It’s that time of the year again when AMPAS tell us what apparently were the best films of the past year and I as a cinephile start worrying that I’ve not seen enough of them!
So… Just as last year I will aim to review as many of them as I possibly can before the winners are announced. A few I have already seen and so will write up reviews for, many I haven’t yet seen, a few I’m not interested in seeing, and there are a few that I won’t get to see in time due to them not being available in my area or out on home release yet.
However, you can expect to see approximately one review each day up until the Academy Awards night on February 22nd, this year hosted by Neil Patrick Harris! With so many different genres in the mix and some really excellent films in all categories, especially as there are some unexpected nominees and close-run races this year rather than one or two films that are guaranteed to clean up on the night, so it’s at least a little exciting and open for fun speculation.
The full list of nominees is below and I’ll keep updating the page with links to all my reviews as I write them. The race is now on for me to get fully clued up and pass on my observations to you before the ceremony!
Hopefully this year will be Legen… wait for it, and you’d better not be lactose intolerant because the second part is… DARY!
Best Picture
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”
“Boyhood”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Selma”
“The Theory of Everything”
“Whiplash”
Best Actor
Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”
Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
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”
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”
Laura Dern, “Wild”
Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Bennet Miller, “Foxcatcher”
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Morten Tydlum, “The Imitation Game”
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Original Screenplay
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Best Documentary Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
Virunga
Salt of the Earth
Best Animated Feature
“Big Hero 6”
“The Boxtrolls”
“How to Train Your Dragon 2”
“Song of the Sea”
“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”
Film Editing
“American Sniper”
“Boyhood”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Whiplash”
Best Song
Everything is Awesome “The Lego Movie”
Glory “Selma”
Grateful “Beyond the Lights”
“Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me”
Lost Stars “Begin Again”
Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory of Everything
Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Makeup and Hairstyling
Production Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Interstellar”
“Into the Woods”
“Mr. Turner”
Sound Editing
“American Sniper”
“Bidman”
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
Sound Mixing
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”
“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
“Whiplash”
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
Short Film, Live Action
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
Short Film, Animated
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and my Moulton
A Single Life
Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline
Johanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
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