Sunday 28 February 2016

88th Academy Award Predictions

Bold = Who will win
Italics = Who I think should win

Best Picture:



The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant 
Room
Spotlight

Best Director:



Adam McKay (The Big Short)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Alejandro G. Innaritu (The Revenant)
Lenny Abrahamsson (Room)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Best Actor:



Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Best Actress:



Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor:



Christian Bale (The Big Short)
Tom Hardy (The Revenant)
Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress:



Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Screenplay:



Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay:



The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Best Animated Feature Film:



Anomalisa
Boy & The World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best Foreign Language Film:



Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

Best Original Score:

Bridge of Spies - Thomas Newman
Carol - Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
Sicario - Johann Johannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams

Best Original Song:

Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
Manta Ray (Racing Extinction)
Simple Song #3 (Youth)
Til It Happens To You (The Hunting Ground)
Writing’s On The Wall (Spectre)

Best Sound Editing:

Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing:

Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Production Design:

Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant


Best Cinematography:

Carol - Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared 
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best Costume Design:

Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road 
The Revenant 

Best Film Editing:

The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Visual Effects:

Ex Machina 
Mad Max: Fury Road 
The Martian 
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Documentary - Feature:

Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best Documentary - Short Subject:

Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Best Live Action Short Film:

Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Show
Stutterer

Best Animated Short Film:

Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow