87th Oscar Nominations Announced

The Grand Budapest Hotel co-leads with 9 nominations.

The Oscar nominations brought a number of surprises this morning - some good (Marion Cotillard making the cut), some bad (The LEGO Movie missing), and some predictable, but no less shocking (Selma's two nominations). I gambled predicting too much support for Selma, and it cost me in several categories. Though, Nightcrawler also underperformed, while Foxcatcher and American Sniper proved to have plenty of support. I did call Morten Tyldum in Best Director, however, and I still wonder if The Imitation Game could give us another split this year, with Richard Linklater winning Director and the Weinstein film winning the big one. Or it could just go to Boyhood. Anyway, you can see how I did below.

BEST PICTURE:

American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game
Selma

The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

How I did: 8/8 (I had 9 nominees, so I'll subtract a point.)

BEST DIRECTOR:

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

How I did: 4/5; Missed Miller

BEST ACTOR:

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

Michael Keaton, Birdman

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

How I did: 3/5; Missed Carell and Cooper

BEST ACTRESS:

Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

How I did: 4/5; Missed Cotillard

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

How I did: 4/5; Missed Duvall

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

How I did: 4/5; Missed Dern

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

How I did: 4/5; Missed Inherent Vice

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Birdman

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

How I did: 4/5; Missed Foxcatcher

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods

Mr. Turner

How I did: 4/5; Missed Interstellar

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner

Unbroken

How I did: 4/5; Missed Ida

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

How I did: 4/5; Missed Inherent Vice

BEST FILM EDITING:

American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

How I did: 3/5; Missed American Sniper and The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game

Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything

How I did: 4/5; Missed Mr. Turner

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"Everything is Awesome" from The LEGO Movie
"Glory" from Selma
"Grateful" from Beyond the Lights

"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
"Lost Stars" from Begin Again

How I did: 4/5; Missed Beyond the Lights

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Guardians of the Galaxy

How I did: 2/3; Missed Foxcatcher

BEST SOUND MIXING:

American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar

Unbroken
Whiplash

How I did: 4/5; Missed Whiplash

BEST SOUND EDITING:

American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Interstellar
Unbroken

How I did: 4/5; Missed Birdman

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Guardians of the Galaxy

Interstellar

X-Men: Days of Future Past

How I did: 4/5; Missed Captain America

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

How I did: 4/5; Missed Song of the Sea

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Ida (Poland)

Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)

How I did: 4/5; Missed Tangerines

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:

Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days of Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga

How I did: 3/5; Missed Last Days of Vietnam and The Salt of the Earth

How I did overall: 82/106, or 77%