Annie Awards are animation’s biggest event every year and is usually a great deal of fun to watch when it’s telecast. Three of the categories can be portents to Oscar glory, Animated Feature, Independent Animated Feature, and Animated Short Subject. Here are all of our thoughts on the races. (Editor’s Note: These awards have…

The DGA could well be the best barometer for how the late Oscar race is going. That’s not just true of Best Directing, but also Best Picture where the frontrunner race has been a touch up in the air. Still, it could also tell us nothing. We will have to see.

For our twelfth Rundown article, we present our predictions for Actress. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actress as well as general commentary about the race. ///Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with Animated Short Film.

For our eleventh Rundown article, we stage our predictions for Actor. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover Actress.

For our tenth Rundown article, let’s take a look at Production Design. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Production Design as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover Actor.

The Costume Design Oscar will likely be decided here with the guild selections, but that’s not always a guarantee.

For our ninth Rundown article, cut into Film Editing. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Film Editing as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover Production Design.

The Visual Effects Society doesn’t always get it right, but they are accurate enough to be a potential playmaker should anything other than Dune win. Their awards are on Tuesday evening as they are one of the few guilds who will host their honors on a non-weekend evening.

For our eighth Rundown article, try out our predictions for Supporting Actress. 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 Film Editing.

The Academy has only one film editing category, the American Cinema Editors have four. Two of them, the ones for animation and documentary, never have a bearing on the Oscar version and while comedy/musical editing can sometimes impact the Oscar selection, it’s the drama category you have to pay the most attention to. (Editor’s Note:…

The art directors give out awards in four categories, but the period and fantasy ones are the ones that best align with the Oscars’ Production Design category.

Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, which used to be scheduled the Saturday evening before the Oscars, is way ahead of this year’s ceremony, likely do to how few Oscar nominees are on the list and how little influence they are likely to have this year.

For our seventh Rundown article, screen test some Supporting Actor predictions. 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 Supporting Actress.

For our sixth Rundown article, give our reflections on Makeup & Hairstyling. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Makeup & Hairstyling as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover Supporting Actor.

For our fifth Rundown article, we’re looking at the documentary categories, feature and short subject. 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. Tomorrow, it’s time for Best Makeup & Hairstyling