The Password is Swordfish

It’s time for me to dust off the ol’ blog and post some Oscar-related #content! Been too long, strangers!

Once again, if you’re reading this, and you don’t follow me on Twitter or on Letterboxd… um, well, please do so. It’d be cool. Instagram, too. Why not.

If I recall correctly, I did really poorly with Oscar Nomination predictions last year– I’ve never topped 75% (it’s those damned sound categories– every year with those things). Here’s hoping it’s this year!

Also, keep an eye out as I’ll likely also be posting shortly what the nominees would be in an ideal world– a fun exercise in futility for us to contemplate!

Here we go!

BEST PICTURE:

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• Hidden Figures
• La La Land
• Lion
• Manchester By The Sea
• Moonlight
• DARK HORSE: Silence

BEST DIRECTOR:

• Damien Chazelle, La La Land
• Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
• Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
• Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
• Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
• DARK HORSE: Garth Davis, Lion

BEST ACTOR:

• Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
• Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
• Ryan Gosling, La La Land
• Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
• Denzel Washington, Fences
• DARK HORSE: Tom Hanks, Sully

BEST ACTRESS:

• Amy Adams, Arrival
• Isabelle Huppert, Elle
• Natalie Portman, Jackie
• Emma Stone, La La Land
• Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
• DARK HORSE: Annette Bening, 20th Century Women

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
• Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
• Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
• Lucas Hedges, Manchester By The Sea
• Dev Patel, Lion
• DARK HORSE: Ben Foster, Hell or High Water

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Viola Davis, Fences
• Naomie Harris, Moonlight
• Nicole Kidman, Lion
• Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
• Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
• DARK HORSE: Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hidden Figures
• Lion
• Moonlight
• DARK HORSE: Hacksaw Ridge

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Hell or High Water
• Jackie
• La La Land
• The Lobster
• Manchester By The Sea
• DARK HORSE: Captain Fantastic

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

• Finding Dory
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• The Red Turtle
• Zootopia
• DARK HORSE: My Life As A Zucchini

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

• Cameraperson
• I Am Not Your Negro
• OJ: Made In America
• The 13th
• Weiner
• DARK HORSE: Fire at Sea

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• Land of Mine
• A Man Called Ove
• My Life As A Zucchini
• The Salesman
• Toni Erdmann
• DARK HORSE: Paradise

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• Arrival
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Silence
• DARK HORSE: Jackie

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

• Allied
• Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Jackie
• La La Land
• DARK HORSE: Silence

BEST FILM EDITING:

• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Manchester By The Sea
• Moonlight
• DARK HORSE: Hell or High Water

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

• Deadpool
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Suicide Squad
• DARK HORSE: Hail Caesar!

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

• Jackie
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• DARK HORSE: Hidden Figures

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

• “Audition,” La La Land
• “Can’t Stop The Feeling,” Trolls
• “City of Stars,” La La Land
• “How Far I’ll Go,” Moana
• “Runnin’,” Hidden Figures
• DARK HORSE: “Try Everything,” Zootopia

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

• Arrival
• Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
• Hail Caesar!
• La La Land
• DARK HORSE: Nocturnal Animals

BEST SOUND EDITING:

• Arrival
• Deepwater Horizon
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Rogue One
• DARK HORSE: Sully

BEST SOUND DESIGN:

• Arrival
• Deepwater Horizon
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Rogue One
• DARK HORSE: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

• Arrival
• Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
• The Jungle Book
• Rogue One
• DARK HORSE: Captain America: Civil War

BEST ANIMATED SHORT:

• Borrowed Time
• The Head Vanishes
• Inner Workings
• Pearl
• Piper

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

• Extremis
• 4.1 Miles
• Joe’s Violin
• The Mute’s House
• The White Helmets

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:

• Nocturne In Black
• The Rifle, The Jackal, the Wolf, and the Boy
• Sing
• Timecode
• The Way of Tea

 

 

~ by russellhainline on January 24, 2017.

Posted in Film Reviews