#OscarNoms: Thoughts & Predictions

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BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

  • Capernaum
  • Cold War
  • Never Look Away
  • Roma
  • Shoplifters

WHO SHOULD WIN: Roma

WHO WILL WIN: Roma

The ideal scenario would be for Cold War to win this and Roma to pick up Best Picture, so that both films were recognised, but that isn’t going to happen. Roma has this one locked, and it deserves it, too.

Snubs: Birds Of Passage, Burning and The Guilty.

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

  • All The Stars (Black Panther)
  • I’ll Fight (RBG)
  • The Place Where Lost Things Go (Mary Poppins Returns)
  • Shallow (A Star Is Born)
  • When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings (The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs)

WHO SHOULD WIN: When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings

WHO WILL WIN: Shallow

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Black Panther
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Isle Of Dogs
  • Mary Poppins Returns

WHO SHOULD WIN: If Beale Street Could Talk

WHO WILL WIN: Black Panther

Snub: First Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

  • Incredibles 2
  • Isle Of Dogs
  • Mirai
  • Ralph Breaks The Internet
  • Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

WHO SHOULD WIN: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

WHO WILL WIN: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

  • Free Solo
  • Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  • Minding The Gap
  • Of Fathers and Sons
  • RBG

Snubs: Shirkers, Three Identical Strangers and Won’t You Be My Neighbour?

WHO SHOULD WIN: Minding The Gap

WHO WILL WIN: Free Solo

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

  • Cold War
  • The Favourite
  • Never Look Away
  • Roma
  • A Star Is Born

WHO SHOULD WIN: Roma

WHO WILL WIN: Roma

Snub: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

  • The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
  • Black Panther
  • The Favourite
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Mary Queen Of Scots

WHO SHOULD WIN: The Favourite

WHO WILL WIN: The Favourite

BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING:

  • Border
  • Mary Queen Of Scots
  • Vice

WHO SHOULD WIN: Border

WHO WILL WIN: Vice

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

  • Black Panther
  • The Favourite
  • First Man
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Roma

WHO SHOULD WIN: Roma

WHO WILL WIN: First Man

Snub: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Christopher Robin
  • First Man
  • Ready Player One
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story

WHO SHOULD WIN: First Man

WHO WILL WIN: First Man

BEST FILM EDITING:

  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • The Favourite
  • Green Book
  • Vice

WHO SHOULD WIN: The Favourite

WHO WILL WIN: Vice

Snubs: American Animals and First Man.

BEST SOUND EDITING:

  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • A Quiet Place
  • Roma

WHO SHOULD WIN: A Quiet Place

WHO WILL WIN: First Man

BEST SOUND MIXING:

  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • Roma
  • A Star Is Born

WHO SHOULD WIN: Roma

WHO WILL WIN: First Man

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