[Updated Feb. 4]
Winner prediction:
1. Gary Oldman, “The Darkest Hour”
2. Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”
3. Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
4. Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
5. Denzel Washington, “Roman Israel, Esq.”
Current predictions:
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Director
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Editing
Cinematography
Production Design
Original Score
Best Song
Costumes
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing
Documentary
Foreign Language Film
Animated Feature Film
Makeup and Hairstyling
Visual Effects
Shockingly weak lineup for this category… Looks like it’s basically between Oldman and Day-Lewis.
Interesting that The Playlist has chosen to totally ignore the Oscar talk that was buzzing through “SXSW” about James Franco’s performance in “The Disaster Artist”. Yes, it’s a long shot, but it should still be mentioned – Hollyweird has always loved to shower kudos on films about the film industry…and like it or not, “The Room” is part of that industry, Tommy Wiseau is an oddball legend, and Franco’s portrayal of him received raves. And A24 has chosen release in December, smack in the middle of awards season – they obviously smell something in this film that many do not…and given their recent track record, I’ll put my money on them before any Oscar Prognosticators…:-)
Is this a joke!….you haven’t mentioned James McAvoy who produced one of the most exciting and unpredictable performances that cinema has seen in years, so much so that it topped the US box office for an incredible 3 weeks! And he doesn’t even get a mention here, shocking!
Add Matthias Schoenaerts and Colin Firth for “Kursk” with Léa Seydoux and Max von Sydown
You can’t be serious. Where is James McAvoy? You list a ton of actors and purposely ignore McAvoy for a completely brilliant, fearless acting? What a joke.
He deserves to get a nomination, but let’s face it: he won’t. It’s a genre movie that came out in January. As great a performance as it was, he’s most likely going to be snubbed.
Considering that Robert Pattinson won the ICS award for Best Actor at Cannes (a group of 100 critics who disagreed with the Cannes jury) and also won the IndieWire Critics Poll for best performance (by an actor or an actress in a landslide), it’s mighty odd that he isn’t in the “Likely” category.
It wasn’t just critics who thought his performance was the best. After the premiere, the film received a six-minute standing ovation, the longest of any film premiering at the festival (I believe). He also turned in an awards-worthy performance in The Lost City of Z, which is turning up on many “Best of 2017 so far” lists. His supporting performance was rated the best in the film by many critics. He’s on a roll and his talent is being recognized right and left, which makes it very strange that he is in the wrong category on this list and not even mentioned on the Best Supporting Actor page. People are noticing.
I think Armie Hammer would be put in supporting category.
I think Armie Hammer is going to go Supporting for CMBYN, like Jake Gyllenhaal in “Brokeback Mountain” and Rooney Mara in “Carol”.
Just saw this one.
I think it’s not “Jeremy Runner”.
His name is “Jeremy Renner”.