Blog by Chris Louzader:
Awards season technically begins for me in October. As part of being a voting member of the Critics’ Choice Awards, that is the month I begin receiving movie screeners for voting contention. The Golden Globes are in January as well as The Critics Choice Awards. Followed by the Screen Actors Guild Awards in February. All of these are THE ROAD TO THE OSCARS!
Why do I love this season? Anything that highlights movies and celebrates film is so FUN to me. I’ve loved movies on the BIG SCREEN since I was delighted by 1978’s GREASE when I was 8-years old at Springfield, MO’s PETITE 3 CINEMA!
I have my annual predictions for this Sunday’s Oscar Ceremony. This list is who I think WILL win, not necessarily who I WANT to win:
Supporting Actress = Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS
Supporting Actor = Robert Downey Jr. – OPPENHEIMER
Lead Actress = Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON *Emma Stone had been winning everything till the SAGS
Lead Actor = Cillian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER *I would NOT cry if Paul Giamatti was a surprise winner for THE HOLDOVERS
Director = Christopher Nolan – OPPENHEIMER
Picture = OPPENHEIMER *Not nominated or given the credit it deserves, but I loved AIR
If you get into it … I’d love to know your picks! Happy Oscars!
