Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Oscar Nominations – Predictions & Wish Lists



This year's Academy Award nominations will be announced early Thursday morning!  Here are my predictions for the six major categories, as well as the nominees that I would pick if I were in charge.


Best Supporting Actress

Predicted nominees:

  •   Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
  •   Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
  •   Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
  •   Emma Stone, Birdman
  •   Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

I would nominate:

  • Eileen Atkins, Magic in the Moonlight
  • Jillian Bell, 22 Jump Street
  • Laura Dern, Wild
  • Agata Kulesza, Ida
  • Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

Best Supporting Actor

Predicted nominees:

  • Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
  • Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
  • Edward Norton, Birdman
  • Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
  • J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

I would nominate:

  • Charlie Cox, The Theory of Everything
  • John Goodman, The Gambler
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Robocop
  • Tony Revolori, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Luke Wilson, The Skeleton Twins

Best Lead Actor

Predicted nominees:

  • Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
  • Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Michael Keaton, Birdman
  • David Oyewolo, Selma
  • Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

I would nominate:

  • Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
  • Miles Teller, Whiplash
  • Ben Whishaw, Lilting

Best Lead Actress

Predicted nominees:

  • Jennifer Aniston, Cake
  • Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
  • Julianne Moore, Still Alice
  • Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
  • Reese Witherspoon, Wild

I would nominate:

  • Amy Adams, Big Eyes
  • Cheng Pei-Pei, Lilting
  • Essie Davis, The Babadook
  • Catherine Deneuve, On My Way
  • Angelina Jolie, Maleficent
  • Hilary Swank, The Homesman
(Yes, I know I listed six instead of five.  It was a tie!)


Best Director

Predicted nominees:

  • Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Ava DuVernay, Selma
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
  • Richard Linklater, Boyhood
  • Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

I would nominate:

  • Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
  • Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
  • Pawel Palkowski, Ida
  • Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best Picture

Predicted nominees:

  • American Sniper
  • Birdman
  • Boyhood
  • Gone Girl
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Imitation Game
  • Nightcrawler
  • Selma
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Whiplash

I would nominate:

  • The Babadook
  • Birdman
  • Foxcatcher
  • Ida
  • The Imitation Game
  • Interstellar
  • Into the Woods
  • Lilting
  • Pride
  • The Way He Looks


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