Oscar Predictions 2016

Below is the list of Academy Award nominees for 2016. Some I like, and some I don't like - But before the big night on February 28th, I will have reviewed most if not all of the big films below and given an opinion on whom I think will win each category...  Stay tuned for updates and look out for my category breakdown later this afternoon.

The glory years...

Best Picture

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant   (winner)

Room

Spotlight

Actor in a Leading Role

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo

Matt Damon – The Martian

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant      (winner)

Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett – Carol     (winner)

Brie Larson – Room

Jennifer Lawrence – Joy

Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale – The Big Short

Tom Hardy – The Revenant     (winner)

Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight

Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies

Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Actress in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Lason Leigh – The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara – Carol     (winner)

Rachel McAdams – Spotlight

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl

Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Cinematography

Ed Lachman – Carol

Robert Richardson – The Hateful Eight

John Seale – Mad Max:Fury Road     (winner)

Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant

Roger Deakins – Sicario

Production Design

Adam Stockhausen – Bridge of Spies

Eve Stewart – The Danish Girl

Colin Gibson – Mad Max: Fury Road     (winner)

Arthur Max – The Martian

Jack Fisk – The Revenant

Directing

Adam McKay – The Big Short

George Miller – Mad Max:Fury Road

Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant     (winner)

Lenny Abrahamson – Room

Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

Editing

Hank Corwin – The Big Short

Margaret Sixel – Mad Mad:Fury Road     (winner)

Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant

Tom McArdle – Spotlight

Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Documentary Feature

Asif Kapadia & James Gay-Rees – Amy     (winner)

Matthew Heineman & Tom Yellin – Cartel Land

Joshua Oppenheimer & Signe Bryge Sørensen – The Look of Silence

Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby & Tom Yellin – What Happened, Miss Simone?

Evgeny Afineevsky & Den Tolmor – Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Animated Feature Film

Anomalisa

Boy & The World

Inside Out     (winner)

Shaun the Sheep

When Marnie Was There

Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent

Mustang

Son of Saul     (winner)

Theeb

A War

Sound Editing

Mark Mangini & David White – Mad Max:Fury Road     (winner)

Alan Robery Murray – Sicario

Matthew Woord & David Acord – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Oliver Tarney – The Martian

Martin Herandez & Lon Bender – The Revenant

Sound Mixing

Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, and Drew Kunin – Bridge of Spies

Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo – Mad Max:Fury Road     (winner)

Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth – The Martian

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek – The Revenant

Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Music – Original Score

Thomas Newman – Bridge of Spies

Carter Burwell – Carol

Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight      (winner)

Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario

John Williams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short      (winner)

Nick Hornby – Brooklyn

Phyllis Nagy – Carol

Drew Goddard – The Martian

Emma Donoghue – Room

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies

Alex Garland – Ex Machina

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out

Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight     (winner)

Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff – Straight Outta Compton