Category: 98th Oscars

  • Path to Oscar 2025: International Feature

    Path to Oscar 2025: International Feature

    We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. Below are our predictions in Best International Feature. Best International Feature Winner Predictions It Was Just an Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental Value WL PP TL Sirât The Voice of Hind Rajab Runner-Up Predictions The Secret…

  • Predictions: Costume Designers Guild

    Predictions: Costume Designers Guild

    The Costume Designers Guild is next up on Thursday. Will they confirm current thinking on the Oscar categories? The Sci-Fi category might not have bearing until it does. ORGNAME AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Period Costume Design Downton Abbey: The Grand…

  • Contenders 25: February Update

    Contenders 25: February Update

    For our February update, we’re getting closer to the point where all box office numbers are finalized. Certainly, most of them are in the range of not making further impact on contenders’ chances. We’re still missing a few numbers on the audience side but for the most part, we’re about to the point where this…

  • 49th Sundance Film Festival Awards

    49th Sundance Film Festival Awards

    All of the awards that are fit to print. The Festival Grand Jury Prize U.S. Dramatic Josephine Audience Award U.S. Dramatic Josephine Directing Award U.S. Dramatic Josef Kubota Wladyka – Ha-Chun, Shake Your Booty! Screenwriting Take Me Home Editing Barbara Forever Grand Jury World Cinema Dramatic Shame and Money Audience Award World Cinema Dramatic Hold…

  • Predictions: Directors Guild

    Predictions: Directors Guild

    The first major test of the balance between One Battle and Sinners. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another WL PP TL Ryan Coogler – Sinners WL PP TL Guillermo…

  • Predictions: Society of Composers & Lyricists

    Predictions: Society of Composers & Lyricists

    The group that lines up with the Original Song and Original Score category announces their winners tomorrow. SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production Dear Me – Diane…

  • Calendar Preview: February 2026

    Calendar Preview: February 2026

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. FEBRUARY Festivals Thursday, Feb. 12 – Berlin Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Tuesday, Feb. 10 – Publicists (Individuals) (Nominations) (Official) Thursday, Feb.…

  • Predictions: First Winners

    Predictions: First Winners

    We kick things off today with our first winner predictions for the year. Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Wesley Lovell: Our first predictions will be interesting. Pete Patrick: There were no big surprises in the nominations other than the failure of Wicked: For…

  • 98th Oscar Nominations

    98th Oscar Nominations

    Let’s start with the top news most people will be hearing, Sinners has set a new record for most nominations in Oscar history, topping the previous record of 14 by two. That means even without the Best Casting category being new, the film would have set the record. Delroy Lindo’s performance in Supporting Actor and…

  • 2026 Nominations Predictions: January

    2026 Nominations Predictions: January

    Tomorrow’s the big day. After months of predictions and critics awards, it’s time to see how much the Academy agrees with the critics and prognosticators. We agreed fully on only two categories: Animated Feature and Actor. Beyond that, we are largely in agreement with several small discrepancies in each category, so predictable? Maybe. KEY: Appears…