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Final Oscars Predictions – Best Animated Feature

It’s always rather disappointing when the most honoured nominee of the preseason is unlikely to win the Academy Award. That’s the unfortunate situation facing Netflix’s…

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Final Oscars Predictions – Best Documentary Feature

After debuting at Sundance in January where it won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, Summer of Soul was snapped up by Searchlight Pictures…

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Does The Power of the Dog’s 12 Oscar Nominations Indicate Best Picture Advantage Over CODA’s 3?

Imagine a world where we determine our Oscar predictions by which film has the most nominations. Perhaps not the defining factor, but one which sways…

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Best Picture Oscars Predictions (February)

The guaranteed ten Best Picture nominees ultimately elicited few surprises. The only mildly shocking nomination was Nightmare Alley, which had experienced a fairly chequered awards…

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Best Director Oscars Predictions (February)

We knew the Academy wouldn’t match their five Best Director nominees with the DGA five, but no one expected the one to make room for…

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Best Actor Oscars Predictions (February)

We always knew the fifth spot for Best Actor was open to all sorts of possibilities, but few of us expected it to be claimed…

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Best Supporting Actress Oscars Predictions (February)

Well, the Academy certainly threw a few curveballs when they announced the five nominees for Best Supporting Actress. It’s ironic, given it seemed like one…

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Best Supporting Actor Oscars Predictions (February)

Predicting the Academy’s final five picks for Best Supporting Actor was a difficult task and there were very few who saw a nomination for J.K….

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Best Original Screenplay Oscars Predictions (February)

The Academy’s five picks for Best Original Screenplay included one surprise nomination that truly made my heart soar. I wasn’t brave enough to predict a…

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Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars Predictions (February)

As expected, there were no shocks to be found in the Academy’s five picks for Best Adapted Screenplay. This race has been fairly stagnant all…

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Best Cinematography Oscars Predictions (February)

Let’s just take a moment to appreciate the Academy for refusing to bow to the trend and nominate Belfast for Best Cinematography. Look, it’s a…

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Best Costume Design Oscars Predictions (February)

When the Academy unveiled its final nominations, there was only room for one fashion design narrative in the Best Costume Design category. It was Cruella…

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Best Film Editing Oscars Predictions (February)

We have our final five Best Film Editing nominees and the only true surprise was Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum for tick, tick…BOOM!. Not because…

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Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscars Predictions (February)

The Oscar nominations for Best Makeup and Hairstyling contained no surprises (it was one of two categories where my final predictions were 100% correct), so…

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