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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Cinematography

There were a lot of visually appealing films in 2018. Films with a diversity of aesthetic styles. There’s something disorienting in First Man. Something queasy in The Favourite. Something slow and crafty in Roma. Something sumptuous and classical in Cold War. Etcetera. Etcetera.

With that being said, narrowing down the final Oscar shortlist to five is no short order. And with the American Society of Cinematographers not dropping their nominees in this category until January 7, we’re flying a bit blind here. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Supporting Actress

The potential nominees for Best Supporting Actor represent some of the biggest contenders at the 2019 Oscars. The Favourite. If Beale Street Could Talk. Vice. A Quiet Place?

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Supporting Actor

Of all the acting categories, Best Supporting Actor appears to be the most locked up. There is a clear top four or five, with just a select few actors that could squeeze in.

Let us, then, talk about those dark horse candidates.

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Score & Best Song

We’ve hit the stretch in writing these predictions articles where I get tired of writing preambles and start getting lazy. So…

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Best Original Song – The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Visual Effects

Note: Annihilation is no longer eligible for the Best Visual Effects Oscar. For some reason, it did not make the cut on the 2019 shortlist, in spite of it undoubtedly being the best visuals of any film on the below list. Alex Garland’s Ex Machina won this award for doing much less ambitious visual work. It doesn’t quite make sense.

Anyway, Best Visual Effects:

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Makeup & Hairstyling

The 2019 Oscar race for Best Makeup & Hairstyling has been narrowed down to seven. Clips from these seven films will be screened to the makeup and hairstyling branch of the Academy, and three films will be nominated.

There is some convention to what types of films get nominations in this category. So let’s get into it.

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Actor

Like with Best Actress, the Oscar race for Best Actor comes in three tiers. There are the clear front-runners, sure-fire nominees. There are two or three likely nominees. And then there’s the rest, a handful of actors in the mix that could slip in last minute.

The hardest spot to predict is the last one. The fifth spot could be filled by a number of quality performances.

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Actress

The Academy has a lot of quality acting talent to sift through in the four acting categories this year.

For Best Actress, a race that began early-on as a close competition between Lady Gaga and Glenn Close, the field has expanded considerably. Gaga’s stock is holding firm; Close’s has sunk a bit since the soft release of The Wife.

With the SAG nominations out, the race is all the more complicated.

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Foreign Language Film

Best Foreign Language is a tough category in 2019. There are a lot of strong candidates. Pretty much every one of the nine shortlisted films have a good case for why they should be in the top five. Of course, in a year where Roma is on the shortlist, it will be hard for any other film to win. But anything could happen.

Let’s take a look at the shortlist.

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The Nominees:

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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions – Best Animated Film

2018 was a quality year for animated film. A long-awaited Pixar sequel. An intricately-crafted Wes Anderson film. A surprising critical darling in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. A crowd-pleaser in Ralph Breaks the Internet.

It is a strong field, although there is a clear divide between the top tier and the second string candidates.

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The Nominees:

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