The Desert Sun's resident cinephile, Ema Sasic, is providing her picks for who is most likely to win the coveted gold statue.

This year’s Oscars is shaping up to be exciting and unpredictable. Not only are the nominees stacked with films you’ve seen — “Wicked” and “Dune: Part Two” for sure, and maybe “Conclave,” “The Substance” and “A Complete Unknown” — but there’s no clear front-runner like “Oppenheimer” last year.