This year’s Oscar race offered few surprises, except for a couple of select categories. “Oppenheimer” was the big winner on March 10 with 13 nominations and seven wins, including Best Picture. Christopher Nolan (“Tenet,” “Interstellar”) finally got his Best Director Oscar for calling the shots on the historical drama about the development of the atomic bomb. Also, Godzilla, the big green guy or Kaiju, stomped his way to an Academy Award in the Visual Effects category for for “Godzilla Minus One.”...

Oscar fever is heating up in anticipation of the 96th Academy Awards on March 10. Here are my picks in the six major categories...