86th Academy Awards Predictions
My full predictions for the 2014 Oscars
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- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Best Picture
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave
Want to Win: 12 Years a Slave
Wish Had Been Nominated: Short Term 12 - DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerJared LetoIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.Best Actor in a Leading Role
Will Win: Dallas Buyers Club's Matthew McConaughey
Want to Win: Bruce Dern
Wish Had Been Nominated: Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips - DirectorWoody AllenStarsCate BlanchettAlec BaldwinPeter SarsgaardA New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks like a million dollars but isn't bringing money, peace or love.Best Actress in a Leading Role
Will Win: Blue Jasmine's Cate Blanchett
Want to Win: Sandra Bullock
Wish Had Been Nominated: Brie Larson for Short Term 12 - DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerJared LetoIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Dallas Buyer's Club's Jared Leto
Want to Win: Barkhad Abdi
Wish Had Been Nominated: Keith Stanfield for Short Term 12 - DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave's Lupita Nyong'o
Want to Win: June Squibb
Wish Had Been Nominated: I'm good! - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.Best Directing
Will Win: Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron
Want to Win: A tie between Alfonso Cuaron and Steve McQueen. (Cuaron is a filmmaking genius and McQueen is a beautiful artist.)
Wish Had Been Nominated: Destin Cretton for Short Term 12 - DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave's John Ridley
Want to Win: Before Midnight
Wish Had Been Nominated: I'm Good! - DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJoaquin PhoenixAmy AdamsScarlett JohanssonIn a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.Best Original Screenplay
Will Win: Her's Spike Jonze
Want To Win: Nebraska
Wish Had Been Nominated: Short Term 12 - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.Best Cinematography
Will Win: Gravity's Emmanuel Libeski
Want to Win: Gravity
Wish Had Been Nominated: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Best Costume Design
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave's Patricia Norris
Want to Win: 12 Years a Slave
Wish Had Been Nominated: I'm good!
WRONG! Went to The Great Gatsby - DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCarey MulliganJoel EdgertonA writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.Best Production Design
Will Win: The Great Gatsby's Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn
Want to Win: Her
Wish Had Been Nominated: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerJared LetoIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Will Win: Dallas Buyer's Club's Adruitha Lee and Robin Matthews
Want to Win: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Wish Had Been Nominated: 12 Years a Slave and Rush - DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsTom HanksBarkhad AbdiBarkhad AbdirahmanThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.Best Film Editing
Will Win: Captain Phillips' Christopher Rouse
Want to Win: 12 Years a Slave
Wish Had Been Nominated: Short Term 12
WRONG! Went to Gravity - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.Best Sound Mixing
Will Win: Gravity's Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, and Chris Munroe
Want To Win: Inside Llewen Davis
Wish Had Been Nominated: Rush - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.Best Sound Editing
Will Win: Gravity's Glenn Freemantle
Want to Win: Gravity
Wish Had Been Nominated: 12 Years a Slave - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.Best Visual Effects
Will Win: Gravity's Timothy Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, and Neil Corbould
Want To Win: Gravity
Wish Had Been Nominated: I'm good! - DirectorPierre CoffinChris RenaudStarsSteve CarellKristen WiigBenjamin BrattWhen Gru, the world's most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru's own, he has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.Best Original Song
Will Win: Despicable Me 2's Pharrell Williams for "Happy"
Want to Win: "Let it Go" from Frozen
Wish Had Been Nominated: "I See Fire" from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
WRONG! Went to Frozen - DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJoaquin PhoenixAmy AdamsScarlett JohanssonIn a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.Best Original Score
Will Win: Her's Arcade Fire: Will Butler and Owen Pallett
Want to Win: Thomas Newman for Saving Mr. Banks
Wish Had Been Nominated: Hans Zimmer for Rush
WRONG! Went to Gravity - DirectorChris BuckJennifer LeeStarsKristen BellIdina MenzelJonathan GroffFearless optimist Anna teams up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven in an epic journey to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.Best Animated Film
Will Win: Frozen's Chris Luck, Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho
Want To Win: The Wind Rises
Wish Had Been Nominated: Epic - DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina FerilliJep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.Best Foreign Language Film
Will Win: Italy's The Great Beauty
Want To Win: The Broken Circle Breakdown
Wish Had Been Nominated: The Wind Rises - DirectorMorgan NevilleStarsDarlene LoveMerry ClaytonLisa FischerBackup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.Best Documentary Feature
Will Win: 20 Feet From Stardom's Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, and Caitrin Rogers
Want to Win: The Act of Killing
Wish Had Been Nominated: Stories We Tell - DirectorLauren MacMullanStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerRussi TaylorMickey, Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go on a musical wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete tries to run them off the road.Best Animated Short Film
Will Win: Get a Horse!'s Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
WRONG! Went to Mr. Hublot - DirectorMalcolm ClarkeStarsAliza Sommer-HerzZdenka FantlovaAnita Lasker-WallfischAliza Sommer-Herz, aged 109 and the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, tells the story of how music saved her life: both during her time at Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the years afterwards.Best Documentary Short
Will Win: The Lady in Number 6's Malcolm Clark and Nick Reed - DirectorAnders WalterStarsCasper CrumpPelle Falk KrusbækMarijana JankovicA young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM - a magical fantasy world - told by the hospital's eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.Best Live Action Short
Will Win: Helium's Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson