The 2015 Oscars are really only a few months away--congratulations to the multi-talented Neal Patrick-Harris on his much-deserved selection as Host--so it's time to start predicting the nominees. I won't go through every category, of course (the shorts are difficult to predict). And I'll list as many in each category as I think have a chance, ranked in order of most likely to secure a nomination to least likely. Time, and award shows between now and Nomination Day, will change these rankings, surely. Best Picture 1. Gone Girl 2. The Imitation Game 3. Birdman 4. Boyhood 5. Unbroken 6. Selma 7. The Theory of Everything 8. Interstellar 9. The Grand Budapest Hotel 10. Wild 11. Into the Woods 12. Whiplash 13. A Most Violent Year 14. Still Alice 15. American Sniper 16. Foxcatcher 17. Mr. Turner 18. Inherent Vice 19. Rosewater 20. Exodus: Gods and Kings 21. Big Eyes 22. Nightcrawler 23. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Best Director ...
It's time for this petite aspie movie snob to get critical. (Let's face it: it's always time for that).