The week didn’t exactly slow down, but I suspect it will. Lionsgate started things off with three titles, then Universal sent 1917. After that, I got a package from my association with GALECA, which was largely a bunch of TV series from Netflix.

Lionsgate

Bombshell

Oscar Chances: Excellent: The film has already become ubiquitous in the acting categories, though its fortunes elsewhere have been weaker.
Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Picture
• Director (Jay Roach)
• Actress (Charlize Theron)
• Supporting Actress (Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie)
• Supporting Actor (John Lithgow)
• Cinematography (Barry Ackroyd)
• Original Screenplay (Charles Randolph)
• Makeup & Hairstyling (Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, Vivian Baker)
• Production Design (Mark Ricker, Ellen Brill)
• Costume Design (Colleen Atwood)
• Film Editing (Jon Poll)
• Sound Editing (Renee Tondelli)
• Sound Mixing (Lisa Pinero, John Ross, Christian Minkler)
• Original Score (Theodore Shapiro)
• Original Song (“One Little Soldier” – Regina Spektor)

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: This series was and never will be Oscar material.
Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Commercial DVD. None specified.

Knives Out

Oscar Chances: Good: The film is angling for at least an Original Screenplay nomination but its other prospects are quite a bit weaker.
Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Picture (Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson)
• Director (Rian Johnson)
• Original Screenplay (Rian Johnson)
• Actor (Daniel Craig)
• Actress (Ana de Armas)
• Supporting Actor (Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, LaKeith Stanfield, Jaeden Martell, Frank Oz, Noah Segan, Christopher Plummer)
• Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Katherine Langford, Riki Lindhome, Edi Patterson, K Callan)
• Cinematography (Steve Yedlin)
• Makeup and Hairstyling (Luisa Abel, Kelvin Trahan)
• Production Design (David Crank, David Schlesinger)
• Costume Design (Jenny Eagan)
• Film Editing (Bob Ducsay)
• Sound Editing (Al Nelson)
• Sound Mixing (David Parker, Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin)
• Original Score (Nathan Johnson)

Universal

1917

Oscar Chances: Excellent: This is one of the major films this season and has severla potential nominations locked up. The film even looks to be peaking at the right moment that it could speed through to a Best Picture win.
Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Picture (Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall, Brian Oliver)
• Director (Sam Mendes)
• Original Screenplay (Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns)
• Actor (George McKay)
• Supporting Actor (Dean-Charles Chapman)
• Supporting Actress (Claire Duburcq)
• Cinematography (Roger Deakins)
• Film Editing (Lee Smith)
• Production Design (Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales)
• Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran, David Crossman)
• Makeup & Hairstyling (Naomi Donne, Tristan Verluis)
• Sound Mixing (Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Mark Taylor)
• Sound Editing (Oliver Tarney)
• Visual Effects (Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, Dominic Tuohy)
• Original Score (Thomas Newman)

Netflix

The Crown, Season 3

Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Drama Series
• Drama Actress (Olivia Colman)
• Drama Actor (Tobias Menzies)
• Drama Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter, Erin Doherty, Marion Bailey)
• Drama Supporting Actor (Josh O’Connor, Ben Daniels, Jason Watkins, Charles Dance, David Rintoul, Charles Edwards, Sam Phillips)

Dead to Me, Season 1

Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Comedy Series
• Comedy Actress (Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini)
• Comedy Supporting Actress (Valerie Mahaffey, Diana Maria Riva)
• Comedy Supporting Actor (James Marsden, Max Jenkins, Sam McCarthy, Luke Roessler, Edward Asner, Brandon Scott)

Klaus

Oscar Chances: Uncertain: When the precursors started announcing, this film became an early contender for a Best Animated Feature nomination. However, its compatriot I Lost My Body has been sucking up most of the oxygen making this film’s chances a bit weaker.
Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Picture (Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh, Marisa Roman, Matthew Teevan)
• Animated Feature (Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh, Marisa Roman, Matthew Teevan)
• Director (Sergio Pablos)
• Original Screenplay (Sergio Pablos, Jim Mahoney, Zach Lewis)
• Film Editing (Pablo Garcia Revert)
• Sound Mixing (Nicolas de Poulpiquet, Gabriel Gutierrez)
• Sound Editing (Gabriel Gutierrez)
• Original Score (Alfonso G. Aguilar)
• Original Song (“Invisible” – Justin Tranter, Jussi Ilmari Karvinen, Caroline Pennell)

The Politician, Season 1

Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Comedy Series
• Comedy Actor (Ben Platt)
• Comedy Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow)
• Comedy Supporting Actor (Bob Balaban, David Corenswet, Theo Germaine, Benjamin Barrett)
• Comedy Supporting Actress (Zoey Deutch, Lucy Boynton, Jessica Lange, Julia Schlaepfer, Laura Dreyfuss, Rahne Jones)

Black Mirror, Season 5 (Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, Striking Vipers, Smithereens)

Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Rachel, Jack & Ashley Too: Movie Made for Television
• Rachel, Jack & Ashley Too: Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Miley Cyrus)
• Striking Vipers: Movie Made for Television
• Striking Vipers: Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Anthony Mackie, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II)
• Striking Vipers: Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Nicole Beharie)
• Smithereens: Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Andrew Scott, Damson Idris, Topher Grace)

Russian Doll, Season 1

Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Comedy Series
• Comedy Actress (Natasha Lyonne)
• Comedy Supporting Actress (Greta Lee, Elizabeth Ashley, Rebecca Henderson, Dascha Polanco)
• Comedy Supporting Actor (Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez, Brendan Sexton III, Jeremy Bobb, Ritesh Rajan)

Unbelievable

Campaign-Proposed Categories

• Limited Series
• Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Kaitlyn Dever, Merritt Wever)
• Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Toni Collette, Elizabeth Marvel, Bridget Everett, Danielle Macdonald, Liza Lapira, Annaleigh Ashford, Jayne Taini, Dale Dickey)
• Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television (Eric Lange, Blake Ellis, Bill Fagerbakke, Omar Maskati, Scott Lawrence)