94th Academy Awards Predictions

On the latest What Do You Wanna Watch? Ashley and Dylan gave their predictions for what they think will win at the 94th Academy Awards.

Ashley and Dylan had a lot of overlap this year, with Power of The Dog expected to pick up a few of the key awards, but Ashley expects Dune to dominate the craft categories while Dylan believes West Side Story will have a successful night.

Let us know who you think will do the best in the comments below, or sound off on Twitter with your predictions.

Best Picture

• Belfast
• CODA
• Don’t Look Up
• Drive My Car
• Dune
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• Nightmare Alley
• The Power of the Dog
• West Side Story

Ashley’s Prediction: The Power of the Dog
Dylan’s Prediction: The Power of the Dog

Best Director

• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
• Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

Ashley’s Prediction: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Dylan’s Prediction: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Best Adapted Screenplay

• CODA – Sian Heder
• Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
• Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth
• The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal
• The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion

Ashley’s Prediction: The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion
Dylan’s Prediction: The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion

Best Original Screenplay

• Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
• Don’t Look Up – Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay and David Sirota
• King Richard – Zach Baylin
• Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Worst Person in the World – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

Ashley’s Prediction: The Worst Person in the World – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Dylan’s Prediction: King Richard – Zach Baylin

Best Actor

• Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
• Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!
• Will Smith – King Richard
• Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Ashley’s Prediction: Will Smith – King Richard
Dylan’s Prediction: Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
• Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
• Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
• Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Ashley’s Prediction: Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Dylan’s Prediction: Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor

• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
• Troy Kotsur – CODA
• Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
• J. K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Ashley’s Prediction: Troy Kotsur – CODA
Dylan’s Prediction: Troy Kotsur – CODA

Best Supporting Actress

• Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
• Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
• Judi Dench – Belfast
• Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
• Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Ashley’s Prediction: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Dylan’s Prediction: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story

Best Animated Feature

• Encanto
• Flee
• Luca
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
• Raya and the Last Dragon

Ashley’s Prediction: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Dylan’s Prediction: The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Cinematography

• Dune – Greig Fraser
• Nightmare Alley – Dan Laustsen
• The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
• The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
• West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński

Ashley’s Prediction: The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
Dylan’s Prediction: West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński

Best Costume Design

• Cruella – Jenny Beavan
• Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
• Dune – Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan
• Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira
• West Side Story – Paul Tazewell

Ashley’s Prediction: Cruella – Jenny Beavan
Dylan’s Prediction: West Side Story – Paul Tazewell

Best Documentary Feature

• Ascension
• Attica
• Flee
• Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
• Writing with Fire

Ashley’s Prediction: Flee
Dylan’s Prediction: Flee

Best Documentary Short Film

• Audible
• Lead Me Home
• The Queen of Basketball
• Three Songs for Benazir
• When We Were Bullies

Ashley’s Prediction: The Queen of Basketball
Dylan’s Prediction: Three Songs for Benazir

Best Film Editing

• Don’t Look Up – Hank Corwin
• Dune – Joe Walker
• King Richard – Pamela Martin
• The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras
• Tick, Tick… Boom! – Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

Ashley’s Prediction: Dune – Joe Walker
Dylan’s Prediction: Tick, Tick… Boom! – Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

Best International Feature Film

• Drive My Car (Japan)
• Flee (Denmark)
• The Hand of God (Italy)
• Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)
• The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

Ashley’s Prediction: Drive My Car (Japan)
Dylan’s Prediction: Drive My Car (Japan)

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

• Coming 2 America – Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
• Cruella – Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
• Dune – Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh
• House of Gucci – Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Ashley’s Prediction: Cruella – Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
Dylan’s Prediction: The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh

Best Original Score

• Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell
• Dune – Hans Zimmer
• Encanto – Germaine Franco
• Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias
• The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood

Ashley’s Prediction: Dune – Hans Zimmer
Dylan’s Prediction: The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood

Best Original Song

• “Be Alive” – King Richard
• “Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
• “Down to Joy” – Belfast
• “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die
• “Somehow You Do” – Four Good Days

Ashley’s Prediction: “Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
Dylan’s Prediction: “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die

Best Production Design

• Dune – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos
• Nightmare Alley – Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
• The Power of the Dog – Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
• The Tragedy of Macbeth – Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• West Side Story – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Ashley’s Prediction: Dune
Dylan’s Prediction: West Side Story

Best Animated Short Film

• Affairs of the Art
• Bestia
• Boxballet
• Robin Robin
• The Windshield Wiper

Ashley’s Prediction: Robin Robin
Dylan’s Prediction: Boxballet

Best Live Action Short Film

• Ala Kachuu – Take and Run
• The Dress
• The Long Goodbye
• On My Mind
• Please Hold

Ashley’s Prediction: The Long Goodbye
Dylan’s Prediction: The Long Goodbye

Best Sound

• Belfast – Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
• Dune – Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
• No Time to Die – Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
• The Power of the Dog – Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
• West Side Story – Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Ashley’s Prediction: Dune
Dylan’s Prediction: Dune

Best Visual Effects

• Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
• Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
• No Time to Die – Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver
• Spider-Man: No Way Home – Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Ashley’s Prediction: Dune
Dylan’s Prediction: Dune