Jeffrey Wells' Predictions

Jeffrey Wells writes a daily stream-of-Hollywood-consciousness column for Hollywood Elsewhere, which he’s been running on his own since August 2004. Well, the editorial part at least. Sean Jacobs handles HE’s advertising.

Wells’ online adventure began with a twice-weekly online Hollywood column for Mr. Showbiz in October 1998. He wrote the same column for Reel.com from ’99 to ’02, and then for Kevin Smith (www.moviepoopshoot.com) from ’02 to ’04.

Wells reported and trend-pieced regularly for Entertainment Weekly from ’91 to ’96, for People from ’96 to ’98 and wrote a weekly Hollywood column for the L.A. Times Syndicate from ’94 to ’99. He also wrote a weekly N.Y. Daily News column in ’93-’94. he’s also written for the L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, Newsday, Washington Post, Men’s Journal, etc.

He was born and raised in New Jersey. High school years happened in N.J. and Connecticut. A few years of aimless wandering followed in Connecticut, Boston and Los Angeles. He got into journalism in 1977 with a movie/TV column for the Fairfield County Morning News, began freelancing in Manhattan in ’78. Managing editor for the Film Journal from April ’81 to June ’83; editor at the Hollywood Reporter from ’83 to ’84, three or four years of publicity and development, back to journalism in ’89.

Two sons (Jett, Dylan), one X-factor granddaughter (Sutton), two cats (Anya and Katya).  Rode a BMW yellow jacket during the late aughts, followed by a Marlon Brando rumblehog between ’15 and ’22.  Eternally in love with Paris, Rome, Hanoi, Munich, Prague, Rome, London, etc.

Predictions

Predictions


Best Picture

Label 1Label 2
1Anora
2The Brutalist
3A Complete Unknown
4Conclave
5Dune: Part Two
6Emilia Pérez
7I’m Still Here
8Nickel Boys
9The Substance
10Wicked

Best Director

Label 1Label 2
1.Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
2.Sean Baker, Anora
3.Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
4.Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
5.James Mangold, A Complete Unknown

Best Actor

Label 1Label 2
1.Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
2.Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
3.Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
4.Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
5.Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

Best Actress

Label 1Label 2
1.Mikey Madison, Anora 
2.Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
3.Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
4.Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here+
5.Cynthia Erivo, Wicked 

Best Supporting Actor

Label 1Label 2
1.Yura Borisov, Anora
2.Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
3.Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
4.Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
5.Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Label 1Label 2
1.Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
2.Ariana Grande, Wicked
3.Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
4.Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
5.Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Best Original Screenplay

Label 1Label 2
1.Anora
2.A Real Pain
3.Babygirl
4.Hard Truths
5.The Brutalist

Best Adapted Screenplay

Label 1Label 2
1.Conclave
2.A Complete Unknown
3.Queer
4.The Room Next Door
5.Nickel Boys

Best Cinematography

Label 1Label 2
1.The Brutalist
2.Dune: Part Two
3.Emilia Pérez
4.Maria
5.Nosferatu

Best Editing

Label 1Label 2
1.Anora 
2.Conclave 
3.A Complete Unknown
4.A Real Pain  
5.Emilia Perez  

Best Production Design

Label 1Label 2
1.The Brutalist
2.Conclave
3.Dune: Part Two
4.Nosferatu
5.Wicked

Best Costume Design

RankBest Costumes
1.A Complete Unknown
2.Conclave
3.Gladiator Ii
4.Nosferatu
5.Wicked

Best Sound and Sound Mixing

RankSound
1.A Complete Unknown
2.Dune: Part Two
3.Emilia Pérez
4.Wicked
5.The Wild Robot

Best Hair & Makeup

Rankmakeup
1.A Different Man
2.Emilia Pérez
3.Nosferatu
4.The Substance
5.Wicked

Best Visual Effects

Rankmakeup
1.Alien: Romulus
2.Better Man
3.Dune: Part Two
4.Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes
5.Wicked

Best Original Score

RankScore
1.The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
2.Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
3.Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol And Camille,
4.Wicked, John Powell And Stephen Schwartz
5.The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers

Best Original Song

RankScore
1.El Mal, From Emilia Pérez
2.The Journey, From The Six Triple Eight
3.Like A Bird, From Sing Sing
4.Mi Camino, From Emilia Pérez
5.Never Too Late, From Elton John: Never Too Late

Best International Feature

RankInternational Feature
1.Brazil, I’m Still Here
2.Denmark, The Girl With The Needle
3.France, Emilia Pérez
4.Germany, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
5.Latvia, Flow

Best Animated Feature

RankInternational Feature
1.Flow
2.Inside Out 2
3.Memoir Of A Snail
4.Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
5.The Wild Robot

Best Documentary Feature

Rankdoc Feature
1.Black Box Diaries
2.No Other Land
3.Porcelain War
4.Soundtrack To A Coup D’etat
5.Sugarcane

Best Documentary Short

Rankdoc short
1.Death By Numbers
2.I Am Ready, Warden
3.Incident
4.Instruments Of A Beating Heart
5.The Only Girl In The Orchestra

Best Live Action Short

Ranklive action short
1.A Lien
2.Anuja
3.I’m Not A Robot
4.The Last Ranger
5.The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Best Animated Short

Rankanimated action short
1.Beautiful Men
2.In The Shadow Of The Cypress
3.Magic Candies
4.Wander To Wonder
5.Yuck!