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The 90th Academy Awards are just around the corner and those coveted nominations were announced this morning. Predictably, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water scored big. But, could anyone have foreseen that the Cold War set fantasy/love story would garner 13 nominations? In a move showing that history has finally […]

Academy Award Nominations Announced: The Shape of Water Leads with ...

January 23, 2018 in Academy Awards tagged Academy Awards / Oscar Nominations / The Shape of Water by joeldamos

As September sits upon us, those of us that study that art of Oscar, prepare for the onslaught that is the commencement of Oscar Season. It’s the time of year where a majority of the films that will wind up being nominated for the movie industry’s highest honor are released. […]

Oscar Watch: Which Actors & Actresses Have A Shot At ...

August 29, 2017 in Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Academy Awards Nominations / Best Actor / Best Actress / Best Supporting Actor / Best Supporting Actress / Oscar Watch by joeldamos

The 2017 Academy Awards are in the books and what a historic night it was, from its beginning through its highly confusing end. First off, the show started with Justin Timberlake performing his Oscar nominated hit Can’t Fight This Feeling… a first time a song has opened the show. And […]

Oscar 2017 Winners: Moonlight Scores Huge Upset, La La La ...

February 26, 2017 in Academy Awards tagged Academy Awards by joeldamos

With 14 Academy Award nominations, one would think that this year’s Oscars are going to be all about La La Land. Yes, that is kind of true. But, there are 24 total awards given out on February 28, so that means 10 other categories where the words La La Land will not […]

Oscar Watch: Predicting All 24 Categories – Win Your Oscar ...

February 24, 2017 in Academy Awards / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Oscar Predictions / Oscar Watch / Oscars by joeldamos

The Academy Awards seem to have gotten more and more predictable over the years. Sure, last year Spotlight shocked many who never expected it to win Best Picture. But, for those of us who analyze this for a living, it was not such a shock. It was a look deeper […]

Oscar Watch: Is There Any Mystery to Academy Awards 2017?

February 16, 2017 in Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Fences / La La Land / Manchester By the Sea / Oscar Watch / Oscars by joeldamos

The Academy Award nominations have been announced and there were not too many shock and awe moments. When it comes to snubs, there is one that is seismic in its permeation throughout Hollywood. Arrival’s lead actress Amy Adams did not hear her name called this morning by the Academy of […]

Oscar Watch: Surprises & Snubs… No Amy Adams!!

January 24, 2017 in Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Oscar Watch by joeldamos

Hollywood does love itself, and that was on full display as the 89th annual Academy Awards nominations were revealed today and the Hollywood-set musical La La Land tied a record with the most nominations ever with fourteen. La La Land joined some heady company with Titanic and Ben Hur with the […]

Oscar Nominations Announced: La La Land Leads With Record-Tying 14 ...

January 24, 2017 in Academy Awards / Nominations tagged Academy Awards / Fences / Hacksaw Ridge / La La Land / Nominations / Oscar Nominations by joeldamos

Although Spotlight won Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, the big winner from the 88th Annual Academy Awards was Mad Max: Fury Road. The George Miller directed masterpiece (which topped our top 15 of 2015) captured six golden statues to the Best Picture winner’s two. For more on the Oscars themselves, don’t […]

Oscars Winners: Spotlight, Mad Max: Fury Road Win Big

February 28, 2016 in Academy Awards tagged Academy Awards by joeldamos

Not to toot our horn, but Oscar Watch has had a pretty darn good track record predicting the winners of the Academy Awards. In fact, our percentage of categories picked correct has been between 75 and 85-percent. The 2016 Oscars are upon us (they will be handed out February 28) […]

Oscar Watch Presents: 2016 Oscar Predictions

February 25, 2016 in Academy Awards / Oscar Watch tagged Academy Awards / Oscar Watch by joeldamos