Oscar Predictions (11/30/14)

Best Picture
1. Gone Girl
2. Selma
3. Boyhood
4. The Imitation Game
5. Unbroken
6. Birdman
7. Whiplash
8. The Theory of Everything
9. Foxcatcher

Best Director
1. David Fincher - Gone Girl
2. Ava DuVernay - Selma
3. Richard Linklater - Boyhood
4. Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
5. Alejandro Gonzeález Iñárritu - Birdman

Best Actor
1. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
2. David Oyelowo - Selma
3. Michael Keaton - Birdman
4. Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
5. Jack O'Connell - Unbroken

Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore - Still Alice
2. Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
3. Reese Witherspoon - Wild
4. Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
5. Amy Adams - Big Eyes

Best Supporting Actor
1. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
2. Edward Norton - Birdman
3. Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
4. Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
5. Tom Wilkinson - Selma

Best Supporting Actress
1. Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
2. Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
3. Emma Stone - Birdman
4. Carmen Ejogo - Selma
5. Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Best Original Screenplay
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. Selma
4. Whiplash
5. Mr. Turner

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Gone Girl
2. The Imitation Game
3. Unbroken
4. The Theory of Everything
5. Inherent Vice

Best Animated Feature
1. The LEGO Movie
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2
3. Big Hero 6
4. The Boxtrolls
5. The Song of the Sea

Best Foreign Language Film
1. Mommy
2. Ida
3. Wild Tales
4. Leviathan
5. Force Majeure

Best Production Design
1. Into the Woods
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Mr. Turner
4. Interstellar
5. The Imitation Game

Best Costume Design
1. Into the Woods
2. Exodus: Gods and Kings
3. Mr. Turner
4. Selma
5. Big Eyes

Best Cinematography
1. Unbroken
2. Birdman
3. Mr. Turner
4. Interstellar
5. Selma

Best Film Editing
1. Gone Girl
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game
4. Unbroken
5. Boyhood

Best Original Score
1. Unbroken
2. The Theory of Everything
3. Interstellar
4. The Imitation Game
5. Gone Girl

Best Original Song
1. Boyhood - "Split the Difference"
2. Begin Again - "Lost Stars"
3. The LEGO Movie - "Everything is Awesome"
4. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - "The Last Goodbye"
5. Noah - "Mercy Is"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Unbroken
2. Foxcatcher
3. Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Sound Mixing
1. Interstellar
2. Into the Woods
3. Unbroken
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction
5. Get on Up

Best Sound Editing
1. Interstellar
2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
3. American Sniper
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction
5. Unbroken

Best Visual Effects
1. Interstellar
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3. Exodus: Gods and Kings
4. Transformers: Age of Extinction
5. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

Best Documentary Feature
1. Citizenfour
2. Life Itself
3. Keep on Keepin' On
4. Red Army
5. The Case Against 8

Final 2014 Oscar Predictions

BEST PICTURE
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
Could Win: Gravity
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST DIRECTOR
Will Win: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
Could Win: Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Joel and Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTOR
Will Win: Mattthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Could Win: Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Should Win: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Should Have Been Nominated: Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTRESS
Will Win: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Could Win: Amy Adams - American Hustle
Should Win: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Should Have Been Nominated: Brie Larson - Short Term 12

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Win: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Could Win: Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Should Win: Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Sam Rockwell - The Way Way Back

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will Win: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Could Win: Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Should Win: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Octavia Spencer - Fruitvale Station

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will Win: Her
Could Win: American Hustle
Should Win: Blue Jasmine
Should Have Been Nominated: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
Could Win: Philomena
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Short Term 12

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Will Win: Frozen
Could Win: The Wind Rises
Should Win: Frozen
Should Have Been Nominated: Monsters University

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Will Win: The Great Gatsby
Could Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Win: The Great Gatsby
Should Have Been Nominated: Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will Win: American Hustle
Could Win: The Great Gatsby
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Should Have Been Nominated: Blue Jasmine

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Nebraska
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Spring Breakers

BEST FILM EDITING
Will Win: Captain Phillips
Could Win: Gravity
Should Win: Captain Phillips
Should Have Been Nominated: Stories We Tell

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Philomena
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Only God Forgives

