NextGen Oscarwatcher: What the wave of Guilds tell us (and what they don’t)
It’s been a fairly hectic week in the awards race, and, for many (including yours truly) there are some predictions that are proving to not age well, and the reality of the state of certain contenders...
View Article2025 Oscar Predictions – Predicting the Unpredictable
What an Oscar season this has been. Never before have the Oscars felt like there wasn’t quite enough movies that did well in theaters, or even on streaming, to make for a competitive race. I do hope...
View Article2025 Oscar Predictions – The Gate Crashers Coming in for One Last Ride
Nominations will be announced on Thursday morning — GASP — it came up all of a sudden, didn’t it? I’m not really ready for Phase 2 myself. I kind of wish we could stay in this lull between imagining...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher’s Final Nomination Predictions
Here it is. After a long couple of months and films releasing, people reacting, and precursors revealing, it has finally come to make the final calls regarding what *I think* will be nominated in each...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher: What to make of an Oscar season that continues to be...
After months of waiting, the nominations for the 97th Oscar ceremony have been revealed, and, for the most part, the films many thought would do well showed up. There are surprises like other years...
View Article2025 Oscar Predictions: One Last Ride
The Oscar race has seen better days. Take it from me. I’ve been writing about them, obsessing on them, for half of my life. Were it not for the lifers who still come here and write me nice letters I...
View Article2025 Oscars: How the Best Picture Race is Playing Out Like the Movie Conclave
The Producers Guild ballots were turned in on January 30th. Whether or not those voters had time to absorb the Emilia Perez disaster is not knowable. The Directors Guild, however, ends voting on...
View Article2025 Oscar Predictions: The Gate Crashers See ‘Brutalist’ Leading Before Big...
Just before the big awards weekend, the Gate Crashers have posted a full slate of predictions in all of the categories. We have no idea where the PGA or DGA will take this race. We do know that the...
View Article2025 Critics Choice Awards Preview and Predictions…
Last August, after a hit piece about me was published in the Hollywood Reporter, everything in my world was in instant free-fall. Among the true horrors was my old friends at Gold Derby deciding what...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher – A Boomerang Best Picture race
Well, that was quite the wake-up call. For months leading up to the ceremony, primarily from September until early January (right before the Golden Globes), it seemed apparent that Sean Baker’s Anora...
View Article2025 BAFTAS: Can Ralph Fiennes Win a Much Deserved Best Actor Award?
One of our finest actors, Ralph Fiennes, is up for Best Actor at the BAFTAs. Voting has closed so this will not impact those awards. Most people expect Adrien Brody to continue his winning streak. If...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher: The Awards Race Post Bafta and WGA
This week, the two major awards organizations pointed towards a few notable, key differences in what was being given top honors, etc. One can argue the Writers Guild of America and their constant...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher – SAG Analysis and early final predictions talk
Welp, I should have stuck with my gut. After switching from Timothee Chalamet and Demi Moore to Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison, the SAG-AFTRA voters chose to honor the formers for their more...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher’s Final Predictions
Please note: Yes we will be attempting to build Big Fat Predictions chart but without the person who usually does these, it will be a rickety build but we’ll try to get it out. Scott Kernen will be...
View Article2025 Oscar Predictions: AwardsDaily Big Bad Predictions Chart Up and Running
I wasn’t sure if I could pull this off this year, considering the short staff we have here now, but thanks to Scott Kernen I was able to cobble together a preliminary chart. We’ll be adding more...
View Article2025 Oscar Predictions: Final Predictions Podcast with Mark Johnson
Our old pal, Mark Johnson, joined me for a two hour epic podcast on the Oscar predictions. What a treat to have him go through each category one by one. It’s long but worth it! but
View Article2025 Oscar Predictions: The End
It’s been a long, strange trip, Oscarwatchers. I don’t think these will be my last predictions ever. But it’s highly probable they will be the last predictions on this site, which, if I decide to end...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher: Best Director and other Best Picture contenders I had...
Because it’s the off-season, it makes sense to take it slow and map out possible contenders that we have no expectations for outside of a filmmaker’s previous work or the source material a project is...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher: Best Actor Overview and Some Industry News
Continuing from last week, it’s time to talk about another above-the-line category. In this case, it is Best Actor in a Leading Role, and I am just spitballing certain contenders some people are...
View ArticleNextGen Oscarwatcher: Best Actress and a prelude to CinemaCon
It sure is quiet when it comes to the film industry and notable projects, with many holding their breath until CinemaCon reveals more information regarding what 2025 will have in store. Nevertheless,...
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