2015 OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS!

Sorry folks, for being a bit short this year when it comes to my Oscar Predictions, I'm really just overloaded and busy, and I'm already behind on this blog and everything else, so no descriptions of why for now, unfortunately, hopefully I'll be more concrete when I predicted the winners, but I'm gonna just provide a long list of possible nominees and then provide my predictions. Sorry, I can't be more than that this year, and I'm not even sure I'm gonna do the two music categories, (I did, but I don't have any confidence in those predictions, so ask your designated music/movie person for help)  but that's all I can do, and I promise I'll look through the nominees in great detail when they're announced and I'll try to finish more on this blog, in the near future, including the long-delayed One-Year-Later Awards. For now, let's just go through the categories, and who could be nominated and who I'm predicting! Again, sorry for being so rushed this year.

BEST PICTURE (Possibles)
"45 Years"
"Anomalisa"
"Beasts of No Nation"
"The Big Short"
"Black Mass"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Carol"
"Clouds of Sils Maria"
"Creed"
"The Danish Girl"
"Ex Machina"
"The Hateful Eight"
"Inside Out"
"Joy"
"Mad Max; Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Sicario"
"Spotlight"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
"Son of Saul"
"Steve Jobs"
"Straight Outta Compton"
"Tangerine"
"Trainwreck"
"Trumbo"

Predictions: 
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Steve Jobs
Spotlight
*Brooklyn
*Room

*(Denotes if there's a ninth and/or tenth nominee)


BEST DIRECTOR (Possible)
Lenny Abrahamson-"Room"
Olivier Assayas-"Clouds of Sils Maria"
Sean Baker-"Tangerine"
Danny Boyle-"Steve Jobs"
Ryan Coogler-"Creed"
John Crowley-"Brooklyn"
Pete Doctor-"Inside Out"
Cary Fukunaga-"Beasts of No Nation"
Alex Garlan-"Ex Machina"
F. Gary Gray-"Straight Outta Compton"
Todd Haynes-"Carol"
Tom Hooper-"The Danish Girl"
Alejandro G. Inarritu-"The Revenant"
Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman-"Anomalisa"
Tom McCarthy-"Spotlight"
Adam McKay-"The Big Short"
George Miller-"Mad Max: Fury Road"
David Robert Mitchell-"It Follows"
Laszlo Nemes-"Son of Saul"
David O. Russell-"Joy"
Ridley Scott-"The Martian
Steven Spielberg-"Bridge of Spies"
Quentin Tarantino-"The Hateful Eight"
Denis Villeneauve-"Sicario"
Robert Zemeckis-"The Walk"

Predictions: 
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro G. Inarritu-"The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy-"Spotlight"
Adam McKay-"The Big Short"
George Miller-"Mad Max: Fury Road"
Ridley Scott-"The Martian"


BEST ACTOR (Possibles)
Christopher Abbott-"James White"
Abraham Attah-"Beasts of No Nation"
Christian Bale-"The Big Short"
Michael Caine-"Youth"
Steve Carell-"The Big Short"
Kevin Corrigan-"Results"
Tom Courtenay-"45 Years"
Bryan Cranston-"Trumbo"
RJ Cyler-"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"
Matt Damon-"The Martian"
Paul Dano-"Love & Mercy"
Robert De Niro-"The Intern"
Johnny Depp-"Black Mass"
Leonardo DiCaprio-"The Revenant"
Jake Gyllenhaal-"Southpaw"
Peter Sarsgaard-"Experimenter"
Colin Farrell-"The Lobster"
Michael Fassbender-"Steve Jobs"
Bill Hader-"Trainwreck"
Tom Hanks-"Bridge of Spies"
Tom Hardy-"Legend"
Tom Hardy-"Mad Max: Fury Road"
Michael B. Jordan-"Creed"
Michael Keaton-"Spotlight"
Ian McKellan-"Mr. Holmes"
Ben Mendelsohn-"Mississippi Grind"
Shameik Moore-"Dope"
Al Pacino-"Danny Collins"
Milo Parker-"Mr. Holmes"
Eddie Redmayne-"The Danish Girl
Geza Rehrig-"Son of Saul"
Mark Ruffalo-"Infinitely Polar Bear"
Jason Segal-"The End of the Tour"
Koudous Seihon-"Mediterranea"
Will Smith-"Concussion"
Jacob Tremblay-"Room" (Possible move to Supporting)

