My 2015 Oscar Predictions

For the most part, the nominations this year weren't really a big surprise. The one that did piss me off was The Lego Movie not getting nominated for Best Animated Feature. What the hell Academy?!? Anyway, here are my predictions. As I've said in previous years, these are who I think WILL win and not necessarily who I WANT to win. I'm only going to do the main categories, with my pick in bold print-

Best Picture:

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Selma 
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Best Director

• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
• Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best Actor:

• Steve Carrell, Foxcatcher
• Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
• Michael Keaton, Birdman
• Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress:

• Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Supporting Actor:

• Robert Duvall, The Judge
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Edward Norton, Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress:

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Laura Dern, Wild
• Kiera Knightly, The Imitation Game
• Emma Stone, Birdman
• Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best Animated Feature:

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Song of the Sea
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya