Here are our predictions for this Sunday’s 90th Academy Awards.
Predictions by Critics Without Credentials, Dylan S. Phillips, Corbin Stewart, and Keith Noakes.
Best Picture:
“Call Me by Your Name”19/1
“Darkest Hour”200/1
“Dunkirk”4/1
“Get Out”25/1
“Lady Bird”9/1
“Phantom Thread”300/1
“The Post”50/1
“The Shape of Water”3/1
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”2/1
Should Win: The Shape of Water (CWC, Dylan), Lady Bird (Corbin), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Keith)
Will Win: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (CWC, Dylan, Keith), Get Out (Corbin)
Lead Actor:
Timothée Chalamet “Call Me by Your Name”4/1
Daniel Day-Lewis “Phantom Thread”19/1
Daniel Kaluuya “Get Out”100/1
Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour”3/7
Denzel Washington “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”25/1
Should Win: Gary Oldman (CWC, Dylan), Timothée Chalamet (Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Gary Oldman (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Lead Actress:
Sally Hawkins “The Shape of Water”19/1
Frances McDormand “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”1/3
Margot Robbie “I, Tonya”100/1
Saoirse Ronan “Lady Bird”17/3
Meryl Streep “The Post”25/1
Should Win: Margot Robbie (CWC, Dylan), Sally Hawkins (Corbin), Frances McDormand (Keith)
Will Win: Frances McDormand (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Supporting Actor:
Willem Dafoe “The Florida Project”2/1
Woody Harrelson “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”100/1
Richard Jenkins “The Shape of Water”19/1
Christopher Plummer “All the Money in the World”4/1
Sam Rockwell “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”3/2
Should Win: Richard Jenkins (CWC, Keith), Sam Rockwell (Dylan), Willem Dafoe (Corbin)
Will Win: Sam Rockwell (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Supporting Actress:
Mary J. Blige “Mudbound”19/1
Allison Janney “I, Tonya”1/1
Lesley Manville “Phantom Thread”100/1
Laurie Metcalf “Lady Bird”2/1
Octavia Spencer “The Shape of Water”9/1
Should Win: Allison Janney (CWC, Dylan), Laurie Metcalf (Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Allison Janney (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Director:
“Dunkirk”Christopher Nolan 3/1
“Get Out”Jordan Peele 23/2
“Lady Bird”Greta Gerwig 9/1
“Phantom Thread”Paul Thomas Anderson 49/1
“The Shape of Water”Guillermo del Toro 9/11
Should Win: Guillermo del Toro (CWC, Dylan), Christopher Nolan (Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Guillermo del Toro (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Animated Feature:
“The Boss Baby”Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito 150/1
“The Breadwinner”Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo 25/1
“Coco”Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson 1/9
“Ferdinand”Carlos Saldanha 200/1
“Loving Vincent”Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman 19/1
Should Win: The Breadwinner (CWC), Coco (Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Coco (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Animated Short:
“Dear Basketball”Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant 3/2
“Garden Party”Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon 19/1
“Lou”Dave Mullins, Dana Murray 3/1
“Negative Space”Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata 17/3
“Revolting Rhymes”Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer 19/1
Should Win: Garden Party (CWC, Corbin)
Will Win: Revolting Rhymes (CWC), Dear Basketball (Corbin)
Adapted Screenplay:
“Call Me by Your Name”James Ivory 1/1
“The Disaster Artist”Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber 97/3
“Logan”Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green 49/1
“Molly’s Game”Aaron Sorkin 4/1
“Mudbound”Virgil Williams and Dee Rees 17/3
Should Win: Call Me by Your Name (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Call Me by Your Name (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Original Screenplay:
“The Big Sick”Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani 49/1
“Get Out”Jordan Peele 9/1
“Lady Bird”Greta Gerwig 3/2
“The Shape of Water”Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor 97/3
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Martin McDonagh 11/9
Should Win: The Shape of Water (CWC), Get Out (Dylan, Corbin), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Keith)
Will Win: Get Out (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Cinematography:
“Blade Runner 2049″Roger Deakins 3/2
“Darkest Hour”Bruno Delbonnel 9/1
“Dunkirk”Hoyte van Hoytema 7/3
“Mudbound”Rachel Morrison 9/1
“The Shape of Water”Dan Laustsen 9/1
Should Win: Blade Runner 2049 (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Blade Runner 2049 (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Best Documentary Feature:
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman 100/1
“Faces Places†JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda 7/13
“Icarus”Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan 9/1
“Last Men in Aleppo”Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen 4/1
“Strong Island”Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes 25/1
Should Win: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (CWC), Faces Places (Corbin)
Will Win: Icarus (CWC), Faces Places (Corbin)
Best Documentary Short Subject:
“Edith+Eddie”Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright 7/3
