Actor Awards: One Battle ‘Sinners’ Finally Wins But Can It Take New Momentum To The Oscars? – Hammond Analysis

With just two weeks to until Oscar night, and only four days left of voting for Academy members, leave it to the actors to inject a little suspense and a few question marks into a race that had seem predictable earlier in the season but now may be turning into a nail biter. At Sunday night’s Actor Awards Presented by Sag -Aftra Sinners turned out to be winners big time after mostly being runner up at the other awards shows this season to Warner Bros. stable mate One Battle After Another . But this all-important show told a different story, however I was expecting it, almost certain Ryan Coogler’s hit genre-defying drama would take the Outstanding Cast award. How could it not, even with stiff competition from the likes of One Battle ? What wasn’t necessarily expected though was the popular triumph of its star Michael B. Jordan playing dual roles of Smoke and Stack in the Outstanding Lead Actor category. Most pundits were predicting a second straight Timothee Chalamet victory for Marty Supreme, after also winning the same award last year for A Complete Unknown. That would have made SAG Awards history, but it wasn’t to be and was the second week in a row Chalamet has been upset after also losing at BAFTA (to I Swear’s Robert Aramayo who isn’t eligible in this year’s Oscar race). Now it seems what appeared to be Chalamet’s Oscar to lose may be up for grabs, not the sure thing it was after earlier Golden Globe and Critics Choice wins. Related Stories News Actor Awards: Ryan Coogler Becomes First Person To Direct Two Cast Ensemble Winners With 'Sinners' Victory