#oscarpicks

Out in the real world, this year's Oscars are going to be a test of whether the Academy's efforts to diversify its membership have had any effect. If they have, Everything Everywhere All At Once wins big. If they haven't, Top Gun: Maverick takes the technical categories and The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis and TAR split everything else. If the answer is somewhere in the middle, then who the heck knows?

My Magic 8-Ball, of course. And by “of course,” I mean “maybe”.

You know the drill by now: I present each nominee to the Magic 8-Ball. Most positive answer in each category gets the pick. Trust at your own risk, but if you use these picks and it turns out that the Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay votes were so split that what seemed like the least likely nominees won – well, you know where to find us with a generous portion of those Oscar pool winnings.

It’s Oscar time again.   Here are our picks of who we think will be walking home with the award.  Laura hasn’t seen all the nominees, and I have .  So when she gets more right than I do I’m gonna feel really dumb.  I will be listing what I think will win, and what should win.  Here they are.

SHE SAID:

Best Picture - Lady Bird

Best Actor - Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour”

Best Actress -Saoirse Ronan “Lady Bird”

Best Supporting Actor - Willem Dafoe “The Florida Project”

Best Supporting Actress -  Allison Janney “I, Tonya”

Best Director - Christopher Nolan “Dunkirk”

Best Foreign Language Film - The Wound

Best Original Screenplay - Lady Bird

Best Adapted Screenplay - The Disaster Artist

Best Score - The Shape of Water

Best Documentary - Strong Island

Best Animated Feature - Coco

Best Original Song -  This is Me “The Greatest Showman”

Best Sound Editing - Star Wars The Last Jedi

Best Sound Mixing - Star Wars The Last Jedi

Best Makeup and Hair-styling - Darkest Hour

Best Costume Design - Phantom Thread

Best Cinematography - The Shape of Water

Best Production Design - Beauty and The Beast

Best Film Editing - Baby Driver

Best Visual Effects - Star Wars The Last Jedi

Best Documentary Short - Edith + Eddie

Best Live Action Short - Silent Child

Best Animated Short - Garden Party

HE SAID:

Best Picture - The Shape of Water (Get Out SHOULD win)

Best Actor - Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour” (Gary Oldman SHOULD win)

Best Actress -  Frances McDormand “Three Billboards...” (Margot Robbie SHOULD win)

Best Supporting Actor - Sam Rockwell “Three Billboards...” (Sam Rockwell SHOULD win)

Best Supporting Actress - Allison Janney “I, Tonya” (Allison Janney SHOULD win)

Best Director -  Guillermo Del Toro “The Shape of Water” (Jordan Peele SHOULD win)

Best Foreign Language Film - A Fantastic Woman (The Square SHOULD win)

Best Original Screenplay - Get Out (Get Out SHOULD win)

Best Adapted Screenplay - Call Me By Your Name (Molly’s Game SHOULD win)

Best Score - The Shape of Water (Dunkirk SHOULD win)

Best Documentary - Faces/Places (Icarus SHOULD win)

Best Animated Feature - Coco (Coco SHOULD win)

Best Original Song - Remember Me “Coco” (The Mystery of Love- Sufjan Stevens SHOULD win)

Best Sound Editing - Dunkirk (Dunkirk SHOULD win)

Best Sound Mixing - Dunkirk (Dunkirk SHOULD win)

Best Makeup and Hair-styling - Darkest Hour (Darkest Hour SHOULD win)

Best Costume Design - Phantom Thread (Phantom Thread SHOULD win)

Best Cinematography - Blade Runner 2049 (Blade Runner 2049 SHOULD win)

Best Production Design - The Shape of Water (Blade Runner 2049 SHOULD win)

Best Film Editing - The Shape of Water (Dunkirk SHOULD win) 

Best Visual Effects - War For The Planet of the Apes (War For The Planet of the Apes SHOULD win)

Best Documentary Short - Heroin(e) (I Haven’t Seen Any of These)

Best Live Action Short - Dekalb Elementary (I Haven’t Seen Any of These)

The Hobbit wins First of 2015 / @Markatthemovies Episode 275 Highlights

Week of 1/3/2015 – 1/4/2015

Box Office Report: With a light Box Office Opening this week the number are in and in no shock to anyone The Hobbit was the winner once again with an estimated $21,910,000. Coming in at #2 was Into the Woods with $19,066,000 followed by the #3 movie this week, Unbroken $18,358,000. Coming in at #4…