How did I do with the predictions

Apparently I had enough The Imitation Game and a little too much Selma. I had a feeling about Foxcatcher that it would be a film the academy would like and I should have followed my instinct. I am surprised Amy Adams was not nominated but I knew Jennifer Aniston would not be. Best picture I got correct, original score and original screenplay and of course supporting actor (I guess everyone did).

Best animated feature film of the year

* How To Train Your Dragon 2
* The Book of Life Song of the Sea
* The Lego Movie The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
* Big Hero 6
* The Boxtrolls

Performance by an actor in a leading role

* Michael Keaton - Birdman
* Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
* Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
* Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

* David Oyelowo - Selma  Bradley Cooper - American Sniper



Performance by an actor in a supporting role


* J. K. Simmons - Whiplash
* Edward Norton - Birdman
* Robert Duvall - The Judge
* Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
* Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher


Performance by an actress in a leading role

* Julianne Moore - Still Alice
* Reese Witherspoon - Wild
* Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
* Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
* Amy Adams - Big Eyes Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night



Performance by an actress in a supporting role

* Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
* Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
* Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
* Emma Stone - Birdman
* Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year Laura Dern - Wild

Achievement in cinematography


* Unbroken
* The Imitation Game Ida
* Birdman
* Mr Turner
* The Grand Budapest Hotel

Achievement in costume design

* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Into the Woods
* Maleficient
* The Imitation Game Inherent Vice
* Selma Mr Turner

Achievement in directing

* Richard Linklater - Boyhood
* Alejandro G. Inarritu - Birdman
* Clint Eastwood - American Sniper Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
* Ava DuVernay - Selma Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
* Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel


Best documentary feature

* Life Itself Finding Vivian Maier
* Citizen Four
* Last Days in Vietnam
* Keep on Keepin On The Salt of the Earth
* Overnighters Virunga

Achievement in film editing

* Boyhood
* Gone Girl American Sniper
* The Imitation Game
* Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel

* Whiplash

Best foreign language film of the year

* Argentina
* Estonia
* Mauritania
* Poland
* Sweden Russia


Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

* Guardians of the Galaxy
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* The Theory of Everything Foxcatcher

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)


* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Mr Turner
* The Imitation Game
* Interstellar
* The Theory of Everything

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

* Begin Again - Lost Stars
* I'll Be Me - Not Going to Miss You
* The Lego Movie - Everything is Awesome
* Noah - Mercy Is Beyond the Lights - Grateful
* Selma - Glory

Best motion picture of the year

* Boyhood
* The Imitation Game
* Birdman
* Selma
* The Theory of Everything
* Whiplash
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* American Sniper
* (Nightcrawler)
* (Gone Girl)


Achievement in production design

* Birdman Mr Turner
* The Imitation Game
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Interstellar
* Into the Woods

Achievement in sound editing

* American Sniper
* Dawn of Apes Birdman
* The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
* Godzilla Interstellar
* Unbroken

Achievement in sound mixing

* Birdman
* American Sniper
* Interstellar
* Guardians of the Galaxy Whiplash
* Unbroken

Achievement in visual effects

* Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
* Godzilla Captain America
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies X-men: Days of Future Past
* Interstellar

Adapted screenplay


* The Imitation Game
* Gone Girl American Sniper
* The Theory of Everything
* Whiplash
* Wild Inherent Vice

Original screenplay

* Birdman
* Boyhood
* The Grand Budapest Hotel
* Nightcrawler
* Foxcatcher

And how did I do. Surprisingly well. One of my best scores and better than last year.

79/106 (74,5 %) excluding the short films as always