2023 Oscar Pics and Predictions, Part I

 On January 24th, the Academy will announce the nominations for the 95th Oscars. This has been a
great return to form for cinema. Here are my picks if I were a voting member of the Academy:

 

Best Picture

The Bad Guys

Elvis

Goodnight Oppy

Man of God

Nope

Paws of Fury

Prophet

Shut In

Top Gun: Maverick

What is a Woman?

 

Best Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis

Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

Slawomir Grzymkowski, Prophet   

Aris Servetalis, Man of God

Mark Walburg, Father Stu

 

Best Actress

Ana De Armas, Blonde

Mia Goth, X

Elizabeth Olsen, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Rainey Qualley, Shut In

Keke Palmer, Nope

 

Best Supporting Actress

Lily Fisher, Blonde

Natasha Rothwell, Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Teresa Ruiz, Father Stu

Brittney Snow, X

Jacki Weaver, Father Stu

 

Best Supporting Actor

Adam Ferency, Prophet

Mel Gibson, Father Stu

Mads Mikkelsen, Fantastic Beasts 3 

Nick Searcy, Terror on the Prairie

Michael Wincott, Nope

 

Best Director

The Bad Guys

Elvis

Nope

Shut In

Top Gun Maverick

 

Best Screenplay

Man of God

A Matter of Life

Paws of Fury

Shut In

Turning Red

 

Best Cinematography

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Elvis

Shut In

Top Gun: Maverick

X

 

Best Art Direction

Elvis

The Hyperions

Prophet

Shut In

Terror on the Prairie

 

Best Costume Design

Blonde

Elvis

Man of God

Prophet

X

 

Best Visual Effects

Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Nope

Top Gun Maverick

Troll

 

Best Editing

Elvis

Goodnight Oppy

Nope

Shut In

Top Gun Maverick

 

Best Score

Blonde

Elvis

Nope

Paws of Fury

Turning Red

 

Best Sound

Elvis

Shut In

Top Gun: Maverick

Turning Red

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

 

Bright Spot

 

Aerial practical effects in Top Gun: Maverick

 

Comeback for John Lasseter in Luck

 

Multiple Nominations:

 

Elvis (Nine nominations)

Nope, Shut In, and Top Gun: Maverick: (Seven nominations)

Prophet (Five nominations)

Blonde, Father Stu, Man of God and X (Four nominations)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, and Turning Red (Three nominations)

The Bad Guys, Goodnight Oppy, and Terror on the Prairie (Two nominations)

 

Not Everything works out the way we plan. Here are my predictions for the actual Academy Awards:

 

Best Picture
Banshees of Inisherin

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
TAR
Elvis
Women Talking

 

Best Director

Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick

 

Best Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis

Colin Farrell, Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Bill Nighy, Living
Adam Sandler, Hustle

 

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, TAR

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Ana DeArmas, Blonde
Olivia Colman, Empire of Light

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano, The Fabelmans

Brendan Gleeson, Banshees of Inisherin

Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans

Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

 

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau, The Whale

Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Janelle Monae, Glass Onion



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