Happy New Year to all of you! I hope you are excited cause we are heading into the home stretch before the Globes announce their winners and the Oscars announce their nominees. Because of this, the Oscar predictions needed to take on a more drastic look, so I really tried to be judicious with my choices. Enjoy!
UPDATE: Whiplash is now competing in Adapted Screenplay.
Best Picture
- Boyhood
- Selma
- Birdman
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Whiplash
- Gone Girl
- Unbroken
Dropped: Interstellar
Best Director
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Birdman
- Ava DuVernay, Selma
- Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dropped: Christopher Nolan, Interstellar
Best Actor
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- David Oyelowo, Selma
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Best Actress
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Jennifer Anniston, Cake
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl
Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
- Emma Stone, Birdman
- Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
- Kiera Knightley, The Imitation Game
Best Supporting Actor
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Robert Duvall, The Judge
Best Original Screenplay
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- Selma
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Nightcrawler
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Imitation Game
- Gone Girl
- Whiplash
- The Theory of Everything
- Wild
Dropped: Unbroken
Best Animated Feature
- The Lego Movie
- Big Hero 6
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- The Boxtrolls
- Song of the Sea
Film Editing
- Boyhood
- Birdman
- Selma
- Gone Girl
- The Imitation Game
Dropped: Interstellar
Production Design
- Into the Woods
- Interstellar
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Unbroken
- The Imitation Game
Dropped: Fury, Exodus: Gods and Kings
Cinematography
- Birdman
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- Selma
- The Theory of Everything
Dropped: Into the Woods
Costume Design
- Into the Woods
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mr. Turner
- The Theory of Everything
- Selma
Dropped: Exodus: Gods and Kings
Makeup and Hairstyling
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Theory of Everything
- Foxcatcher
Visual Effects
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Interstellar
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Godzilla
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
Sound Editing
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- American Sniper
- Fury
- Godzilla
Sound Mixing
- Into the Woods
- American Sniper
- Unbroken
- Interstellar
- Fury
Dropped: Godzilla
Original Score
- The Imitation Game
- Gone Girl
- Interstellar
- Unbroken
- The Theory of Everything
Dropped: Under the Skin
Original Song
- “Glory” – Selma
- “Lost Stars” – Begin Again
- “Miracles” – Unbroken
- “Yellow Flicker Beat” – The Hunger Games
- “We’re Making a Sequel” – Muppets Most Wanted
Dropped: “The Last Goodbye” – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Documentary Feature
- Citizenfour
- Tales of the Grim Sleeper
- Life Itself
- Finding Vivian Maier
- The Case Against 8
Dropped: Red Army
Foreign Language Film
- Ida
- Force Majeure
- Leviathan
- Wild Tales
- The Liberator
Dropped: Mommy, Winter’s Sleep