2019 Oscar Predictions: THE TECHS (October)
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
1. Vice (Annapurna)
2. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Disney)
3. Border (Neon)
4. Mary Queen of Scots (Focus Features)
5. Deadpool 2 (20th Century Fox)
NEXT UP
Black Panther (Disney)
Destroyer (Annapurna)
The Favourite (Fox Searchlight)
Mary Poppins Returns (Disney)
A Star is Born (Warner Bros)
OTHER CONTENDERS
At Eternity’s Gate (CBS Films)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Netflix)
BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Bohemian Rhapsody (20th Century Fox)
Cold War (Amazon)
Colette (Bleecker Street)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Warner Bros)
The Front Runner (Sony)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Annpurna)
On the Basis of Sex (Focus Features)
The Sisters Brothers (Annapurna)
Stan and Ollie (Sony Classics)
Suspiria (Amazon)
Vox Lux (Neon)
A Wrinkle in Time (Disney)
VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Black Panther (Disney)
2. Ready Player One (Warner Bros)
3. Bumblebee (Paramount)
4. Mary Poppins Returns (Disney)
5. Avengers: Infinity War (Disney)
NEXT UP
Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney)
First Man (Universal)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Disney)
Peter Rabbit (Sony)
Welcome to Marwen (Universal)
OTHER CONTENDERS
Annihilation (Paramount)
Aquaman (Warner Bros)
Christopher Robin (Disney)
Deadpool 2 (20th Century Fox)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Warner Bros)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Universal)
Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal)
Kin (Lionsgate)
The Meg (Warner Bros)
Pacific Rim Uprising (Universal)
Rampage (Warner Bros)
Skyscraper (Universal)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney)
Venom (Sony)
A Wrinkle in Time (Disney)
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