Of course, it’s July. We remember waxing lyrical about The Counselor, suggesting a writing award would be going Cormac McCarthey’s way and that Michael Fassbender was a shoo-in for a Best Actor award. Nothing can truly be predicted in July; especially considering most of the Oscar contenders are released in the last third of the year. But ‘Boyhood’ is a special film, and we’ve a funny feeling that special rules will apply. 

The CounselorMichael Fassbender in the flop 'The Counselor'