Monday, January 21, 2019

91st Annual Academy Award Nomination Predictions

All eyes in the world of cinema will be on a luxurious Los Angeles hotel conference room tomorrow morning around 8:20 EST when the nominees for arguably the most wide open Academy Awards in recent memory are announced by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. Here are the names and movies I expect to be up for the most coveted awards in the film industry.

Best Picture:
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice

Locks: BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite, Green Book, Roma, A Star is Born
Toss-ups: Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice
Dark horse contenders: Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Crazy Rich Asians, First Man, First Reformed, Mary Poppins Returns

Best Actor:
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
Locks: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Rami Malek, Viggo Mortensen
Toss-up: John David Washington
Dark horse contenders: Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate), Ryan Gosling (First Man), Ethan Hawke (First Reformed), Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased), Robert Redford (The Old Man & the Gun)   

Best Actress:
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Lady Gaga (A Star is Born)
Mellissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Locks: Glenn Close, Olivia Colman, Lady Gaga
Toss-ups: Yalitza Aparicio, Mellissa McCarthy
Dark horse contenders: Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns), Viola Davis (Widows), Regina Hall (Support the Girls), Nicole Kidman (Destroyer), Saiorse Ronan (Mary, Queen of Scots)

Best Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliott (A Star is Born)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Locks: Mahershala Ali, Sam Elliott, Richard E. Grant
Toss-ups: Timothee Chalamet, Adam Driver
Dark horse contenders: Joel Edgerton (Boy Erased), Cedric the Entertainer (First Reformed), Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk), Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther), Sam Rockwell (Vice)

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams (Vice)
Claire Foy (First Man)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Locks: Amy Adams, Claire Foy, Regina King, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz
Toss-ups: N/A
Dark horse contenders: Elizabeth Debicki (Widows), Laura Harrier (BlacKkKlansman), Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased), Margot Robbie (Mary, Queen of Scots), Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians)

Best Director:
Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born)
Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Peter Farrelly (Green Book)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Locks: Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuaron, Spike Lee, Yorgos Lanthimos
Toss-up: Peter Farrelly
Dark horse contenders: Ryan Coogler (Black Panther), Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk), Adam McKay (Vice), Paul Schrader (First Reformed)

Best Original Screenplay:
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay:
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star is Born

Best Cinematography:
The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
A Star is Born

Best Score:
Black Panther
First Man 
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Marry Poppins Returns

Best Animated Film:
The Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature:
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Best Foreign Language Film:
Burning
Capernaum 
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Editing:
The Favourite
First Man
Roma
A Star is Born
Vice

Best Costume Design:
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary, Queen of Scots

Best Production Design:
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
Destroyer
Mary, Queen of Scots
Vice

Best Original Song:
"All the Stars" (Black Panther)
"Girl in the Movies" (Dumplin')
"I'll Fight" (RBG)
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" (Mary Poppins Returns)
"Shallow" (A Star is Born)

Best Visual Effects:
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Ready Player One

Best Sound Editing:
Black Panther
First Man
Mission-Impossible: Fallout
A Quiet Place
A Star is Born

Best Sound Mixing:
Black Panther
First Man
Mission-Impossible: Fallout
A Quiet Place
A Star is Born

Best Animated Short:
Animal Behaviour 
Bao
Bilby
Lost and Found
Weekends

Best Documentary Short:
Black Sheep
End Game
Period: End of the Sentence
Women of the Gulag
Zion

Best Live Action Short:
Caroline
Detainment
Icare
Marguerite 
Skin

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