Friday, April 23, 2021

My picks for the Academy Awards



Excited for the Oscars!  Below are my predicted winners (), my personal favorites among the nominees (), and the ones that should have been nominated, in my opinion.  Just for the top eight categories.



BEST PICTURE


The Father

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago Seven


Should have been nominated: His House; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Palm Springs



ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE


Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day - The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

Frances McDormand - Nomadland

Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman


Should have been nominated: Sophia Loren - The Life Ahead



ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE


Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Anthony Hopkins - The Father

Gary Oldman - Mank

Steven Yeun - Minari


Should have been nominated: Adarsh Gourav - The White Tiger



ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE


Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy

Olivia Colman - The Father

Amanda Seyfried - Mank

Youn Yuh-jung - Minari


Should have been nominated:  Toni Colette - I’m Thinking of Ending Things; Dominique Fishback - Judas and the Black Messiah; Helena Zengel - News of the World

 


ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE


Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago Seven

Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah

Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami

Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

Lakeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah


Should have been nominated:  Glynn Turman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom



DIRECTING


Lee Isaac Chung - Minari

Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman

David Fincher - Mank

Thomas Vinterberg - Another Round

Chloe Zhao - Nomadland


Should have been nominated:  George C. Wolfe - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Steven Soderbergh, Let Them All Talk



WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)


Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

The Father

Nomadland

One Night in Miami

The White Tiger


Should have been nominated: The Life Ahead



WRITING (Original Screenplay)


Judas and the Black Messiah

Minari

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago Seven


Should have been nominated:  Palm Springs