Every FabelTÁR of Elvisheerin All Talking At Whales on the Western Front: The Way of Maverick. Updated 1/19/23 We’ve made it! The biggest award of the night! While folks like me care deeply about who is getting nominated for Best Film Editing and how that affects their chances of winning…

In which we finally carve Steven Spielberg into Director Mount Rushmore. Updated 1/12/23 Best Director can be a mixed bag at times — sometimes a smaller movie will get a nod (like the recent trend of at least one international director getting recognized), and sometimes a sandworm-sized filmmaking marvel like…

Will we give out a third career Oscar or finally crown a long-snubbed star? Updated 1/11/23 Every year it seems, Best Actress turns out to be the far more exciting of the two Lead Acting categories. This year, though, the category is playing out like an All Stars season of…

Let’s finally recognize some longtime faves! Unless… Updated 1/11/23 This award was already locked down to just two men: Brendan Fraser, returning to the big screen after years away in a transformative role; and Colin Farrell, continuing a run of exciting and brilliant performances. And then Austin Butler came along…

With Michelle Williams out, who will take the crown? Updated 1/11/23 Back in the fall, the Supporting Actress race was blown OPEN when Michelle Williams announced she will be (arguably rightfully) running in the Lead Actress category. …

It’s the Super Bowl of character actors! Updated 1/11/23 As is usually the case with Oscar, Best Supporting Actor is shaping up to be a fun, stacked category this year. While my Predictions only boast three individual movies, the long list boasts a tight roundup of exciting and award-worthy actors…

This is where the Big Boys come to play. Updated 1/8/2 Every year, it feels like Original and Adapted Screenplay split so one of them is comprised of fun entries with a smattering of heavy hitters, and the other is just The Frontrunners For Best Picture. …

Who did the best rewriting job this year? Updated 1/8/23 My 2023 Oscars Watch Guide begins right above the proverbial “line” demarcating the (to some people) TV-worthy categories from the more-aptly-named technical categories: Best Adapted Screenplay. As this is the first installment in this series, some background. We are now…

In which I finally call myself a “prognosticator” EMERGENCY UPDATE 3/20/22: Well, I seem to not have done a good enough job barring chaos at the PGAs. With the last precursors officially done (WGAs were also tonight), we suddenly have a lot of changes as we enter the last week…