As they finish polishing up the statues for tomorrow’s awards ceremony, it’s time to finish up our predictions with the major categories.  So, without further ado, we begin with:

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fablemans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

I’ve seen a grand total of one of these, but that one isn’t going to win so I’ll go with Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Best Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living

Having seen none of these, I’ll hop on board the Brendan Fraser comeback bandwagon.

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Tár
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Again, I’ve seen none of these, so I’ll take a stab in the dark and pick Michelle Yeoh.

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch., The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

I don’t know.  Ke Huy Quan, maybe?

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

I’ll go with Kerry Condon.

Best Director

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherinie
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Todd Fiels, Tár
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Since I already went with Everything Everywhere All at Once for Best Picture, so I’ll stick with that horse and choose the two Daniels.