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At 8 a.m. ET, the nominees for the 2021 Oscars were announced. I have a full list of the categories that I can comment on, but I did not include certain things like Live Action Short Film or Documentary Feature because I truly know nothing about them. I commented on Best Picture, bit nothing else, because I honestly have not seen most of these movies, just read stuff about them.
Best Picture / Best Actor / Best Actress / Best Supporting Actor / Best Supporting Actress / Best Director / Best Adapted Screenplay / Best Original Screenplay / Best Original Song / Best Original Score / Best Sound / Best Costume Design / Best Animated Feature Film / Best Cinematography / Best Film Editing / Best Makeup and Hairstyling / Best Production Design / Best Visual Effects
BEST PICTURE
The Father
Nomandland
Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sound of Metal
These movies are, as usual, sweeping dramas. The Father is a family drama starring Anthony Hopkins. Nomadland is an adventure-drama with Frances McDormand. That seems to be the likeliest to win. Mank is a biographical drama about the screenwriter of one of Hollywood's most famous films, Citizen Kane. That's directed by David Fincher, who is one of my favorite directors of all time. I don't know anything about Minari. It's a family drama, but that's the limit of my knowledge. Promising Young Woman is one that I also don't know anything about.
Judas and the Black Messiah stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield, who are both extremely underrated actors. It's a biographical drama about the rise of the Black Panther party in the 1970s. The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a courtroom drama written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, one of the great screenwriters of all time. Sound of Metal is a drama about a drummer who begins to lose his hearing.
Like I said, Nomadland seems to be the favorite. Right behind it are Judas and The Trial of the Chicago 7. 2020-21 is a strange Oscar year. Most of these films aren't big names, because most were released straight to streaming.
BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Gary Oldman (Mank)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Andra Day (The United States v. Billie Holiday) Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Leslie Odom, Jr. (One Night in Miami...)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Amanda Seyfried (Mank)
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)
BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher (Mank)
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)
Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami The White Tiger
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
Minari
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Fight For You" (Judas and the Black Messiah)
"Hear My Voice" (The Trial of the Chicago 7)
"Húsavík" (Eurovision Song Contest)
"Io Si" (The Life Ahead)
"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Da 5 Bloods
Soul
Minari
Mank
News of the World
BEST SOUND
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Emma
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Mulan
Pinocchio
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Soul
Onward
Over the Moon
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmegeddon
Wolfwalkers
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST FILM EDITING
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Father
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank News of the World
Tenet
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet