Last year, the Best Supporting Actor category was truly one of the strongest of the year, and that is very often the case with this category. For the first time in my career of watching and following the Academy Awards, I have not seen this category be quite as weak as it is this year….

The next category is the polar opposite of Best Actor – it has five remarkable and brilliant performances, by five extraordinary ladies, each one would be an easy and deserving winner in any other year. They are absolutely splendid, each and every one of them, and are amongst these actresses finest work. It is a…

So I have decided to do something different this year, in lieu of actual predictions, I am going to rather rate and rank the nominees, category by category, in the four acting categories and the Best Director and Best Picture categories, as I watch them and complete each category. Instead of simply predicting winners based…

The Academy Award nominations are only just over a day away, so it is time for my final predictions. I am confident in most of these predictions, and there have been some radical changes, and I do hope that we see some big shocks and surprises tomorrow, because this awards season has been unlike anything…

Now over halfway through December, it is time to revisit the predictions I made in November. Almost all major contenders have now been seen, and a flurry of critics awards have determined some strong contenders, and done away with some weaker ones. As per normal, I will just be covering the above-the-line categories, because right…

So its November, which means it is time for my very first Academy Award predictions. I know that many people think that film awards are not a true reflection of excellence in the film industry, but that very negative view distracts from the fact that we all know that film awards don’t always show the…