Picks made March 3rd, 2024 for the March 10th, 2024 Academy Awards.

Best Visual Effects

SHOULD WIN: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

WILL WIN: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Film Editing

SHOULD WIN: Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker

WILL WIN: Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame

Best Costume Design

SHOULD WIN: Poor Things – Holly Waddington

WILL WIN: Poor Things – Holly Waddington

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

WILL WIN: Poor Things - Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, and Josh Weston

(Did not watch Society of the Snow)

Best Production Design

SHOULD WIN: Poor Things

WIN WIN: Poor Things

Best Sound

SHOULD WIN: The Zone of Interest

WILL WIN: Oppenheimer

Best Original Song

SHOULD WIN: "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

WILL WIN: "What Was I Made For?" from Barbie by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

Best Documentary Feature Film

(Did not watch any, have no pick)

Best Documentary Short Film

(Did not watch any, have no pick)

Best Live Action Short Film

(Did not watch any, have no pick)

Best Animated Short Film

(Did not watch any, have no pick)

Best Cinematography

SHOULD WIN: Poor Things – Robbie Ryan

WILL WIN: Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema

Best Original Score

SHOULD WIN: Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson

WILL WIN: Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson

Best International Feature Film

WILL WIN: The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) – directed by Jonathan Glazer

(Did not see Io capitano (Italy), Society of the Snow (Spain) or The Teachers' Lounge (Germany))

Best Animated Feature

WILL WIN: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal

(Did not see Robot Dreams, Nimona or Across the Spider-Verse)

Best Adapted Screenplay

SHOULD WIN: Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on characters created by Ruth Handler

WILL WIN: Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on characters created by Ruth Handler

Best Original Screenplay

WILL WIN: Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

(Did not see May December)

Best Supporting Actress

WILL WIN: Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb

(Did not see The Color Purple)

Best Supporting Actor

SHOULD WIN: Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale

WILL WIN: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss

Best Actress

SHOULD WIN: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart

WILL WIN: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart

Best Actor

WILL WIN: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer

(Did not see Rustin)

Best Director

SHOULD WIN: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

WILL WIN: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Picture

SHOULD WIN: Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan

WILL WIN: Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan