At this point, who knows anything?
I’m making my monthly predictions on the assumption that most of these movies are even going to be released this year (and during the first two months of 2021). I may be making an even bigger assumption when I predict that they’ll even give out Oscars for 2020. Right now, it’s hard to know what’s going to happen.
But I am going to keep making these predictions because their fun to make and I believe that you do have to have some sort of normalcy in life. You can’t just say, “OH MY GOD, EVERYTHING’S SO NEGATIVE! I’M JUST GOING TO SIT IN FRONT OF TWITTER AND DRINK FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!” I mean, don’t get me wrong. A lot of people are, in fact, saying and doing just that. It’s kind of sad to think about the number of people who I once liked but who I have still, over the past few months, muted because I’m just sick of all the drama. I suppose I could list them all here just to see if any of them are actually bothering to read my posts but …. no, no. This post is about the movies and the performers and the Oscars who make every year a special year.
Be sure to check out my previous predictions for January, February, March, April, May, and June!
Best Picture
Ammonite
Da 5 Bloods
The Father
Hillbilly Elegy
Kajillionaire
News of the World
Nomadland
Respect
Soul
West Side Story
Best Director
Paul Greengrass for News of the World
Ron Howard for Hillbilly Elegy
Spike Lee for Da 5 Bloods
Steven Spielberg for West Side Story
Chloe Zhao for Nomadland
Best Actor
Tom Hanks in News of the World
Anthony Hopkins in The Father
Delroy Lindo in Da 5 Bloods
Bill Murray in On The Rocks
Gary Oldman in Mank
Best Actress
Amy Adams in Hillybill Elegy
Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Jennifer Hudson in Respect
Frances McDormand in Nomadland
Kate Winslet in Ammonite
Best Supporting Actor
David Alvarez in West Side Story
Tom Burke in Mank
Richard E. Grant in Everybody’s Talking about Jamie
Forest Whitaker in Respect
Steven Yeun in Minari
Best Supporting Actress
Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman in The Father
Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite
Debra Winger in Kajillionaire
Helena Zengel in News of the World