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[...] Birdman would do well, for example, but American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Imitation Game all exceeded expectations. On the flip side, Gone Girl (one nomination) and Selma were [...]

[...] I’ve boosted Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Nightcrawler, while backing away from The Imitation Game, Interstellar, and Selma, to one degree or another, not to mention almost completely [...]

[...] “The Judge,” Julianne Moore in “Still Alice,” Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game,” and Mark Ruffalo in “Foxcatcher.” “The Imitation Game,” director Morten Tyldum, animation “ [...]

[...] to the finish. Sure, you can make a case that in the big category American Sniper and The Imitation Game are still hanging in there, along with a long shot for The Grand Budapest Hotel, it’s really [...]

[...] Screenplay wins. I definitely feel like Boyhood will win at least one of those, with The Grand Budapest Hotel even being a threat in the Screenplay category. The other notable changes I’ve made [...]

[...] lineup that lacks presumed front runner Birdman. Instead, main challengers Boyhood and The Grand Budapest Hotel will be competing with fellow nominees Foxcatcher, Nightcrawler, and Whiplash. All are [...]

[...] a fine haul. The most interesting thing to me though about the nods today is that The Grand Budapest Hotel also really racked up the noms. That film is climbing the charts quickly and almost [...]

[...] of Aniston, Steve Carell, Robert Duvall, Gyllenhaal, and Naomi Watts, not to mention The Grand Budapest Hotel, while dealing blows to the aforementioned Selma/Oyelowo, along with Gone Girl and [...]

[...] ends later on today, one of the big questions that remains in my mind is…will there be a Best Picture/Best Director split? Aside from trying to figure out whether Birdman or Boyhood takes the top [...]

[...] seen The Imitation Game or Selma win anything major yet, to name it’s two prime competitors in Best Picture. Speaking of Best Picture, any ranking of the contenders at the moment has to begin with [...]

[...] As you all know, the biggest snub was Selma. Aside from Boyhood and perhaps Birdman, no other Best Picture hopeful was considered a bigger lock for a citation here than this one. Those three, along [...]

[...] . Now, we’re more or less back to square one. Birdman and Boyhood are fighting it out for Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards, with no one sure which movie will emerge victorious. [...]

[...] comparison to be made among the nominees, specifically with two of them. Those two are American Sniper and Whiplash. What’s the comparison to be made? Well, they exist on opposite sides of the box [...]

[...] happened. Yes, Clint Eastwood’s controversial but hugely popular and profitable war film American Sniper passed Steven Spielberg’s classic Saving Private Ryan to become the number one movie of its [...]

[...] Documentarian Michael Moore last week attacked Clint Eastwood’s movie, “American Sniper” by making statements like: “My dad always said, Snipers are cowards. They don’t believe in a [...]

[...] again. Considering the fondness that the Academy had for American Sniper, it’s not a huge shock, but going into the big morning he wasn’t expected to have his name [...]

[...] a single win. I could be wrong, but I also think that Jolie will fall short in Best Director and Jack O’Connell won’t be able to break through in the Best Actor race. It’s [...]

[...] the way, getting a total of seven nominations, which were Best Picture (Comedy or Musical), Best Director for Alejandro González Iñárritu, Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for Michael Keaton, Best [...]

[...] . Now, I think my logic is sound, considering Fincher is still very much in play for Best Director and Gillian Flynn’s script is perhaps the frontrunner in Best Adapted Screenplay, but [...]

[...] frontrunner? Never in a million years would that have been a smart bet. Go figure. Best Director – It’s pretty much the same her with Best Director. Names like David Ayer (Fury), Tim [...]

[...] Oscar and Grammy-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson will be performing on the 87th Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick [...]

[...] Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. # # # 87th Oscars Social Media Guide Follow the Academy, Oscars producers and host Neil Patrick Harris for the [...]

[...] , her 2014 collaboration with Tony Bennett which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland [...]

[...] Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. # # # 87th Oscars Social Media Guide Follow the Academy, Oscars producers and host Neil Patrick Harris for the [...]

[...] Three hundred twenty-three feature films are eligible for the 2014 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 87th [...]

[...] was nominated in Original, while it’s now going to be competing in Adapted at the Academy Awards (if it’s nominated), but more on that tomorrow… Before I reveal the full list of [...]

[...] could win, while actor will potentially show us who the prime competition to Keaton at the Academy Awards might be. My hunch is that Picture is between Boyhood and The Imitation Game, but it’s just [...]

[...] films and performances. The Globe Awards don’t have any true significance in terms of the Academy Awards (due in part to a completely different membership, save for one member), but they do work as [...]

[...] won her Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Motion Picture, and the film earned five Oscar nominations. Streisand also directed, produced and starred in THE PRINCE OF TIDES and THE MIRROR HAS TWO [...]

[...] , it’s just as important to figure out who or what the number two is. Even before the Oscar nominations have been handed out, you want to have an idea of the contender order, since that’s how you [...]

[...] Can you believe that Oscar nominations are less than two weeks away? Yes, on January 15th the first phase of the awards season ends [...]

[...] dust in the wind now. Yes, tomorrow morning the Academy will finally unveil their Oscar nominations. I’ve been trying to accurately predict these nominations for almost a full year now, [...]

[...] be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. # # # ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, [...]

[...] be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. # # # ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, [...]

[...] : http://www.youtube.com/oscars Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Oscars ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related [...]

[...] : http://www.youtube.com/oscars Google+: https://plus.google.com/+Oscars ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related [...]

[...] A full day later, it’s still hard to completely make sense of the Academy Award nominations that went down yesterday morning. Oscar voters nominated who and what they wanted to, [...]

[...] -action thriller “FLIGHT,” which starred Denzel Washington and received two Academy Award nominations. Presently, Zemeckis is in post-production on “THE WALK,” starring Joseph [...]

[...] , it’s time to get down to business, right? Without further delay, here is how I see the Academy Award nominations going at this current juncture, with once again my next in line picks listed for [...]

[...] look at, there’s at least one or two fairly shocking omissions when looking at the Academy Award nominations. A perfect world would prevent this, but as you all know, our world is far from [...]