Oscar Choices 2018, Part I


On Tuesday (1/22), the Academy will announce the Oscar nominations. Here are my choices if I was a voting member for 2018.

Best Picture
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Black Panther
The Dating Project
A Quiet Place
Solo
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Tomb Raider
Unprotected
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Actor
Paul Rudd, Ant-Man and the Wasp
Alden Ehrenreich, Solo
John Krasinski, A Quiet Place
Jack Black, The House with a Clock in its Walls
Christian Bale, Vice

Best Actress
Sarah Drew, Indivisible
Alicia Vikander, Tomb Raider
Galatéa Bellugi, The Apparition
Merritt Patterson, Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns

Best Supporting Actress
Danai Gurira, Black Panther
Hannah John-Kamen, Ant-Man and the Wasp
Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place
Amber Heard, Aquaman
Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place

Best Supporting Actor
James Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War
Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Infinity War
Jude Law, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald
Noah Jupe, A Quiet Place
Anatole Taubman, The Apparition

Best Director
A Quiet Place
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Black Panther
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Screenplay
Ant-Man and the Wasp
The Dating Project
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Unprotected
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best Cinematography
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Mary Poppins Returns
A Quiet Place
Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Best Art Direction
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
A Quiet Place
Solo

Best Costume Design
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Mary Poppins Returns
Solo

Best Visual Effects
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Solo

Best Editing
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
A Quiet Place
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Score
The Apparition
Avengers: Infinity War
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
A Quiet Place
Solo

Best Sound
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Avengers: Infinity War
A Quiet Place
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Bright Spot
Darth Maul Reveal in Solo
Fred Rogers in Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Use of sound design, A Quit Place
Practical Effects in Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Jack Black’s performance in The House with a Clock in its Walls
Unprotected – Concise look at important issue
Mise-En-Scene, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse



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