The Oscars 2017-2018: Should Win & Will Win

BEST PICTURE
Should Win: DUNKIRK
Will Win: GET OUT

BEST ACTOR
Should Win: Daniel Kaluuya, GET OUT
Will Win: Gary Oldman, DARKEST HOUR

BEST ACTRESS
Should Win: Frances McDormand, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Will Win: Frances McDormand, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Should Win: Sam Rockwell, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Will Win: Sam Rockwell, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Should Win: Laurie Metcalf, LADY BIRD
Will Win: Allison Janney, I, TONYA

BEST DIRECTOR
Should Win: Christopher Nolan, DUNKIRK
Will Win: Guillermo del Toro, THE SHAPE OF WATER

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Should Win: Jordan Peele, GET OUT
Will Win: Jordan Peele, GET OUT

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Should Win: James Ivory, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Will Win: James Ivory, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Should Win: Roger Deakins, BLADE RUNNER 2049
Will Win: Roger Deakins, BLADE RUNNER 2049

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Should Win: Mark Bridges, PHANTOM THREAD
Will Win: Mark Bridges, PHANTOM THREAD

BEST SOUND MIXING
Should Win: Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, Mark Weingarten, DUNKIRK
Will Win: Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, BABY DRIVER

BEST SOUND EDITING
Should Win: Mark A. Mangini, Theo Green, BLADE RUNNER 2049
Will Win: Julian Slater, BABY DRIVER

BEST EDITING
Should Win: Lee Smith, DUNKIRK
Will Win: Lee Smith, DUNKIRK

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Should Win: Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joel Whist, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
Will Win: Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joel Whist, WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Should Win: Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick, DARKEST HOUR
Will Win: Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick, DARKEST HOUR

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Should Win: Sufjan Stevens, "Mysery of Love", CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Will Win: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, "This is Me", THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Should Win: Hans Zimmer, DUNKIRK
Will Win: Alexandre Desplat, THE SHAPE OF WATER

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Should Win: Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer, REVOLTING RHYMES PART ONE
Will Win: Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon, GARDEN PARTY

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Should Win: ???
Will Win: Reed Van Dyk, DeKalb Elementary

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Should Win: ???
Will Win: Frank Stiefel, HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Should Win: ???
Will Win: Agnes Varda, Rosalie Varda, JR, FACES PLACES

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Should Win: ???
Will Win: ON BODY AND SOUL

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Should Win: Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson, COCO
Will Win: Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson, COCO

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Should Win: Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis, DUNKIRK
Will Win: Paul D. Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeffrey A. Melvin, THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017 Awards

These are my nominations and winners (*) from 2017:

DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD

• David Lowery, A GHOST STORY

• *Christopher Nolan, DUNKIRK
• Jordan Peele, GET OUT
• Denis Villeneuve, BLADE RUNNER 2049

ACTOR

• Daniel Day-Lewis as Reynolds Woodcock, PHANTOM THREAD
• Michael Fassbender as David/Walter, ALIEN: COVENANT
• Ryan Gosling as K, BLADE RUNNER 2049
• *Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington, GET OUT
• Robert Pattinson as Connie Nikas, GOOD TIME

ACTRESS

• Sally Hawkins as Elisa Esposito, THE SHAPE OF WATER
• *Vicky Krieps as Alma, PHANTOM THREAD
• Frances McDormand as Mildred Hayes, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
• Saoirse Ronan as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson, LADY BIRD
• Kristen Stewart as Maureen, PERSONAL SHOPPER

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sharlto Copley as Vernon, FREE FIRE
• Willem Dafoe as Bobby, THE FLORIDA PROJECT

• Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, BLADE RUNNER 2049
• *Sam Rockwell as Dixon, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
• Michael Stuhlbarg as Mr. Perlman, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Ana de Armas as Joi, BLADE RUNNER 2049
• Riley Keough as Mellie Logan, LOGAN LUCKY
• *Rooney Mara as M, A GHOST STORY
• Leslie Manville as Cyril Woodcock, PHANTOM THREAD
• Laurie Metcalf as Marion McPherson, LADY BIRD

ENSEMBLE

• BLADE RUNNER 2049
• DUNKIRK
• *LOGAN LUCKY
• PHANTOM THREAD
• THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Christopher Nolan, DUNKIRK
• *Jordan Peele, GET OUT
• David Lowery, A GHOST STORY
• Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
• Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Jack Paglen and Michael Green, John Logan and Dante Harper, ALIEN: COVENANT
• *Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, BLADE RUNNER 2049
• James Ivory, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
• James Gray, THE LOST CITY OF Z
• Aaron Sorkin, MOLLY'S GAME

DOCUMENTARY

• JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BEYOND
• *MAY IT LAST: A PORTRAIT OF THE AVETT BROTHERS
• SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
• SPIELBERG
• VISAGES VILLAGES

MUSIC

• BLADE RUNNER 2049

• DUNKIRK
• *A GHOST STORY
• MAY IT LAST: A PORTRAIT OF THE AVETT BROTHERS
• THE SHAPE OF WATER

SOUND

• BLADE RUNNER 2049
• *DUNKIRK
• FREE FIRE
• GET OUT
• MOTHER!

HAIR & MAKEUP

• ATOMIC BLONDE
• FREE FIRE
• LOGAN LUCKY
• *MOLLY'S GAME
• PHANTOM THREAD

COSTUME DESIGN

• BLADE RUNNER 2049
• A GHOST STORY
• MOLLY'S GAME
• PERSONAL SHOPPER
• *PHANTOM THREAD

VISUAL EFFECTS

• BLADE RUNNER 2049

• *DUNKIRK
• A GHOST STORY
• MOTHER!
• VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• BLADE RUNNER 2049
• *DUNKIRK
• A GHOST STORY
• MOTHER!
• PHANTOM THREAD

EDITING

• BLADE RUNNER 2049
• *DUNKIRK
• GET OUT
• A GHOST STORY
• MAY IT LAST: A PORTRAIT OF THE AVETT BROTHERS

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• *BLADE RUNNER 2049
• DUNKIRK
• A GHOST STORY
• THE LOST CITY OF Z
• PHANTOM THREAD

10 OLDER MOVIES SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME

1. THE BEGUILED
2. DOGVILLE
3. TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
4. RIFIFI
5. THE LAST DETAIL
6. STEVE JOBS: THE MAN IN THE MACHINE
7. TITANIC
8. THE MUMMY (1932)
9. THE INVISIBLE MAN
10. WALKABOUT

Top 25 Films of 2017 - A Video Countdown

For this year I thought I'd do something different with my end of year list, and I had so much fun doing this that I definitely plan on doing it again next year!

Here is my video list of my favorite movies of 2017:

Top 25 Films of 2017 from Scott Molling on Vimeo.