And The Oscar Goes To... Oscar 2020 Nominations and Predictions

Performance by an actor in a leading role nominee:
Antonio Banderas in PAIN AND GLORY

*Leonardo DiCaprio in ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Should win) 

Adam Driver in MARRIAGE STORY

Joaquin Phoenix in JOKER (will win)

Jonathan Pryce in THE TWO POPES

Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominee:
Tom Hanks in A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Anthony Hopkins in THE TWO POPES

Al Pacino in THE IRISHMAN

Joe Pesci in THE IRISHMAN

Brad Pitt in ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Should win) 

Performance by an actress in a leading role nominee:
Cynthia Erivo in HARRIET

Scarlett Johansson in MARRIAGE STORY

Saoirse Ronan in LITTLE WOMEN

Charlize Theron in BOMBSHELL (Should win) 

Renée Zellweger in JUDY

Performance by an actress in supporting role nominees:

Kathy Bates in RICHARD JEWELL (Should Win) 

Laura Dern in MARRIAGE STORY

Scarlett Johansson in JOJO RABBIT

Florence Pugh in LITTLE WOMEN

Margot Robbie in BOMBSHELL

Best animated feature film of the year nominees:
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD

Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold

I LOST MY BODY

Jérémy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice

KLAUS

Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román

MISSING LINK

Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight

TOY STORY 4 (Should Win) 

Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen, and Jonas Rivera

Achievement in cinematography nominees:
THE IRISHMAN

Rodrigo Prieto

JOKER

Lawrence Sher

THE LIGHTHOUSE

Jarin Blaschke

1917 (Should Win)

Roger Deakins

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

Robert Richardson

Achievement in costume design nominees:
THE IRISHMAN

Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson

JOJO RABBIT

Mayes C. Rubeo

JOKER

Mark Bridges

LITTLE WOMEN

Jacqueline Durran

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Should Win) 

Arianne Phillips

Achievement in directing nominees:
THE IRISHMAN

Martin Scorsese

JOKER

Todd Phillips

1917

Sam Mendes (Should Win) 

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

Quentin Tarantino

PARASITE

Bong Joon Ho

Best documentary feature nominees:
AMERICAN FACTORY

Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert

THE CAVE

Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær

THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY (Should win) 

Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan

FOR SAMA

Waad al-Kataeb and Edward Watts

HONEYLAND

Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev

Best documentary short subject nominees:
IN THE ABSENCE

Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam

LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL)

Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva

LIFE OVERTAKES ME (Should win)

John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson

ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN

Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan

WALK RUN CHA-CHA

Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt

Achievement in film editing nominees:

FORD V FERRARI (Should win)

Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland

THE IRISHMAN

Thelma Schoonmaker

JOJO RABBIT

Tom Eagles

JOKER

Jeff Groth

PARASITE

Yang Jin-mo

Best international feature film of the year nominees:
CORPUS CHRISTI

Poland

Directed by Jan Komasa

HONEYLAND

North Macedonia

Directed by Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevksa

LES MISÉRABLES

France

Directed by Ladj Ly

PAIN AND GLORY

Spain

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

PARASITE (Should Win) 

South Korea

Directed by Bong Joon Ho

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling nominees:
BOMBSHELL (Should win) 

Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker

JOKER

Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou

JUDY

Jeremy Woodhead

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL

Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White

1917

Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) nominees:
JOKER (Will win)

Hildur Guðnadóttir

LITTLE WOMEN

Alexandre Desplat

MARRIAGE STORY

Randy Newman

1917 (Should Win) 

Thomas Newman

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) nominees:
"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from TOY STORY 4

Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from ROCKETMAN (Should Win) 

Music by Elton John

Lyric by Bernie Taupin

"I'm Standing With You" from BREAKTHROUGH

Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Into The Unknown" from FROZEN II

Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

"Stand Up" from HARRIET

Music and Lyric by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo

Best motion picture of the year nominees:
FORD V FERRARI

Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and James Mangold, Producers

