2021 Academy Award Predictions and Choices, Part I

 

The Academy will announce its nominations for 2021 on Tuesday morning (2/8). Although I
didn’t get to a physical theater much, I was still able to see some great films. Here are my choices if I were a voting member:

 

Best Picture

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Greed, and Betrayal

Coda

Dune

Encanto

Luca

Mass

Nine Days

Paw Patrol: The Movie

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Summer of Soul

 

Best Actor

Adam Levy, Resurrection

Kevin Hart, Fatherhood

Winston Duke, Nine Days

Jason Isaacs, Mass

Malik Achem, Encounter

 

Best Actress

Bailee Madison, A Week Away

Amy Adams, The Woman in the Window

Emma Stone, Cruella

Emilia Jones, Coda

Martha Plimpton, Mass

 

Best Supporting Actress

Kat Sterling, A Week Away

Florence Paugh, Black Widow

Ann Dowd, Mass

Awkwafina, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Jennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look Up

 

Best Supporting Actor

Benedict Wong, Nine Days

Daniel Durant, Coda

Troy Kotsur, Coda

Reed Birney, Mass

J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos

 

 

 

 

Best Director

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Greed, and Betrayal

Coda

Dune

Mass

Nine Days

 

Best Screenplay

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Greed, and Betrayal

Coda

Mass

Nine Days

Summer of Soul

 

Best Cinematography

Dune

Encounter

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Things Heard and Seen

The Woman in the Window

 

Best Art Direction

Army of the Dead

Being the Ricardos

Dune

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Space Sweepers

 

Best Costume Design

Army of the Dead

Coda

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

 

Best Visual Effects

Army of the Dead

Dune

Mortal Kombat

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Space Sweepers

 

Best Editing

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Greed, and Betrayal

Mass

Space Sweepers

Summer of Soul

The Woman in the Window

 

Best Score

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Greed, and Betrayal

Dune

Encanto

Luca

The Woman in the Window

 

Best Sound

Dune

Encanto

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Space Sweepers

Summer of Soul

 

Bright Spot

 

Trailer and Soundtrack to Army of the Dead

 

However, things rarely turn out as we wish. Here are my actual predictions for the nominations:

 

Best Picture

The Power of the Dog
Belfast
West Side Story
King Richard
Dune
Licorice Pizza
CODA
Don't Look Up
tick tick ...Boom!
Nightmare Alley

 

Best Director

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Denis Villeneuve, Dune

 

Best Actor

Will Smith, King Richard
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Denzel Washington, Tragedy of Macbeth
Andrew Garfield, Tick Tick Boom
Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

 

Best Actress

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

 

Best Supporting Actor

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Troy Katsur, CODA
Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
JK Simmons, Being the Ricardos

 

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana Debose, West Side Story
Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga, Passing
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

 

Best Original Screenplay

Belfast
Don't Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Being the Ricardos
King Richard

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
The Lost Daughter
CODA
tick tick BOOM!

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