OSCAR PREDICTIONS: Round 2

My second round of Oscar predictions and my last Oscar predictions before the official announcements this Thursday (Jan. 15th). I have no doubt that I'm sure there will be snubs and surprises and hopefully the snubs are too drastic and dumbfounding. I'm listing them in alphabetical this time instead of ranking them in some way. I did put a * for the movie that is my top pick. That being said here is the list.

Picture:

Birdman

Boyhood*

Gone Girl

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Nightcrawler

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

Director:

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Damien Chazelle - Whiplash

Ava DuVernay - Selma

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman

Richard Linklater - Boyhood*

Actor:

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

Michael Keaton - Birdman*

David Oyelowo - Selma

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Actress:

Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night

Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore - Still Alice*

Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Supporting Actor:

Robert Duvall - The Judge

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Edward Norton - Birdman

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash*

Supporting Actress:

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood*

Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Emma Stone - Birdman

Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer

Original Screenplay:

Birdman

Boyhood*

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

Whiplash

Adapted Screenplay:

American Sniper

Gone Girl*

The Imitation Game

The Theory of Everything

Wild

Animated Film:

Big Hero 6

The Book of Life

The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The Lego Movie*

Production Design:

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel*

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

Mr. Turner

Cinematography:

Birdman*

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Ida

Interstellar

Mr. Turner

Costume Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Into the Woods

Maleficent

Mr. Turner*

Film Editing:

Birdman*

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

Whiplash

Makeup & Hairstyling:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Guardians of the Galaxy*

Mr. Turner

Sound Mixing:

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Snowpiercer

Whiplash*

Sound Editing:

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Snowpiercer

Whiplash*

Visual Effects:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

Interstellar

Snowpiercer

Original Score:

Gone Girl

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

The Theory of Everything*

Original Song:

Big Eyes - "Big Eyes"

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me - "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1  - "Yellow Flicker Beat"

The Lego Movie - "Everything is Awesome"

Selma - "Glory"*

Documentary:

Citizenfour*

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

Life Itself

The Overnighters

Virunga

Foreign Language:

Force Majeure

Ida

Leviathan*

Mommy

Two Days, One Night