I’m congratulating myself over my self-control for not throwing my TV out the window when Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor over Michael Keaton but I’m glad the wealth was spread; all but one of the Best Picture...

Let me go into this saying I have very little confidence in picking winners this year but I want to give the main categories a rundown before the ceremonies.  I originally entitled this article “My Oscar Predictions”...

Director: Bennett Miller (“Capote”, “Moneyball”) Main Cast: Steve Carell (“The 40 Year-Old Virgin”, “Little Miss Sunshine”, “Hope Springs”) Channing Tatum (“This is the End”) Mark Ruffalo (“You Can Count on Me”, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”,...

Director: Clint Eastwood (“Play Misty for Me”, “Bird”, “Grand Torino”, Oscars for “Unforgiven” and “Million Dollar Baby”) Main Cast: Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”, “Limitless”, “Silver Linings Playbook”) Sienna Miller (“Layer Cake”, “Stardust”, “Foxcatcher”) Running Time:  132 Minutes...

Director: Damien Chazelle (This is his second feature.  I never saw his first.) Main Cast: Miles Teller (This is the first movie I’ve seen him in.) J.K. Simmons (“The Cider House Rules”, “Juno”, “Burn After Reading”) Paul...