98th Oscars Picks and Predictions The Oscar race this year has come down to a 2 picture race. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER took the early lead and looked to be the shoo-in for BEST PICTURE, but SINNERS is making a late charge and just might nip OBAA at the wire. Here are the BankofMarquis Picks and Predictions for this year’s Oscars (nominees listed in reverse order of preference): BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 5). ELLE FANNING, Sentimental Value: Walks a tightro

Go ahead and give Jessie Buckley the Oscar. Also…add Paul Mescal to the top of the list of performers that SHOULD HAVE been nominated for an Oscar. You can thank Oscar Winning Director Chloe Zhao (NOMADLAND) for these performances and for the rest of this moody, beautiful and emotionally effective film that is HAMNET. Set in the 1590’s, HAMNET tells the tale of Agnes and Will who meet, fall in love and try to raise a family in England during the Elizabethan period. Oh, did I

One of the joys of making a point out of seeing ALL of the films nominated for the Major Oscars every year is that there is a gem of film (usually in a foreign language) that the BankofMarquis would never have gotten around to viewing, but is rewarded with a rich, filmgoing experience. Films like I’M STILL HERE, DRIVE MY CAR, ANATOMY OF A FALL and the ZONE OF INTEREST were powerful character dramas that deserved to be seen by as large of audience as it can get. The Brazilian

Go ahead, Timothee Chalamet, clear a space on your mantle for your Oscar. After having a near-miss at an Oscar with last year’s Bob Dylan Bio-Pic, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, Chalamet will finally claim this prize as his portrayal of Marty Mauser - a hustling ping pong player in the 1950’s - is, by far, the Best Lead Actor Performance of the year. If only the movie were that good. Written and Directed in the same un-relenting style as his earlier film, UNCUT GEMS (the one where Adam