Predictions: 
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston-"Trumbo"
Matt Damon-"The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio-"The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender-"Steve Jobs"
Geza Rohrig-"Son of Saul"


BEST ACTRESS (Possibles)
Elizabeth Banks-"Love & Mercy"
Juliette Binoche-"Clouds of Sils Maria"
Cate Blanchett-"Carol"
Emily Blunt-"Sicario"
Marion Cotillard-"MacBeth"
Blythe Danner-"I'll See You in My Dreams"
Jane Fonda-"Youth"
Nina Hoss-"Phoenix"
Brie Larson-"Room"
Jennifer Lawrence-"Joy"
Rooney Mara-"Carol"
Rachel McAdams-"Spotlight"
Melissa McCarthy-"Spy"
Julianne Moore-"Freeheld"
Helen Mirren-"Woman in Gold"
Carey Mulligan-"Suffragette"
Bel Powley-"The Diary of a Teenage Girl"
Charlotte Rampling-"45 Years"
Kitana Kiki Rodrigues-"Tangerine"
Saoirse Ronan-"Brooklyn"
Amy Schumer-"Trainwreck"
Sarah Silverman-"I Smile Back"
Maggie Smith-"The Lady in the Van"
Charlize Theron-"Mad Max: Fury Road"
Lily Tomlin-"Grandma"
Alicia Vikander-"The Danish Girl"
Rachel Weisz-"Youth"
Kristen Wiig-"Welcome to Me"

Predictions: 
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett-"Carol"
Brie Larson-"Room"
Jennifer Lawrence-"Joy"
Charlotte Rampling-"45 Years"
Saoirse Ronan-"Brooklyn"


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Possibles)
Christian Bale-"The Big Short"
Kevin Corrigan-"Results"
Paul Dano-"Love & Mercy"
Robert De Niro-"Joy"
Benicio Del Toro-"Sicario"
Chiwetel Ejiofor-"The Martian"
Idris Elba-"Beasts of No Nation"
Tom Hardy-"The Revenant"
Corey Hawkins-"Straight Outta Compton"
Oscar Isaac-"Ex Machina"
O'Shea Jackson, Jr.-"Straight Otuta Compton"
Richard Jenkins-"Bone Tomahawk"
Michael Keaton-"Spotlight"
Mark Ruffalo-"Spotlight"
Kurt Russell-"The Hateful Eight"
Mark Rylance-"Bridge of Spies"
Michael Shannon-"99 Homes"
Sylvester Stallone-"Creed"
Jacob Tremblay-"Room"
Forest Whitaker-"Southpaw"

Predictions: 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale-"The Big Short"
Idris Elba-"Beasts of No Nation"
Mark Rylance-"Bridge of Spies"
Sylvester Stallone-"Creed"
Jacob Tremblay-"Room"


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Allen-"Room"
Elizabeth Banks-"Love & Mercy"
Angela Basset-"Chi-Raq"
Robin Bartlett-"H."
Helena Bonham Carter-"Suffragette"
Jane Fonda-"Youth"
Marin Ireland-"Glass Chin"
Jennifer Jason Leigh-"Anomalia"
Jennifer Jason Leigh-"The Hateful Eight"
Rooney Mara-"Carol"
Rachel McAdams-"Spotlight"
Helen Mirren-"Trumbo"
Cynthia Nixon-"James White"
Ellen Page-"Freeheld"
Phylicia Rashad-"Creed"
Kristen Stewart-"Clouds of Sils Maria"
Mya Taylor-"Tangerine"
Tessa Thompson-"Creed"
Alicia Vikander-"The Danish Girl"
Alicia Vikander-"Ex Machina"
Julie Walters-"Brooklyn"
Kate Winslet-"Steve Jobs"

