The Movie Room

Been a while since I wrote here, but I’m back and preparing for the 98th Academy Awards, including the new “Best Casting” Category. I’ve seen a total of 78 eligible films so far this year, and so far 30 of them have made my dream nominations list–I don’t feel like my “Best Picture” field is particularly strong, so here’s hoping the movies I see in next couple months are better. Nominees are listed alphabetically, with my chosen winners in bold.

BEST CASTING

• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• The Life of Chuck
• The Long Walk
• One of Them Days
• Sinners

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Ash
• Dangerous Animals
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• The Lost Bus
• Superman

BEST FILM EDITING

• F1
• The Lost Bus
• The Naked Gun
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• The Long Walk
• Mickey 17
• The Ugly Stepsister

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

• 28 Years Later
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• One of Them Days
• Sinners
• The Ugly Stepsister

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Black Bag
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• The Long Walk
• Presence
• Sinners

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• 28 Years Later
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Mickey 17
• Superman

BEST SOUND

• F1
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• The Lost Bus
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• F1
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• The Life of Chuck
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• “35mm” (Opus)
• “Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
• “I Lied to You” (Sinners)
• “Pale, Pale Moon” (Sinners)
• “Soda Pop” (KPop Demon Hunters)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Dog Man
• Elio
• KPop Demon Hunters

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• The Ugly Stepsister (Norway)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Becoming Led Zeppelin
• Grand Theft Hamlet
• Sally

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• The Life of Chuck
• One Battle After Another
• The Naked Gun
• The Ugly Stepsister

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Black Bag
• Bring Her Back
• KPop Demon Hunters
• Sinners
• Twinless

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Karen Gillan as Felicia Gordon (The Life of Chuck)
• Li Jun Li as Grace Chow (Sinners)
• Jennifer Lopez as Ingrid Luna (Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• Amy Madigan as Gladys (Weapons)
• Wunmi Mosaku as Annie (Sinners)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund (The Phoenician Scheme)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor as Marty Anderson (The Life of Chuck)
• Mark Hamill as Albie Krantz (The Life of Chuck)
• Jack O’Connell as Remmick (Sinners)
• Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw (One Battle After Another)

BEST ACTRESS

• Pamela Anderson as Beth Davenport (The Naked Gun)
• Kirsten Dunst as Leigh Wainscott (Roofman)
• America Ferrera as Mary Ludwig (The Lost Bus)
• Sally Hawkins as Laura (Bring Her Back)
• Chase Infiniti as Willa Ferguson (One Battle After Another)

BEST ACTOR

• Billy Barratt as Andy (Bring Her Back)
• Leonardo DiCaprio as “Ghetto” Pat Calhoun/Bob Ferguson (One Battle After Another)
• Michael B. Jordon as Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore (Sinners)
• Dylan O’Brien as Roman and Rocky (Twinless)
• Tonatiuh as Luis Molina (Kiss of the Spider Woman)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
• Bill Condon (The Kiss of the Spider Woman)
• Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
• Paul Greengrass (The Lost Bus)
• Steven Soderbergh (Black Bag)

BEST PICTURE

• Black Bag
• Bring Her Back
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Kiss of the Spider Woman
• The Life of Chuck
• One Battle After Another
• The Phoenician Scheme
• Sinners
• Superman
• Twinless

NOMINATIONS AND WINS LEADER

1. Sinners (15 nominations, 6 wins)
2. Kiss of the Spider Woman (11 nominations, 4 wins)
3. One Battle After Another (9 nominations, 4 wins)
4. The Life of Chuck (7 nominations)
5. The Lost Bus (5 nominations, 1 win)
6. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (5 nominations)
7. TIE (4 nominations, 1 win)
   • Bring Her Back
   • KPop Demon Hunters
   • The Ugly Stepsister
8. Black Bag (4 nominations)
9. Twinless (3 nominations, 2 wins)
10. TIE (3 nominations)
    • F1
    • The Long Walk
    • The Naked Gun
    • Superman
11. TIE (2 nominations)
    • 28 Years Later
    • Mickey 17
    • One of Them Days
    • The Phoenician Scheme
12. Grand Theft Hamlet (1 nomination, 1 win)
13. TIE (1 nomination)
    • Ash
    • Becoming Led Zeppelin
    • Dangerous Animals
    • Dog Man
    • Elio
    • Opus
    • Presence
    • Roofman
    • Sally
    • Weapons