Oscars Preview! Where to Stream the Potential Winners, Plus My Official Ballot
#169: The 2022 Academy Awards preview!
Edition 169:
Hey movie lovers!
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In this week’s newsletter: It’s a special Oscars edition! Before the ceremony on Sunday night, here’s where you can stream the movies set to win awards, along with links to my full review of each. Then, I reveal my Oscars ballot.
My 2022 Oscars Ballot
Hey all! Get pumped for the Oscars this weekend.
If you haven’t already, now is the time to join my Oscars Picks Pool. It’s free-to-enter, with a winner-take-all cash prize pool (supplied by me) of $2 per total number of entries. So get all your friends to join to juice the pot!
Enter your Oscars ballot here: https://forms.gle/JGF3TYTi1yTR3kSeA
I’ll drop my own Oscars ballot at the bottom, but first I wanted to give you all a handy primer on where to stream all of the movies that will be mentioned on Sunday night.
If you want my own personal recommendations, here’s how I’d rank them in terms of which you should watch before the ceremony.
Best Picture Nominees:
CODA - AppleTV+
Licorice Pizza - $VOD (can rent from Amazon or Apple)
West Side Story - HBO Max and Disney+
Dune - HBO Max
Nightmare Alley - HBO Max and Hulu
Don't Look Up - Netflix
The Power of the Dog - Netflix
Belfast - $VOD (can rent from Amazon or Apple)
King Richard - HBO Max
Drive My Car - HBO Max
Other Notable Nominees:
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (for Best Actress favorite Jessica Chastain): HBO Max
The Lost Daughter (strong contender in Adapted Screenplay): Netflix
Summer of Soul (favorite in Documentary Feature): Disney+ and Hulu
Tick, Tick … Boom! (for acting nominee Andrew Garfield and Film Editing): Netflix
Cruella (a favorite in Costume Design): Disney+
Being The Ricardos (for Actress contender Nicole Kidman): Amazon
Encanto (the favorite for Animated Feature): Disney+
Flee (strong contender in Animated Feature): Hulu
And now…
…the moment you’ve all been waiting for…
Here’s my official Oscars ballot. I’m betting BIG on Dune in the production categories, going with my favs in the screenplays (historically the coolest categories of the night), and bending my pretty chalky big six to rob Will Smith of his first Oscar win.
You don’t want to copy it for your submission because then you can’t beat me! And also because last year I only picked 14 out of 23 correct (to be fair, most year’s I’m much higher). But I’m nothing if not transparent!
Best Original Screenplay: Licorice Pizza
Best Adapted Screenplay: CODA
Best Visual Effects: Dune
Best Sound: Dune
Best Production Design: Dune
Best Original Score: Dune
Best Original Song: "Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Dune
Best Live Action Short Film: The Long Goodbye
Best International Feature: Drive My Car
Best Film Editing: The Power of the Dog
Best Documentary Short: The Queen of Basketball
Best Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul
Best Costume Design: Cruella
Best Cinematography: Dune
Best Animated Short Film: Bestia
Best Animated Feature: Encanto
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Ariana DeBose -- West Side Story
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Troy Kotsur -- CODA
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain -- The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Benedict Cumberbatch -- The Power of the Dog
Best Director: Jane Campion -- The Power of the Dog
Best Picture: The Power of the Dog