Blog: ‘Black Panther’ runs strong with Oscar voters – Los Angeles Times

With voting for Oscar nominations beginning Monday, I ran through a number of categories — production design, cinematography, film editing, costume design, makeup and hairstyling, sound editing and mixing, and visual effects. Collectively, as mentioned, the numbers look good for “Black Panther” and, perhaps, “First Man,” Damien Chazelle’s underappreciated look at the relentless effort to put a man on the moon.