Best Supporting Actor 2018: Results

5. Sam Rockwell in Vice - I have seen some greater vitriol to this towards this performance, which I find is unnecessary as he struggles to even get to be seen without getting hidden by some fish cutaway. Rockwell gives us all his audition to play George Bush, not bad, maybe some day we'll actually get to see him play the part.

Best Scene: Scene from the trailer (no fish edits so it's better).

4. Mahershala Ali in Green Book - Ali essentially gives an Oscar winning performance in terms of conception. Conception mind you, and the formula for this seems a little too obvious even in his own work that occasionally becomes a bit stilted or over the top. It is not entirely bereft of merit, and he has some decent lighter moments in the film.

Best Scene: How he learned to play music. 

3. Adam Driver in Blackkklansman - Driver gives a good understated turn here portraying well the sort of two sides of a guy playing the fake part of a racist, while also being a not racist professional under cover cop. Although the personal focus on his character is limited, Driver does make the most of what he has to deliver a consistently compelling turn.

Best Scene: Thinking about his Jewish heritage.

2. Sam Elliott in A Star is Born - Elliott's role is excessively brief, with his story line being excessively rushed, however he delivers every second he is onscreen to give a moving and complex portrayal of an older brother struggling to deal with his mess of a younger brother.

Best Scene: Backing up. 

1. Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Good Predictions John Smith, Omar, Luke, GM, RatedRStar, Matt, Charles, Robert, Michael McCarthy, Emi Grant and Tahmeed.  Grant wins this in a walk in his effortlessly delightful, yet also surprisingly poignant portrayal of a man who sort of dances around on the fringes of society.

Best Scene: A final request.