Oscars 2018: And the winner predictions are in ...

On the eve of the 90th Academy Awards, Darragh Leen peers inside the envelope for some Oscar clues, and predictions.

Oscars 2018: And the winner predictions are in ...

On the eve of the 90th Academy Awards, Darragh Leen peers inside the envelope for some Oscar merit, clues, and predictions.

There’s a bulky nine nominees in the Best Picture category for Sunday’s Academy Awards, but even with that, there’s a sliver of disappointment that some quality projects got left on the cutting room floor. Imagine Sean Baker’s sophomore attempt, ‘The Florida Project’, the utterly sui generis mockumentary-style feature that is ‘I, Tonya’ or the lived-by-me, told-by-me unconventional rom-com ‘The Big Sick’ had made the no-longer shortlist? Hence the diversity of opinion and betting on the prospective winners Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre.

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