While there were other narratives considered during the long journey to the stage, this year’s Oscars ultimately reminded us that the most obvious is usually worth sticking with. Oppenheimer announced itself as hard-to-beat, not just upon its record-breaking release but in the long buildup, enough for us to predict Cillian Murphy as a best actor contender a year prior.
It’s back to the same silly game as we look forward to next year’s ceremony and try to predict who might be in the conversation. Here goes nothing:
