Academy Award Predictions

Oscars Waiting For Their Big Night...Or Tourists

         It’s been an amazing year for movies, and the Academy will announce the 2013 Oscar nominations on Thursday, January 16^th at 5:30am. Here’s what I would vote for if I was a member of the Academy:

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

Captain Phillips

Despicable Me 2

Frozen

Gravity

Man of Steel

Monsters University

Philomena

Prisoners

Warm Bodies

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Denis Villeneuve, Prisoners

James Wan, The Conjuring

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips

Hugh Jackman, Prisoners
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Forest Whitaker, The Butler

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Judi Dench, Philomena

Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Amanda Seyfried, Lovelace
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Steve Coogan, Philomena

Benedict Cumberbatch, Star Trek Into Darkness

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

Jena Malone, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Melissa McCarthy, The Heat

Sarah Paulson, 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler

Best Adapted Screenplay

Steve Coogan, Philomena

David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan, Man of Steel

Jennifer Lee, Frozen
Billy Ray, Captain Phillips

John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay

Rodney Ascher, Room 237

Alfonso Cuarón and Jonas Cuarón, Gravity

Katie Dippold, The Heat

Aaron Guzikowski, Prisoners
Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell

However, things don’t always pan out like planned. Here are my actual predictions of who will be nominated:

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

David O. Russel, American Hustle

Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Robert Redford, All is Lost

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Bradley Cooper, American Hustle

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler

Julia Roberts, August: Osage County

June Squibb, Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay

Steve Coogan, Philomena

Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Before Midnight
Billy Ray, Captain Phillips

John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

Terrence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine

Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Spike Jonze, Her

Bob Nelson, Nebraska

Eric Singer, David O. Russell, American Hustle

What are your favorites from 2013?