Oscar nominations 2022: Complete predictions in all 23 categories
LOS ANGELES — Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards — aka, The One After the Train Station Ceremony — arrive bright and early Tuesday morning. If you're so inclined, you can set your alarm clock or, if you live in the greater Los Angeles area, you might simply find yourself awoken by the sounds of cell phones ringing and pinging, mimosas being poured in celebration and, conversely, the weeping and gnashing of teeth by those who are not thrilled because they have not been nominated.
Or ... you can save yourself the trouble and simply peruse this complete set of Oscar predictions, which I guarantee will be 100% accurate.
Best picture
"Belfast"
"CODA"
"Don't Look Up"
"Dune"
"King Richard"
"Licorice Pizza"
"The Power of the Dog"
"Tick, Tick ... Boom!"
"The Tragedy of Macbeth"
"West Side Story"
Possible snub: "The Tragedy of Macbeth"
Possible surprise: "Being the Ricardos"
The film academy restored the best picture category to a fixed 10 nominees this year, as it was when the slate was first expanded in 2009. For two years, voters had 10 slots on their nomination ballots and picked popular fare like "Up" and "The Blind Side," much to the dismay of many academy members who thought that the category had been cheapened. (They don't make best picture nominees like "The Towering Inferno" any more, do they?) In response, the academy changed the rules again and, for the next decade, eight or nine movies were nominated, depending on voters' enthusiasm.
What movies are voters excited about this year? Mostly films they've watched from the
