Posts tagged 2015 Academy Awards
OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The male acting awards

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this sixth post, we climb into the acting areas of "The Big 8" Oscar categories.  Here, we look at the male acting awards of Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.  Let's do this and pick some winners!  I've said it all season.  Stick with me and I will win you your Oscar pool.

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OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The minor film categories

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this third post, we look at the minor film categories that include animation, documentary, and shorts.  Let's do this!

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OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2015: The visual and artistic categories

It's time to begin making my formal and official Oscar predictions.  In this first post, we look at the visual and artistic technical categories that include cinematography, production design, costumes, makeup/hairstyling, editing, and visual effects.  Let's do this!

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COLUMN: Five snubs and five surprises from the 87th Academy Award nominations

The Oscar nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced this morning.  Directors J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron mapped out the little categories and then actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs drops some bombs this morning.  As always, there are plenty of surprises and plenty of snubs.  Through it all, the frontrunners have already emerged and this race is taking shape, so much so that I could probably name the eventual winners already today.

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