Predictions: 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh-"The Hateful Eight"
Rooney Mara-"Carol"
Rachel McAdams-Spotlight"
Alicia Vikander-"Ex Machina"
Kate Winslet-"Steve Jobs"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Possibles)
45 Years
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Black Mass
Brooklyn
Carol
Creed
The Danish Girl
The End of the Tour
In the Heart of the Sea
The Lady in the Van
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
The Revenant
Room
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
Trumbo
Truth
The Walk

Predictions
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short-Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn-Nick Hornby
Carol-Phyllis Nagy
The Revenant-Mark L. Smith and Alejandro G. Inarritu
Steve Jobs-Aaron Sorkin


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Possibles)
99 Homes
Bone Tomahawk
Bridge of Spies
Clouds of Sils Maria
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Grandma
Inside Out
Joy
Love & Mercy
Mistress America
Rikki and the Flash
Sicario
Son of Saul
Spotlight
Suffragette
Straight Outta Compton
Trainwreck
While We're Young
Youth

Predictions: 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies-Matt Charman and Ethan & Joel Coen
The Hateful Eight-Quentin Tarantino
Inside Out-Pete Doctor, Meg Lefauve & Josh Cooley; Story by Pete Doctor & Ronnie Del Carmen
Spotlight-Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton-Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff


ANIMATED FEATURE (Shortlist)
Anomalisa
The Boy and the Beast
Boy and the World
The Good Dinosaur
Home
Hotel Transylvania 2
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
The Laws of the Universe-Part 0
Minions
Moomins on the Riviera
The Peanuts Movie
Regular Show: The Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water
When Marnie Was There

Predictions: 
ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie


BEST DOCUMENTARY (Shortlist)
Amy
Best of Enemies
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
Heart of a Dog
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
Meru
3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
We Come as Friends
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Where to Invade Next
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Predictions: 
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Amy
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next


FOREIGN FILM (Shortlist)
The Brand New Testament [Belgium]
Embrace of the Serpent [Columbia]
A War [Denmark]
The Fencer [Finland]
Mustang [France]
Labyrinth of Lies [Germany]
Son of Saul [Hungary]
Viva [Ireland]
Theeb [Jordan]

Predictions: 
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Brand New Testament (Belgium)
Embrace of the Serpent (Columbia)
Labyrinth of Lies (Germany)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)


CINEMATOGRAPHY (Possibles)
The Assassin
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Creed
Crimson Peak
The Danish Girl
Ex machina
Everest
Goodnight Mommy
The Hateful Eight
In the Heart of the Sea
It Follows
Joy
Macbeth
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Son of Saul
Spectre
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Walk

Predictions: 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bridge of Spies-Janusz Kaminski
Mad Max: Fury Road-John Seale
The Martian-Dariusz Wolski
The Revenant-Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario-Roger Deakins


COSTUME DESIGN (Predictions)
Beasts of No Nation
Black Mass
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
Far from the Maddening Crowd
The Hateful Eight
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Joy
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Lobster
Macbeth
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Mr. Holmes
Pan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Suffragette
Trumbo
Youth

Predictions:
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn-Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol-Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl-Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road-Jenny Beavan
Trumbo-Daniel Orlandi


EDITING (Possibles)
Anomalisa
Ant-Man
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Black Mass
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Creed
Ex Machina
The Good Dinosaur
The Hateful eight
Inside Out
Joy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Son of Saul
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton
Trainwreck
The Walk

Predictions:
BEST EDITING
The Big Short-Hank Corwin
Bridge of Spies-Michael Kahn
The Revenant-Stephen Mirrione
Mad Max: Fury Road-Margaret Sixel
Spotlight-Tom McArdle


BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING(Shortlist)
Black Mass
Concussion
Legend
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mr. Holmes
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Predictions: 
BEST MAKEUP/HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant


ORIGINAL SCORE (Possibles)
Anomalisa
The Big Short
Black Mass
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Chi-Raq
Creed
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
Fifty Shades of Grey
The Good Dinosaur
The Hateful Eight
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2
Inside Out
Joy
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Spectre
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo

Predictions: 
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies-Thomas Newman
Carol-Carter Burwell
The Danish Girl-Alexandre Desplat
The Hateful Eight-Ennio Morricone
Inside Out-Michael Giacchino


BEST ORIGINAL SONG (Possibles)
"Cold One"-Ricki and the Flash
"Earned It"-Fifty Shades of Grey
"Feels Like Simmer"-Shaun the Sheep Movie
:Flashlight"-Pitch Perfect 2
"I'll See You in My Dreams"-I'll See You in My Dreams
"Love Me Like You Do"-Fifty Shades of Grey
"Manta Ray"-Racing Extinction
"None of Them Are You"-Anomalisa
"One Kind of Love"-Love & Mercy
"Phenomenal"-Southpaw
"See You Again-"Furious 7"
"Simple Song #3"-Youth
"So Long"-Concussion
"Til It Happens to You"-The Hunting Ground
"Waiting for My Moment-Creed
"Writing's on the Wall"-Spectre

Predictions:
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"I'll See You in My Dreams"-I'll See You in My Dreams
"Phenomenal"-Southpaw
"Love Me Like You Do"-Fifty Shades of Grey
"Simple Song 3"-Youth
"Til it Happens to You"-The Hunting Ground


PRODUCTION DESIGN (Possibles)
Bridge of Spies
The Brand New Testament
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
The Danish Girl
Ex Machina
Joy
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Spectre
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Tomorrowland
Trumbo


Predictions: 
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens



SOUND EDITING (Possibles)
Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Arabian Nights
Beasts of No Nation
Bridge of Spies
Cinderella
Creed
Everest
Ex Machina
Furious 7
The Good Dinosaur
The Hateful Eight
Hotel Transylvania 2
The Hunger games: Mockingjay-Part 2
In the Heart of the Sea
Inside Out
Joy
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Minions
Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation
The Peanuts Movie
Pitch Perfect 2
The Revenant
Sicario
Spectre
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton
Tomorrowland

Prediction: 
BEST SOUND EDITING
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens


SOUND MIXING (Possibles)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Bridge of Spies
Creed
Ex Machina
Furious 7
The Good Dinosaur
The Hateful Eight
Hotel Transylvania 2
In the Heart of the Sea
Inside Out
Jurassic World
Love & Mercy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Minions
Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation
The Peanuts Movie
Pitch Perfect 2
The Revenant
San Andreas
Sicario
Son of Saul
Spectre
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton

Predictions:
BEST SOUND MIXING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton


VISUAL EFFECTS (Shortlist)
Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Tomorrowland
The Walk

Predictions: 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Martian
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Tomorrowland


ANIMATED SHORT FILM (Shortlist)
Bear Story (Historia De Un Oso)
Carface (Autos Portraits)
If I Was God...
Love in the Time of March Madness
My Home
An Object at Rest
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Predictions: 
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story
If I Was God...
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
World of Tomorrow


LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM (Shortlist)
Ave Maria
Bad Hunter
Bis Gleich (Till Then)
Contrapelo (Against the Grain)
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
The Free Man (Zi You Ren)
Shok
Stutterer
Winter Light

Predictions: 
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM
Ave Maria
Day One
Shok
Stutterer
Winter Light


DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM (Shortlist)
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
50 Feet from Syria
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom
Minerita
My Enema, My Brother
Starting Point
The Testimony

Predictions:
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
The Testimony