I know I haven’t been too active on my blog lately. I’m just slowly getting my energy back. Recent new subscribers have definitely boosted my ambition again. I have seen a good number of movies lately and will be posting reviews soon.

One thing that won’t change is that I have posted my predictions for the Oscar nominations. Of course I would post my picks and guesses for who will get the nominations on Tuesday morning. Just below are my predictions for this year’s Oscar nominees:

BEST PICTURE

• The Big Sick
• Call Me By Your Name
• The Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Get Out
• I, Tonya
• Lady Bird
• The Post
• The Shape Of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DIRECTOR

• Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape Of Water
• Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
• Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
• Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Jordan Peele, Get Out

BEST ACTOR

• Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
• Tom Hanks,The Post
• Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
• Gary Oldman, The Darkest Hour

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
• Sally Hawkins, The Shape Of Water
• Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
• Meryl Streep, The Post

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
• Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
• Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Christopher Plummer, All The Money In The World
• Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
• Hong Chau, Downsizing
• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
• Octavia Spencer, The Shape Of Water

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Guillermo Del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, The Shape Of Water
• Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
• Emily Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
• Jordan Peele, Get Out
• Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Lee Hall, Victoria & Abdul
• James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
• Scott Neustadter & Michael Weber, The Disaster Artist
• Dee Rees & Virgil Williams, Mudbound
• Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Boss Baby
• The Breadwinner
• Coco
• Ferdinand
• Loving Vincent

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
• Bruno Delbonnel, The Darkest Hour
• Dan Lautsen, The Shape Of Water
• Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
• Hoyte Van Hoytema, Dunkirk

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
• Jacqueline Durran, Beauty And The Beast
• Lindy Hemming, Wonder Woman
• Jennifer Johnson, I, Tonya
• Luis Sequeira, The Shape Of Water

BEST FILM EDITING

• Walter Fasano, Call Me By Your Name
• Jon Gregory, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Paul Machliss & Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
• Gregory Plotkin, Get Out
• Lee Smith, Dunkirk

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• A Fantastic Woman – Chile
• In The Fade – Germany
• Foxtrot  – Israel
• Loveless – Russia
• The Square – Sweden

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

• Beauty And The Beast
• The Darkest Hour
• Wonder

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Alexandre Desplat, The Shape Of Water
• Benjamin Walfisch & Hans Zimmer, Blade Runner 2049
• John Williams, The Post
• Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Home” – Ferdinand
• “Mighty River” – Mudbound
• “Mystery Of Love” – Call Me By Your Name
• “Remember Me” – Coco
• “This Is Me” – The Greatest Showman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Beauty And The Beast
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• Murder On The Orient Express
• Phantom Thread

BEST SOUND MIXING

• Baby Driver
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dunkirk
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Wonder Woman

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Blade Runner 2049
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Thor: Ragnarok
• War For The Planet Of The Apes
• Wonder Woman

Those are my predictions for nominations. I also include predictions for possible upsetters for my main predictions. I predict upsetters for all the major categories, but not every category. Just for those in the case I feel they could get nominated instead of the favorites. Without further ado, here is my list for the most likely upsetters:

BEST PICTURE

• The Florida Project
• Phantom Thread
• Wonder Woman

BEST DIRECTOR

• Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
• Steven Spielberg, The Post

BEST ACTOR

• James Franco, The Disaster Artist
• Denzel Washington, Romeo J. Israel

BEST ACTRESS

• Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
• Emma Stone, Battle Of The Sexes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Richard Jenkins, The Shape Of Water
• Mark Rylance, Dunkirk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
• Leslie Manville, Phantom Thread

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Liz Hannah & Josh Singer, The Post
• Steven Rogers, I, Tonya

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Jason Fuchs & Alan Heinberg, Wonder Woman
• Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad & Stephen Chbodsky, Wonder

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Despicable Me 3
• Napping Princess

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Sayonbhu Mukdeprom, Call Me By Your Name

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Renee April, Blade Runner 2049

BEST FILM EDITING

• Joe Walker, Blade Runner 2049
• Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape Of Water

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• On Body And Soul  – Hungary
• Felicite  – Senegal

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

 

• I, Tonya
• The Shape Of Water

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Johnny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
• Rupert Gregson-Williams, Wonder Woman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “Evermore” – Beauty And The Beast
• “Stand Up For Something” – Marshall

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• The Shape Of Water
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST SOUND MIXING

• The Shape Of Water

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Dunkirk
• Kong: Skull Island

Tune in Tuesday morning live to see which predictions I got right and which I got wrong. Should make for an interesting lot.