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94th Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

And the beat goes on. We’re only a few days removed from Nomadland’s utter domination of the longest awards season ever, and it’s time to look forward to the future. 2021 is going to be one of the weirdest Oscars of all time, as the eligibility...

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An Oscar Update: How Do Elections Influence The Oscar Race?

As of today, it seems more than likely that Joe Biden will defeat Donald Trump to become the next President of the United States. While there are still Supreme Court battles to be fought, the only people fighting this projection are the current...

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93rd Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

I’ve been holding onto my Oscar predictions for quite some time. While the current list of predictions has remained unchanged since I first wrote it back in March, a certain pandemic made the whole thing feel sort of…slight, in the face of...

08/17/2020 Travis Burgess 93rd Academy Awards, Best Picture, Da 5 Bloods, Hillbilly Elegy, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Next Goal Wins, Nomadland, Oscars, Predictions, Tenet, The French Dispatch, West Side Story 0 Comments

92nd Academy Award Update: Where We Stand Heading Into The Festivals

In less than two weeks, Venice, Toronto, and Telluride will officially kick off this year’s Oscar race. I’m hoping to get my major predictions done before events kick off (they’re pretty solid for now, just not released to the public), but in the...

08/19/2019 Travis Burgess 92nd Academy Awards, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Picture, Ford v. Ferrari, Jojo Rabbit, Just Mercy, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood, Oscars, Updates 0 Comments

92nd Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

It’s been one week since Green Book broke the Internet and won Best Picture. The last thing anyone wants to do at this point is talk about the Oscars. Which means now is the perfect time to announce my Early Predictions for the 92nd Academy...

03/04/2019 Travis Burgess 92nd Academy Awards, Best Picture, Dry Run, Gemini Man, Little Women, Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood, Oscars, Predictions, The Irishman, The Kitchen, The Nightingale, The Report, Yesterday 0 Comments

91st Academy Award Predictions: A Best Picture Update

Tomorrow, the Venice International Film Festival will kick off the fall festival season, and effectively kick-start the Oscar race. Coupled with the Telluride Film Festival this weekend, we will soon have a likely frontrunner for Best Picture...

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91st Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

The Oscars are officially a week old, which means it’s time for one thing, and one thing only: the early predictions for the 91st Academy Awards! Wait, come back, where are you going?!? Yes, I’m well aware that you are still detoxing from last...

03/17/2018 Travis Burgess 91st Academy Awards, A Star Is Born, Backseat, Best Picture, First Man, If Beale Street Could Talk, Mary Queen of Scots, Oscars, Predictions, The Favourite, The Irishman, The Sisters Brothers 0 Comments

90th Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

We’ve finally put last year’s Oscars in the rear-view mirror, which means now is the perfect time to kick off our early predictions for the 90th Academy Awards! Yes, yes, I’m sure you’re still detoxing from last year, and I’m sure you want to...

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89th Academy Awards Predictions: Best Picture

Predicting the Oscars is a fool’s quest. Basically, you are attempting to guess the whims of a bunch of 70-year old white men who want to honor films about other white men who were important when they were children, while simultaneously...