Tag: Best Actress
Best Actress Oscars Predictions (October)
This year’s race for Best Actress feels like it could be similar to 2019 when Renée Zellweger led right from the start of festival season…
Final Oscars Predictions – Best Actress
In the last Best Actress predictions piece, I said the race “may become clearer over the next month.” Whoops. If anything, the battle for the…
Final Best Actress 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….
Best Actress Oscars Predictions (February)
For several weeks now, four of the five Best Actress spots have been essentially set in stone for Viola Davis, Vanessa Kirby, Frances McDormand, and…
Best Actress Oscars Predictions (January)
While Frances McDormand took an early lead with the critics groups, Carey Mulligan has barreled through the tail-end of the month and now sits just…
Best Actress Oscars Predictions (December)
With Best Actress wins from the critics groups of Boston Online, Chicago, Florida, and Indiana, Frances McDormand should be the clear frontrunner right now, especially…
Best Actress Oscars Predictions (November)
While the wide release of Pieces of a Woman is still some time away, Netflix recently unveiled the film to a wider group of critics…
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…
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…
1957 in Film: The Three Faces of Eve
Multiple Personality Disorder is nothing to be scoffed at. Not these days, not way back in 1957, not ever. Mental illness and all the strands…
Premature 2019 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress
So, now that we’ve gotten our premature Supporting Actress predictions out of the way, it’s time to discuss the leading ladies in contention. After Olivia…
Glenn Close: Our Oscar Darling
“One of the most nominated actors never to win, or one of the greatest.” The 1980s was an era of Oscar darlings in the Academy’s…
For Your Consideration: Lady Gaga, Best Actress for A Star is Born
The fourth version of A Star is Born was in development hell for a long time, back in 2011 Clint Eastwood was attached to direct…
For Your Consideration: Melissa McCarthy, Best Actress for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy’s portrayal of the real-life document forger Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me? could not be further from the foul-mouthed Megan from…