The Academy Awards will be broadcast live this Sunday (2am CAT) in LA, and even with the world being in the state that it is, 2021 was a fantastic year for movies by all measure.
The nagging question will always be in the back of our heads, “does the Oscars actually represent the consensus of movie quality for a year or is it the same old underhand deals as before?!”.
2021 falls somewhere in the middle, shining a light on movies that need attention like CODA & Drive My Car while also falling into the old habits with seemingly undeserving movies. Yes, I am looking at you Being the Ricardos.
The Chairman & Tash had a go at picking the winners in the major categories this year, and these more of hopes than who will actually win.
Best Animated Feature
Nominees:
Encanto – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Luca – Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon – Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho
The Chairman: The Mitchells vs The Machines
Tash: Encanto
Who will actually win: Encanto
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter as Young Leda Caruso
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story as Anita
Judi Dench – Belfast as Granny
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard as Oracene “Brandy” Price
The Chairman & Tash: Kirsten Dunst
Who will actually win: Aunjanue Ellis
Best Supporting Actor
Nominees
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast as Pop
Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog as George Burbank
J. K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos as William Frawley
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon
The Chairman & Tash: Jesse Plemons
Who will actually win: Kodi Smith-McPhee
Best Director
Nominees
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
The Chairman: Denis Villeneuve (yes, he should be winning this award!)
Tash: Jane Campion
Who will actually win: Jane Campion
Best Actor
Nominees
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos as Desi Arnaz
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom! as Jonathan Larson
Will Smith – King Richard as Richard Williams
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth
The Chairman: Will Smith
Tash: Andrew Garfield
Who will actually win: Will Smith
Best Actress
Nominees
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers as Janis Martínez Moreno
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball
Kristen Stewart – Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales
The Chairman & Tash: Kristen Stewart
Who will actually win: Jessica Chastain
Best Picture
Nominees
Belfast – Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas
CODA – Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger
Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay and Kevin Messick
Drive My Car – Teruhisa Yamamoto
Dune – Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter
King Richard – Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith
Licorice Pizza – Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson
Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier
West Side Story – Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger
The Chairman & Tash: Dune
Who will actually win: CODA
What do you think of our picks? Let us have you thoughts on our choices and if don’t agree, please comment.
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