Film critic RYAN JAY the morning after the 2022 OSCARS are handed out

The 2022 Academy Awards are upon us this Sunday night! Film critic Ryan Jay will analyze why the winners won, the losers lost and is even ready with a few choice comments on red carpet attire! Sign up now for a slot the morning after the Oscars - it's what everyone will be talking about that morning!<br /><br />OSCAR WRITEUP AND NOMINATIONS RUNDOWN FROM VARIETY<br /><br />A weekend trio of big wins for Netflix at the DGA, BAFTA and Critics Choice awards has given Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog" the gas required to make it over the finish line. That's if it can keep its closest competitors - "Belfast" from Kenneth Branagh and "CODA" from Siân Heder - at bay.<br /><br />Best Picture<br /><br />"Belfast" (Focus Features)<br /><br />"CODA" (Apple Original Films)<br /><br />"Don't Look Up" (Netflix)<br /><br />"Drive My Car" (Janus Films/Sideshow)<br /><br />"Dune" (Warner Bros)<br /><br />"King Richard" (Warner Bros)<br /><br />"Licorice Pizza" (MGM/United Artists Releasing)<br /><br />"Nightmare Alley" (Searchlight Pictures)<br /><br />"The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)<br /><br />"West Side Story" (20th Century Studios)<br /><br />Best Director<br /><br />Paul Thomas Anderson, "Licorice Pizza"<br /><br />Kenneth Branagh, "Belfast"<br /><br />Jane Campion, "The Power of the Dog"<br /><br />"Drive My Car" (Janus Films/Sideshow)<br /><br />Steven Spielberg, "West Side Story" Best Actor<br /><br />King Richard - Will Smith<br /><br />Javier Bardem - "Being the Ricardos"<br /><br />Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Power of the Dog"<br /><br />Andrew Garfield, "Tick, Tick . Boom!"<br /><br />Will Smith, "King Richard"<br /><br />Denzel Washington, "The Tragedy of Macbeth"<br /><br />Best Actress<br /><br />Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" <br /><br />Olivia Colman, "The Lost Daughter"<br /><br />Penélope Cruz, "Parallel Mothers" Nicole Kidman, "Being the Ricardos" Kristen Stewart, "Spencer"<br /><br />Best Supporting Actor<br /><br />Ciarán Hinds, "Belfast" <br /><br />Troy Kotsur, "CODA" <br /><br />Jesse Plemon