Oscars 2015: Here are my very early best picture Oscar predictions. While no film has emerged as a full-on frontrunner, four films seem pretty locked in to potentially emerge as just that. First, theres Alejandro González Iñárritus Birdman and Richard Linklaters Boyhood, Both have the critics on their side, have proved commercially successful and have sustained -- or even continued to build -- Oscar buzz since they made their debuts. At the absolute very least, they are both getting nominations. Its hard to imagine Toronto Film Festival audience winner The Imitation Game not getting in as well (though its also hard to imagine it winning). And then, of course, came Selma. Ava DuVernays civil rights film got exactly the kind of reaction from its AFI FEST premiere that very much locks it into this race, and likely gives us the first best picture nominee ever directed by a woman of color. As for the remaining 1-6 potential nominees? It seems Unbroken, Gone Girl, The Theory of Everything, Mr. Turner, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Whiplash, Into The Woods, Foxcatcher, A Most Violent Year and American Sniper are all in that mix. The next couple weeks will give us a very clear picture as to which ones have the better shots. That all said, here are my current 2015 Oscar predictions for Best Picture. They Seem Pretty Locked In: 1. Boyhood (Richard Linklater) 2. Birdman (Alejandro González Iñárritu) 3. Selma (Ava DuVernay) 4. The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum) More Iffy, But All Have Solid Shots: 5. The Theory of Everything (James Marsh) 6. Unbroken (Angelina Jolie) 7. Gone Girl (David Fincher) 8. Whiplash (Damien Chazelle) 9. Mr. Turner (Mike Leigh) 10. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson) 11. American Sniper (Clint Eastwood) 12. Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller) 13. Into The Woods (Rob Marshall) 14. A Most Violent Year (JC Chandor) Darker Horses That Could Rally: 15. Love is Strange (Ira Sachs) 16. Interstellar (Christopher Nolan) 17. Wild (Jean-Marc Vallée) 18. Top Five (Chris Rock) 19. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 23:42:55 +0000
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