[#2015oscardeathrace] Let’s Begin…

Hey everyone, so here’s the deal, every year, I try to make my way into seeing every film nominated for an Academy Awards (no short films, it’s just not possible). This year, there were forty-five films nominated, and here they are:

Best Picture:

• American Sniper
• Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

 

Best Director:

• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
• Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

 

Best Actor:

• Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
• Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
• Michael Keaton, Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

 

Best Actress:

• Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon, Wild

 

Best Supporting Actor:

• Robert Duvall, The Judge
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Edward Norton, Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

 

Best Supporting Actress:

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Laura Dern, Wild
• Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
• Emma Stone, Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

 

Best Original Screenplay:

• Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Nightcrawler

 

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• American Sniper
• The Imitation Game
• Inherent Vice
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

 

Best Animated Feature:

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Song of the Sea
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

 

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Ida
• Leviathan
• Tangerines
• Timbuktu
• Wild Tales

 

Best Documentary:

• Citizenfour
• Finding Vivian Maier
• Last Days in Vietnam
• The Salt of the Earth
• Virunga

 

Best Original Score:

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Interstellar
• Mr. Turner
• The Theory of Everything

 

Best Original Song:

• “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
• “Glory” from Selma
• “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights
• “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
• “Lost Stars” from Begin Again

 

Best Sound Editing:

• American Sniper
• Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Interstellar
• Unbroken

 

Best Sound Mixing:

• American Sniper
• Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
• Interstellar
• Unbroken
• Whiplash

 

Best Production Design:

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Interstellar
• Into the Woods
• Mr. Turner

 

Best Cinematography:

• Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Ida
• Mr. Turner
• Unbroken

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Best Costume Design:

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Inherent Vice
• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• Mr. Turner

 

Best Film Editing:

• American Sniper
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Whiplash

 

Best Visual Effects:

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Interstellar
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

 

So, how many can you see? You’re on!