With my third annual countdown in the books, we have finally reached the big day: the Academy Awards. In preparation for tonight’s ceremony, I am providing all of you with a review of my blog from these past few weeks. This review includes all of the winners of the 14 categories in which I have seen each nominated film/performance and have subsequently blogged about (my personal ballot), and it also includes my list of the “Top 15 Films of the Year.”
Get caught up on my picks, and feel free to look back over any of my past posts featuring much more in-depth commentary on each of these films and performances. And make sure to tune into the 87th Academy Awards tonight at 7:30pm (CST) on ABC, live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Enjoy, everyone!
My Oscar Winners:
Best Picture: Whiplash
Actor in a Leading Role: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Actor in a Supporting Role: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Actress in a Leading Role: Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Actress in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman)
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)
Best Film Editing: Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach (American Sniper)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Best Original Score: Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything)
Best Production Design: Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis (Interstellar)
Best Sound Mixing: Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley (Whiplash)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
Best Original Screenplay: Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)
Top 15 Films of the Year:
- Whiplash
- Locke
- Nightcrawler
- Starred Up
- The Theory of Everything
- Boyhood
- Blue Ruin
- American Sniper
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Birdman
- Fury
- Calvary
- Interstellar
- Gone Girl
- The Lego Movie
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