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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the 97th Academy Awards

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

With the announcement of this year’s Oscar winners, another long awards season has come to a close. While most categories went according to plan, we had a couple of surprises, albeit nothing you’d call a huge shocker. And certainly none you’d call a bad decision. As is tradition, let’s take a closer look at everything that went down with the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 97th Academy Awards.
Anora Dominates 97th Academy Awards Nominations

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

Sean Baker’s Anora has dominated the 97th Academy Awards with five wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for Mikey Madison, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Baker makes history as the first person to win four Academy Awards in one evening for the same film. He ties the record with Walt Disney for the most Oscars by one person in one ceremony.
Emilia Pérez Dominates 49th César Awards

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez has dominated the 50th César Awards with six wins including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Elsewhere, Souleymane’s Story scored four wins including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Nina Meurisse. Winners in bold below.
Final Oscars Predictions In All 23 Categories

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

The moment months in the making is almost here. Awards season is coming to a close once again and the 97th Academy Awards are imminent. Below are Filmotomy’s Awards Editor Doug Jamieson‘s final predictions in all 23 categories. For more detailed coverage of each category, click the corresponding link for further analysis. BEST PICTURE1. Anora (Neon)2. Conclave (Focus Features)3. The Brutalist (A24)4. A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)5. Wicked (Universal Pictures)6. Emilia Pérez (Netflix)7.
Final Oscars Predictions – Best Picture - Filmotomy

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

And now we arrive at the big one. For anyone who complained last year was too boring with Oppenheimer sweeping every major prize, you’ve been delivered the complete opposite this year. We enter Oscar night without an undeniable frontrunner for Best Picture and that’s always both terribly tense and deliciously exhilarating.
Final Oscars Predictions – Best Director - Filmotomy

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

Unlike last year when Christopher Nolan won everything in sight before expectedly taking home the Oscar for Best Director, this season has been all over the damn place. But that’s been the case for many categories, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise there’s no undeniable frontrunner here. It’s still wild to me Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two) isn’t here. Nor Edward Berger (Conclave). But, hey, we thankfully got a female director into the line-up and one that directed a horror movie, no less.
Final Oscars Predictions – Best Actress - Filmotomy

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

And now we arrive at possibly the toughest category to predict of the whole night, which is entirely fitting, given the race for Best Actress has been genuinely unpredictable for the last five years. You could make a strong case for why four of the five nominees deserve to take this home. One capped off a comeback in a genre rarely honoured by the Academy. One announced the arrival of a bright new star. One made history with a nomination that seemed impossible just a few months ago.
Final Oscars Predictions – Best Actor - Filmotomy

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

For a while there, it was looking like Best Actor was all sewn up for Adrien Brody (The Brutalist). After wins at the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, and the Critics Choice Awards, Brody seemed set to join Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña with a clean sweep of the televised awards. And then the SAG Awards happened and threw a curveball in this seemingly boring race.
Final Oscars Predictions – Best Supporting Actress - Filmotomy

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

Much like Keiran Culkin in the Best Supporting Actor race, there’s been only one name heard this season for Best Supporting Actress and that’s Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez). And, also like Culkin, she’s winning for a performance that few would call “supporting.” With wins at BAFTA, the Critics Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, and the SAG Awards, Saldaña has dominated this race and, more impressively, managed to rise above the controversy cooked up by her co-star in the final stages.
Final Oscars Predictions – Best Supporting Actor - Filmotomy

1 month ago | filmotomy.com | Doug Jamieson

With wins from BAFTA, the Critics Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, SAG, and over 30 wins with the critics groups, Keiran Culkin (A Real Pain) has made a clean sweep of the precursor season for Best Supporting and stands as one of the strongest locks of the night. Is it a case of category fraud for a performance that’s really a co-lead? Absolutely. Does anyone seem to care? Nope. Is there a possibility of an upset for anyone else? Not a chance. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR PREDICTIONS:1.