This is a list of our predicted winners at the 2016 Academy Awards with links to individual articles.
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?
An Oscar for Alejandro González Iñárritu is a reward for the return on the industry’s investment.
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.
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.
In the style categories, Oscar voters have almost always preferred candidates who show and tell.
We must obligatorily forecast this year’s trophy for the production design with the mostest.
The false narrative about the peril posed by The Revenant’s shooting conditions will work against it in categories where the film is most worthy of acclaim.
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.
See below for a list of the films that just missed making it onto our list of the best films of 2015, followed by our contributors’ individual ballots.
The gorgeous transfer fully honors the film’s distinctly amazing road-fever aesthetic.
Miller orchestrates the rubber-burning pandemonium with the illicit smirk of someone who knows he’s giving us exactly what we want.
A disappointingly half-assed treatment of a legendary post-apocalyptic action series that boasts two indisputable genre classics.
Hoult seems to be taking a quieter route to the top, having gradually made his way from bit player to scene-stealer to young leading man.
The film is a low-budget action spectacle that should inspire amateur filmmakers to take genuine risks.