I’ve been covering the Academy Awards for the past few and have been watching them since I was about 11 years old. I can say with confidence that this is the most unpredictable awards season that I’ve encountered. It seems every precursor is going a different way, making this Sunday night completely mutable, which is how it should be for the viewers.
Without further ado, here are my predictions for every category at the 97th Academy Awards.
Life as a movie-lover in Knoxville can be difficult, especially around this time of year. With this year’s Oscars Ceremony this Sunday — honoring the movies of 2018 — it’s easy to not only feel overwhelmed by the amount of nominees but disappointed in the amount of nominated movies that are actually accessible in our city. Most years, many of the “best movies of the year” are not even screening in Knoxville until the week before the ceremony and often they screen even after that. 2018 marks a unique occurrence in the world of film distribution, though, and likely illustrates a shifting tide. Films produced and distributed by online streaming platforms for the first time cracked the major categories and may signal an even greater shift for years to come.