87th Academy Awards: The Wolfman's Predictions

It's that time of year again. It is time for me to drink a lot of coffee and stay up until 4am. Yep it's Oscar time. The Academy Awards will be under way in a few hours and we will find out who the winners and losers are. It has been a brilliant year for film, just look at the Best Picture category and you will see that there isn't a bad film in there.

Overall I think for its uniqueness Boyhood will take away the award for Best Picture. It is a fantastic film the likes of which we have never seen before. That doesn't mean that Richard Linklater, the director of Boyhood, will bag the Oscar for Best Director. For me that has to go to Alejandro G Inarritu who has delivered one of the best films I've ever seen in Birdman. I would be more than happy if Birdman won in every category it is nominated in. Which moves me swiftly onto Best Actor. I want Michael Keaton to win it but I think the Academy will go for Eddie Redmayne's performance in The Theory of Everything. Redmayne is brilliant but the film doesn't reflect the work he has put in. Whereas Birdman feels very collaborative which peaks with Keaton's fantastic performance. #teamkeaton

Julianne Moore looks certain to win for her acclaimed performance in Still Alice but an outside bet could be Marion Cotillard. In relation to Best Supporting Actor J.K Simmons will be picking up yet another award for his phenomenal performance in the brilliant Whiplash. Moving on to Best Supporting Actress I think this will go to Patricia Arquette. She was superb in Boyhood and this award will be well deserved.

Below is a full list of my predictions (highlighted in red) for all the categories so please check back after the show is over to see how wrong I was. Now it's time to sit back, with a strong cup of coffee, and enjoy the 87th Academy Awards.     

Best Picture
 

American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

 
Best Director

 

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Alejandro G Inarritu, Birdman

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher

Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

 

 

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
JK 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 Adapted Screenplay

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

Best Original Screenplay

Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Animated Short

The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

Best Cinematography

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr Turner
Unbroken

Best Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr Turner

Best Documentary Feature

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

Best Documentary Short

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth

Best Film Editing

American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Best Foreign Language Film

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

Best Live Action Short

Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

Best Make-up & Hairstyling

Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Music

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything

Best Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr Turner

Best Song

'Everything is Awesome', The Lego Movie
'Glory', Selma
'Grateful', Beyond the Lights
'I'm Not Gonna Miss You', Glen Campbell… I'll Be Me
'Lost Stars', Begin Again

Best Sound Editing

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

Best Sound Mixing

American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash

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