OSCAR PREDICTIONS 8 - 3 WEEKS TO GO

Remember the days when I used to publish posts a few days after they were due to be posted? Well, those days have returned! Just 20 days to go. This is basically all that keeps me from jumping off a tall building when Christmas is over. This and the sales.

Best Picture

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          Captain Phillips

·          Dallas Buyers Club

·          Gravity

·          Her

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          Nebraska

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

·          Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

·          Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)

·          Spike Jonze (Her)

·          Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

·          David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

·          Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

·          Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

·          Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)

·          Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

·          Robert Redford (All Is Lost)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

·          Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

·          Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

·          Judi Dench (Philomena)

·          Brie Larson (Short Term 12)

·          Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

·          Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

·          Daniel Brühl (Rush)

·          Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

·          James Gandolfini (Enough Said)

·          Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

·          Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

·          Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

·          Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

·          Octavia Spencer (Fruitvale Station)

·          June Squibb (Nebraska)

Best Original Screenplay

·          American Hustle

·          Enough Said

·          Her

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay

·          12 Years a Slave

·          Before Midnight

·          Captain Phillips

·          Short Term 12

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Cinematography

·          12 Years a Slave

·          Gravity

·          Her

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          Nebraska

Best Editing

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          Captain Phillips

·          Gravity

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Production Design

·          12 Years a Slave

·          The Great Gatsby

·          Her

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          The Invisible Woman

Best Costume Design

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          The Great Gatsby

·          The Invisible Woman

·          Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Best Sound Mixing

·          12 Years a Slave

·          All Is Lost

·          Captain Phillips

·          Gravity

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Sound Editing

·          All Is Lost

·          Captain Phillips

·          Gravity

·          Lone Survivor

·          Rush

Best Visual Effects

·          Elysium

·          Gravity

·          The Lone Ranger

·          Pacific Rim

·          Star Trek Into Darkness

Best Makeup

·          Bad Grandpa

·          Dallas Buyers Club

·          The Lone Ranger

Best Original Score

·          12 Years a Slave

·          All Is Lost

·          The Book Thief

·          Gravity

·          Saving Mr. Banks

Best Original Song

·          ‘Amen’ (All Is Lost)

·          ‘Let It Go’ (Frozen)

·          ‘The Moon Song’ (Her)

·          ‘My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)’ (12 Years a Slave)

·          ‘So You Know What It’s Like’ (Short Term 12)

Best Animated Feature

·          The Croods

·          Ernest & Celestine

·          Frozen

·          Monsters University

·          The Wind Rises

Best Documentary

·          20 Feet from Stardom

·          The Act of Killing

·          Blackfish

·          God Loves Uganda

·          Stories We Tell

Best Foreign Language Film

·          The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium

·          The Grandmaster – Hong Kong

·          The Great Beauty – Italy

·          The Missing Picture – Cambodia

·          Omar – Palestine