Oscar Predictions 2014

You didn't ask for them but here they are...My Oscar predictions for 2014...

BEST PICTURE

Will win: GRAVITY

Should win: 12 YEARS A SLAVE or PHILOMENA

BEST DIRECTOR

Will win: Alfonso Cuaron

Should win: Steve McQueen

**Should have been nominated: Joss Whedon

BEST ACTOR

Will win: Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Possible surprise winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST ACTRESS

Will win: Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE

Possible surprise winner: Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY

***Should NOT have been nominated: Meryl Streep: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Will win: Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Should win: Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB or Michael Fassbender, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Will win: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Possible surprise winner: Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLE or Sally Hawkins, BLUE JASMINE

***Should have NOT have been nominated: Julia Roberts, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTRY

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Will win: FROZEN

Should win: THE WIND RISES

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Will win: THE GREAT BEAUTY

Should win: THE HUNT
Possible surprise winner: THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

**Should have been nominated: I'M SO EXCITED

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Will win: Spike Jonze, HER

Should win: Bob Nelson, NEBRASKA

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Will win: John Ridley, 12 YEARS A SLAVE

SHOULD win: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, PHILOMENA

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Will win: THE GREAT GATSBY
Should win: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Possible surprise winner: GRAVITY

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Will win: THE GREAT GATSBY
Possible surprise winner: AMERICAN HUSTLE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Will win: "Let it Go," FROZEN

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Will win: GRAVITY
Possible surprise winner: HER

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Will win: ACT OF KILLING

Possible surprise winner: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM or THE SQUARE

**Should have been nominated: BLACKFISH

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Will win: GRAVITY

Possible surprise winner: THE GRANDMASTER

BEST FILM EDITING

Duh: GRAVITY

BEST MAKEUP

Will win: DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Possible surprise winner: JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA

BEST SOUND EDITING

Will win: GRAVITY

BEST SOUND MIXING

Will win: GRAVITY

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Duh: GRAVITY

BEST MUSTACHE IN A SHAKESPEAREAN FILM (not a real category)

Will win: Tom Lenk, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Oscar Predictions 2013

I may be blinded by my love of ARGO and DJANGO UNCHAINED but I still found a way to make some predictions that don't have those two films winning everything...

BEST PICTURE

Will win: ARGO
Should win: ARGO or DJANGO UNCHAINED

***Should NOT have been nominated: SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK


BEST DIRECTOR

Will win: Steven Spielberg, LINCOLN

**SHOULD have been nominated: Ben Affleck, ARGO & Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED


BEST ACTOR

Duh: Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN

**Should have been nominated: Jamie Foxx, DJANGO UNCHAINED & Jack Black, BERNIE


BEST ACTRESS

Will win: Jennifer Lawrence, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Possible surprise winner: Emmanuelle Riva, AMOUR


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Will win: Robert De Niro, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Should win: Christoph Waltz, DJANGO UNCHAINED
Possible upset winner: Tommy Lee Jones, LINCOLN

**Should have been nominated: Samuel L. Jackson, DJANGO UNCHAINED & Michael Fassbender, PROMETHEUS


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Duh: Anne Hathaway, LES MISÉRABLES

**Should have been nominated: Juno Temple, KILLER JOE


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Will win: FRANKENWEENIE
Should win: FRANKENWEENIE
Possible surprise winner: BRAVE

Honorable Mention: THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS


BEST FOREIGN FILM

Will win: AMOUR


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Will win: DJANGO UNCHAINED
Should win: DJANGO UNCHAINED or MOONRISE KINGDOM
Possible upset winner: ZERO DARK THIRTY

***Should NOT have been nominated: FLIGHT

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Will win: ARGO
SHOULD win: ARGO
Possible upset winner: LINCOLN


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Will win: ANNA KARENINA
Should win: THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Will win: ANNA KARENINA


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Duh: ‘Skyfall’ from SKYFALL


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Will win: LIFE OF PI

**Should have been nominated: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD


BEST DOCUMENTARY

Will win: SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
Possible surprise winner: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Will win: LIFE OF PI
Possible surprise winner: DJANGO UNCHAINED


BEST FILM EDITING

Will win: ARGO
Possible surprise winner: LINCOLN


BEST MAKEUP

Will win: THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
Possible surprise winner: LES MISÉRABLES


BEST SOUND EDITING

Will win: SKYFALL
Possible upset winner: ZERO DARK THIRTY


BEST SOUND MIXING

Will win: LES MISÉRABLES
Possible surprise winner: LIFE OF PI


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Will win: LIFE OF PI
Just happy to be nominated: MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Will win: INOCENTE
Possible surprise winner: OPEN HEART


BEST ANIMATED SHORT 

Will win: PAPERMAN
Possible surprise winner: ADAM AND DOG


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Will win: DEATH OF A SHADOW (Dood van een Schaduw)
Should win: DEATH OF A SHADOW or ASAD
Possible surprise winner: CURFEW


BEST USE OF FAKE BLOOD (not a real category)

Will win: DJANGO UNCHAINED

Oscar Predictions 2012

This is my first year to make any sort of formal Oscar predictions.  But with Gary Oldman finally being nominated for best actor, I decided that the Oscars were worth some serious consideration. Will Gary Oldman actually win an Oscar? No, probably not. Should he win an Oscar? Yeah, totally.

Oh and it may be important for me to note that I have not seen all of the nominated films. And chances are I will never see all of the nominated films. Okay, that being said and without any further ado, here are my guesses/preferences/wants/hopes for this year's Academy Award winners:

BEST PICTURE
Will win: THE ARTIST
Should win: THE ARTIST

**Should have been nominated: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY & ATTACK THE BLOCK

BEST DIRECTOR
Will win: Michel Hazanavicius,THE ARTIST
Should win: Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST

**Should have been nominated: Tomas Alfredson, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY & John Cornish, ATTACK THE BLOCK

BEST ACTOR
Will win: Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
(Possible upset winner: George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS)
SHOULD win: Gary Oldman, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

**Should have been nominated: Michael Fassbender, SHAME

BEST ACTRESS
Will win: Viola Davis, THE HELP
(Possible surprise winner: Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will win: Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS

**Should have been nominated: Alan Rickman, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Will win: Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
Should win: Berenice Bejo, THE ARTIST

**Should have been nominated: Angelica Huston, 50/50

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Will win: RANGO
Should win: CHICO & RITA (simply for its title alone)

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Will win: A SEPARATION, Iran

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Will win: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Should win: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

**Should have been nominated: ATTACK THE BLOCK

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Will win: THE DESCENDANTS
SHOULD win: TINKER TAILOR SOLDER SPY

BEST ART DIRECTION
Will win: HUGO

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Will win: THE ARTIST
(Possibly surprise winner: JANE EYRE)

**Should have been nominated: TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Duh: ‘Man or Muppet’ from THE MUPPETS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Will win: THE ARTIST

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Will win: PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY
(Possible surprise winner: UNDEFEATED)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Will win: THE TREE OF LIFE
(Possible surprise winner: HUGO)

BEST FILM EDITING
Will win: THE ARTIST

BEST MAKEUP
Will win: THE IRON LADY
(Possible surprise winner: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2)

BEST SOUND EDITING
Will win: HUGO
Should win: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

BEST SOUND MIXING
Will win: HUGO
Should win: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Will win: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

BEST DOCUMENTARY (SHORT)
Will win: GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS
(Another possible winner: INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD)

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Will win: LA LUNA
(Another possible winner: THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOK OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE)

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Will win: TIME FREAK

BEST HAIR (not a real category)
Will win: Gary Oldman, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Should win: Gary Oldman, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

© 2011 Focus Features by Jack English, Gary Oldman

The only thing that I am absolutely certain of after all this is that Gary Oldman's hair is pretty great.