Well, here we are again…it’s the day before the Oscar nominations are announced and I’m going out on a limb with my picks for who will get nominations early Tuesday morning. It’s been a good year for movies though I’m a bit puzzled how some films and performances have gone the distance while others haven’t even been a part of the conversation. Always a little bitter with the sweet, right?
Thanks again to Shane over at Film Actually for organizing a little contest between online critics!
Here are my picks for the 2018 Oscar Nominations…keep in mind these aren’t necessarily who I WANT to be nominated. I’ll talk more about that tomorrow after the nominations are announced.
BEST PICTURE
Lady Bird
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Post
Get Out
The Florida Project
BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
BEST ACTOR
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
BEST ACTRESS
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Saorise Ronan, Lady Bird
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Meryl Streep, The Post
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name
Wonder
The Disaster Artist
Logan
Molly’s Game
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lady Bird
Get Out
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Shape of Water
The Big Sick
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Square
Foxtrot
In the Fade
A Fantastic Woman
Loveless
BEST EDITING
The Shape of Water
Dunkirk
Get Out
Blade Runner 2049
Baby Driver
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Darkest Hour
Beauty and the Beast
BEST SOUND MIXING
Dunkirk
Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Baby Driver
The Shape of Water
BEST SOUND EDITING
Dunkirk
Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Baby Driver
The Shape of Water
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Phantom Thread
Beauty and the Beast
The Shape of Water
The Greatest Showman
Murder on the Orient Express
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Dunkirk
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Last Men in Aleppo
City of Ghosts
Faces Places
Jane
LA 92
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coco
Loving Vincent
The LEGO Batman Movie
The Breadwinner
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
War for the Planet of the Apes
Blade Runner 2049
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water
Dunkirk
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Wonder
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Darkest Hour
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Remember Me, Coco
This is Me, The Greatest Showman
Mighty River, Mudbound
The Mystery of Love, Call Me By Your Name
Stand Up for Something, Marshall