THE IRISHMAN

Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers

JOJO RABBIT

Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi, Producers

JOKER

Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Producers

LITTLE WOMEN

Amy Pascal, Producer

MARRIAGE STORY

Noah Baumbach and David Heyman, Producers

1917 (Pick 1) 

Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall, Producers

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD (Pick 2)

David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, and Quentin Tarantino, Producers

PARASITE

Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers

Achievement in production design nominees:
THE IRISHMAN

Production Design: Bob Shaw

Set Decoration: Regina Graves

JOJO RABBIT

Production Design: Ra Vincent

Set Decoration: Nora Sopková

1917 (Should win) 

Production Design: Dennis Gassner

Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

Production Design: Barbara Ling

Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

PARASITE

Production Design: Lee Ha Jun

Set Decoration: Cho Won Woo

Best animated short film nominees:
DCERA (DAUGHTER)

Daria Kashcheeva

HAIR LOVE (Pick two) 

Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver

KITBULL (Pick one)

Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson

MEMORABLE

Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre

SISTER

Siqi Song

Best live-action short film nominees:
BROTHERHOOD (Should win) 

Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon

NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB

Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi

THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW

Marshall Curry

SARIA

Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre

A SISTER

Delphine Girard

Achievement in sound editing nominees:
FORD V FERRARI

Donald Sylvester

JOKER (Should win)

Alan Robert Murray

1917

Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

Wylie Stateman

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Matthew Wood and David Acord

Achievement in sound mixing nominees:
AD ASTRA

Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano

FORD V FERRARI

Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow

JOKER

Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland

1917 (Should win)

Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano

Achievement in visual effects nominees:
AVENGERS: ENDGAME (Should win) 

Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick

THE IRISHMAN

Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli

THE LION KING

Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman

1917

Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy

Adapted screenplay nominees:
THE IRISHMAN

Screenplay by Steven Zaillian

JOJO RABBIT (Should win) 

Screenplay by Taika Waititi

JOKER

Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver

LITTLE WOMEN

Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig

THE TWO POPES

Written by Anthony McCarten


Original screenplay nominees:
KNIVES OUT (Will win)

Written by Rian Johnson

MARRIAGE STORY

Written by Noah Baumbach

1917 (Should win)

Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns

ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD

Written by Quentin Tarantino

PARASITE

Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won

Story by Bong Joon Ho

Logo of the Oscars courtesy of  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 92nd Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

And the Oscar goes to... Malawski's 2019 Oscar Predictions

It's that time of year again. "Hollywood's" biggest night is upon us. 2018 brought audiences a lot of great films. The annual Oscars showcases some of the best last year had to offer in Cinema. Here are my predictions for this year!

91st Oscar Nominees

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
                                                     
CHRISTIAN BALE (Should win) 
Vice
BRADLEY COOPER
A Star Is Born
WILLEM DAFOE
At Eternity's Gate
RAMI MALEK
Bohemian Rhapsody
VIGGO MORTENSEN
Green Book
                                                           
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
MAHERSHALA ALI
Green Book
ADAM DRIVER  (Should Win) 
BlacKkKlansman
SAM ELLIOTT
A Star Is Born
RICHARD E. GRANT
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
SAM ROCKWELL
Vice
                                                        
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
YALITZA APARICIO
Roma
GLENN CLOSE
The Wife
OLIVIA COLMAN
The Favourite
LADY GAGA (Should win) 
A Star Is Born
MELISSA MCCARTHY
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
                                                               
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
AMY ADAMS (Should win) 
Vice
MARINA DE TAVIRA
Roma
REGINA KING
If Beale Street Could Talk
EMMA STONE
The Favourite
RACHEL WEISZ
The Favourite
                                                  
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
INCREDIBLES 2 (Should win)
Brad Bird, John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle
ISLE OF DOGS
Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
MIRAI
Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET
Rich Moore, Phil Johnston and Clark Spencer
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (Will win)
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
                                     
CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES
COLD WAR
Łukasz Żal
THE FAVOURITE
Robbie Ryan
NEVER LOOK AWAY
Caleb Deschanel
ROMA (Should win)
Alfonso Cuarón
A STAR IS BORN
Matthew Libatique
                                              
COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Mary Zophres
BLACK PANTHER (Should win)
Ruth Carter
THE FAVOURITE
Sandy Powell
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Sandy Powell
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Alexandra Byrne
                      
DIRECTING
NOMINEES
BLACKKKLANSMAN
Spike Lee (Should win)
COLD WAR
Paweł Pawlikowski
THE FAVOURITE
Yorgos Lanthimos
ROMA
Alfonso Cuarón (Should win)
VICE
Adam McKay
                                                   
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
NOMINEES
FREE SOLO (Should win)
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim
MINDING THE GAP
Bing Liu and Diane Quon
OF FATHERS AND SONS
Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert
RBG
Betsy West and Julie Cohen
                                                                
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
NOMINEES
BLACK SHEEP (Should win)
Ed Perkins and Jonathan Chinn
END GAME
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
LIFEBOAT
Skye Fitzgerald and Bryn Mooser
A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN
Marshall Curry
PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.
Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton
                          
FILM EDITING
NOMINEES

BLACKKKLANSMAN (Should win) 
Barry Alexander Brown
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
John Ottman
THE FAVOURITE
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
GREEN BOOK
Patrick J. Don Vito
VICE
Hank Corwin
                                                   
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
NOMINEES
CAPERNAUM
Lebanon
COLD WAR
Poland
NEVER LOOK AWAY
Germany
ROMA  (Should win)
Mexico
SHOPLIFTERS
Japan
                                                      
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
NOMINEES
BORDER
Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks
VICE (Should win) 
Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney
                                                 
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
NOMINEES
BLACK PANTHER (Should win)
Ludwig Goransson
BLACKKKLANSMAN
Terence Blanchard
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Nicholas Britell
ISLE OF DOGS
Alexandre Desplat
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Marc Shaiman
                                               
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
NOMINEES
ALL THE STARS (Should win)
from Black Panther; Music by Kendrick Lamar, Mark “Sounwave” Spears and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith; Lyric by Kendrick Lamar, SZA and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith
I'LL FIGHT
from RBG; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
THE PLACE WHERE LOST THINGS GO
from Mary Poppins Returns; Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyric by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
SHALLOW (Will win)
from A Star Is Born; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
WHEN A COWBOY TRADES HIS SPURS FOR WINGS
from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs; Music and Lyric by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
                           
BEST PICTURE
NOMINEES
BLACK PANTHER
Kevin Feige, Producer
BLACKKKLANSMAN (Should win)
Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee, Producers
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Graham King, Producer
THE FAVOURITE
Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, Producers
GREEN BOOK
Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Producers
ROMA (Will win)
Gabriela Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón, Producers
A STAR IS BORN
Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor, Producers
VICE
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers
                                         
PRODUCTION DESIGN
NOMINEES
BLACK PANTHER (Should win) 
Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
THE FAVOURITE
Production Design: Fiona Crombie; Set Decoration: Alice Felton
FIRST MAN
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
ROMA
Production Design: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decoration: Bárbara Enríquez
                                               
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NOMINEES
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
Alison Snowden and David Fine
BAO (Should win)
Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb
LATE AFTERNOON
Louise Bagnall and Nuria González Blanco
ONE SMALL STEP
Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas
WEEKENDS
Trevor Jimenez
                                                   
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
NOMINEES

DETAINMENT (Should win)
Vincent Lambe and Darren Mahon
FAUVE
Jeremy Comte and Maria Gracia Turgeon
MARGUERITE
Marianne Farley and Marie-Hélène Panisset
MOTHER
Rodrigo Sorogoyen and María del Puy Alvarado
SKIN
Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

                              
SOUND EDITING
NOMINEES

BLACK PANTHER
Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
FIRST MAN
Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
A QUIET PLACE (Should win)
Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
ROMA
Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay
                             
