So essentially meritless are the films up for this award, it’s hardly worth discussing the merits or demerits of each as a viable candidate.
Character trajectories have never come this easy—at least not since Tsotsi last year.
Yes, when making our three-out-of-five predictions on who would be nominated here, we argued how refreshing it was to see a prospective category stocked with supporting performances, instead of co-leads.
The only time a Pixar film has lost in this category was the only time one deserved to win.
To hear some tell it, Alexandre Desplat is just about the finest thing to happen to motion picture scoring since Bernard Herrmann or Franz Waxman.
In order to settle on a winner in this category it’s perhaps necessary to play the part of Armond White and determine which nominee most flatters the Hollywood elite’s liberal values.
It’s running neck and pec between the broody Muppet movie and the one whose cast looks like they’ve been assaulted by Animal wielding a scummy powder puff.
We’re not going to waste your time and make a case for anyone but Helen Mirren in this category.
Appropriately enough, we begin our Oscar prediction coverage by exorcising the foul demon spirit of Paul Haggis.
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning by AMPAS president Sid Ganis and actress Salma Hayek.
Oscar trends continue to have shorter and shorter shelf lives as the award season calendar continues to pork up.
This isn’t Oscar time. It’s Ed time. Edward Copeland, that is.
The most depressing season of the year officially begins in late November and carries over into the early part of the new year.
The results may surprise you.
You needn’t have watched every Best Picture winner to vote.
Ridley Scott’s Gladiator aspires to be Spartacus by way of The Godfather.
The Oscar telecast was generally well paced and well judged.
Watch as we unveil one winner prediction every day until the Saturday before Oscar night.
Amazingly, this movie has been embraced by some of the country’s most prominent critics.
We’ll be completely honest. Predicting Oscar nominees is just no fun anymore.