My 2018 Oscar Picks

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It's Oscars Time again, so as in previous years, I dutifully present my picks here ;-)


BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    WILL WIN - Woody Harrelson for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017]
    SHOULD WIN - Woody Harrelson for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017], Christopher Plummer for his role in All the Money in the World [2017]
    DESERVED CONSIDERATION -  Armie Hammer for his role in Call Me by Your Name [2017]


BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    WILL WIN - Allison Janney for her role in I, Tonya [2017],
    SHOULD WIN - Allison Janney for her role in I, Tonya [2017], Laurie Metcalf for her role in Lady Bird [2017], Mary J. Bilge for her role in Mudbound [2017]
    DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Isabela Vidovic for her role in Wonder [2017], Holly Hunter for her role in The Big Sick [2017]


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
    WILL WIN - Gary Oldman for his role in Darkest Hour [2017]
    SHOULD WIN - Gary Oldman for his role in Darkest Hour [2017], Woody Harrelson for his role in Glass Castle [2017], Daniel Day Lewis for his role in Phantom Thread [2017], Timothée Chalamet for his role in Call Me by Your Name [2017]
    DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Woody Harrelson for his role in Glass Castle [2017], Jason Clarke for his role in Mudbound [2017], Kumail Nanjiani for his role in The Big Sick [2017], Ryan Gosling for his role in Blade Runner 2049 [2017]


  BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
    WILL WIN - Frances McDormand for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017]
    SHOULD WIN - Frances McDormand for her role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017], Sally Hawkins for her role in The Shape of Water [2017]
   DESERVED CONSIDERATION -  Jessica Chastain for her role in Molly's Game [2017],  Vicky Krieps for her role in Phantom Thread [2017], Jessica Chastain for her role in Zookeeper's Wife [2017]


BEST ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY
    WILL WIN - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017] by Martin McDonagh
    SHOULD WIN - Get Out [2017] by Jordan Peele, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017] by Martin McDonagh, Lady Bird [2017] by Greta Gerwig, The Shape of Water [2017] by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
   DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Dunkirk [2017] by Christopher Nolan  


BEST ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY
    WILL WIN - Call Me by Your Name [2017] by James Ivory based on the novel by André Aciman
    SHOULD WIN - Wonder [2017] by Stephen Chbosky and Steven Conrad  and Jack Thorne based on the novel by R.J. Palacio; Mudbound [2017] cowritten by Dee Rees and Virgil Williams based on the novel by Hillary Jordan; Molly's Game [2017] by Aaron Sorkin based on the memoir by Molly Bloom;
    DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Wonder [2017] by Stephen Chbosky and Steven Conrad  and Jack Thorne based on the novel by R.J. Palacio.


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    WILL WIN -  The Shape of Water [2017]
    SHOULD WIN - Blade Runner 2049 [2017], The Shape of Water [2017], Dunkirk [2017]
    DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets [2017], Baby Driver [2017]


BEST DIRECTOR
    WILL WIN - Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water [2017]
    SHOULD WIN - Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk [2017], Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water [2017], Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird [2017]
    DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Denis Villeneux for Blade Runner 2049 [2017]


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
    WILL WIN - Coco [2017]
    SHOULD WIN - Coco [2017]


BEST PICTURE
    WILL WIN - The Shape of Water [2017]
    SHOULD WIN - Dunkirk [2017], The Shape of Water [2017], Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [2017], Lady Bird [2017]
    DESERVED CONSIDERATION - Coco [2017], Blade Runner 2049 [2017], Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi [2017], Wonder [2017]


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