Pre-Nominations: Oscar Predictions

Can you believe the Oscar Nominees are tomorrow? More, can you believe that the Critics' Choice Awards are the same night? Does anyone else think that ceremony's gonna rub salt in more than a few wounds? Shouldn't there be two days between Oscar Noms and everything else, just to give us time to heal?

No matter. My alarm is already set to go off at 5:20am Pacific Time so I can watch, for the first time, all 24 categories announced LIVE on YouTube (right here, in fact: https://www.youtube.com/embed/U1G_C6ygtRA). But before I do that ... can I correctly guess how it's going to go? Let's find out!

(And for a look at how things would go in a perfect world, check out my personal ballot for the Ninth Annual Hollmann Awards!).

The predix...after the jump...

Best Picture
(8 nominees -- remember, there can be as few as 5 and as many as 10!)
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Theory of Everything

Best Director
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
James Marsh, The Theory of Everything

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
JK Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Homesman
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song
Begin Again - "Lost Stars"
Beyond the Lights - "Grateful"
The LEGO Movie - "Everything is Awesome"
Noah - "Mercy Is"
Selma - "Glory"

Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Best Film Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything

Best Costume Design
Belle
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Fury
Guardians of the Galaxy
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Unbroken

Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Unbroken

Best Makeup/Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Theory of Everything

Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Godzilla
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Best Documentary Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
Life Itself
Virunga

Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Wild Tales


You May Also Enjoy:

ZergNet

Like us on Facebook