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2017 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

Oscar Talk: Why You Should Care About the Producers Guild Awards

January 16, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Oscar season is the best time of year for movies. The nominations and winners at the various award shows help guide viewers toward the quality prestige movies of the year.

The Oscars also mean competitive office pools, which means it is time to discuss some of the best ways of going about your predictions. In this article, we will take a look at the next scheduled award show: The Producers Guild Awards.

The Producers Guild Awards sounds incredibly boring, I know. What moviegoer cares which deep-pocketed individuals win for producing the best film of the year?

If you are participating in an Oscar pool and are looking for an edge, then you do. Continue reading Oscar Talk: Why You Should Care About the Producers Guild Awards →

2016 Academy Awards

Breaking Down the 2016 Oscar Best Picture Race

January 30, 2016 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

2016 is proving to be a hard year to predict the Academy Award Best Picture race. The seeming frontrunners going into the Golden Globes were Spotlight and The Revenant. The Revenant came out of the Globes on top, while also picking up awards for Best Director and Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio (this appears to finally be his year for the Oscar, barring something crazy happening at the SAG awards, but that is an entirely different article).

The first wrench thrown at the Oscar race came during the Producers Guild Awards, where Continue reading Breaking Down the 2016 Oscar Best Picture Race →

2016 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies, Movie News

2016 Academy Award Predictions: All Categories

January 17, 2016 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Below are my predictions for who I believe will win the Academy Award in each of the 24 Oscar categories.

Note: This list will be updated as articles for each category get published. Those articles also may be updated if the odds within the individual category change.

Continue reading 2016 Academy Award Predictions: All Categories →

2016 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Adapted Screenplay

January 17, 2016 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

The Best Adapted Screenplay category is not an easy one to call in 2016. There is a leader of the pack, but beyond that film it is really anybody’s game.

The frontrunner as of now is Continue reading 2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Adapted Screenplay →

2016 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Editing

January 16, 2016 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Editing was crucial to the success of some of the films in this category. In others, it was less crucial, and I feel that hurts the chances of these films.

Mad Max: Fury Road is the Continue reading 2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Editing →

2016 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Supporting Actor

January 16, 2016 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

This is a tough category. Not the absolute toughest, but it’s tough.

The frontrunner appears to be Sylvester Stallone due to his recent Golden Globe win (and the fact that he got a significant amount of applause and cheers when they announced his nomination). He does turn a career-high performance in Creed, but there are other actors who could conceivably knock him down.

Mark Ruffalo surprisingly Continue reading 2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Supporting Actor →

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2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Director

January 16, 2016 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

The Best Director Oscar is already in the bag. The group of five all have their directorial merits (though some of the nominations were surprising to me). The five movies represented are all worth seeing. But only one person is truly the standout to earn the golden statue.

That person is Continue reading 2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Director →

2016 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Picture

January 14, 2016 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

This is it. The big kahuna burger. The film from 2015 that will (theoretically) be remembered for ages. The Best Picture of the year.

This is a hard year to predict the most coveted award of the night. Eight films were selected and each one has its merits. There are standout favorites, but Continue reading 2016 Academy Awards Predictions – Best Picture →

2016 Golden Globes, Award Ceremonies, Movie News

Initial Reactions to the 2016 Golden Globe Nominations

December 10, 2015 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

The nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes were announced today. The GGs is generally looked at as the award ceremony that kicks off award season proper and a precursor for what films will be tapped for Academy Award nominations.

Here are my initial reactions after reading the nominee list. Continue reading Initial Reactions to the 2016 Golden Globe Nominations →