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Best Original Score Predictions (October)

It’s been six years since one composer received two nominations for Best Original Score in the same year, but it seems highly plausible it could…

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Best Original Song Predictions (October)

With eleven unsuccessful Oscar nominations, songwriter Diane Warren is beyond overdue for a victory. This year, Warren has not one, not two, but three (!)…

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Best Picture Predictions (October)

Much to no one’s surprise, Warner Bros. have now postponed Denis Villeneuve’s Dune to 2021, so you can scratch that off your predictions for this…

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Best Director Predictions (October)

With Denis Villeneuve and Steven Spielberg out of this year’s race and still no certainty if Wes Anderson will follow them into 2021, the five…

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Best Original Screenplay Predictions (October)

This category is curiously shaping up to potentially being a race between Aaron Sorkin and the father of his former collaborator David Fincher. While there…

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Best Adapted Screenplay Predictions (October)

To match her frontrunner status in Best Director, Chloé Zhao finds herself similarly in the pole position for Best Adapted Screenplay for Nomadland. A female…

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Best Actor Predictions (October)

UPDATE: With confirmation from Netflix that Chadwick Boseman’s upcoming performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom will be submitted as a lead performance, he’s now been…

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Best Actress Predictions (October)

With her typically phenomenal performance in Nomadland, Frances McDormand seems all but certain to secure her fifth Oscar nomination. However, with her win in 2018…

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Best Supporting Actor Predictions (October)

UPDATE: With confirmation from Netflix that Chadwick Boseman’s upcoming performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom will be submitted as a lead performance, his prediction for…

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Best Supporting Actress Predictions (October)

Close vs. Colman. Round Two. After Olivia Colman’s shock defeat of perennial runner up Glenn Close in 2018, we’re looking at the two actors facing…

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93rd Academy Awards Predictions

Welcome to Filmotomy’s predictions hub for this year’s Academy Awards. It’s here you’ll find Awards Editor Doug Jamieson‘s latest predictions for all 23 categories. For…

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My Love/Hate Relationship with the Academy Awards

The year was 1992 and a wide-eyed, Disney-obsessed eight-year-old Australian boy was sitting down to watch the Academy Awards for the very first time. The…

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The Horror Genre Shutout at the Academy Awards

“DON’T you swear at me, you little shit! Don’t you EVER raise your voice at me! I am your mother! You understand?” This is the…

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Academy Awards Changes Opens Door for Streaming and VOD Films

As the world continues to adapt to the ever-evolving COVID-19 Pandemic, it was only a matter of time until the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…

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