Oscar Predictions Articles

Marion Cotillard, Owen Wilson, Alison Pill, Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Picture: THE ARTIST, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, HUGO Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, despite the star wattage of Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, has a chance only if the Academy members at Warner Bros. and Paramount decide to join forces like they did when making the movie, as the folks at [...]

Bérénice Bejo, The Artist 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Demián Bichir There'll be anywhere between five and ten Best Picture nominees this year, depending on how many movies manage to get at least 5% of first-place votes*. That variable must be taken into consideration, whether you find that it increases the suspense (and therefore is a good thing) or decreases the chances of [...]

Demián Bichir, A Better Life 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Brad Pitt The fourth Best Actor slot should go to Michael Fassbender, who is a strong possibility for Steve McQueen's Shame. Having said that, we should add that Fassbender, though a BAFTA nominee, was bypassed by SAG voters, and rumor has it that numerous Academy members hated Shame. Yet, all Fassbender [...]

2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, Glenn Close. [Photo: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley in The Descendants.] Like in the Best Actress 2012 Academy Award race, there are three shoo-ins for the Best Actor shortlist: George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, and Brad Pitt. Clooney will be in the running for Alexander Payne's The Descendants, Dujardin for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, and Pitt for Bennett Miller's Moneyball. [...]