Welcome to my annual Oscar ballot post. Normally this would come post Oscar nominations, but due to them being announced next week rather than this one, it gets an early showcase. After tabulating these results, The Witch leads all films with 9 nominations, followed by Arrival with 7 (surprising even myself, I’ve come to appreciate
Unlike last year, my top 10 films of 2016 list was influx until the final cutoff, mainly due to me trying to cram in like 20 films in the past two weeks. Having finally finished and capped the year, I have to say this 10 is up there with the more interesting lineups I have
Shakeup time! Naturally, when you do Oscar predictions, and you don’t really care, you end up having to do some dramatic shakeups once the big awards voting bodies come in with their nominations. Critics Choice had their awards so damn early this year, I honestly don’t know if they had any impact on these Oscar
As writers, we look to ways to quantify films and performances. Tour de force, edge of your seat, white knuckle ride, all terms that have been applied to films. Jackie, the newest film by Pablo Larrain, requires using such terminology because to accurately acertain why it’s so effective you need to dip into your well
So now that AFI Fest has come and gone, seems time to update these Oscar predictions before the avalanche of critics awards start arriving. (Also I need some content for the week.) Main Questions: -Will Patriots Day American Sniper itself into the race? I currently have this film in the sound categories but I would
New Oscar predictions, who dis? Billy Lynn had it’s premiere at NYFF and the reviews were…mixed at best. However, I find it hard to count an Ang Lee film out of the race, especially given how most people felt about Life of Pi, which wound up with a ton of Oscars, including one for Ang