2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (October)
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Here are my 2022 Oscar predictions in Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects for October 2021.
MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
1. Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
2. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight Pictures)
3. House of Gucci (MGM/UA)
4. Cruella (Walt Disney)
5. The Suicide Squad (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
6. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
7. Being the Ricardos (Amazon Studios)
8. King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
9. The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple Original Films)
10. Spencer (NEON)
Other contenders:
Eternals (Walt Disney/Marvel)
The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)
The Last Duel (20th Century Studios)
Last Night in Soho (Focus Features)
Licorice Pizza (MGM/UA)
Titane (NEON)
VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
2. The Matrix Resurrections (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
3. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
4. Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
5. Free Guy (20th Century Studios)
6. Eternals (Walt Disney/Marvel)
7. The Tomorrow War (Amazon Studios)
8. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Sony Pictures)
9. The Suicide Squad (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
10. Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony Pictures/Marvel)
Other contenders:
Black Widow (Walt Disney/Marvel)
Finch (Apple Original Films)
Jungle Cruise (Walt Disney)
No Time to Die (MGM/UA)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Walt Disney/Marvel)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Swan Song (Apple Original Films)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple Original Films)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Sony Pictures)
Photos: Warner Bros
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