MY 2018 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

With the Oscar nominations coming out on Jan. 23, here are my predictions. Sadly I haven't seen a lot of these films. 2018 was not a good moving going year for me. Here's hoping I fix that this for 2019.

Anyway here are my predictions:


BEST PICTURE: I'm doing ten because that's their maximum. I won't be surprised if there's only 8 or 9. 

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Crazy Rich Asians
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
Green Book
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Quiet Place
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Director:
Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuaron - Roma
Peter Farrelly - Green Book
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite
Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman

Best Lead Actor:

Christian Bale - Vice
Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born
Ethan Hawke - First Reformed
Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen - Green Book

Best Lead Actress:
Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins Returns
Glenn Close - The Wife
Olivia Colman - The Favourite
Lady Gaga - A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali - Green Book
Timothee Chalamat - Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordon - Black Panther

Please let me be wrong and Sam Elliott gets nominated instead of Timothee Chalamat! Nothing against Chalamat, but Sam Elliot deserves it so damn badly!

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

Original Screenplay:
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma

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

Art Direction/Production Design:
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Cinematography:
Cold War
The Favourite
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma

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

Film Editing:
The Favourite
First Man
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Roma
Widows

Hair/Makeup:
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

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

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

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

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

Original Song:
"All the Stars" - Black Panther
"Girl in the Movies" - Dumplin'
"The Place Where the Lost Things Go" - Mary Poppins Returns
"Trip a Little Light Fantastic" - Mary Poppins Returns
"Shallow" - A Star Is Born

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

Foreign Language:
Burning (South Korea)
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)

Documentary:

Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Three Identical Strangers
Won't You Be My Neighbors?