The 91st annual Academy Awards airs Sunday February 24, 2019 on ABC
Back again for 2019 are the Beard Blog Oscar picks.
I made a determined effort to see as many nominated films this year before the awards.
Overall I feel like this was a weak year compared to last. A lot of mediocre films made the list and we’ve now seen our film superhero / blockbuster move, Black Panther, make the nominee list several times. This could be signaling a shift in how the academy picks award winning films, but we shall see how the results play out.
My picks, based on my opinion, of which film or which person should win, are below in bold:
- Best Picture
- Black Panther
- BlacKkKlansman
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- The Favorite
- Green Book
- Roma
- A Star is Born
- Vice
- Actor in a Leading Role
- Christian Bale – Vice
- Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
- Willem Dafoe – At Eternity’s Gate
- Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Viggo Mortensen – Green Book
- Actress in a Leading Role
- Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
- Glenn Close – The Wife
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
- Lady Gaga – A Star is Born
- Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Actor in a Supporting Role
- Mahershala Ali – Green Book
- Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
- Sam Elliott – A Star is Born
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Sam Rockwell – Vice
- Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Adams – Vice
- Marina de Tavira – Roma
- Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Emma Stone – The Favourite
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
- Directing
- Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman
- Pawet Pawlikowski – Cold War
- Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
- Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
- Adam McKay – Vice
- Writing (Adapted)
- Joel & Ethan Coen – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowtiz – BlacKkKlansman
- Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Eric Roth & Bradley Cooper – A Star is Born
- Writing (Original)
- Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara – The Favourite
- Paul Shrader – First Reformed
- Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, & Peter Farrelly – Green Book
- Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
- Adam McKay – Vice