Oscars time again!  Conan O’Brien will be returning to host the ceremony this year, which I’m fine with.

Here are my predictions for the 98th Academy Awards! The ones that I think SHOULD win will be in RED, the ones that I think WILL win will be in BLUE, and if they’re both the same, they will be both RED AND BLUE. I have left my picks for Best Animated Feature, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Picture for the end.

Let me know your thoughts!

BEST CASTING:

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sinners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners

BEST DIRECTOR:

Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: “Were and Are Gone”
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness

BEST FILM EDITING:

F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM:

It Was Just an Accident (France)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)
Sirāt (Spain)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

Dear Me (Diane Warren: Relentless)
Golden (KPop Demon Hunters)
I Lied to You (Sinners)
Sweet Dreams of Joy (Viva Verdi!)
Train Dreams (Train Dreams)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

BEST ANIMATED SHORT:

Butterfly
Forevergreen
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT:

Butcher’s Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen’s Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva

BEST SOUND:

F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

And now for the top 6 awards:

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

BEST ACTOR:

Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)

BEST ACTRESS:

Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Emma Stone (Bugonia)

BEST PICTURE:

Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams