Oscar Nominations 2015

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The 22nd of February 2015 will see the year’s awards season come to a climax at the 87th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood California, although all award shows are subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win what, this is a chance for films and their filmmakers to be globally recognized for another great year of work so let’s see who the principal nominees are this year;

Best Picture

Our Pick: Birdman

Directing

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

Our Pick: Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman

Actor in a Leading Role

Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher
Michael Keaton for Birdman
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper

Our Pick: Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything

Actress in a Leading Role

Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore for Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon for Wild
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night

Our Pick: Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Our Pick: Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher

Actress in a Supporting Role

Emma Stone for Birdman
Laura Dern for Wild
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
Meryl Streep for Into the Woods

Our Pick: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood

Writing- Original Screenplay

Alejandro González Iñárritu, NicoláS Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. for Birdman
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman for Foxcatcher
Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Our Pick: Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler

Writing- Adapted Screenplay

Jason Hall for American Sniper
Graham Moore for The Imitation Game
Paul Thomas Anderson for Inherent Vice
Anthony McCarten for The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle for Whiplash

Our Pick: Graham Moore for The Imitation Game

Music- Original Score

Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer for Interstellar
JóHann JóHannsson for The Theory of Everything
Gary Yershon for Mr. Turner

Our Pick: Hans Zimmer for Interstellar

Music- 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
‘Lone Stars’ from Begin Again

Our Pick: ‘Everything is Awesome’ from The Lego Movie

Animated Feature Film

Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Our Pick: How to Train Your Dragon 2

Cinematography

Dick Pope for Mr. Turner
Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman
Roger Deakins for Unbroken
Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski for Ida
Robert D. Yeoman for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Our Pick: Robert D. Yeoman for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Film Editing

Barney Pilling for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach for American Sniper
Sandra Adair for Boyhood
Tom Cross for Whiplash
William Goldenberg for The Imitation Game

Our Pick: Sandra Adair for Boyhood

Visual Effects

Our Pick: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the field with 9 nominations each while The Imitation Game and Boyhood also make a strong showing, perhaps surprisingly the late entrant American Sniper from director Clint Eastwood has made a shock grab for 6 nominations, particularly dubious since the film has not yet been under general release in the US or any other country for that matter.

Although we don’t argue that the majority of the nominees deserve recognition, we strongly disagree with the decisions to snub some of the films and performers that have produced the some of the best work this year.

The “overlooking” of one of the films of the year Nightcrawler continues this awards season, the Academy though has gone one step further in failing to nominate one of the lead performances of the year from Jake Gyllenhaal, something not even the BAFTAs or Globes has dared to do.

We fully expected Interstellar to be snubbed for major awards given the Academy’s nature and the type of film it is, not to mention how it has divided critical opinion, we certainly did not expect The Lego Movie to not be recognized as one of the best animated feature films last year.

Let’s see how things play out on the night, we’ve given our picks on who we think should win but there are as always many films in 2014 that are not nominated and deserve recognition.

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