There are three eventualities in this world: death, taxes and the tornado of emotion that comes with the year's most glamorous dogfight - the Academy Awards. The Oscars 2024 are no different. The year ebbs and flows through must-see lists and early-call frontrunners until we reach the endpoint, the night where, supposedly, the absolute best films with the best performances and the best directors and best design duke it out to be the final boss of cinema.