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Final Best Actor Oscar Nomination Predictions

With the Academy’s nominations announcement drawing closer by the day, it’s time to lay it all on the line with my final Oscar nomination predictions….

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Best Actor Oscars Predictions (February)

Too many contenders. Too few spots. Picking just five performances for Best Actor this year is difficult, to say the least. Regardless of who the…

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Best Actor Oscars Predictions (January)

Riz Ahmed has dominated the slew of awards this month for his revelatory performance in Sound of Metal including key wins from the National Board…

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Best Actor Oscars Predictions (December)

Much like last year’s race, Best Actor is shaping up as a category with too many deserving contenders to fill just five spots. The only…

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Best Actor Oscars Predictions (November)

Now that we know Chadwick Boseman is considered the lead of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and the first reactions to his performance have been incredibly…

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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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For Your Consideration: Christian Bale, Best Actor for Vice

There are actors, and then there is Christian Bale. This is an actor who is a living embodiment of The Method. Bale transforms himself into…

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WATCH – – – Awardscene: Lead Actor and Lead Actress Oscars

And so we have a scan of those actresses and actors front and center of their movies. The Lead Actor and Actress races are as…

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Filmotomy Podcast 49: Oscars Acting Categories – But Which One?

On the eve of our hotly anticipated 50th podcast, we talk some more Academy Awards with number 49. Robin is the host for the second…

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Oscars: Dissecting The Acting Races

Now that I did some dissecting of the current state of the Best Picture race, I shall once again put on my surgical gloves, and…

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90th Academy Awards Winners – A Predictable End to a Turbulent Season

The 90th Academy Awards are all done and dusted. Oh how far we have all come. Here are the winners in case you were on…

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ELIO, OSCAR… OSCAR, ELIO

Status in the industry, body of work, relevance and “importance” of the character, and, ultimately, how the Academy wants to be viewed, all come into play. All are understandable, with one exception – that is the reverse ageism that exists specifically targeted at male actors. Unlike the other three acting categories, there is not a single portrayal of a character under 30 in Oscar’s Best Lead Actor lexicon.

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Three Billboards Dominates At The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are revealed. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was the stand-out winner, taking three of the five film awards….

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #35; Or 100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 18

Merging my recommended links chunks with the ongoing Oscar snubbery series seemed like a great idea – there is after all so much content on…

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