Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Final 2016 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Director
Adam McKay - The Big Short
Todd Haynes - Carol
Ridley Scott - The Martian
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revanant
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone - Creed
Jacob Tremblay - Room

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Julie Walters - Brooklyn
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Spotlight

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
The Martian
Room
Steve Jobs

Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Shaun the Sheep

Best Foreign Language Film
Labyrinth of Lies
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Best Costume Design
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Best Film Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Sicario
Spotlight

Best Original Score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Best Original Song
Concussion - "So Long"
Furious Seven - "See You Again"
The Hunting Ground - "Til It Happens to You"
I'll See You In My Dreams - "I'll See You In My Dreams"
Youth - "Simple Song #3"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mr. Holmes
The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton

Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Best Visual Effects
Ant-Man
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Best Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Best Animated Short
Carface
If I Was God...
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
World of Tomorrow

Best Live Action Short
Contrapelo
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Stutterer
Winter Light

Best Documentary Short
Chau, beyond the lines
50 Feet from Syria
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Starting Point
The Testimony

Monday, November 30, 2015

Oscar Predictions (11/30/15)

Best Picture
1. Spotlight
2. Joy
3. The Martian
4. The Revenant
5. Carol
6. The Danish Girl
7. Steve Jobs
8. Room
9. Youth

Best Director
1. Ridley Scott - The Martian
2. Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
3. David O. Russell - Joy
4. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
5. Todd Haynes - Carol

Best Actor
1. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
2. Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
3. Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
4. Michael Caine - Youth
5. Johnny Depp - Black Mass

Best Actress
1. Brie Larson - Room
2. Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
3. Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
4. Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
5. Rooney Mara - Carol

Best Supporting Actor
1. Michael Keaton - Spotlight
2. Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
3. Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
4. Harvey Keitel - Youth
5. Jacob Tremblay - Room

Best Supporting Actress
1. Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
2. Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
3. Jane Fonda - Youth
4. Joan Allen - Room
5. Isabella Rossellini - Joy

Best Original Screenplay
1. Spotlight
2. Joy
3. The Hateful Eight
4. Inside Out
5. Ex Machina

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. The Martian
2. Room
3. Carol
4. Anomalisa
5. Steve Jobs

Best Animated Feature
1. Inside Out
2. Anomalisa
3. The Good Dinosaur
4. The Peanuts Movie
5. Shaun the Sheep

Best Foreign Language Film
1. Son of Saul
2. Mustang
3. Labyrinth of Lies
4. The Club
5. Rams

Best Production Design
1. Carol
2. Cinderella
3. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
4. The Danish Girl
5. The Martian

Best Costume Design
1. Cinderella
2. The Danish Girl
3. Carol
4. Far from the Madding Crowd
5. Brooklyn

Best Cinematography
1. The Revenant
2. Sicario
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. The Hateful Eight
5. The Assassin

Best Film Editing
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Martian
3. Spotlight
4. Steve Jobs
5. Joy

Best Original Score
1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2. Carol
3. The Hateful Eight
4. The Danish Girl
5. Bridge of Spies

Best Original Song
1. Love and Mercy - "One Kind of Love"
2. Furious 7 - "See You Again"
3. The Hunting Ground - "Til It Happens to You"
4. Youth - "Simple Song #3"
5. Ricki and the Flash - "Cold One"

Best Makeup/Hairstyling
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Danish Girl
3. The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing
1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. The Revenant
5. The Hateful Eight

Best Sound Editing
1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. The Hateful Eight
5. The Good Dinosaur

Best Visual Effects
1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2. The Martian
3. Jurassic World
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. The Walk

Best Documentary Feature
1. Amy
2. The Look of Silence
3. Cartel Land
4. Where to Invade Next
5. Heart of a Dog

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Final 2015 Oscar Predictions (UPDATED)

BEST PICTURE
Will Win: Birdman
Could Win: Boyhood
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Foxcatcher

BEST DIRECTOR
Will Win: Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdman
Could Win: Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Should Win: Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Should Be Nominated: Damian Chazelle - Whiplash

BEST ACTOR
Will Win: Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Could Win: Michael Keaton - Birdman
Should Win: Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Should Be Nominated: Oscar Issac - A Most Violent Year

BEST ACTRESS
Will Win: Juliane Moore - Still Alice
Could Win: No one
Should Win: Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
Should Be Nominated: Jenny Slate - Obvious Child

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Win: J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Could Win: Edward Norton - Birdman (but not really)
Should Win: Edward Norton - Birdman
Should Be Nominated: James McAvoy - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will Win: Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Could Win: Emma Stone - Birdman (but not really)
Should Win: Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Should Be Nominated: Melissa McCarthy - St. Vincent

