PAUL PREDICTS THE 2018 OSCAR NOMINEES

It’s that time of the year again where I predict the Oscar nominations for Shane Slater and his website Film Actually. It’s been such a great year for film and a variety of performances that are all worthy of nominations. Frankly, it’s became one of the hardest years to predict. Tune in Tuesday morning, January 23rd to hear the nominations announced. Until then, here are my predictions.

BEST PICTURE
1. The Big Sick
2. Call Me By Your Name
3. Dunkirk
4. The Florida Project
5. Get Out
6. Lady Bird
7. The Post
8. The Shape of Water
9. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

*Surprise nominees:
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
Wonder Woman

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
3. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
5. Jordan Peele, Get Out

*Surprise nominees:
Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name

BEST ACTOR
1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
3. Tom Hanks, The Post
4. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
5. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

*Surprise nominees:
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger

BEST ACTRESS
1. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
2. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Margot Robbie, I,Tonya
4. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
5. Meryl Streep, The Post

*Surprise Nominee
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World
Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
2. Armie Hammer, Call By Me Your Name
3. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
4. Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
5. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

*Surprise Nominees:
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
2. Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
3. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
4. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
5. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

*Surprise nominees
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread

BEST EDITING
1. Baby Driver
2. Dunkirk
3. Get Out
4. The Shape of Water
5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
3. Liz Hannah & Josh Singer, The Post
4. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
5. Jordan Peele, Get Out

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Stephen Chbosky & Steve Conrad & Jack Thorne, Wonder
2. James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
3. Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
4. Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game
5. Virgil Williams & Dee Rees, Mudbound

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. A Fantastic Woman
2. Foxtrot
3. In the Fade
4. Loveless
5. The Square

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
2. Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour
3. Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk
4. Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
5. Rachel Morrison, Mudbound

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Darkest Hour
4. Dunkirk
5. The Shape of Water

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Baby Driver
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Dunkirk
4. The Shape of Water
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Baby Driver
2. Dunkirk
3. The Shape of Water
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Darkest Hour
3. The Greatest Showman
4. Phantom Thread
5. The Shape of Water

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
2. Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
3. Dario Marionelli, Darkest Hour
4. John Williams, The Post
5. Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. City of Ghosts
2. Faces Places
3. Icarus
4. Jane
5. Last Man in Aleppo

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. The Breadwinner
2. Coco
3. The Lego Batman Movie
4. Loving Vincent
5. Mary and the Witch’s Flower

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Dunkirk
3. The Shape of Water
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. War for the Planet of the Apes

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
1. Darkest Hour
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
3. Wonder

BEST ORIGINAL SONG(name the song, not just the film)
1. “Evermore” from Beauty and the Beast
2. “Mystery of Love” from Call Me By Your Name
3. “Remember Me” from Coco
4. “Stand Up for Something” from Marshall
5. “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman