2019 Oscar Predictions: Final (Artistic and Technical Categories)

Link to the Major Categories: HERE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Roma

2. First Man

3. The Favourite

4. Cold War

5. If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. First Man

2. The Favourite

3. Black Panther

4. Mary Poppins Returns

5. Roma

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. The Favourite

2. Mary Poppins Returns

3. Mary Queen of Scots

4. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

5. Black Panther

BEST SOUND MIXING

1. A Star Is Born

2. First Man

3. Bohemian Rhapsody

4. A Quiet Place

5. Black Panther

BEST EDITING

1. A Star Is Born

2. Bohemian Rhapsody

3. Roma

4. BlacKkKlansman

5. First Man

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

1. First Man

2. Black Panther

3. A Quiet Place

4. Mission: Impossible – Fallout

5. Bohemian Rhapsody

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Black Panther

2. Avengers: Infinity War

3. Ready Player One

4. First Man

5. Mary Poppins Returns

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR

1. Vice

2. Mary Queen of Scots

3. Black Panther

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. “Shallow” – A Star Is Born

2. “All the Stars” – Black Panther

3. “I’ll Fight” – RBG

4. “The Place Where Lost Things Go” – Mary Poppins Returns

5. “Girl in the Movies” – Dumplin’

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. First Man

2. Isle of Dogs

3. BlacKkKlansman

4. Black Panther

5. If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

2. Free Solo

3. RBG

4. Minding the Gap

5. Three Identical Strangers

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2. Incredibles 2

3. Mirai

4. Isle of Dogs

5. Tito and the Birds

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. Roma

2. Cold War

3. Never Look Away

4. Burning

5. The Guilty

Predicted Nominations and Wins

A Star Is Born: 9 noms / 3 wins

The Favourite: 9 noms / 2 wins

Black Panther: 9 noms / 1 win

First Man: 8 noms / 3 wins

Roma: 7 noms / 3 wins

BlacKkKlansman: 7 noms / 2 wins

Green Book: 5 noms / 2 wins

Bohemian Rhapsody: 5 noms / 1 win

Vice: 5 noms / 1 win

If Beale Street Could Talk: 5 noms

Mary Poppins Returns: 5 noms

Can You Ever Forgive Me?: 3 noms

A Quiet Place: 2 noms

Cold War: 2 noms

Isle of Dogs: 2 noms

Mary Queen of Scots: 2 noms

RBG: 2 noms

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: 1 nom / 1 win

The Wife: 1 nom / 1 win

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?: 1 nom / 1 win

Avengers: Infinity War: 1 nom

Burning: 1 nom

Crazy Rich Asians: 1 nom

Dumplin’: 1 nom

Eighth Grade: 1 nom

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: 1 nom

Free Solo: 1 nom

The Guilty: 1 nom

Incredibles 2: 1 nom

Minding the Gap: 1 nom

Mirai: 1 nom

Mission: Impossible – Fallout: 1 nom

Never Look Away: 1 nom

Ready Player One: 1 nom

Three Identical Strangers: 1 nom

Tito and the Birds: 1 nom

Oscar nominations will be announced on January 22. What are your predictions? Stay tuned after the announcement for my Reactions article, as well as the Oscar Challenge!

2018 Oscar Predictions: Final (Artistic and Technical Categories)

Link to the big 8 categories: HERE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Blade Runner 2049

2. Dunkirk

3. The Shape of Water

4. Mudbound

5. Darkest Hour

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. The Shape of Water

2. Blade Runner 2049

3. Darkest Hour

4. Beauty and the Beast

5. Dunkirk

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. Phantom Thread

2. Beauty and the Beast

3. The Shape of Water

4. The Greatest Showman

5. Murder on the Orient Express

BEST SOUND MIXING

1. Dunkirk

2. The Shape of Water

3. Blade Runner 2049

4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

5. Baby Driver

BEST EDITING

1. Dunkirk

2. Baby Driver

3. The Shape of Water

4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

5. Get Out

BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

1. Dunkirk

2. Baby Driver

3. The Shape of Water

4. Wonder Woman

5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Blade Runner 2049

2. War for the Planet of the Apes

3. The Shape of Water

4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

5. Dunkirk

BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING

1. Darkest Hour

2. Wonder

3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1. “Mighty River” – Mudbound

2. “Remember Me” – Coco

3. “This Is Me” – The Greatest Showman

4. “”Prayers for This World” – Cries From Syria

5. “Tell Me How Long” – Chasing Coral

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1. The Shape of Water

2. Phantom Thread

3. Dunkirk

4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

5. The Post

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1. Faces Places

2. Last Men in Aleppo

3. Jane

4. City of Ghosts

5. Strong Island

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. Coco

2. Loving Vincent

3. Ferdinand

4. The Breadwinner

5. Mary and the Witch’s Flower

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

1. A Fantastic Woman

2. In the Fade

3. The Square

4. On Body and Soul

5. Foxtrot

Predicted Nominations Count

The Shape of Water – 13 noms / 3 wins

Dunkirk – 9 noms / 3 wins

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – 6 noms / 2 wins

Lady Bird – 5 noms / 2 wins

Mudbound – 5 noms / 1 win

The Post – 5 noms

Blade Runner 2049 – 4 noms / 2 wins

Get Out – 4 noms

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – 4 noms

Darkest Hour – 3 noms / 2 wins

Call Me by Your Name – 3 noms / 1 win

Phantom Thread – 3 noms / 1 win

Baby Driver – 3 noms

Coco – 2 noms / 1 win

I, Tonya – 2 noms / 1 win

All the Money in the World – 2 noms

Beauty and the Beast – 2 noms

The Greatest Showman – 2 noms

Faces Places – 1 nom / 1 win

A Fantastic Woman – 1 nom / 1 win

The Big Sick – 1 nom

The Breadwinner – 1 nom

Chasing Coral – 1 nom

City of Ghosts – 1 nom

Cries From Syria – 1 nom

The Disaster Artist – 1 nom

Downsizing – 1 nom

Ferdinand – 1 nom

The Florida Project – 1 nom

Foxtrot – 1 nom

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – 1 nom

In the Fade – 1 nom

Jane – 1 nom

Last Men in Aleppo – 1 nom

Loving Vincent – 1 nom

Mary and the Witch’s Flower – 1 nom

Molly’s Game – 1 nom

Murder on the Orient Express – 1 nom

On Body and Soul – 1 nom

Roman J. Israel, Esq. – 1 nom

The Square – 1 nom

Strong Island – 1 nom

Wonder – 1 nom

Wonder Woman – 1 nom

So, The Shape of Water comes up a couple acting noms short of the all time record, and the wins are spread out throughout a handful of movies. Thoughts? Predictions? Let me know in the comments!