Media Boat Predicts the 96th Oscars!

Which one of the Poor Things, these Killers of the Flower Moon, these absolute Barbies will outdo their Past Lives by winning an Oppen-Oscar? Everyone is asking this! Well, I’m not sure if we know, but we can sure guess. Here are Mike and Matt’s picks for tonight’s Oscar winners.

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Colman Domingo - Rustin

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer - Matt and Mike’s pick

Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction


Best supporting actor

Sterling K. Brown - American Fiction

Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer - Matt and Mike’s pick

Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things


Best actress

Annette Bening - Nyad

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon - Matt and Mike’s pick

Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Emma Stone - Poor Things


Best supporting actress

Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

America Ferrera - Barbie

Jodie Foster - Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers - Matt and Mike’s pick


best animated feature film

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

Robot Dreams

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Matt and Mike’s pick


Best Cinematography

Edward Lachman - El Conde

Rodrigo Prieto - Killers of the Flower Moon

Matthew Libatique - Maestro

Hoyte van Hoytema - Oppenheimer - Matt and Mike’s pick

Robbie Ryan - Poor Things


Best costume design

Jacqueline Durran - Barbie

Jacqueline West - Killers of the Flower Moon

Janty Yates and Dave Crossman - Napoleon

Ellen Mirojnick - Oppenheimer

Holly Waddington - Poor Things - Matt and Mike’s pick


Best Director

Justine Triet - Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon - Mike’s pick

Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer - Matt’s pick

Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest


Best Documentary feature film

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol - Matt and Mike’s pick


Best Documentary short film

The ABCs of Book Banning - Matt and Mike’s pick

The Barber of Little Rock

Island In Between

The Last Repair Shop

Nai Nai and Wai Po


best film editing

Laurent Senechal - Anatomy of a Fall

Kevin Tent - The Holdovers

Thelma Schoomaker - Killers of the Flower Moon

Jennifer Lame - Oppenheimer - Matt and Mike’s pick

Yorgos Mavropsaridis - Poor Things


Best International film

Io Capitano (Italy)

Perfect Days (Japan)

Society of the Snow (Spain)

The Teachers' Lounge (Germany)

The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) - Matt and Mike’s pick


best makeup and hairstyling

Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue - Golda

Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell - Maestro

Luisa Abel - Oppenheimer

Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston - Poor Things - Matt and Mike’s pick

Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé - Society of the Snow


best original score

Laura Karpman - American Fiction

John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Robbie Robertson - Killers of the Flower Moon - Matt’s pick

Ludwig Goransson - Oppenheimer - Mike’s pick

Jerskin Fendrix - Poor Things


best original song

"The Fire Inside" - from Flamin' Hot; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"I'm Just Ken" - from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

"It Never Went Away" - from American Symphony; Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson

"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" - from Killers of the Flower Moon; Music and Lyric by Scott George

"What Was I Made For?" - from Barbie; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell - Matt and Mike’s Pick


best picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer - Matt and Mike’s pick

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest


best production design

Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer - Barbie - Matt and Mike’s pick

Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis - Killers of the Flower Moon

Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff - Napoleon

Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman - Oppenheimer

Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek - Poor Things


best animated short film

Letter to a Pig

Ninety-Five Senses

Our Uniform

Pachyderme

War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko - Matt and Mike’s pick


best live action short film

The After

Invincible

Knight of Fortune

Red, White, and Blue - Mike’s pick

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Matt’s pick


best sound

Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic - The Creator

Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic - Maestro

Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell - Oppenheimer

Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn - The Zone of Interest - Matt and Mike’s pick


best visual effects

Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould - The Creator - Mike’s pick

Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima - Godzilla Minus One - Matt’s pick

Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould - Napoleon


best adapted screenplay

Cord Jefferson - American Fiction

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach - Barbie - Matt and Mike’s pick

Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Tony McNamara - Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest


best original screenplay

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari - Anatomy of a Fall - Mike’s pick

David Hemingson - The Holdovers

Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer - Maestro

Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik - May December

Celine Song - Past Lives - Matt’s pick