Oscars 2026 Predictions Winners & Losers Thus Far

Описание: 2025 is halfway over, which means its time for a status report and examination of early onset predictions for the 2026 Oscars. While 2025 has not been a great year at the movies thus far, a handful of movies stood out worth discussing, for good and bad reasons. So join film critic Ben Friedman as he asks the questions: Does Sinners have the goods to go on and earn multiple Oscar nominations? Why did Neon screw up the release of The Life of Chuck? Will films like Superman, Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four, and Jurassic World Rebirth receive visual effects nominations? What went wrong with Materialists? And can seasoned filmmakers like Joseph Kosinski and Alex Garland receive multiple technical awards for their works on F1 and Warfare respectively. Plus, what rumors has Ben heard on certain big releases such as The Smashing Machine, One Battle After Another, and Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly? Plus, a quick recap on Cannes including the film hailing from Brazil: The Secret Agent. All this and more on today's episode of Oscar 2026 Predictions!!

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Time Codes
00:00 Introduction
01:50 ‪@A24‬ The Smashing Machine Rumor + The Rock Casting
02:50 ‪@WarnerBros‬ One Battle After Another Rumor
03:30 Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly Rumor
05:20 Oscar Flop - The Life of Chuck fails to capitalize off TIFF Audience Love
09:50 Visual Effects Oscars - Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts, Superman, F1, Mission Impossible 8, Jurassic World Rebirth, and more to come!
11:20 Oscar Flop - Materialists Disappoints ‪@A24‬
13:05 Warfare from ‪@A24‬
14:00 F1 success from ‪@Apple‬ and ‪@WarnerBros‬
15:00 The Phoenician Scheme
16:45 Sinners Succeeds and the path to Oscars glory!
20:00 Sorry Baby ‪@A24‬
20:30 Highest 2 Lowest ‪@A24‬
21:33 It Was Just an Accident
22:45 The Secret Agent (2025) - Brazil

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