Who would’ve thought that the triumph of 12 Years a Slave would give so many Oscar voters the chance to absolve themselves of any further obligation toward racial concerns?
You have to ask which storyline does an evenly matched Oscar contest best serve? That of the underdog, obviously.
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…
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.
We must obligatorily forecast this year’s trophy for the production design with the mostest.
Every year, Oscar bloggers put on a pretty good show in pointing out how, unlike all previous years, this year is truly a wild, unpredictable free-for-all.