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  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: Golden Globe Reactions | Our Final Oscar Predictions for: CINEMATOGRAPHY, PRODUCTION DESIGN, EDITING, COSTUME DESIGN, SCORE, SONG, ANIMATED FILM & FOREIGN FILM
    Jan 14 2026

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • The DGA reveals the top five favorites for the Oscars Best Picture race
    • SENTIMENTAL VALUE gets shutout at the Screen Actors Guild Actors Awards
    • Cinematographers prefer MARTY SUPREME over HAMNET
    • WEAPONS, F1 fly at the Producers Guild Awards while AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and WICKED: FOR GOOD flop
    • BUGONIA staging a major Oscar comeback with impressive showing at British Academy’s BAFTA Awards
    • Final predictions for Best Animated Feature
    • Dreamworks’ THE BAD GUYS 2 and Pixar’s ELIO duel for final spot in Animated Feature race
    • Can French animation rule at the Oscars with ARCO, LITTLE AMELIE and A MAGNIFICENT LIFE?
    • Final Predictions for Best Original Score
    • Decoding the connection between Best Picture and the Original Score category
    • MARTY SUPREME beat too new age for Oscars’ music branch?
    • F1 and SIRĀT likely enemies across Oscar categories, face-off for final slot in Original Score
    • Final Predictions for Best Original Song
    • Stephan Schwartz to finally get back into Song race with WICKED: FOR GOOD
    • Double nominations for SINNERS for Original Song?
    • Diane Warren hunts for first competitive Oscar win
    • Final Predictions for Best Costume Design
    • A loophole in the Costume category might leave a Best Picture favorite on the outs
    • HEDDA and KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN targeting an upset
    • Final Predictions for Best Production Design
    • AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and WICKED: FOR GOOD duel for scraps among production design favorites
    • Final Predictions for Best Cinematography
    • Not enough space for Best Picture frontrunners FRANKENSTEIN, MARTY SUPREME and HAMNET
    • Final Predictions for Best Film Editing
    • Breaking down the “veteran” issue smothering the film editing category
    • F1 to test editor’s love for racing films
    • Final Predictions for Best International Film
    • NEON films tries to wrap up the rare perfect category with ALL 5 nominations!
    • Venice Film Festival and THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB to haunt the fate of NO OTHER CHOICE

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    3 h et 18 min
  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: Forecasting the SAG, PGA, ASC and DGA Nominees; Predicting Golden Globe Winners and Reactions to the Critics Choice Awards; Our Take on MARTY SUPREME and SIRĀT
    Jan 5 2026

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • MARTY SUPREME is a runaway Christmas hit for A24, Timothée Chalamet is King of the Box-Office
    • Spain's SIRĀT to explode onto Oscar scene with surprise nominations, but can it really crash Best Picture?
    • Will SINNERS, TRAIN DREAMS and ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER land first time nominations for their cinematographers at the ASC guild award?
    • Cinematographers Guild to sideline international films in their annual lineup for Best Cinematography
    • Can multiple foreign films pull off an upset at the Directors Guild of America?
    • Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN looks to cement itself as a top 5 Best Picture movie with DGA nomination
    • Can MARTY SUPREME three-peat nominations at the SAG Ensemble, DGA and PGA.... or did it peak too late?
    • Will the Producers Guild of America resuscitate flailing box-office hits AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and WICKED: FOR GOOD?
    • WEAPONS hoping to ride Hollywood horror-renaissance into PGA Top 10 and SAG Ensemble nominations
    • HEDDA's Tessa Thompson and SONG SUNG BLUE's Kate Hudson look to leap BUGONIA's Emma Stone and TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE's Amanda Seyfried at the Screen Actors Guild
    • Can Wagner Moura leverage NARCOS visibility into a SAG Best Actor nomination for THE SECRET AGENT?
    • Is WICKED: FOR GOOD poised to receive a complete shut-out at the Screen Actors Guild?
    • HAMNET, SENTIMENTAL VALUE and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT look for a boost on Golden Globes weekend
    • Critics Choice Awards vote for Timothée Chalamet, Jesse Buckley, Jacob Elordi and Amy Madigan, but one speech seems to seal the deal and another appears to have blown the race wide open!
    • Which Critics Choice winning actor is flirting with a snub and may end up on the cutting room floor at the Oscars?

