Oscars Betting: Spike Lee and Rachel Weisz worth backing at big prices

It’s no fun gambling on the favorites in the Oscars, so Max Liu makes the case for a trio of well priced stakes for Tinsel Town’s big night this Sunday…
Best Picture – Roma set to romp to victory
This market looked competitive when nominations were announced but, with two days to go, Roma 1.58 is set to be the first foreign language film to win.
Mexican director and screenwriter Alfonso Cuaron reached deep in his youth, and his nation’s political history, to craft this gorgeous movie. What’s more, Netflix have played a blinder during the Oscar campaign, emphasising the labor and technical nous that went to realising Cuaron’s vision and their situation should prove persuasive here because it did with all the Directors Guild of America, where it took the top prize.
According to the betting, Green Book 4.20 is your closest rival to Roma, but it’s hard to confirm when its manager, Peter Farrelly, didn’t get a nod for Best Director. Just four movies have won Best Picture without a Best Director nomination.
The movie with the very best chance of causing an upset is, for my money, Black Panther 25.00. True, it doesn’t have a nomination in some of the other major categories – directing, acting, writing – but it might acquire support from the Academy’s expanded, younger and more diverse membership.

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