NYC Film Critic

Due to a variety of circumstances, NYCFilmCritic’s annual Oscar Talk back-and-forth took a year off, but I’ll still be tuning in to the Academy Awards this Sunday night to see how Hollywood divvies up this year’s bounty of little gold men.  In many ways, it’ll be a relief to have the Oscars over and done with–most of the big races appear to be set in stone and have been that way at least since mid-January.  That said, there’s still the potential for an upset or two.  My own predictions are below.  Check back on Monday* to see how I fared–here’s hoping I top my last year’s personal worst of 14 out of 24.

*Updated: Well, I definitely succeeded in topping last year’s poor showing.  Unfortunately it was with an even poorer showing–I struck out big time, only calling 9 out of 24 races correctly.  What can I say?  I got blindsided by the Alice in Wonderland juggernaut early on (namely because I actually saw the movie and had no idea why anyone would nominate it for anything) and never recovered.  About the only thing I did right was sticking with Inception for most of the technical awards and The Fighter duo of Christian Bale and Melissa Leo in the Supporting Actor categories.  Otherwise…yikes.  Nothing but net across the board.  Well, congrats to all the winners (yes, even you King’s Speech–you weren’t my favorite film of the lot, but you’re certainly no Crash or Gladiator) and here’s hoping I do better next year.  I mean, I couldn’t possibly do worse, right?  (Don’t answer that.)

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My picks for what will (and should) triumph at tomorrow night’s Oscar ceremony.  Now updated with actual winners.

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Oscar Talk 2010 wraps up in suitably epic fashion with a spirited discussion of the Best Picture and Best Director races, putting particular emphasis on the Avatar vs. Hurt Locker match-up.

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Oscar Talk 2010 continues with our takes on the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress races.

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Another year, another edition of Oscar Talk featuring myself and my fellow movie-mad pal, Nick Spagnoli.  Read our discussion of the Best Actor and Best Supporting races below.

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Check out a full list of our predictions for the big night after the jump.

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The Final Round!
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It’s been awhile (about two years to be precise), but I’m happy to report that Oscar Talk is once again live on NYC Film Critics.  Joining me, as always, is friend and fellow movie lover Nick Spagnoli, new reporting from the ‘burbs of Washington D.C.  Over the next two weeks, we’ll be taking a look at the races in the major categories, offering opinions about who will win, who should win and who got snubbed.  Kicking off the triumphant return of Oscar Talk is Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.  Enjoy!

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It’s that time again folks! Here are my predictions for which movies will win as well as my picks for which should win on Sunday night. Check back on Monday to see how right (or wrong) I was.

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