Punching out: Final Oscar predictions

Posted by · 11:22 am · February 24th, 2012

While Best Picture and Director wins may be a done deal for “The Artist,” this year’s Oscars become less predictable the further down the list of categories one goes. Guy Lodge offers his final picks in all 24 races.

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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Documentary Feature

Posted by · 8:08 am · February 16th, 2012

I have no idea what’s going to win the Best Documentary Feature category. Zero. Zilch. Nada. I might as well get that out of the way right at the top. And I’ve even seen each film twice. It’s a rare year that sees such solid arguments in favor of each and every nominee of the bunch. That’s not to say that, personally speaking, each nominee is award-worthy, but I could just see the Academy’s doc voters falling for any of them.

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MCN's Gurus make their final calls

Posted by · 9:26 am · February 11th, 2012

The Gurus o’ Gold collective of Oscar dorks (yours truly included) at Movie City News have offered up final-ish predictions. I imagine David Poland will give us all an opportunity to change this or that, and certainly, my own picks aren’t final until the Friday or Saturday before the show, but for the most part, these are where the chips lie.

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Steve James's Oscar-snubbed 'The Interrupters' wins big with Cinema Eye Honors

Posted by · 3:00 am · January 12th, 2012

Despite critics furiously protesting its exclusion from the Oscar longlist, Steve James’s “The Interrupters” has been largely sidelined on the precursor circuit thus far. So it took the Cinema Eye Honors to right that wrong. Other films honored by them include “Pina,” “Senna” and “Tabloid.”

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Academy advances 15 doc features, 'Senna,' 'Interrupters' stunningly snubbed

Posted by · 1:06 pm · November 18th, 2011

The Academy has announced its list of qualifying films for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, and there were, as usual, some head-turning snubs. Poor, poor Werner Herzog and Errol Morris.

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Calling all original song contenders

Posted by · 1:28 pm · November 1st, 2011

This year’s Best Original Song race is slowly beginning to take shape. But we need to pull together a list of contenders before things get too far along. Possibilities from Chris Cornell’s “The Keeper” to a trio of tracks from “The Muppets” could all be in play this season, but what else?

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