With the Oscar nominations just round the corner, this is the start of my coverage of this years awards season. Here I predict what I think the nominations will be (these are not my personal picks for what should be nominated) and I will confuse to evolve this as the season develops.
Picture
– The Power of the Dog
– Belfast
– West Side Story
– Dune
– King Richard
– Don’t Look Up
– Coda
– Licorice Pizza
– Drive My Car
– Being the Ricardos
Alternate – Tick, Tick… Boom!
Director
– Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
– Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
– Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
– Denis Villeneuve – Dune
– Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Alternate – Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Actor
– Will Smith – King Richard
– Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom
– Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
– Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
– Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardo’s
Alternate – Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Actress
– Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardo’s
– Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
– Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
– Kristen Stewart – Spencer
– Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Alternate – Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Supporting Actor
– Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
– Troy Kotsur – Coda
– Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
– Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
– Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Alternate – Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Supporting Actress
– Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
– Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
– Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
– Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley
– Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Alternate – Ruth Negga – Passing
Adapted Screenplay
– The Power of the Dog
– The Lost Daughter
– West Side Story
– Dune
– Drive My Car
Alternate – Passing
Original Screenplay
– Belfast
– Licorice Pizza
– Being the Ricardo’s
– Don’t Look Up
– C’mon C’mon
Alternate – King Richard
Animated Feature
– Encanto
– The Mitchells vs. the Machines
– Flee
– Luca
– Raya and the Last Dragon
Alternate – Sing 2
Documentary Feature
– Summer of Soul
– Flee
– Ascension
– The Rescue
– The Velvet Underground
Alternate – Attica
International Feature
– Drive My Car
– The Worst Person in the World
– The Hand of God
– A Hero
– Flee
Alternate – Great Freedom
Cinematography
– Dune
– The Power of the Dog
– West Side Story
– Belfast
– The Tragedy of Macbeth
Alternate – No Time to Die
Costume Design
– West Side Story
– Dune
– Cruella
– The French Dispatch
– Nightmare Alley
Alternate – Licorice Pizza
Film Editing
– Dune
– West Side Story
– Belfast
– The Power of the Dog
– No Time to Die
Alternate – Summer of Soul
Make-Up & Hairstyling
– Dune
– West Side Story
– Cruella
– The Eyes of Tammy Faye
– House of Gucci
Alternate – No Time to Die
Original Score
– Dune
– The Power of the Dog
– The French Dispatch
– Don’t Look Up
– Encanto
Alternate – King Richard
Original Song
– “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die
– “Be Alive” – King Richard
– “Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall
– “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” – Respect
– “So May We Start” – Annette
Alternate – “Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up
Production Design
– Dune
– West Side Story
– Belfast
– The French Dispatch
– Nightmare Alley
Alternate – The Power of the Dog
Sound
– West Side Story
– Dune
– No Time to Die
– Belfast
– The Power of the Dog
Alternate – Tick, Tick… Boom
Visual Effects
– Dune
– No Time to Die
– The Matrix Resurrections
– Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
– Spider-Man: No Way Home
Alternate – Godzilla vs. Kong
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