SOUND MIXING
NOMINEES

BLACK PANTHER
Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Should win)
Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
FIRST MAN
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis
ROMA
Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García
A STAR IS BORN
Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow
                                
VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (Should win) 
Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
Christopher Lawrence, Michael Eames, Theo Jones and Chris Corbould
FIRST MAN
Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm
READY PLAYER ONE
Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler and David Shirk
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Dominic Tuohy

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
                                                                 
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
BLACKKKLANSMAN (Should win)
Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins
A STAR IS BORN
Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
                                                                   
THE FAVOURITE
Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
FIRST REFORMED
Written by Paul Schrader
GREEN BOOK (Should win)
Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
ROMA
Written by Alfonso Cuarón
VICE
Written by Adam McKay

And The Oscar Goes to... The complete list of winners 2018

*OSCAR 2018 WINNERS*

BEST PICTURE
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Gary Oldman
Darkest Hour


ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri


ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sam Rockwell
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Allison Janney
I, Tonya



ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Coco
Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049
Roger A. Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN
Phantom Thread
Mark Bridges

DIRECTING
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro


DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
Icarus
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Frank Stiefel


FILM EDITING
Dunkirk
Lee Smith

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman
Chile; Directed by Sebastián Lelio

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Darkest Hour
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Remember Me" from Coco
Music and Lyric by Kristen…

PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Shape of Water
Paul Denham Austerberry…

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Dear Basketball
Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
The Silent Child
Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton


SOUND EDITING
Dunkirk
Richard King and Alex Gibson

SOUND MIXING
Dunkirk
Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo


VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul…


WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Call Me by Your Name
Screenplay by James Ivory

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Get Out
Written by Jordan Peele

And The Oscar Goes to... Malawski's Movie Mania's Oscar Predictions (2018)

Best Picture:
Phantom Thread
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour
Lady Bird
Get Out
Call Me By Your Name
The Shape of Water
The Post

My prediction:

Lady Bird: A film that embodies the human spirit and portrays the struggle of adolescence with the directorial debut of Greta Gerwig, this film is a shoe in for the Best Picture. I will also root for Get Out, Dunkirk and Darkest Hour.



Best Director:
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Paul Thomas Anderson- Phantom Thread
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Guillermo Del Toro- The Shape Of Water

My Prediction:

Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk: This film is a heartstopper. It captures the essence of what the violence of the war and the psychological impact is. Nolan does an outstanding job at handling those important details. If not Nolan then, definetly Peele or Gerwig.


Best Actress:

Meryl Streep- The Post

Margot Robbie – I, Tonya

Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird

Michelle Williams – All The Money in The World

Sally Hawkins- The Shape of Water

Frances McDormand- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

My Prediction:

Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird: She plays a character who teens can relate to, ultimately because we go through some of the same experiences.

Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige – Mudbound as Florence Jackson
Allison Janney – I, Tonya as LaVona Golden
Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread as Cyril Woodcock
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson
Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water as Zelda Fuller

My Prediction: Allison Janney- I, Tonya

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Chief Bill Willoughby
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water as Giles
Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World as J. Paul Getty
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Officer Jason Dixon

My Prediction: Christopher Plummer- All The Money In The World

Best Actor:

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out as Chris Washington
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill
Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel, Esq. as Roman J. Israel

My prediction: Oldman or Kaluuya

Best Animated Film:

The Boss Baby – Tom McGrath and Ramsey Ann Naito
The Breadwinner – Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
Coco – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
Ferdinand – Carlos Saldanha
Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart

My Prediction: Coco

Best Original Song:

"Mighty River" from Mudbound – Music and Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson
"Mystery of Love" from Call Me by Your Name – Music and Lyrics by Sufjan Stevens
"Remember Me" from Coco – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
"Stand Up for Something" from Marshall – Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Lonnie Lynn & Diane Warren
"This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman – Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

My Prediction: Remember Me- Coco

Best Original Score
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell

My Prediction: Hans Zimmer- Dunkirk



Best Adapted Screenplay:
Call Me by Your Name – James Ivory based on the novel by André Aciman
The Disaster Artist – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Logan – Screenplay by Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold based on characters from the X-Men comic books and theatrical motion pictures
Molly's Game – Aaron Sorkin based on the memoir by Molly Bloom
Mudbound – Virgil Williams and Dee Rees based on the novel by Hillary Jordan

My Prediction: Logan 

Best Original Screenplay

The Big Sick – Written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani

Get Out – Written by Jordan Peele

Lady Bird – Written by Greta Gerwig

The Shape of Water – Written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Written by Martin McDonagh

My Prediction: Get Out 

Best Production Design:

Beauty and the Beast – Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

Blade Runner 2049 –  Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola

Darkest Hour – Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

Dunkirk – Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

The Shape of Water – Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin

My Prediction: Beauty and The Beast- Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer 

Best Visual Effects 

Blade Runner 2049 – John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick

Kong: Skull Island – Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould

War for the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist

My Prediction: Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2- Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick

Best Costume Design:

Beauty and the Beast – Jacqueline Durran

Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran

Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges

The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira

Victoria & Abdul – Consolata Boyle

My Prediction: Beauty and The Beast- Jacqueline Durran 

Best Hairstyle/Makeup 

Darkest Hour – Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick

Victoria & Abdul – Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard

Wonder – Arjen Tuiten

My Prediction: Darkest Hour- Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick

Best Sound Editing: 

Baby Driver – Julian Slater

Blade Runner 2049 – Mark Mangini and Theo Green

Dunkirk – Richard King and Alex Gibson

The Shape of Water – Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce

My Prediction: Dunkirk- Alex Gibson and Richard King 

Best Sound Mixing: 

Baby Driver – Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis

Blade Runner 2049 – Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth

Dunkirk – Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo

The Shape of Water – Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson

My Prediction: Dunkirk-Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo

Best Film Editing: 

Baby Driver – Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos

Dunkirk – Lee Smith

I, Tonya – Tatiana S. Riegel

The Shape of Water – Sidney Wolinsky

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Jon Gregory

My Prediction: I, Tonya- Tatiana S. Riegel 

Best Cinematography 

Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins

Darkest Hour – Bruno Delbonnel

Dunkirk – Hoyte van Hoytema

Mudbound – Rachel Morrison

The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen

My Prediction: Dunkirk- Hoyte Van Hoytema

Best Animated Short Film: 

Dear Basketball – Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant

Garden Party – Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon

Lou – Dave Mullins and Dana Murray

Negative Space – Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata

Revolting Rhymes – Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer

My Prediction: Lou- Dave Mullins and Dana Murray 

Best Live Action Short Film 

DeKalb Elementary – Reed Van Dyk

The Eleven O'Clock – Derin Seale and Josh Lawson

My Nephew Emmett – Kevin Wilson, Jr.

The Silent Child – Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton

Watu Wote/All of Us – Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen

My Prediction: The Silent Child- Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton 

Best Documentary Feature

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail – Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman

Faces Places – Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda

Icarus – Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan

Last Men in Aleppo – Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen

Strong Island – Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

My Prediction: Last Men in Aleppo- Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Soren Steen Jesperson 

Best Documentary Short Subject 

Edith+Eddie – Laura Chekoway and Thomas Lee Wright

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 – Frank Stiefel

Heroin(e) – Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon

Knife Skills – Thomas Lennon

Traffic Stop – Kate Davis and David Heilbroner

My Prediction: Heaven is A Traffic Jam on the 405- Frank Stiefel 

Best Foreign Language Film 

A Fantastic Woman (Chile) in Spanish – Directed by Sebastián Lelio

The Insult (Lebanon) in Arabic – Directed by Ziad Doueiri

Loveless (Russia) in Russian – Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

On Body and Soul (Hungary) in Hungarian – Directed by Ildikó Enyedi

The Square (Sweden) in Swedish – Directed by Ruben Östlund

My Prediction- Chile- A Fantastic Woman- Sebastian Lelio