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    3 h et 44 min
  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: Our Oscar take on new screenings AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH and THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB; Predicting the winners of the Critics Choice Awards and the National Society of Film Critics
    Dec 23 2025

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • A few words of remembrance for Rob Reiner, Michelle Reiner and James Ransone.
    • Can AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH pull a GODFATHER/LORD OF THE RIGNS and get all 3 installments nominated for Best Picture? Our Oscar take after watching the latest chapter.
    • THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is undeniably compelling, and could absolutely sneak into the final Best Picture Ten; our Oscar take after screening the film.
    • Going over the snubs and surprises from the 98th Oscars shortlists: who’s making an impression (SIRAT!) and who’s falling behind (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE!).
    • Previewing the Critics Choice Awards: predicting the winners in every category.
    • Predicting the National Society of Film Critics winners and runner-ups.

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    1 h et 50 min
  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: Golden Globe Nominations Reaction; Predicting the Oscars Shortlists
    Dec 12 2025

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and Rose Byrne build momentum at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    • The Critics Choice Awards snub IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, THE SECRET AGENT and NO OTHER CHOICE in favor of Hollywood misfires JAY KELLY and WICKED: FOR GOOD
    • The Golden Globes nominate five international films for Best Picture - will the Oscars follow their lead?
    • Richard Linklater crashes Best Picture Comedy or Musical at the Golden Globes - TWICE!
    • Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and THE SMASHING MACHINE prepare to mount a comeback at the Golden Globes
    • Lee Byung-hun and NO OTHER CHOICE make Golden Globes history
    • The cast of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER ties for most Golden Globe acting nominations
    • WICKED: FOR GOOD snubbed for Best Picture at the Golden Globes and officially in trouble at the Oscars
    • Did A24 and Timothée Chalamet miscalculate the release of MARTY SUPREME? Film underdelivers at the Critics Choice and Golden Globes
    • AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH can’t squeeze into Best Picture at either Critics Choice or Golden Globes; Is James Cameron in store for a snub at the Oscars?
    • NUREMBERG fails to seize opportunity with Golden Globe nominations, are its Best Picture hopes dashed?
    • Neon campaigns to make historic gains in the Oscars shortlist categories with mentions for Score, Sound, Casting, and Cinematography
    • Blockbusters F1, WICKED: FOR GOOD, and AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH aim for a comeback with Oscars shortlist reveal
    • SINNERS duels ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER for Oscars shortlist dominance


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    3 h et 13 min
  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: Golden Globe Predictions for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, HAMNET, MARTY SUPREME, SINNERS, FRANKENSTEIN, WICKED FOR GOOD, AVATAR FIRE AND ASH, JAY KELLY, THE SECRET AGENT, NO OTHER CHOICE, and more!!
    Dec 5 2025

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • Gotham Film Awards shut out Rose Byrne and IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, champion IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
    • ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER rolling to one Best Picture prize after another with NYFCC and NBR
    • Early Supporting Actress winners splintered - WEAPONS, SINNERS, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
    • Wunmi Mosaku vs. Teyana Taylor for Best Supporting Actress nomination?
    • Independent Spirit Awards blaze a path for TRAIN DREAMS Oscar hopes
    • Are the Critics Choice nominees anything more than glorified Oscar predictions?
    • Golden Globe Predictions!!!
    • Can WICKED FOR GOOD hold onto its Comedy or Musical slot?
    • Netflix to double down in Comedy or Musical with JAY KELLY and WAKE UP DEAD MAN
    • Can Lee Byung-hun make Golden Globe history with NO OTHER CHOICE? Pull upset over Timothée Chalamet and MARTY SUPREME?
    • Wagner Moura makes THE SECRET AGENT the favorite for Actor Drama - can Dwayne Johnson, Jeremy Allen White or Michael B. Jordan stop him?
    • Trouble brewing for Amanda Seyfried, Rose Byrne and Emma Stone - BUGONIA, TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE and IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU hunt Globe support and Oscar appeal
    • Late-breakers RENTAL FAMILY, IS THIS THING ON and SONG SUNG BLUE look to shake up the race with audience appeal and Globe endorsement
    • Will AVATAR three-peat with Golden Globe Best Picture and Director nominations?
    • A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE looks to redeem Kathryn Bigelow with the Golden Globes
    • Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney hope to continues breakout Globes streak with nominations for FRANKENSTEIN and CHRISTY
    • KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN conjuring up Bill Condon's Golden Globe magic for Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna
    • SENTIMENTAL VALUE and IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT look to flex international appeal with major Globe nominations

