2019 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (December)

Two more categories that received shortlist treatment yesterday, Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects, saw some wild snubs and set us up for two interesting races. 

In Makeup & Hairstyling, the garish face paint and wigs of The Favourite missed the cut but two other queen biopics made it in and will be forces to be reckoned with. 

Even though Mary Queen of Scots isn’t making much of a dent in the top 8 categories (outside of that surprise SAG nom for Margot Robbie), the makeup branch of the Academy goes gaga for Queen Elizabeth so MQOS should find a spot, even in a final three. 

The other ‘Queen’ biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, is already proving itself a major player within the industry with that SAG Cast nomination last week. I have it way down in 7th at the moment but it is a major spoiler here.

Here are my 2019 Oscar Predictions in Makeup & Hairstyling for December 18, 2018.

Green – moves up Red – moves down  Blue – debut/re-entry

1. Black Panther (BFCA)
2. Vice (BFCA)
3. Mary Queen of Scots (BFCA)

4. Stan and Ollie
5. Suspiria (BFCA)
6. Border
7. Bohemian Rhapsody (BFCA)

With titles like Bumblebee and Annihilation not making the final 10 from the previous 20-film list (or Paddington 2!) we’re left with some major franchises and sequels for the most part. 

I think I discounted Solo: A Star Wars Story too early because of its box office. That probably won’t matter for a nomination, the same as it won’t for Ready Player One or First Man. 

Here are my 2019 Oscar Predictions in Visual Effects for December 18, 2019.

Green – moves up Red – moves down  Blue – debut/re-entry

1. Black Panther (BFCA)
2. Mary Poppins Returns (BFCA)
3. Ready Player One (BFCA)
4. First Man (BFCA)
5. Solo: A Star Wars Story

6. Avengers: Infinity War (BFCA)
7. Ant-Man and the Wasp
8. Christopher Robin
9. Welcome to Marwen
10. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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