It’s that time of year: Time for my annual public humiliation. Yes, it’s time for my Oscar picks.

It’s always a guessing game to pick Oscar winners, whether you’ve seen a few films, or mostly watch the Oscars for the red-carpet fashion parade and inappropriate podium behavior, or if you see one or more movies a week as I do.

This year, my sentimental feeling is that Oscar will spread the gold, although the smart money is on a sweep for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”

Here are my picks in the seven categories of the annual Lehigh Valley Press Focus section “Readers Pick The Oscar Winners Contest” for the 95th Academy Awards.

Leading Actor: A tough category. Each nominated actor is deserving. In a career comeback for a remarkable performance in “The Whale”: Brendan Fraser

Leading Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Tár,” is a front-runner. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” has a career-capping performance for the first Asian actress who will receive the Oscar for lead actress: Michelle Yeoh

Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” and Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” are favorites, but may cancel each other out. In “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” he has a heart of innocence as he did as Short Round in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” (1984): Ke Huy Quan

Supporting Actress: This is another very competitive category witih each deserving a win. Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” is a favorite. Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” and Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” may cancel each other out. On behalf of Queen Ramonda’s son King T’Challa (the late Chatwick Boseman) in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and African-Americans and their overlooked films (“Nope,” “Till,” ”The Woman King”) in the 95th Oscar nominations: Angela Bassett

Director: The Daniels, as they are dubbed, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” are odds-on favorites, but don’t overlook Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” or Todd Field, “Tár.” He will be honored for the Rosetta Stone of his filmography, “The Fabelmans,” and as the contemporary King of Hollywood: Steven Spielberg

Best Picture: A full roster of 10 nominees and any number could win, although “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is the clear favorite. I am rooting for the best movie-going experience of 2022 and for James Cameron, reigning King of the Cinematic World: “Avatar: The Way of Water”

Animated Feature Film: You had to see, or should see and hear the great Jenny Slate, who voices Marcel and cowrote the screenplay with Dean Fleischer Camp, who appears in the stop-motion animation film: “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”

For the bonus round, I added four categories not in the Lehigh Valley Press Focus “Readers Pick The Oscar Winners Contest.”

Documentary Feature Film: “All That Breathes,” Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer; “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov; “Fire of Love,” Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman; “A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont, Monica Hellström; “Navalny,” Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Shane Boris. Oscar voters will put it to Putin: “Navalny”

International Feature Film: ”All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany, is the favorite. “Argentina, 1985,” Argentina; “Close,” Belgium; ”EO,” Poland; “The Quiet Girl,” Ireland. He represents all the donkeys at the 95th Oscars and around the world: ”EO”

Adapted Screenplay: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell; “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Rian Johnson; “Living,” Kazuo Ishiguro; “Top Gun: Maverick,” Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig, Justin Marks; “Women Talking,” Sarah Polley. “Women Talking” could win. In this instance, the loser wrote the history: “All Quiet on the Western Front”

Original Screenplay: “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Martin McDonagh; “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert; “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner; “Tár,” Todd Field; “Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Östlund. Everybody loves The Daniels. Martin McDonagh created an obstinate and disagreeable lot: “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Theatrical Movie Domestic Box Office,

March 3 - 5: “Creed III” opened at No. 1 with $58.6 million in 4,007 theaters, knocking “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” from its two-week No. 1 championship title to No. 2, with $12.4 million in 3,825 theaters, $186.7 million, three weeks.

3. “Cocaine Bear” dropped one place, $11 million in 3,571 theaters, $41.2 million, two weeks. 4. “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village,” opening, $10.1 million in 1,774 theaters. 5. “Jesus Revolution” dropped two places, $8.6 million in 2,575 theaters, $30.5 million, two weeks. 6. “Avatar: The Way of Water” dropped two places, $3.5 million in 2,300 theaters, $670.6 million, 12 weeks. 7. “Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre,” opening, $3.1 million in 2,168 theaters. 8. “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” dropped three places, $2.7 million in 2,588 theaters, $177.1 million, 11 weeks. 9. “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” dropped three places, $1.1 million in 1,737 theaters, $25.3 million, four weeks. 10. “80 for Brady” dropped three places, $845,000 in 1,495 theaters, $38.3 million, five weeks.

Movie box office information from Box Office Mojo as of March 5 is subject to change

Unreel,

March 10:

“Scream VI,”

Rated R: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett direct Jenna Ortega, Courtney Cox, Hayden Panettiere, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Melissa Barrera and Dermot Mulroney in the Horror film. A new chapter begins in New York City.

“65,”

Rated PG-13: Scott Beck and Bryan Woods direct Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt in the science fiction film. An astronaut lands on a strange planet.

“Champions,”

Rated PG-13: Bobby Farrelly directs Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson and Cheech Marin in the Comedy Drama. A basketball coach and a team of players with intellectual disabilities.

“Luther: The Fallen Sun,”

Rated R: Jamie Payne directs Idris Elba, Andy Serkis and Cynthia Erivo in the Crime Drama. Detective John Luther tracks a serial killer in London. Based on the BBC TV series.

“The Ritual Killer,”

No MPAA rating. George Gallo directs Morgan Freeman, Cole Hauser and Murielle Hilaire in the Thriller. A detective and a professor track a serial killer.

Movie box office information from Internet Movie Database as of March 5 is subject to change