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Will Win: "Let It Go" - Frozen
Could Win: "Happy" - Despicable Me 2
Should Win: "Let It Go" - Frozen
Should Have Been Nominated: "I See Fire" - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING
Will Win: Dallas Buyers Club
Could Win: The Lone Ranger
Should Win: Dallas Buyers Club
Should Have Been Nominated: Only God Forgives

BEST SOUND MIXING
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Lone Survivor
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Upstream Color

BEST SOUND EDITING
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: Lone Survivor
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Oblivion

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will Win: Gravity
Could Win: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (if Hell freezes)
Should Win: Gravity
Should Have Been Nominated: Pacific Rim

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Will Win: The Great Beauty
Could Win: The Hunt

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Will Win: 20 Feet from Stardom
Could Win: The Square
Should Win: The Square
Should Have Been Nominated: Stories We Tell

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Will Win: Get a Horse!
Could Win: Mr. Hubolt
Should Win: Room on the Broom

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Will Win: Helium
Could Win: The Voorman Problem
Should Win: Helium

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Will Win: The Lady in Number 6
Could Win: Cavedigger

2014 Personal Film Awards

**winner**

Best Picture
Before Midnight
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Short Term 12
**12 Years a Slave**

Best Director
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
**Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave**

Best Actor
**Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street**
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight
Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix - Her

Best Actress
**Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine**
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Adéle Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Color
Brie Larson - Short Term 12

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
James Franco - Spring Breakers
Ryan Gosling - The Place Beyond the Pines
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
**Sam Rockwell - The Way Way Back**

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
**Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave**
Léa Seydoux - Blue is the Warmest Color
Octavia Spencer - Fruitvale Station
Oprah Winfrey - Lee Daniels' The Butler

Best Original Screenplay
Blue Jasmine
Fruitvale Station
The Hunt
**Inside Llewyn Davis**
Kill Your Darlings

Best Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight
Philomena
Short Term 12
**12 Years a Slave**
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Production Design
Blue Jasmine
The Great Gatsby
**Inside Llewyn Davis**
Oz the Great and Powerful
12 Years a Slave

Best Costume Design
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Oz the Great and Powerful
**12 Years a Slave**

Best Cinematography
**Gravity**
Inside Llewyn Davis
Only God Forgives
Spring Breakers
12 Years a Slave

Best Film Editing
**Captain Phillips**
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Stories We Tell
12 Years a Slave

Best Original Score
Captain Phillips
**Gravity**
Only God Forgives
12 Years a Slave
Upstream Color

Best Original Song
"In Summer" - Frozen
"Let It Go" - Frozen
"A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" - The Great Gatsby
**"I See Fire" - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug**
"So You Know What It's Like" - Short Term 12

Best Makeup/Hairstyling
American Hustle
Lee Daniels' The Butler
**Only God Forgives**

Best Sound Design
All is Lost
**Gravity**
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Upstream Color

Best Visual Effects
Ender's Game
**Gravity**
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Oblivion
Pacific Rim

Best Foreign Language Film
Blue is the Warmest Color
**The Hunt**
Stranger by the Lake

Best Documenatry Feature
Dirty Wars
**Stories We Tell**
20 Feet from Stardom

2014 Oscar Nominations Predictions

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director
David O. Russell - American Hustle
Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
Spike Jonze - Her
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress
Amy Adams - American Hustle
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock - Gravity
Judi Dench - Philomena
Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
Daniel Brühl - Rush
Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb - Nebraska
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
Oprah Winfrey - Lee Daniels' The Butler

Best Original Screenplay
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature
The Croods
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Notebook
Omar

Best Production Design
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Inside Llewyn Davis
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Best Costume Design
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners
12 Years a Slave

Best Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Score
The Book Theif
Gravity
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Best Original Song
"Amen" - All is Lost
"Let It Go" - Frozen
"The Moon Song" - Her
"You and I Ain't Nothin' No More" - Lee Daniels' The Butler
"Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Best Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
12 Years a Slave

Best Sound Editing
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Lone Survivor
Rush

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Pacific Rim

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Dirty Wars
The Square
Stories We Tell
20 Feet from Stardom