“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405″Frank Stiefel 17/3
“Heroin(e)”Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon 11/9
“Knife Skills”Thomas Lennon 19/1
“Traffic Stop”Kate Davis, David Heilbroner 19/1
Should Win: Heroin(e) (CWC), Knife Skills (Corbin)
Will Win: Edith+Eddie (CWC), Heroin(e) (Corbin)
Best Live Action Short Film:
“DeKalb Elementary”Reed Van Dyk 3/2
“The Eleven O’Clock”Derin Seale, Josh Lawson 22/3
“My Nephew Emmett”Kevin Wilson, Jr. 23/2
“The Silent Child”Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton 7/3
“Watu Wote/All of Us”Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen 9/1
Should Win: Watu Wote/All of Us (CWC), DeKalb Elementary (Corbin)
Will Win: DeKalb Elementary (CWC, Corbin)
Best Foreign Language Film:
“A Fantastic Woman”(Chile) 3/1
“The Insult”(Lebanon) 9/1
“Loveless”(Russia) 3/1
“On Body and Soul (Hungary) 9/1
“The Square”(Sweden) 3/2
Should Win: On Body and Soul (CWC), A Fantastic Woman (Keith)
Will Win: A Fantastic Woman (CWC, Keith)
Film Editing:
“Baby Driver”Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss 19/1
“Dunkirk”Lee Smith 11/9
“I, Tonya”Tatiana S. Riegel 19/1
“The Shape of Water”Sidney Wolinsky 7/3
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Jon Gregory 17/3
Should Win: Baby Driver (CWC, Dylan, Keith), Dunkirk (Corbin)
Will Win: Dunkirk (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Sound Editing:
“Baby Driver”Julian Slater
“Blade Runner 2049″Mark Mangini, Theo Green
“Dunkirk”Alex Gibson, Richard King
“The Shape of Water”Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood
Should Win: Baby Driver (CWC), Dunkirk (Dylan, Keith), Blade Runner 2049 (Corbin)
Will Win: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (CWC), Dunkirk (Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Sound Mixing:
“Baby Driver”Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin 22/3
“Blade Runner 2049″Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill 7/3
“Dunkirk”Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo 3/2
“The Shape of Water”Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern 9/1
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick 23/2
Should Win: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (CWC), Dunkirk (Dylan, Corbin), Baby Driver (Keith)
Will Win: Baby Driver (CWC, Keith), Dunkirk (Dylan, Corbin)
Production Design:
“Beauty and the Beast†Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer 19/1
“Blade Runner 2049″Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola 7/3
“Darkest Hour†Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer 19/1
“Dunkirk”Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis 17/3
“The Shape of Water†Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau 11/9
Should Win: The Shape of Water (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: The Shape of Water (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Original Score:
“Dunkirk”Hans Zimmer 13/7
“Phantom Thread”Jonny Greenwood 17/3
“The Shape of Water”Alexandre Desplat 7/3
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”John Williams 23/2
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”Carter Burwell 49/1
Should Win: The Shape of Water (CWC, Dylan, Keith), Phantom Thread (Corbin)
Will Win: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (CWC), The Shape of Water (Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Original Song:
“Mighty River”from “Mudbound,”Mary J. Blige 19/1
“Mystery of Love”from “Call Me by Your Name,”Sufjan Stevens 17/3
“Remember Me”from “Coco,”Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez 3/2
“Stand Up for Something”from “Marshall,”Diane Warren, Common 19/1
“This Is Me”from “The Greatest Showman,”Benj Pasek, Justin Paul 3/1
Should Win: “This Is Me†(CWC, Dylan), “Mystery of Love”(Corbin), “Remember Me” (Keith)
Will Win: “This Is Me†(CWC, Keith), “Remember Me”(Dylan, Corbin)
Makeup and Hair:
“Darkest Hour†Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick
“Victoria and Abdul”Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder”Arjen Tuiten
Should Win: Darkest Hour (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Darkest Hour (CWC, Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Costume Design:
“Beauty and the Beast”Jacqueline Durran 17/3
“Darkest Hour”Jacqueline Durran 22/3
“Phantom Thread”Mark Bridges 9/11
“The Shape of Water”Luis Sequeira 9/1
“Victoria and Abdul”Consolata Boyle 23/2
Should Win: The Shape of Water (CWC), Beauty and the Beast (Dylan), Phantom Thread (Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Beauty and the Beast (CWC), Phantom Thread (Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Visual Effects:
“Blade Runner 2049†John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer 1/1
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2″Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick 97/3
“Kong: Skull Island”Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus 97/3
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi†Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlon 97/3
“War for the Planet of the Apes†Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist 3/2
Should Win: War for the Planet of the Apes (CWC), Blade Runner 2049 (Dylan, Corbin, Keith)
Will Win: Blade Runner 2049 (CWC, Keith), War for the Planet of the Apes (Dylan, Corbin)
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday March 4, 2018, at 8:00 PM and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
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