My Oscar Nomination Predictions, 2015
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted (as you can see by my Recent Posts list on the right, nearly a year), but a lot of people ask me about the Oscars every year– who I think will get nominated, who I think will win– so I decided to come out of quasi-retirement to post up my predictions for tomorrow morning. These are who I think WILL be nominated, not who I think SHOULD be nominated (a future post, perhaps?).
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Without further ado, my predictions for tomorrow morning. I’ve placed asterisks by any inclusion I consider a mortal lock. I’m also including a “dark horse” selection, someone who could sneak into the mix and bump one of my non-asterisked selections.
BEST PICTURE:
- Boyhood*
- Birdman*
- The Imitation Game*
- Selma*
- The Theory of Everything
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Whiplash
- American Sniper
- DARK HORSE: Nightcrawler
BEST DIRECTOR:
- Richard Linklater*
- Alejandro G. Inarritu*
- Morten Tyldum
- Ava DuVernay
- Wes Anderson
- DARK HORSE: Damien Chazelle
BEST ACTOR:
- Michael Keaton*
- Eddie Redmayne*
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- David Oyelowo
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- DARK HORSE: Ralph Fiennes
BEST ACTRESS:
- Julianne Moore*
- Reese Witherspoon*
- Rosamund Pike*
- Felicity Jones
- Jennifer Aniston
- DARK HORSE: Amy Adams
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- J.K. Simmons*
- Edward Norton*
- Ethan Hawke*
- Mark Ruffalo
- Robert Duvall
- DARK HORSE: Miyavi
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
- Patricia Arquette*
- Emma Stone*
- Keira Knightley*
- Meryl Streep
- Jessica Chastain
- DARK HORSE: Rene Russo
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
- Boyhood*
- Birdman*
- The Grand Budapest Hotel*
- Selma
- Nightcrawler
- DARK HORSE: Foxcatcher
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
- The Imitation Game*
- Gone Girl*
- The Theory of Everything
- Whiplash
- Wild
- DARK HORSE: American Sniper
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
- The Lego Movie*
- How to Train Your Dragon 2*
- The Boxtrolls
- Big Hero 6
- The Tale of the Princess Kayuga
- DARK HORSE: The Book of Life
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
- Leviathan*
- Ida*
- Force Majeure
- Wild Tales
- Timbuktu
- DARK HORSE: Tangerines
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
- Citizenfour*
- Life Itself*
- Last Days in Vietnam
- Keep On Keepin On’
- Virunga
- DARK HORSE: The Case Against 8
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
- Birdman*
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mr. Turner
- DARK HORSE: Gone Girl
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
- Into the Woods*
- Maleficent*
- The Grand Budapest Hotel*
- Mr. Turner
- Belle
- DARK HORSE: The Imitation Game
BEST EDITING:
- Boyhood*
- Birdman*
- Whiplash
- Interstellar
- The Imitation Game
- DARK HORSE: Gone Girl
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR:
- Foxcatcher
- Maleficent
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- DARK HORSE: Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
- The Theory of Everything
- Gone Girl
- The Imitation Game
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- DARK HORSE: The Homesman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
- “Glory,” Selma*
- “Lost Stars,” Begin Again*
- “Everything is Awesome,” The Lego Movie*
- “Big Eyes,” Big Eyes
- “Yellow Flicker Beat,” Mockingjay Part 1
- DARK HORSE: “Mercy Is,” Noah
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
- The Grand Budapest Hotel*
- Into the Woods*
- Birdman*
- Interstellar
- The Imitation Game
- DARK HORSE: Mr. Turner
BEST SOUND EDITING:
- Interstellar*
- Whiplash*
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Unbroken
- Fury
- DARK HORSE: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
BEST SOUND MIXING:
- Interstellar*
- Into the Woods*
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Unbroken
- Whiplash
- DARK HORSE: Fury
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
- Interstellar*
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*
- Guardians of the Galaxy*
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Godzilla
- DARK HORSE: Transformers: Age of Extinction
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