Sunday February 22nd, 2015, the Academy Awards! I’ve very excited about this year’s Oscars; there are a ton of excellent films represented as well as the annual snubs left out. It should be a great show, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting, and I’ll be live-tweeting the event on Twitter (@OlieCoen). You can check out my Oscars page for a complete listing of the nominees in the six major categories, but here are both my predictions and my picks for the best films of 2014:
Best Actor
- Winner – Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
- Runner-up – Michael Keaton – Birdman
- My choice – Philip Seymour Hoffman – A Most Wanted Man
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner – J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
- Runner-up – Edward Norton – Birdman
- My choice – J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Best Actress
- Winner – Julianne Moore – Still Alice
- Runner-up – Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
- My choice – Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner – Laura Dern – Wild
- Runner-up – Emma Stone – Birdman
- My choice – Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Best Director
- Winner – Richard Linklater – Boyhood
- