Cinema and Popcorn

BEST PICTURE PREDICTION: The Shape of Water SPOILER: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri POTENTIAL SURPRISE WINNER: Lady Bird Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST ACTOR PREDICTION: Gary Oldman , Darkest Hour SPOILER: no spoiler, it's Oldman's to lose Timothée Chalamet , Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis , Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya , Get Out Gary Oldman , Darkest Hour Denzel Washington , Roman J. Israel, Esq. BEST ACTRESS PREDICTION: Sally Hawkins , The Shape of Water SPOILER: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri POTENTIAL SURPRISE WINNER: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Sally Hawkins , The Shape of Water Frances McDormand , Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie , I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan , Lady Bird Meryl Streep , The Post BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR PREDICTION: Sam Rockwell

My very first edition of Cinema & Popcorn Awards !!! Since it seems every organization has some kind of way to honor the cinematic year's best, I believe I can have my own "award organization" (lol). 20 categories, 5 nominees each category except in Best Film (10 nominees) ... And since I'm a huge Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy / Horror lover, I had to create two specific acting categories for this genres - it requires some kind of very specific acting that can be underappreciated sometimes when compared to more "traditional" dramatic or comedic turns. So, I hope you like my way to recognize the best of 2017's cinematic year. This way, let me present you my Cinema & Popcorn Awards 2018  nominees and winners: BEST FILM WINNER: The Florida Project Baby Driver The Big Sick Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Mudbound Thor: Ragnarok Wind River BEST DIRECTOR WINNER: Christopher Nolan , Dunkirk Sean Baker , The F

I think it was my TOP 35 under 35 list I've ever done since I remember: so many great performers emerged last year with distinguished performances that elevated their previous works (I'm talking about Elizabeth Olsen , Lucas Hedges , Robert Pattinson , Gaspard Ulliel , Tessa Thompson or Jamie Bell , for example). I'm kinda sad I felt "forced" at letting Jonah Hill ( Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street ) and Emma Watson ( The Perks of Being a Wallflower , The Bling Ring and 2017's Beauty and the Beast ) out of the list. Congratulations to Kirsten Dunst , who turned 35 last year so she can not be included in this year's list - such an amazing child actress turned movie star, who delivered memorable performances in Interview with the Vampire (1994), The Virgin Suicides (1999), The Cat's Meow (2002) or Melancholia (2011). This year, Saoirse Ronan tops the list thanks to two great performances: On Chesil Beach and an iconic acting turn in Lad