Category Archives: Awards

15
Nov

Oscar Picks – 15 Nov 2014

BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Imitation Game Inherent Vice Interstellar Into the Woods Unbroken Falling off: The Theory of Everything Rising star: Mr. Turner The skinny: November’s the hardest month to write this outlook, since … Continue reading →

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15
Oct

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Oct 2014

BEST PICTURE Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Imitation Game Inherent Vice Interstellar Into the Woods The Theory of Everything Unbroken Falling off: The Grand Budapest Hotel Rising star: American Sniper The skinny: Boyhood and Gone Girl are the only … Continue reading →

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24
Aug

Emmy Predictions 2014: Drama

DRAMA SERIES Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) House of Cards (Netflix) Mad Men (AMC) True Detective (HBO) Should and will win: Breaking Bad Could win: True Detective Should have been nominated: The Americans (FX) DRAMA … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged boardwalk empire, breaking bad, downtown abbey, game of thrones, good wife, hbo, homeland, house of cards, mad men, masters of sex, netflix, newsroom, ray donovan, scandal, showtime, true detective | Comments Off

23
Aug

Emmy Predictions 2014: Comedy

COMEDY SERIES The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Orange is the New Black (Netflix) Silicon Valley (HBO) Veep (HBO) Should and will win: Orange is the New Black Could win: Modern Family Should have been nominated: … Continue reading →

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15
Aug

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 August 2014

BEST PICTURE Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel Inherent Vice Interstellar Into the Woods The Theory of Everything Unbroken The skinny: As always, we start with ten, even though there have been only nine nominees since the … Continue reading →

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28
Feb

Oscar Guide 2014

And that’ll do it. While many races are close, I feel very confident in these picks, more than I ever have before. I would, however, love to be wrong on some of these predictions. BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 12 years a slave, 20 feet from stardom, act of killing, all is lost, american hustle, august, august: osage county, bad grandpa, before midnight, blue jasmine, book thief, broken circle breakdown, captain phillips, croods, cutie and the boxer, dallas buyers club, desolation of smaug, despicable me 2, dirty wars, ernest and celestine, frozen, grandmaster, gravity, great beauty, great gatsby, her, hobbit, hunt, inside llewyn davis, invisible woman, iron man 3, jackass, lone ranger, lone survivor, long walk to freedom, mandela, missing picture, nebraska, omar, philomena, prisoners, saving mr banks, square, star trek into darkness, wind rises, wolf of wall street | Comments Off

27
Feb

My Dream Oscar Ballot 2014

I’ll stick with the Academy’s format for this, which means I have to refrain from listing Best Animated Feature, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary Feature. I simply didn’t see enough films to fill up those categories. I’m skipping … Continue reading →

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17
Jan

Reactionary Tale: Oscar Nominations 2014

I did better than I thought I would have in terms of predictions. There will always be surprises, but there were more bad than good. Read on for my reactions. Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Reviews | Tagged blackfish, blue umbrella, butler, captain phillips, catching fire, dirty wars, frances ha, great gatsby, her, hunger games, long walk to freedom, mandela, monsters university, pacific rim, prisoners, rush, spectacular now | Comments Off

15
Jan

Final Oscar Picks 2014

On Thursday morning, Chris Hemsworth will announce the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards. He may very well be reading off his Rush co-star’s name. Here are my final picks for who the nominees will be. As I did last … Continue reading →

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15
Dec

Oscar Picks: 15 Dec 2013

BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave American Hustle August: Osage County The Butler Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Falling off: Saving Mr. Banks Rising star: Philomena The skinny: While Banks is still firmly in … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 12 years a slave, american hustle, august, august: osage county, before midnight, blue jasmine, butler, captain phillips, croods, dallas buyers club, enough said, epic, frozen, gravity, her, inside llewyn davis, monsters university, nebraska, philomena, rush, saving mr banks, wind rises, wolf of wall street | Comments Off