It’s time to finally put a bow on 2022 with tonight’s presentation of the 95th Annual Academy Awards! Honoring the best cinematic achievements of last year, this year’s Oscars will thankfully return to presenting all 23 categories live on air. Jimmy Kimmel returns for his third stint as Oscars host, and you can catch all the action on ABC beginning at 8pm ET.

Last year’s awards saw the Apple-bought little indie that could CODA break all sorts of Oscars stats to take home wins from all three of its nominations, including Best Picture. This year’s indie underdog also happens to be a stealth-surprise industry titan, with A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once absolutely dominating the awards circuit this season. The question (probably) isn’t if it will win Best Picture, but rather, how many awards with the absurdist, multiverse comedy-drama collect? Since the Academy expanded their Best Picture lineup in 2009, no Best Picture winner has taken home more than 5 awards (films like Gravity and La La Land have won more, but failed to also garner the top prize). I’m predicting Everything Everywhere to nab six Oscars, but as few as two or as many as nine feels possible!

In other categories, there’s the usual mix of sure-things (might as well engrave Avatar: The Way of Water on that Visual Effects Oscar right now), close contests (excitingly three of the four acting categories are total toss-ups!), and wide-open races (who on Earth is winning Best Score??). We’re Team Everything Everywhere here at CineMunch and look forward to seeing one of 2022’s best films get crowned in multiple categories!

Settle in, mix yourself a cocktail or two (in lieu of our traditional Oscar Menu, we’ll be alternating between chocolate martinis and Avatar: The Glass of Waters), and follow along with my predictions below!