As was recently reported by the hive of Oscarologists over at Gold Derby, American Hustle has history on its side when it comes to the acting races.
In a year replete with great trash, American Hustle is the crown princess of the bunch.
Aside from the ethics of 3D, it’s undeniable that Catching Fire will be at an economic disadvantage without it, losing as much as $4 per ticket in some cases.
This is a film that most would agree boasts a whole lot of locks and scant few question marks.
This is a complete list of our predicted winners at the 2013 Academy Awards.
Despite the hysteria, it may not be appropriate yet to call a time of death on the decades and decades’ worth of precedent that will be shattered when Argo wins Best Picture.
As you might have noticed from our previous Oscar posts, one of the hottest topics among we Slant prognosticators is just how many trophies Argo is capable of collecting.
Jennifer Lawrence is taking a page from Mo’Nique’s book and playing the campaign game by her own rules.
Let’s try to rid our minds of the deplorable notion that Spielberg and Lee are contending for an award that belongs to Affleck.
The larger-than-life aura that Daniel Day-Lewis breathes into the characters he portrays seems also to have in recent years extended to the actor himself.
All right, all right, all right. We should’ve known.
Blergh. Weeks ago I dreamed a dream where all the particulars of my presently contentious relationship with Anne Hathaway were manifest.
By now, most awards watchers are aware of Tony Kushner’s grand task of translating Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals.
Starting tomorrow, check back daily as we predict the winner in every Oscar category.
We’re sensing that, once again, Best Picture will fall just shy of 10 nominees.
The surefire frontrunners are Kathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck, and Steven Spielberg.
Compared to most of the season’s races, Best Actress has remained somewhat open.
I have always liked Tony Kushner, and not just the concept of Tony Kushner the public writer.
It certainly looks like Joaquin Phoenix is about to be snubbed for his work in The Master.
With all due respect to the gentlemen in contention, this year’s likely Supporting Actor crop has shaped up to be a snooze.