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- Boyhood
- Birdman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- The Theory of Everything
- Selma
- Whiplash
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Academy Awards 2015: Reaction & Surprises
Best Makeup & Hair-styling
The Grand Budapest Hotel started racking up the wins early on with their shoo-in win for Best Costume Design and a more surprising win for Best Makeup and Hair-styling. The transformations in Budapest, were fine, sure, but it doesn’t quite live up to the other nominees in my opinion. Guardians of the Galaxy should have taken this one by a light year for the intricate makeup work.
2015 Academy Award Predictions — All Categories
The 2015 Academy Award ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 22. Here is my breakdown of all 24 categories.
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Sound Editing
The Nominees:
- American Sniper — Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
- Birdman — Aaron Glascock, Martin Hernandez
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
- Interstellar — Richard King
- Unbroken — Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Sound Mixing
The Nominees:
- American Sniper — John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
- Birdman — Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Thomas Varga
- Interstellar — Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
- Unbroken — Jon Tayler, Frank A. Montano, David Lee
- Whiplash — Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley
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February 2015 Movie Releases: What to Look For
January is over, which means the new year of film can finally begin to ramp up. The first month of the year is historically a bad time for new releases. The box office is usually dominated by carry-over from the holiday season, leaving January releases as duds the majority of the time. January 2015 was a surprising change of pace with American Sniper’s dominance at the box office (although its release was technically in December). But beyond Clint Eastwood’s war piece, there wasn’t much to be said about January. Now that it’s behind us, we can look ahead to the month in movies.
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Adapted Screenplay
The Nominees:
- Jason Hall — American Sniper
- Graham Moore — The Imitation Game
- Paul Thomas Anderson — Inherent Vice
- Anthony McCarten — The Theory of Everything
- Damien Chazelle — Whiplash
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Film Editing
The Nominees:
- American Sniper — Joel Cox, Gary Roach
- Boyhood — Sandra Adair
- The Grand Budapest Hotel — Barney Philling
- The Imitation Game — William Goldenberg
- Whiplash — Tom Cross
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Actor
Note: I have covered the four acting categories in depth here.
The Nominees:
- Steve Carrell — Foxcatcher
- Bradley Cooper — American Sniper
- Benedict Cumberbatch –The Imitation Game
- Michael Keaton — Birdman
- Eddie Redmayne — The Theory of Everything
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2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Picture
Note: I have covered this category in depth, discussing each of the eight nominees individually, here.
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