Mike's Predictions For The COVID Oscars

Hey, the Oscars are this weekend! Did they sneak up on you too?

Even as somebody who's more tuned into the movie world than most, the Oscars were a lot tougher to keep track of this year. For one thing, they're happening two months later than they normally would be (delayed due to COVID); they're also allowing films from the first two months of 2021 to enter the race (again due to COVID); and there's not a lot of movies nominated that mainstream audiences have actually seen because most of them ended up getting delayed (as you probably guessed, due to COVID).

There were still a lot of incredible films nominated and even more stuff that didn't get any love from the Academy (please watch She Dies Tomorrow, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and Da 5 Bloods when you can, they're incredible) - but it feels more difficult to pick the winners this year than ever before.

Still, I'm gonna try - I've made this my annual thing, and I tend to do pretty well. Last year, I actually won the Oscar predictions pool at The Roxy Theater's viewing party, so I sort of know what I'm talking about. So these are my predictions for every category (minus the short films) at the Oscars this year. Place your bets, people!

Best Picture: Nomadland

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-Jung, Minari

Best Original Screenplay: Minari

Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland

Best Animated Feature: Soul

Best International Feature: Another Round

Best Documentary Feature: Collective

Best Original Score: Mank

Best Original Song: "Speak Now" from One Night In Miami

Best Sound: Sound of Metal

Best Production Design: Mank

Best Cinematography: Nomadland

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Costume Design: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Film Editing: The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Visual Effects: Tenet

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