CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARDS SPECULATION

With the Critic's Choice Awards just days away, I figured now is as good a time as any to take a look at the nominees and share my thoughts.

 BEST PICTURE

9. A Complete Unknown

4. Anora

2. The Brutalist

3. Conclave

1. Dune Part Two

10. Emelia Perez

8. Nickel Boys

7. Sing Sing

6. The Substance

5. Wicked

BEST ACTOR

2. Adrian Brody - The Brutalist

3. Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown

1. Daniel Craig - Queer

4. Colman Domingo - Sing Sing

6. Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

5. Hugh Grant - Heretic

BEST ACTRESS

4. Cynthia Erivo - Wicked

6. Karla Sofia Gascon - Emelia Perez

5. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths (Need to see)

3. Angelina Jolie - Maria

1. Mikey Madison - Anora 

2. Demi Moore - The Substance

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

2. Yura Borisov - Anora

Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain (Need to see)

3. Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing

4. Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown

1. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist

Denzel Washington - Gladiator 2 (Need to see)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson (Need to see)

1. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys

3. Ariana Grande - Wicked

2. Margaret Qualley - The Substance

4. Isabella Rossellini - Conclave

5. Zoe Saldana - Emelia Perez

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

1. Alyla Brown - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Elliott Heffernan - Blitz (Need to see)

Maisy Stella - My Old Ass (Need to see)

Izaac Wang - Didi (Need to see)

2. Alisha Weir - Abigail

3. Zoe Ziegler - Janet Planet

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

3. Anora

5.Conclave

6. Emelia Perez

1. Saturday Night

2. Sing Sing

4. Wicked

BEST DIRECTOR

8. Jacques Audiard - Emelia Perez

5. Sean Baker - Anora

4. Edward Berger - Conclave

1. Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

6. Jon M. Chu - Wicked

3. Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

7. RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys

2. Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

4. Sean Baker - Anora

 Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David - September 5 (Need to see)

3. Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist

Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain (Need To See)

2. Coralie Fargeat - The Substance

1. Justin Kuritzkes - Challengers

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

6. Jacques Audiard - Emelia Perez

4. Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox - Wicked

3. Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley - Sing Sing

5. RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes - Nickel Boys

2. Peter Straughan - Conclave

1. Denis Villeneueve, Jon Spaihts - Dune: Part Two

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1. Jarin Blaschke - Nosferatu

5. Alice Brooks - Wicked

2. Lol Crawley - The Brutalist

6. Stephane Fontaine - Conclave

3. Greig Fraser - Dune: Part Two

4. Jomo Fray - Nickel Boys

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

2. Judy Becker, Patricia Cuccia - The Brutalist

4. Nathan Crowley, Lee Sandales - Wicked

5. Suzie Davies, Cynthia Sleiter - Conclave

1. Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova - Nosferatu

Arthur Max, Jille Azis, Elli Griff - Gladiator 2 (Need to see)

3. Patrice Vermette, Shane Vieau - Dune: Part Two

BEST EDITING

4. Sean Baker - Anora

1. Marco Costa - Challengers

5. Nick Emerson - Conclave

2. David Jansco - The Brutalist

3. Joe Walker - Dune: Part Two

Hansjorg Weifbrich - September 5 (Need to see)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

4. Lisy Christl – Conclave  

1. Linda Muir – Nosferatu  

5. Massimo Cantini Parrini – Maria  

2. Paul Tazewell – Wicked  

3. Jacqueline West – Dune: Part Two  

Janty Yates, Dave Crossman – Gladiator II  (Need to see)

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

4. Christine Blundell, Lesa Warrener, Neal Scanlan – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

5. Hair and Makeup Team – Dune: Part Two

2. Stéphanie Guillon, Frédérique Arguello, Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance  

3. Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Laura Blount – Wicked  

1. Traci Loader, Suzanne Stokes-Munton, David White – Nosferatu  

Mike Marino, Sarah Graalman, Aaron Saucier – A Different Man  (Need to see)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Mark Bakowski, Pietro Ponti, Nikki Penny, Neil Corbould – Gladiator II (Need to see) 

5. Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould, David Shirk – Wicked  

3. Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer – Dune: Part Two 

4. Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft, Peter Stubbs – Better Man  

1. Bryan Jones, Chervin Shafaghi, Pierre Olivier-Persin, Jean Miel – The Substance  

2. Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story, Rodney Burke – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

BEST ANIMATED FILM

2. Flow

1. Inside Out 2

Memoir of a Snail (Need to See)

3. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Wild Robot (Need to see)

BEST COMEDY

A Real Pain (Need to see)

3. Deadpool and Wolverine 

1. Hit Man

My Old Ass (Need to see)

2. Saturday Night

Thelma (Need to see)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

All We Imagine as Light (Need to see)

2. Emilia Pérez 

1. Flow 

I’m Still Here (Need to see)

Kneecap (Need to see)

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Need to see)

BEST SONG

“Beautiful That Way” – The Last Showgirl – Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus and Lykke Li (Haven't heard)

1. “Compress / Repress” – Challengers – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino

3. “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Camille

“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper – Kristen Wiig (Haven't heard)

“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot – Maren Morris (Haven't heard)

2. “Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez

BEST SCORE

4. Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

2. Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist 

5. Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot 

6. Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez 

1. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

3. Hans Zimmer – Dune: Part Two