Final Oscar Predictions!

The Oscars are this weekend! Here are my final predictions. There maybe one or two changes just before the ceremony but this is how it is. These are my predictions in order of who/what I think is most likely to win.

Best Picture:

1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Selma
5. Whiplash
6. The Imitation Game
7. The Theory of Eveything
8. American Sniper


Director:

1. Richard Linklater - Boyhood
2. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman
3. Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
5. Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher

Actor:

1. Michael Keaton - Birdman
2. Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
3. Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
4. Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
5. Bradley Cooper - American Sniper


Actress:

1. Julianne Moore - Still Alice
2. Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
3. Reese Witherspoon - Wild
4. Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
5. Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night

Supporting Actor:

1. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
2. Edward Norton - Birdman
3. Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
4. Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
5. Robert Duvall - The Judge

Supporting Actress:

1. Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
2. Emma Stone - Birdman
3. Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
4. Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
5. Laura Dern - Wild


Original Screenplay:
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Boyhood
3. Nightcrawler
4. Birdman
5. Foxcatcher

Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Imitation Game
2. Whiplash
3. The Theory of Everything
4. American Sniper
5. Inherent Vice

Animated Film:
1. How to Train Your Dragon 2
2. Big Hero 6
3. The Boxtrolls
4. Song of the Sea
5. The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Foreign Language Film:
1. Ida
2. Leviathan
3. Tangerines
4. Wild Tales
5. Timbuktu

Documentary Film:
1. Citizenfour
2. Virunga
3. Finding Vivian Maier
4. Last Days of Vietnam
5. The Salt of the Earth

Original Score:
1. The Theory of Everything
2. Interstellar
3. The Imitation Game
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Mr. Turner

Original Song:
1. Selma - "Glory"
2. The Lego Movie - "Everything is Awesome"
3. Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me - "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
4. Begin Again - "Lost Stars"
5. Beyond the Light - "Grateful"

Sound Editing:
1. Birdman
2. American Sniper
3. Interstellar
4. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
5. Unbroken

Sound Mixing:
1. Whiplash
2. Birdman
3. American Sniper
4. Interstellar
5. Unbroken

Production Design:
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. The Imitation Game
3. Interstellar
4. Mr. Turner
5. Into the Woods

Cinematography:
1. Birdman
2. Mr. Turner
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Ida
5. Unbroken

Makeup and Hairstyling:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Foxcatcher

Costume Design:
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Mr. Turner
3. Into the Woods
4. Maleficent
5. Inherent Vice

Film Editing:
1. Whiplash
2. Boyhood
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. The Imitation Game
5. American Sniper

Visual Effects:
1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2. Interstellar
3. Guardians of the Galaxy
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier