The Vern's Almost Accurate 2026 Oscar Nominations Predictions.

 

Hello gang, The Vern here with a written post this time instead of an audio or video one.  Here to give you my predictions of the 2026 Academy Awards.  Now, I will do my best to try and predict what I think will be nominated in just the big categories.  I will give you my full predictions on the winners for all the categoreies after the actual nominees are announced

Frankenstein(2025) Written Review

 

Frankenstein

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elrodi, Mia Goth

Writers: Guillermo del Toro(screenplay) Mary Shelly(novel)

Director: Guillermo del Toro

*** and 1/2 *'s out of 5

Ever since we were shown The fawn in Pan’s Labryrinth or Hellboy from the feature of the same name.  Guillermo del Toro has always been a defender of monsters. His best picture winner, The Shape of Water made that point clear to show that the all American patriot(played by Michael Shannon) was in fact the real monster while the amphibian creature(played by Doug Jones) was our hero at the end.

Now del Toro has set his sights on the most misunderstood monster of all time, Frankenstein.  First introduced as a novel by Mary Shelly and than as a film by director James Whale and starring Boris Karloff as the creature.   Since 1931 there have been way over two hundred different adaptations of the famed creature.  From straight up remakes to homages.  This character has been infused in our pop culture for decades.

Universal Monsters (Live at Convergence 2023)

 

** Note**  This episode was recorded at Convergence using The Vern's Phone

Ashley moderated this panel on Universal Monsters with some help from Vern at Convergence 2023 and it was a spine tingling, hair raising and a frightfully good time.  O.K. maybe not that extreme but it was still fun.