My predictions

Here they are, my predictions. Not enough time, not a clue, as usual. But this will have to do this time.

Best animated feature film of the year
* Despicable Me 2

* The Croods
* Frozen
* Monsters University
* The Wind Rises

Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Bruce Dern - Nebraska
* Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
* Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips
* Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
* Robert Redford - All Is Lost

I would love to see Leonardo DiCaprio nominated but I don't see it happening. The HFPA loves him as always but the love does not unfortunately seem to move to the Oscars as well.

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

* Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips
* Bradley Cooper - American Hustle
* Michael Fassbender - 12 Years A Slave
* Daniel Brühl - Rush
* Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

James Gandolfini is still possible but I don't have very strong feeling he would get in. I think the buzz should be stronger.

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
* Sandra Bullock - Gravity
* Judi Dench - Philomena
* Meryl Streep - August: Osage County
* Emma Thompson - Saving Mr Banks

I am pretty sure that Amy Adams sneaks in as she always does. I just don't know who I should leave out. I don't think it will Meryl but who else? Therefore I must leave out Amy.

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
* Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years A Slave
* Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
* June Squibb - Nebraska
* Oprah Winfrey - Lee Daniels' The Butler

Achievement in cinematography

* 12 Years A Slave
* Gravity
* Inside Llewyn Davis
* Nebraska
* Prisoner

Achievement in costume design
* American Hustle
* The Great Gatsby
* Saving Mr Banks
* 12 Years A Slave
* The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Achievement in directing
* Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
* Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips
* Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
* David O. Russell - American Hustle
* Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street

This is probably not the year that Marty gets nominated but somehow I must stick to DGA nominations. We will see how the Academy likes The Wolf of Wall Street.

Best documentary feature
* Blackfish
* The Act of Killing
* Stories We Tell
* The Square
* 20 Feet From Stardom


Achievement in film editing
* American Hustle
* 12 Years A Slave
* Captain Phillips
* Gravity
* The Wolf of Wall Street

Best foreign language film of the year
* Belgium
* Denmark
* Hungary
* Italy
* Palestine

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
* American Hustle
* The Great Gatsby
* The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

* Captain Phillips
* Gravity
* 12 Years A Slave
* Saving Mr Banks
* The Book Thief

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* Frozen - Let it Go
* Mandela - Ordinary Love
* The Great Gatsby - Young and Beautiful
* Her - The Moon Song
* 12 Years A Slave - My Lord Sunshine

Best motion picture of the year
* 12 Years A Slave
* American Hustle
* Captain Phillips
* Dallas Buyers Club
* Gravity
* Her
* Nebraska
* Philomena
* The Wolf of Wall Street

(* Saving Mr Banks) if ten

There are more uncertain best picture nominees than usual. I really don't have a clue about the nominees 7 - 10. The names are in alphabetical order and Saving Mr Banks gets in if there are 10 nominees.


Achievement in production design
* American Hustle
* Gravity
* The Great Gatsby
* 12 Years A Slave
* The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug


Achievement in sound editing
* All is Lost
* Captain Phillips
* Gravity
* Iron Man 3
* Lone Survivor

Achievement in sound mixing
* Captain Phillips
* Gravity
* Inside Llewyn Davis
* Lone Survivor
* 12 Years A Slave

Achievement in visual effects
* Elysium
* Gravity
* The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
* Iron Man 3
* Pacific Rim

Adapted screenplay

* Richard Linklater and Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight
* Billy Ray - Captain Phillips
* Steve Coogan - Philomena
* John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave
* Tracy Letts - August: Osage County

Original screenplay
* Eric Singer and David O. Russell - American Hustle
* Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
* Spike Jonze - Her
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
* Bob Nelson - Nebraska