It's here! The big one! The most anticipated awards of the them all. The 86th Academy Awards. Or the Oscars to you and me.

Let's be honest. This is the one everybody cares about the most. Winning an oscar can be the pinnacle for the winner's career or even skyrocket them into superstardom.

So for the last time time for me to guess who might win.

I'll be using a key to indicate my choices:

• Green for Most Likeliest Winner
• Purple for My Personal Choice
• Orange for Both

The results are in. Stephen Fry was, as per usual, a delightful host and nobody waffled on too long. Always a bonus. The nominations and my predictions/wishes are here.

Let's see if how well I did.


12/17

Well, that's a much better result than the SAG Awards! I think this one being a British award show may have helped me here. Especially as Les Mis is (technically) a British film. Also the last one could have gone to anyone due to being a public vote *shrug*.

I think that's the last big award show (that I'll be doing at least) before the biggest one of them all: The Academy Awards aka the Oscars!

Another day, another award show. This time, on my side of the pond: The BAFTAs.

The BAFTAs are always interesting as they definitely put the spotlight on British films (for obvious reasons), which can mix things up a little, I think. Also they are hosted by the living legend that is Stephen Fry, which is always a bonus.

Anyway, on with my predictions!

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So it's the morning day after the night before, and now I'm going to compare my predictions to the actual results!



I make that to be 8/14. Not too bad for the first big award show of the season... And a few I'd hmm'd and haw'd over, before picking the wrong one.

Better look up when the next one is...

As it is Award Season, and I am a little bit of a film buff, I am going to give you my predictions for the upcoming big award shows. And tonight is one of the big ones: the Golden Globes!


Now, to be fair, I haven't seen all the films up for awards, but I've seen the trailers and heard the buzz so I'm going for an educated guess.

Key:
Film I think will win
Film(s) I want to win
Both


There are many reasons why I chose what I did. Some of them were just stabs in the dark, particularly in categories where I haven't seen any of the nominated films but with Hollywood, you can make good guesses which film is going to win *coughLincolncoughLesMiscough*. And in the cases where I've highlighted more than one film which I want to win, that means I liked those films enough to want them to win.

Anyway, those are my predictions. We'll find out tonight how well I did... (Results are now in and compared over here!)

What are your predictions for this year's Golden Globes? Let me know!

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Certificate: 12A (PG-13)

Rating: 9/10

Overall: Really, really good. An epic story loved by many, that will now find a new audience. The whole cast were superb, with Anne Hathaway being the standout.
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Cast: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, (dir.) Bill Condon

Certificate: 12A (PG-13)

Rating: 5/10

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Certificate: 12A (PG-13)

Rating: 10/10

Overall: Loved it. The central three characters/actors were amazing, especially Logan Lerman who should get awards for this role. I laughed, I cried, I cringed, I loved, I felt infinite.
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Marvel's Avengers Assemble. This is a successful film. I don't think there is anyone who could deny it. In fact, it has become one of the biggest grossing films ever (third in actual fact), with the biggest opening weekend ever. Omg, it beat HP7.2!

This is particularly interesting because it is NOT a sequel.

But why? Why did it do so well?

Spoilers ahoy.

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