First Round of Oscar Predictions for 2018-19 Season

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 05 October 2018, 13:53

Oscar season is afoot once again and I, Justin Zarian, am back to offer my thoughts on what will make the cut for each category when January rolls around (except for the short film categories because those are impossible to predict this early). Who are the heavy hitters this year? Well, I didn’t do too bad predicting this last year Continue Reading...

Eye on the Prize – Ep 16 – Let the 2018-19 Predictions Begin!

0 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 05 October 2018, 10:16

October is here and a number of major Oscar contenders are finally getting their wide releases. So it’s time once again to start making predictions for who will make it onto this year’s shortlists. Follow Davey and Justin as they go over some awards season news, have a lengthy discussion about the major foreign film contenders and, for the bulk Continue Reading...

Eye On The Prize Ep 14- Best Picture Review – Driving Miss Daisy

1 Submitted by Justin Zarian on Fri, 07 September 2018, 09:34

The Prizefighters are starting a new subsection of Eye on the Prize! Every now and then, they will review prior Best Picture winners to not only judge their own merits but to see what kind of legacy they have left on film. How have they held up over time? What performers or crew went on to bigger and better things? Continue Reading...

Eye on the Prize Ep 13 – Best Popular Film?

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Fri, 10 August 2018, 10:51

The Academy just made an announcement to make radical changes to the 2020 ceremony. Along with shortening the ceremony, the biggest, and most controversial, change is adding a new category recognizing ‘outstanding achievement in popular film.’ What does this category mean? What qualifies something as a ‘best popular film?’ The Academy gave no answers on this yet, but the Prizefighters Continue Reading...

Eye on the Prize Ep 12 – Season 1.5 – Halfway Through 2018 Preview

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Fri, 13 July 2018, 10:41

The Prizefighters are back for a preview episode as the award season comes closer and closer. Justin Zarian and Shakyl Lambert take a look at the Los Angeles Online Film Critics list of their nominees for best movies from the first half of the year to see if anything has a chance of making it to the end of the Continue Reading...

Eye on the Prize – Ep. 11: Season One Victory Lap

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Fri, 09 March 2018, 09:35

The Prizefighters bring season one to a close by discussing the Oscar winners, best moments from Sunday’s ceremony and anything else that comes to mind. We also wish to express our sincerest gratitude to everyone who has listened to our coverage of the 2017 season and we cannot wait to return as this year’s Oscar race picks back up!...

Eye on the Prize – Ep. 10: Predicting the Nominees

0 Submitted by Chris Cox on Fri, 02 March 2018, 10:35

March 4th is upon us! We will soon find out who will take home statues at this year’s Oscars, so it’s time to make predictions and place bets. Justin, Shakyl, and J.C. make educated guesses on who they think will win (with Ian’s to follow in a comment post), along with doing one more retrospective covering the best director and Continue Reading...

Eye on the Prize – Ep. 9: Oscar Overture

1 Submitted by Chris Cox on Mon, 12 February 2018, 11:57

The Prizefighters return after a week hiatus with an extra length episode and the return of J.C. DeLeon. Listen as he teams up with Justin and Shakyl to discuss their week, analyze the nominated music from this year’s Oscars (scores and songs) and discuss their picks for the best screenplays of the last decade....

Eye on the Prize- Ep 8: And the Nominees Are…

3 Submitted by Chris Cox on Mon, 29 January 2018, 12:22

The Prizefighters have gathered to cover the event they’ve been eagerly anticipating: the Academy Awards nominations. There will be a thorough discussion of that, detours into their favorite best actor and actress winners, a dissing on the Razzies and other bits of sleep deprived silliness we won’t spoil. Comment on the page to talk about your favorite nominees or biggest Continue Reading...

Eye on the Prize – Ep. 7: Nominations Eve

1 Submitted by Chris Cox on Mon, 22 January 2018, 09:36

The Oscar nominations are coming tomorrow and it’s time to lock in our final predictions. Shak and Justin hold the fort as they share their picks (along with picks sent by Ian and J.C.), discuss recent films they saw and generally get prepared for “Oscar Bowl 2018,” as Shak puts it....