Oscar Nominations 2015

It's here! It's here!  The nomination list is here!  And I have got a LOT to see before Feb 22.  Crap.

Best Picture

American Sniper
Birdman
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"
Richard Linklater "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller "Foxcatcher"
Morton Tyldum "The Imitation Game"

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 Actor

Steve Carell "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton "Birdman"
Eddie Redmayne "The Theory of Everything"

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette "Boyhood"
Laura Dern "Wild"
Keira Knightley "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone "Birdman"
Meryl Streep "Into the Woods"

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke "Boyhood"
Edward Norton "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo "Foxcatcher"
J.K. Simmons "Whiplash"

Best Adapted Screenplay

Paul Thomas Anderson "Inherent Vice"
Damien Chazelle "Whiplash"
Jason Hall "American Sniper"
Anthony McCarten "The Theory of Everything"
Graham Moore "The Imitation Game"

Best Original Screenplay

Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye "Foxcatcher"
Dan Gilroy "Nightcrawler"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo "Birdman"
Richard Linklater "Boyhood"

Best Foreign Language Film

Leviathan
Ida
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales

Best Documentary Feature

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

Best Animated Feature

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

Best Film Editing

American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Best Original Song

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

Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Alexandre Desplat "The Imitation Game"
Johann Johannsson "The Theory of Everything"
Gary Yershon "Mr. Turner"
Hans Zimmer "Interstellar"

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins "Unbroken"
Emmanuel Lubezki "Birdman"
Dick Pope "Mr. Turner"
Robert Yeoman "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski "Ida"

Best Costume Design

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

Best Hair and Makeup

Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Production Design

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

Best Sound Editing

American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit:  The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken

Best Sound Mixing

American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
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

Best Live Action Short

Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

Best Animated Short

The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

Best Documentary Short

Crisis Hotline:  Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth

Wow.  So there are some serious upsets this year.  Who thought American Sniper had a chance in hell?  And Interstellar must have made too much money because it got relegated to the Visual Effects and Sound Editing categories, which is where the Academy traditionally dumps the blockbusters so they can pretend they are above such trashy entertainment while recognizing that these are the ones that most people have actually seen.  Looks like they are also continuing the trend of snubbing the fuck out of Angelina Jolie's movie.  I was a little surprised Jake Gyllenhaal didn't get a nod for Best Actor but I guess the race is pretty tight this year.  Also, we now live in a world where you have to say "Oscar nominee Steve Carell" but, thankfully, not one where Jennifer Aniston or Channing Tatum are mentioned in the same breath as Robert Duvall and Meryl Streep.

On a personal note, can I say that I am flabbergasted at the exclusion of The Lego Movie from the Best Animated Feature category?  What the actual fuck, Academy?  At least they're recognizing "Everything is Awesome" and I cannot wait for that to be performed during the ceremony.  I am looking forward to watching Song of the Sea, though.  It was done by the same team who did the stunning The Secret of Kells a few years back.  And The Tale of Princess Kaguya looks like it was done completely in watercolor.  It looks beautiful and I'm glad it got a nod.

Well, looks like I better get started loading my Netflix queue and tracking down which films are still in theaters.  It's going to be a busy month.