The common refrain this season has been one of despair, of theatrical death by dearth.
An Oscar for Alejandro González Iñárritu is a reward for the return on the industry’s investment.
You have to ask which storyline does an evenly matched Oscar contest best serve? That of the underdog, obviously.
In this Oscar race, one nominee benefits from nostalgia while another will likely coast to victory because of category fraud.
When in doubt, fall back on a reliable formula: And the Oscar for sound mixing in a movie most likely to win best picture goes to…
When in doubt, fall back on the most reliable barometer of them all: And the Oscar for most sound editing goes to…
It’s impossible not to be dazzled by how much carnage Margaret Sixel packs into two hours without ever losing Mad Max: Fury Road’s sense of geographical scale.
Emmanuel Lubezki’s ornamental imagery for The Revenant signifies nothing so much as the look that $135 million can buy a director.
So, as voters make their little Leonardo DiCaprio dodge Lady Gaga on the 12-bit red carpet, so will the real Leo once again dodge Gaga as the latter walks to the podium with Diane Warren.
In a category designed to reward the toil of the writer, a film that celebrates the gumption of writers to expose the hidden truths of the world is already far ahead of the pack.
Four other best picture nominees and one unexpectedly snubbed also-ran would seem to make for a close race.
That Mad Max: Fury Road is only one of five films to ever be nominated in all seven technical categories can’t hurt it’s chances in the visual effects category.
After both losing to Daft Punk two years ago, Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift face off again in Album of the Year.
Every time we think we’re finally settling into a pattern for Record of the Year, Grammy reverses course.
For Ennio Morricone, being hitched up to Quentin Tarantino’s nostalgia-flattering métier, will be enough to ensure his first competitive Oscar.
The sentiment of “How many Grammys can we give Taylor Swift?” hangs thick in the air.
Leonardo DiCaprio will win an Oscar because “being right” is the modus operandi of the average pundit’s investment in any given year’s Oscar race.
In recent months, Meghan Trainor’s star has waned, leaving room for a surprise victor in Best New Artist at the Grammys.
Even the least successful of this year’s Oscar nominees for animated film avoids settling for mere ersatz babysitter status.
We’re kicking off our Grammy predictions with our picks in some of the smaller genre categories.
We would be remiss if we didn’t point out that rumors have circulated about Son of Saul almost failing to make the Academy’s shortlist.