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    2 h et 47 min
  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: All Things WICKED; Why Erivo, Grande and WICKED FOR GOOD Are Poised to Miss Major Oscar Nominations; Predicting Gotham and NYFCC Winners
    Nov 28 2025

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • WICKED FOR GOOD is gold at the box-office, but misfires with critics
    • Did Universal's "studio greed" blow up the chances for a WICKED Best Picture Oscar win?
    • Why the Oscars fate of WICKED FOR GOOD is in the hands of AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
    • Cynthia Erivo vs. Ariana Grande? - WICKED FOR GOOD makes the case for co-lead status
    • Historic consecutive Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations in the rearview for WICKED FOR GOOD?
    • The 5 nomination max - analyzing what Oscar categories are still in play for WICKED FOR GOOD
    • Polarizing Gotham Film Awards to announce winners from controversial nominee lineup
    • Will Warner Bros tower over indie films with record-breaking ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER at the Gotham Film Awards? We predict the favorites to win
    • NYFCC - prestigious New York Film Critics Circle looks to set the tone on this year's critics' darlings with early winners list
    • We predict which films and performances will triumph at NYFCC and boost their Oscar chances
    • Can Paul Thomas Anderson finally nab Best Picture at the NYFCC for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER? Or is A24's MARTY SUPREME destined to spoil its hopes?

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    2 h et 21 min
  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: Our take after watching Oscar favorites! HAMNET, TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, NUREMBERG, NO OTHER CHOICE, WAKE UP DEAD MAN, IS THIS THING ON, TRAIN DREAMS and more!
    Nov 19 2025

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • Governors Awards - contenders show up in force to gain an edge in the Oscar race
    • Honorary Oscars vs. Competitive Oscars - is there really any substitute for the real thing?
    • Gotham Award nominees back the big guys and leave the small films in the shadows, polarize indie film community
    • FRANKENSTEIN winning audiences across the globe on Netflix, can Guillermo del Toro and Jacob Elordi sneak in?
    • Emma Stone and Jesse Plemmons looking to work their Oscar magic again with Yorgos Lanthimos in BUGONIA
    • HAMNET - the real deal or overhyped?
    • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE - masterpiece or misfire?
    • NUREMBERG - flying under the radar but building steam
    • Did Netflix miss the Best Picture train on TRAIN DREAMS
    • WAKE UP DEAD MAN angling nominations for Josh O'Connor and Glenn Close
    • Economic and financial woes may just be the golden ticket for Park Chan-wook and NO OTHER CHOICE
    • Academy Awards and Searchlight Pictures likely to squander Bradley Cooper's best film - IS THIS THING ON
    • Jeremy Allen White's SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE hoping to survive disappointing start
    • Sydney Sweeney's CHRISTY at the crosshairs of the culture war
    • Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson launch DIE MY LOVE to $2 million opening! And a "D+" from audiences!
    • Amazon MGM backs the wrong contender and fumbles Oscar worthy Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss in HEDDA

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    2 h et 52 min
  • Oscar Season 2025-2026: HOUSE OF DYNAMITE in Trouble; FRANKENSTEIN Surges; SMASHING MACHINE and SPIDER WOMAN struggle; MARTY SUPREME Wows in New York
    Oct 20 2025

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    On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

    • A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE awards contention very vulnerable after it disappoints with domestic premiere
    • The secret Oscars math behind why Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN is actually Netflix’s strongest contender
    • Jacob Elordi vs. Paul Mescal for Best Supporting Actor?
    • Luca Guadagnino misfire AFTER THE HUNT leaves Julia Roberts grasping at straws for Best Actress
    • Ethan Hawke’s BLUE MOON hopes to outmaneuver Jeremy Allen White’s SPRINGSTEEN for biopic spot in Best Actor
    • Can Daniel Day-Lewis survive mixed reviews for his big-screen return in ANEMONE
    • Two Oscar favorites battle box-office woes: Can THE SMASHING MACHINE and KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN mount a comeback with voters?
    • New York Film Festival previews the remaining Oscar contenders
    • Searchlight Pictures buries IS THIS THING ON before it even screens, picks up THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
    • MARTY SUPREME and Timotheé Chalamet wow at NYFF
    • How high can A24 take MARTY SUPREME at the Oscars?
    • Josh Safdie looks to steal a Best Director spot from HAMNET’s Chloe Zhao and SENTIMENTAL VALUE’s Joachim Trier

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    2 h et 35 min