and we predict an awards season apocalypse for any contender that stands inArmageddon’s way.

aims to pave his golden back to the Oscars.

Translation: If you’re looking for a Wikipedia-as-movie biographical account of Monroe’s life, look somewhere else.

Armageddon Time Anne Hathaway; Jeremy Strong; Anthony Hopkins

Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Anthony Hopkins star in ‘Armageddon Time.'.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic (2)

Elvis

Baz Luhrmannis hit (Moulin Rouge!)

All of his features sinceRomeo + Juliethave bagged at least one crafts Oscar nod.

Expect the same from the Tom Hanks-starring biopicElvis.

Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt

Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.Gisela Schober/Getty Images

The Fabelmans

The future looks pretty oh, so pretty forSteven Spielberg’sWest Side Storyfollow-up.

Searchlight saw the gilded potential, and dropped $7.5 million for the rights out of the festival.

Lightyear

Few things are more powerful thanDisney’s infinite hold on the Best Animated Feature category.

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’.Netflix

Shirley

Regina Kingis bringing life to one of American history’s trailblazing political queens.

Sundance Film Festival Preview

Cooper Raiff and Dakota Johnson in ‘Cha Cha Real Smoth’.Apple TV+

Elvis

Austin Butler in ‘Elvis’.Hugh Stewart/Warner Bros.

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Michelle Yeoh in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.David Bornfriend/A24

Steven Spielberg arrives at the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night 40th Anniversary Screening Of “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial…"

Steven Spielberg.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack appear in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande by Sophie Hyde, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Daryl McCormack and Emma Thompson in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’.Courtesy of Sundance Institute/Nick Wall

Lightyear

Disney’s ‘Lightyear.'.Disney/Pixar

Next Goal Wins - Elisabeth Moss, Taika Waititi, and Michael Fassbender

Elisabeth Moss and Michael Fassbender star in Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins.'.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic (3)

Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan attend CinemaCon 2022 - Universal Pictures and Focus Features Invites You to a Special Presentation Featuring Footage from its Upcoming Slate at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 27, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

‘She Said’ stars Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Regina King

Regina King.Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Laura Dern, Hugh Jackman

Laura Dern and Hugh Jackman to star in Florian Zeller’s ‘The Son’.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic, Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Cate Blanchett in TÁR

Cate Blanchett in ‘Tár’.Focus Features/YouTube

Natalie Portman in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Natalie Portman in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’.Marvel Studios

Till Trailer

Danielle Deadwyler stars as Emmett Till’s mother in Chinonye Chukwu’s ‘Till’ trailer.MGM

Lady Gaga Top Gun video

Lady Gaga in the ‘Hold My Hand’ music video from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.Lady Gaga/YouTube

Brendan Fraser in ‘The Whale’

Brendan Fraser as Charlie in ‘The Whale’.A24

Sundance Film Festival Preview

‘When You Finish Saving The World’.Sundance Institute

White Noise

Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver in Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise.'.Venice Film Festival

THE WOMAN KING

Viola Davis in ‘The Woman King’.Ilze Kitshoff/TriStar Pictures

Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley

Michael Stewart/WireImage; Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Karwai Tang/WireImage