It’s that time of year again, as Hollywood’s finest find themselves, with alarming regularity, donning outfits that cost more than your house and jewellery worth more than you will earn in a lifetime. But awards season is all building to one supreme event, the Empire Awards Oscars on February 26. Ahead of that milestone, we assess the chances of each nominee in the major categories, and see who’s looking good ahead of the big night…
Why He Will Win
](http://empireonline.media/jpg/50/0/0/640/480/aspectfit/0/0/0/0/0/0/l/uploaded/oscarwin.jpg) He’s Woody Allen! And he’s written a script that combines romantic comedy, time travel %28but not in an offputting sci-fi way%29 and literature, and set it in Paris. Surely that deserves a nod. ![]%28http://empireonline.media/jpg/50/0/0/640/480/aspectfit/0/0/0/0/0/0/l/uploaded/oscarwin.jpg%29 Allen hasn’t won since Hannah And Her Sisters in 1987. Surely he’s overdue. And he’s one of only two nominees this year also up for the Writers Guild award. 
](http://empireonline.media/jpg/50/0/0/640/480/aspectfit/0/0/0/0/0/0/l/uploaded/oscarloss.jpg) He’s Woody Allen! He already has two Screenplay Oscars so there’s no need to rush to give him another. ![]%28http://empireonline.media/jpg/50/0/0/640/480/aspectfit/0/0/0/0/0/0/l/uploaded/oscarloss.jpg%29 Wait, romantic comedy? And sci-fi? And you seriously think this could win? AHAHAHA. ![
Why He Will Win