As I often say, it's never too early to make predictions for the upcoming Oscar nominees -- whether it's two weeks away, four months away, or half a year away. February 28th, 2016, is fewer than four months away, so now seems like a good time to start predicting the nominees (by category, alphabetically). Maybe second-time host Chris Rock is already preparing some brilliantly controversial jokes. * = front runners (in my current, fearless opinion) Best Picture Beasts of No Nation The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn By the Sea Carol Concussion The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight Inside Out Joy The Martian The Revenant Room Sicario *Spotlight Steve Jobs Suffragette Youth Best Director Lenny Abrahamson -- Room Danny Boyle -- Steve Jobs John Crowley -- Brooklyn Carey Fukunaga -- Beasts of No Nation Sarah Gavron -- Suffragette Todd Haynes -- Carol...
It's time for this petite aspie movie snob to get critical. (Let's face it: it's always time for that).