David Bowie, Blondie, Madonna, Manic Street Preachers, Ella Fitzgerald.

SQ

DuVernay. She makes the kind of movies that have the potential to become consensus favourites, and when she’s good she’s really good. Gerwig is only getting started and Jenkins a) directs very sporadically, b) doesn’t direct traditional Best Picture fare.

SQ

T-Chal is the hottest young name in the business and it’s not close, which makes him more likely to win an Oscar than any other actor of around the same age unless he burns out really fast which is, unfortunately, a possible scenario as well.

L-Hedge is the kind of a slow burner who will bag a nod here and another one there as years roll by, and…[Read more]

Lover baby.

Who is more likely to win an acting Oscar first, Jake Gyllenhaal or Joaquin Phoenix? Why?

Alex Strangelove – C
Black Panther – A-
BlackkKlansman – A+
Bohemian Rhapsody – C
Book Club – C-
Cold War – A
Colette – C+
Crazy Rich Asians – B
Disobedience – B+
Euthanizer – C+
First Man – A
First Reformed – A-
Hereditary – B+
Isle of Dogs – C+
Love, Simon – A-
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again – C+
Mary Poppins Returns – B
Mission Impossible: Fallo…[Read more]

These are very likely my final predictions.

Frontrunners

A Star Is Born
Roma

Next in line

The Favourite
BlacKkKlansman
Green Book

Also likely to be nominated

Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Vice

On the brink

If Beale Street Could Talk
A Quiet Place

Possibilities

First Reformed
Mary Poppins Returns
Crazy Rich Asians
First Man
Can You Ever…[Read more]

A toy bear my parents bought for me before I was even born.

Name one thing you regret and one thing you’re proud of.

Frontrunner

Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

Next in line

Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

On the brink

Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Adam McKay, Vice
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

Possibilities

Pavel Pawlikowski, Cold War
Ryan Coogler, Black Panther

Possible but unlikely

Debra…[Read more]

Everybody and their mothers gets a GG nod, but fine, I’ll add him in my list.

Frontrunners

Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Next in line

Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

On the brink

Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Possible but unlikely

Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Russell Crowe, Boy Erased
Steve Carell, Vice

Theoretical…[Read more]

Coogan was nominated for BAFTA, and that’s the only reason why I consider him a theoretical possibility. John C. Reilly hasn’t been nominated for anything and I cannot imagine a world where he gets an Oscar nod.

Frontrunners

Amy Adams, Vice
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Next in line

Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Emma Stone, The Favourite

On the brink

Claire Foy, First Man
Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots

Possibilities

Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased
Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place

Possible but unlikely

Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No…[Read more]

Frontrunners

Christian Bale, Vice
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

Next in line

Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

On the brink

John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

Possibilities

Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Ryan Gosling, First Man

Possible but unlikely

Lucas Hedges, Boy E…[Read more]

Frontrunners

A Star Is Born
Roma

Next in line

The Favourite
BlacKkKlansman
Green Book

Also likely to be nominated

Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
Vice

On the brink

If Beale Street Could Talk
A Quiet Place

Possibilities

First Reformed
Mary Poppins Returns
Crazy Rich Asians
First Man
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Eighth Grade

Possible…[Read more]

My (probably) final take on Best Actress.

Frontrunners

Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

Next in line

Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

On the brink

Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Toni Collette, Hereditary

Possibilities

Viola Davis, Widows
Nicole Kidman,…[Read more]

He’s still sort of competing for the fifth slot with JD Washington, but it’s not the bloodbath it once was. Washington is looking more and more secure.

1 Glenn Close, The Wife
2 Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
3 Ryan Gosling, First Man
4 Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You
5 Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
6 Rachel McAdams, Disobedience
7 Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
8 Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
9 Toni Collette, Hereditary
10 Sakura Ando, Shoplifters

Let’s pretend for a moment that all the…[Read more]

1 Casablanca
2 Call Me by Your Name
3 Moulin Rouge!
4 Gone with the Wind
5 La La Land
6 The Apartment
7 Brokeback Mountain
8 500 Days of Summer
9 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
10 Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
11 Titanic
12 To Have and Have Not
13 Notting Hill
14 Moonlight
15 The Philadelphia Story
16 All That Heaven Allows
17 Before…[Read more]

Ok, I didn’t expect this particular board to fall in love with Black Panther but I definitely expected it to show up in more than one category.