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By Amy Nicholson, Mark Olsen, Joshua Rothkopf, Josh Rottenberg and Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — It wouldn’t be an awards season without a few last-minute gifts under the tree, set to sweep the table clear. This year, those include everything from Timothée Chalamet’s cosmic ping-pong epic “Marty Supreme” to a new “Avatar” sequel from James Cameron, whom we’ve learned to never count out on Oscar night. We’re also looking forward to the kind of dumb counterprogramming that Christmas miracles are built on. A new “Anaconda” awaits, a prospect that can’t be ignored. Leave room in your movie diet for candy that’s semi-bad for you. One can’t feast on tearjerkers alone.

‘Hamnet’ (Nov. 26)

Jessie Buckley, left, and Paul Mescal in “Hamn

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