Category Archives: Awards

15
Nov

Oscar Picks – 15 Nov 2015

BEST PICTURE Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Carol The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight Joy The Martian The Revenant Spotlight Falling off: In the Heart of the Sea, Steve Jobs Rising star: Room The skinny: OK, now I’m ready to believe … Continue reading →

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15
Oct

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Oct 2015

BEST PICTURE Bridge of Spies Carol The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight In the Heart of the Sea Joy The Martian The Revenant Spotlight Steve Jobs Falling off: Black Mass, The Walk Rising star: Sicario The skinny: Lukewarm critical response … Continue reading →

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20
Sep

2015 Emmy Predictions: Comedy

COMEDY SERIES Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Parks and Recreation (NBC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should win: Parks and Recreation Could win: Veep Will win: Transparent Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) … Continue reading →

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19
Sep

2015 Emmy Predictions: Drama

DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix) Mad Men (AMC) Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Should and could win: Orange is the New Black Will win: Mad … Continue reading →

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15
Aug

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 August 2015

BEST PICTURE Black Mass Bridge of Spies Carol The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight In the Heart of the Sea Joy The Revenant Steve Jobs The Walk The skinny: As usual this early, everything’s a contender. I feel pretty comfortable … Continue reading →

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20
Feb

Oscar Guide 2015

Well, here we go. After last year’s cake walk, this one’s a lot tougher to guess. Here goes nothing. BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Selma The Theory of Everything Whiplash Will win: … Continue reading →

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16
Feb

My Dream Oscar Ballot 2015

I still haven’t seen three of the Best Picture nominees (all based on true stories, so you won’t see any of those films, except one category which doesn’t require you to actually see the film). I’m applying their rules, so Whiplash … Continue reading →

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15
Jan

Reactionary Tale: Oscar Nominations 2015

Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. The LEGO Movie for Animated Feature Having not seen any of the other nominees, I can accept that there may be one or even two animated films better than The … Continue reading →

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14
Jan

Final Oscar Picks 2015

On Thursday, Chris Pine, Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams will announce the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards. In a perceived weak year, all categories are up for grabs (except Lead Actor and Lead Actress) so these guesses are just … Continue reading →

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15
Dec

Oscar Picks: 15 Dec 2014

BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Into the Woods A Most Violent Year Selma Falling off: Inherent Vice, Interstellar, Unbroken Rising star: Whiplash The skinny: Well, that was an interesting … Continue reading →

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