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will Win: Birdman
Could Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Should Win: Foxcatcher
Should Be Nominated: Calvary

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Win: The Imitation Game
Could Win: Whiplash
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Gone Girl

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Will Win: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Could Win: Big Hero 6
Should Win: The Lego Movie The Boxtrolls
Should Be Nominated: The Lego Movie

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: Interstellar
Should Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Should Be Nominated: Foxcatcher

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: Into the Woods
Should Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Should Be Nominated: Pride

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will Win: Birdman
Could Win: Mr. Turner
Should Win: Birdman
Should Be Nominated: Interstellar

BEST FILM EDITING
Will Win: Whiplash
Could Win: Boyhood
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Edge of Tomorrow

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: The Theory of Everything
Should Win: Interstellar
Should Be Nominated: Under the Skin

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Will Win: "Glory" - Selma
Could Win: "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" - Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
Should Win: "Glory" - Selma
Should Be Nominated: "Split the Difference" - Boyhood

BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING
Will Win: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Could Win: Guardians of the Galaxy
Should Win: Guardians of the Galaxy
Should Be Nominated: Snowpiercer

BEST SOUND MIXING
Will Win: Whiplash
Could Win: American Sniper
Should Win: Whiplash
Should Be Nominated: Foxcatcher

BEST SOUND EDITING
Will Win: American Sniper
Could Win: Birdman
Should Win: Interstellar
Should Be Nominated: Godzilla

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will Win: Interstellar
Could Win: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Should Win: Interstellar
Should Be Nominated: Transformers: Age of Extinction

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Will Win: Ida
Could Win: Wild Tales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Will Win: Citizenfour
Could Win: Virunga (but not really)
Should Win: Finding Vivian Maier
Should Be Nominated: The Internet's Own Boy

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Will Win: Feast
Could Win: The Dam Keeper
Should Win: The Bigger Picture

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Will Win: The Phone Call
Could Win: Aya
Should Win: Butter Lamp

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Will Win: Joanna
Could Win: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

2015 Personal Film Awards

**winner**

Best Picture
Calvary
**Foxcatcher**
Interstellar
A Most Violent Year
Whiplash

Best Director
Damian Chazelle - Whiplash
Ava DuVernay - Selma
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
**Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher**
Christopher Nolan - Interstellar

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Tom Hardy - Locke
**Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year**
Jack O'Connell - Starred Up
David Oyelowo - Selma

Best Actress
**Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night**
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Jenny Slate - Obvious Child
Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
**Edward Norton - Birdman**
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
**Patricia Arquette - Boyhood**
Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
Kim Dickens - Gone Girl
Melissa McCarthy - St. Vincent
Emma Stone - Birdman

Best Original Screenplay
**Calvary**
Foxcatcher
Interstellar
Locke
Love is Strange

Best Adapted Screenplay
Edge of Tomorrow
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
**Obvious Child**
Whiplash

Best Animated Feature
The Boxtrolls
**The Lego Movie**
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Best Production Design
Foxcatcher
**The Grand Budapest Hotel**
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Snowpiercer

Best Costume Design
Get on Up
**The Grand Budapest Hotel**
Inherent Vice
Pride
Yves Saint Laurent

Best Cinematography
Birdman
Inherent Vie
**Interstellar**
A Most Violent Year
Selma

Best Film Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Edge of Tomorrow
Interstellar
**Whiplash**

Best Original Score
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
**Interstellar**
Under the Skin
Yves Saint Laurent

Best Original Song
"The Boxtrolls Song" - The Boxtrolls
**"Split the Difference" - Boyhood**
"No Fate Awaits Me" - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
"Everything is Awesome" - The Lego Movie
"Glory" - Selma

Best Makeup/Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Mr. Turner
**Snowpiercer**

Best Sound Design
Foxcatcher
Godzilla
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction
**Whiplash**

Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
**Interstellar**
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Documentary Feature
The Case Against 8
Citizenfour
**Finding Vivian Maier**
The Internet's Own Boy
Life Itself

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Final 2015 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game

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

Best Actress
Jennifer Aniston - Cake
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
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Rene Russo - Nightcrawler
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
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 Foreign Language Film
Force Majuere
Ida
Leviathan
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

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

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

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

Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

Best Film Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
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"
Boyhood - "Split the Difference"
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me - "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
The Lego Movie - "Everything is Awesome"
Selma - "Glory"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Theory of Everything

Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Godzilla
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Documentary Feature
The Case Against 8
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Life Itself
The Overnighters