Ryan McNeil
Last year, I went 19 for 24. I think I can do better this year…
Best Picture: BIRDMAN
Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, BIRDMAN
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, STILL ALICE
Best Actor: Michael Keaton, BIRDMAN
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, BOYHOOD
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, WHIPLASH
Best Original Screenplay: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Best Adapted Screenplay: WHIPLASH
Best Animated Feature: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
Best Foreign Language Feature: IDA *
Best Cinematography: BIRDMAN
Best Costume Design: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Best Production Design: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Best Documentary: CITIZENFOUR
Best Editing: WHIPLASH
Best Original Score: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Best Original Song: “Glory” from SELMA
Best Sound Editing: AMERICAN SNIPER
Best Sound Mixing: AMERICAN SNIPER
Best Visual Effects: INTERSTELLAR
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Best Documentary Short: CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 *
Best Animated Short: FEAST *
Best Live Action Short: THE PHONE CALL
* = Categories where I’m primarily guessing blind
I’m probably shooting myself in the foot by sticking with Boyhood for Best Picture.
Not entirely. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised with a picture/director split…but which way that split goes is hard to predict, and if you guess wrong you lose out on 2 categories instead of 1