Hello to all!
We are pleased to present you with JIM & JOHN’s 2018 Oscar picks for the 90th Academy Awards on March 4. It has been a wild year for movies. Again this year we will be out of the country traveling on Oscar Sunday. This time Evora, Portugal.
Please see our predictions noted in bold type below. Enjoy and do let us know about any parties, prizes or other fun events you may be attending this year.
J&J
NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY – 90TH AWARDS
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Daniel Day-Lewis in PHANTOM THREAD
Daniel Kaluuya in GET OUT
- Gary Oldman in DARKEST HOUR
Denzel Washington in ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Willem Dafoe in THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Woody Harrelson in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Richard Jenkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER
Christopher Plummer in ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
- Sam Rockwell in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sally Hawkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER
- Frances McDormand in THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Margot Robbie in I, TONYA
Saoirse Ronan in LADY BIRD
Meryl Streep in THE POST
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Mary J. Blige in MUDBOUND
- Allison Janney in I, TONYA
Lesley Manville in PHANTOM THREAD
Laurie Metcalf in LADY BIRD
Octavia Spencer in THE SHAPE OF WATER
Best animated feature film of the year
THE BOSS BABY Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
THE BREADWINNER Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
- COCO Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
FERDINAND Carlos Saldanha and Lori Forte
LOVING VINCENT Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart
- BLADE RUNNER 2049 Roger A. Deakins
DARKEST HOUR Bruno Delbonnel
DUNKIRK Hoyte van Hoytema
MUDBOUND Rachel Morrison
THE SHAPE OF WATER Dan Laustsen
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jacqueline Durran
DARKEST HOUR Jacqueline Durran
PHANTOM THREAD Mark Bridges
- THE SHAPE OF WATER Luis Sequeira
VICTORIA & ABDUL Consolata Boyle
DUNKIRK Christopher Nolan
GET OUT Jordan Peele
LADY BIRD Greta Gerwig
PHANTOM THREAD Paul Thomas Anderson
- THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
- FACES PLACES Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
ICARUS Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
STRONG ISLAND Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes
Best documentary short subject
EDITH+EDDIE Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405 Frank Stiefel
- HEROIN(E) Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
KNIFE SKILLS Thomas Lennon
TRAFFIC STOP Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
BABY DRIVER Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
DUNKIRK Lee Smith
I, TONYA Tatiana S. Riegel
- THE SHAPE OF WATER Sidney Wolinsky
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Jon Gregory
Best foreign language film of the year
A FANTASTIC WOMAN Chile
- THE INSULT Lebanon
LOVELESS Russia
ON BODY AND SOUL Hungary
THE SQUARE Sweden
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- DARKEST HOUR Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
VICTORIA & ABDUL Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
WONDER Arjen Tuiten
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- DUNKIRK Hans Zimmer
PHANTOM THREAD Jonny Greenwood
THE SHAPE OF WATER Alexandre Desplat
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI John Williams
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Carter Burwell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Mighty River” from MUDBOUND Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
“Mystery Of Love” from CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from COCO Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“Stand Up For Something” from MARSHALL Music by Diane Warren. Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
- “This Is Me” from THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Best motion picture of the year
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers
DARKEST HOUR Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
DUNKIRK Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
GET OUT Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr. and Jordan Peele, Producers
LADY BIRD Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill, Producers
PHANTOM THREAD JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and Daniel Lupi, Producers
THE POST Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers
- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
Achievement in production design
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Production Design: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
DARKEST HOUR Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- DUNKIRK Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
THE SHAPE OF WATER Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry, Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin
DEAR BASKETBALL Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
GARDEN PARTY Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
- LOU Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
NEGATIVE SPACE Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
REVOLTING RHYMES Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
DEKALB ELEMENTARY Reed Van Dyk
THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
- MY NEPHEW EMMETT Kevin Wilson, Jr.
THE SILENT CHILD Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
WATU WOTE/ALL OF US Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen
BABY DRIVER Julian Slater
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Mark Mangini and Theo Green
- DUNKIRK Richard King and Alex Gibson
THE SHAPE OF WATER Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
BABY DRIVER Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
- DUNKIRK Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten
THE SHAPE OF WATER Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
BLADE RUNNER 2049 John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
KONG: SKULL ISLAND Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
- STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist
- CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Screenplay by James Ivory
THE DISASTER ARTIST Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
LOGAN Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, Story by James Mangold
MOLLY’S GAME Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
MUDBOUND Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
THE BIG SICK Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
GET OUT Written by Jordan Peele
LADY BIRD Written by Greta Gerwig
THE SHAPE OF WATER Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor, Story by Guillermo del Toro
- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Written by Martin McDonagh
Thanks for your always outstanding predictions!
Since “3 Billboard” just came out for rental, we saw last night. Boy, did it live up to the hype! Truly, am amazing story. Love to read your Oscar predictions!