Academy Award Predictions, Part II

This year's best picture nominees

This weekend is the most important non-religious holiday of the year: Oscar Sunday! Here’s what I would vote for if I was a member of the Academy:

Best Picture - The Martian

Best Director - George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Actor - Matt Damon, The Martian

Best Actress - Brie Larson, Room

Best Supporting Actor - Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

Best Supporting Actress – Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Best Adapted Screenplay - The Martian

Best Original Screenplay – Inside Out

Best Animated Feature – Inside Out

Best Documentary Feature – Winter on Fire

Best Foreign Language Feature - Embrace of the Serpent

Best Cinematography – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Costume Design – Cinderella 

Best Art Direction – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Makeup – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Film Editing – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Score – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Song – The Hunting Ground

Best Sound Editing – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Animated Short Film – "Sanjay's Super Team"

Best Live Action Short Film – "Ave Maria"

Best Documentary Short Subject – "Claude Lanzmann"

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

Best Picture - The Revenant

Best Director - Alejandro Inarritu, The Revenant

Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Best Actress - Brie Larson, Room

Best Supporting Actor - Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress – Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay - The Big Short

Best Original Screenplay – Spotlight

Best Animated Feature – Inside Out

Best Documentary Feature – Amy

Best Foreign Language Feature - Son of Saul

Best Cinematography – The Revenant

Best Costume Design – Cinderella 

Best Art Direction – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Makeup – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Film Editing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Score – The Hateful Eight

Best Song – The Hunting Ground

Best Sound Editing – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Mixing – The Revenant

Best Animated Short Film – "Sanjay's Super Team"

Best Live Action Short Film – "Ave Maria"

Best Documentary Short Subject – "Body Team 12"

I will be live tweeting the Oscars starting at 3pm this Sunday (2/28). See you there!