Chances are, it’s not going to win Best Picture, as three other film (“1917,” “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,” and “Parasite”) seem to have a bigger claim to it, but it’s definitely in the range of possibilities for Joaquin Phoenix to win for Best Leading Actor and Hildur Guðnadóttir to win for Best Original Score.
At this point in the season, it would take a lot for anyone to usurp the front-runner Renée Zellweger. If anyone is, it seems more likely that it will be Scarlett Johansson. The experts place Charlize Theron as the next in line, but at that point, it will likely be a toss up anyway.
Inexplicably, “Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil” is dead last according to the experts, with “Bombshell” remaining the odds on favorite.
Renée Zellweger has swept the awards season and there looks to be no stopping her. There’s no reason to believe she won’t win the Oscar as well.
The Best Makeup & Hairsyling category has been narrowed down to ten contenders.
“VICE”Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick Director: Adam McKayProducers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Kevin J. Messick, Will Ferrell, and Adam McKayWriter: Adam McKayCinematography: Greig FraserEditor: Hank CorwinComposer: Nicholas BritellDistributor: Annapurna PicturesRelease Date: December 25, 2018Budget: $60 millionRun-time: 132 minutes FILM SYNOPSIS: Dick Cheney rises from humble beginnings to the heights of politics, serving in cabinet positions, in the White … Read More 2019 Oscars Challenge: [32] “Vice” – Eight Nominations
“MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS”Alexandra Byrne, Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks Director: Josie RourkeProducers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Debra HaywardWriter: Beau WillimonBased On: “Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart” by John GuyCinematography: John MathiesonEditor: Chris DickensComposer: Max RichterDistributors: Focus FeaturesRelease Date: December 7, 2018Budget: $25 million Run-time: 125 minutes ALEXANDRA BYRNE FILM SYNOPSIS: The widowed Mary Stuart, only 18 … Read More 2019 Oscars Challenge: [31] “Mary Queen Of Scots” – Two Nominations
“BORDER”Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer Director: Ali AbbasiProducers: Nina Bisgaard, Peter Gustafsson, and Petra JonssonWriters: Ali Abbasi, Isabella Eklöf, and John Ajvide LindqvistBased On: “Border” by John Ajvide LindqvistCinematography: Nadim CarlsenEditors: Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Anders SkovComposers: Christoffer Berg and Martin DerkovDistributor: NEONRelease Date: October 26, 2018Run-time: 108 minutes FILM SYNOPSIS: In a coastal Swedish town, customs officer Tina is an invaluable member of her … Read More 2019 Oscars Challenge: [22] “Border” – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Seven films will advance in the Makeup and Hairstyling category for the 91st Academy Awards. All members of the Academy’s Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar® consideration. The films, listed in alphabetical order by title, are: … Read More Oscars Watch: 7 Makeup and Hairstyling Shortlisted for 91st Academy Awards
“DARKEST HOUR” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski Director: Joe Wright Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten and Douglas Urbanski Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel Editor: Dylan Tichenor Composer: Valerio Bonelli Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: November 22, 2017 Run-time: 125 minutes FILM SYNOPSIS: Controversial politician Winston Churchill is appointed prime minister during the early days of World War … Read More 2018 Oscars Challenge: [42] “Darkest Hour” – 6 Nominations
Director: Stephen Frears Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Beeban Kidron, and Tracey Seaward Writer: Lee Hall Cinematography: Danny Cohen Composer: Thomas Newman Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: October 6, 2017 Run-time: 111 minutes FILM SYNOPSIS: Muslim clerk Abdul Karim is selected to travel from India to England to present Queen Victoria with a ceremonial coin in honor of her Golden Jubilee. The bored monarch is … Read More 2018 Oscars Challenge: [27] “Victoria & Abdul” – 2 Nominations
“WONDER” Arjen Tuiten Director: Stephen Chbosky Producers: David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman Writers: Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky Cinematography: Don Burgess Composers: Marcelo Zarvos and Bea Miller Distributors: Lionsgate Release Date: November 14, 2017 Run-time: 113 minutes FILM SYNOPSIS: Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman has been home-schooled throughout his life because of the multiple surgeries he has had to correct his facial differences. Auggie is … Read More 2018 Oscars Challenge: [26] “Wonder” – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Here are your final seven competitors for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in a feature. Netflix’s “Bright” pops in here so either the Academy is starting to move toward not minding the streaming service or it just happened to make the final cut. Oddly missing are “Beauty and the Beast” and more surprisingly, “The Shape Of Water,” with its sea creature looking very much a … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 7 Makeup and Hairstyling Shortlisted for 90th Academy Awards
Original Title: “En man som heter Ove” Directed by: Hannes Holm Screenplay by: Hannes Holm Based On: “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman (2012) Cinematography by: Göran Hallberg Music by: Gaute Storaas Distributed by: Nordisk Film Release Date: September 30, 2016 Country: Sweden FILM SYNOPSIS: Ove, a cranky, older Swede who has been contemplating suicide since his wife died, is constantly quarreling with … Read More 2017 Oscars Challenge: [14] “A Man Called Ove” (2 nominations)
“A MAN CALLED OVE” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson Original Title: “En man som heter Ove” Directed by: Hannes Holm Screenplay by: Hannes Holm Based On: “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman (2012) Cinematography by: Göran Hallberg Music by: Gaute Storaas Distributed by: Nordisk Film Release Date: September 30, 2016 Country: Sweden FILM SYNOPSIS: Ove, a cranky, older Swede who has been … Read More 2017 Oscars Challenge: [14] “A Man Called Ove” – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin Look at any given character in “Mad Max: Fury Road” and you will see some Makeup or Hairsyling aspect given to the character, whether its bald caps or actually shaving their heads, whether its the boils on the characters begging for water, or the intense detail to the grotesque Immortan Joe, or war … Read More 2016 Oscars Challenge: [36] “Mad Max: Fury Road” – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” {click each category for individual look} // Produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller, and P. J. Voeten // Directed by George Miller // // Dated Viewed: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 // BLU-RAY // 6 films – 6 days //
THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED Love Larson and Eva von Bahr Knocking out better known films like “Mr. Turner,” “Concussion,” and the one that I personally thought would be nominated by transforming Johnny Depp into Whitey Bulgar in “Black Mass,” the unknown Swedish comedy “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared” found itself nominated in the … Read More 2016 Oscars Challenge: [14] “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared” – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
THE REVENANT Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini When Leonardo DiCaprio’s character is mauled by a bear in “The Revenant,” his epic journey that follows is also a showcase of brilliant makeup and prosthetic design that is applied to DiCaprio’s body, showing the true scope of the attack in his limbs and on his skin. Along the way, we are shown various stages … Read More 2016 Oscars Challenge: [5] “The Revenant” – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
“THE REVENANT” {click each category for individual look} // Produced by Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon //Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu // // Dated Viewed: Sunday, January 17th, 2016 // LAEMMLE NOHO 7 // 37 films – 43 days //
With a shortlisting in the Best Makeup & Hairstyling category, we have a fairly clear picture of what’s being considered. In my picks, I’m leaning towards the films that will likely receive other awards love. Since there’s only three nominations in this category, four of them won’t make the cut. “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Revenant” feel like safe bets to me, while … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 7 Makeup & Hairstyling Shortlisted for 88th Academy Awards
FRANCIS HANNON & MARK COULIER “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Most of the makeup in “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is subtle. Apart from turning Tilda Swinton into an entirely different person, the rest of the makeup just tends to accent certain features of a character, like Agatha’s birthmark or Edward Norton’s mustache. Or the makeup is used to comedic effect, like making Harvey Keitel bald … Read More 2015 Oscars Challenge: [12] The Grand Budapest Hotel – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
In the smallest category of the Academy Awards, with eventually only three nominees, the Best Makeup & Hairstyling Oscar is still completely up for grabs despite now only having seven films in contention. “The Amazing Spider-man 2” saw Jamie Foxx get the full blue Electro make-over. “Foxcatcher” saw Steve Carrell get the creepy John Du Pont make-over with a prosthetic nose. Several characters including … Read More Oscar Shortlist: 7 Makeup & Hairstyling Shortlisted for 87th Academy Awards
Stephen Prouty When the Oscar nominations were announced just a few weeks ago, I think that absolutely everyone involved was surprised to see “Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa” as one of the final three to be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Not because the film and its makeup does not deserve it, but because Jackass has never been a brand name associated with the … Read More 2014 Oscars Challenge: [13] Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – One Nomination
Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny For being one of the most underrated films of 2013, “The Lone Ranger” pulled in two nominations from the Academy and proved that it wasn’t so universally panned after all. Now, of the two nominations, the film’s chances rest mostly in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category. Not only are there only two other competitors in that category (“Jackass … Read More 2014 Oscars Challenge: [1] The Lone Ranger – Two Nominations
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: SEVEN FILMS FOR MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Seven films now stand for Best Makeup & Hairstyling, but only three will get nominations in this category. Sadly, “The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug” doesn’t make the cut. The two locks that I can see are “The Great Gatsby” which could even go on to take this award, and of course, “American Hustle” which … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 7 Makeup And Hairstyling Shortlisted for 86th Academy Awards
Expect about the same showing, or even less, from this year’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”. With the same nominations it had last, the film could easily slide into Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. As with more characters involved and the visual effects of a dragon, there’s absolutely no reason this film can’t harness those same nominations, … Read More For Your Consideration 2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
HITCHCOCK The best part of the Oscar season is when a film like “Hitchcock” gets nominated for an Academy Award. One of the only surprising nominations of the year, the film really does have great use of Makeup and Hairstyling. Immersing Anthony Hopkins into the visage of Alfred Hitchcock is no simple task, but on-screen, you tend to forget you are watching an actor … Read More 2013 Oscars Challenge: [22] Hitchcock – One Nomination
LES MISÉRABLES BEST PICTURE Sadly, despite early buzzing, “Les Misérables” lost its chance of winning Best Picture when it failed to garner both a directing nomination for Tom Hooper and an Adapted Screenplay nomination, both of which are almost a prerequisite for winning the ultimate prize for Best Picture. Since “Les Misérables” failed to reel those nominations in, it will have to settle for … Read More 2013 Oscars Challenge: [16] Les Misérables – Eight Nominations
With Best Makeup and Hairstyling down to just seven, there are several front-runners that stick out immediately for the three nomination spots. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is almost guaranteed a spot, with both “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” winning their respected years. I would also hazard a … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 7 Makeup & Hairstyling Shortlisted for 85th Academy Awards
