Oscars 2018: My predictions & the winners
Tonight is the night! The big one! The 90th Academy Awards!! I have been doing my predictions throughout the awards season and here’s the most important of the lot.
To be honest, I would LOVE there to be an upset tonight – I don’t want it to be boring and the awards to go to the usual suspects.
Here are my predictions for who will win versus who I want to win (winners are in bold):
Best Picture
“Call Me by Your Name”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out” – COULD DO IT
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Post”
“The Shape of Water” – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” – COULD DO IT
Lead Actor
Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name” – WANT TO WIN
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour” – WILL WIN
Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
Lead Actress
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya” – WANT TO WIN
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Meryl Streep, “The Post”
Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project” – WANT TO WIN
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” – WANT TO WIN
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” – WILL WIN
Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”
Director
“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Animated Feature
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Coco” – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
“Ferdinand”
“Loving Vincent”
Adapted Screenplay
“Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
“The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
“Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin
“Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Original Screenplay
“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele (YAAAAAAAY!)
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig – WANT TO WIN
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Cinematography
“Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins – WANT TO WIN/WILL WIN
“Darkest Hour,” Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema
“Mudbound,” Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen
Best Foreign Language Film
“A Fantastic Woman” (Chile)
“The Insult” (Lebanon)
“Loveless” (Russia) – COULD WIN
“On Body and Soul (Hungary)
“The Square” (Sweden) – COULD WIN
Film Editing
“Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss – COULD WIN/WANT TO WIN
“Dunkirk,” Lee Smith – COULD WIN
“I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory
Sound Editing
“Baby Driver,” Julian Slater – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini, Theo Green
“Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King – COULD WIN
“The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood
Sound Mixing
“Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill
“Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
“The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick
Production Design
“Beauty and the Beast,” Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049,” Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola – COULD WIN
“Darkest Hour,” Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk,” Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
“The Shape of Water,” Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Original Score
“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer
“Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood
“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell
Original Song
“Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige
“Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
Makeup and Hair
“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick – WILL WIN/WANT TO WIN
“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten
Costume Design
“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran – WANT TO WIN/COULD WIN
“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran
“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges – COULD WIN
“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira
“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle
Visual Effects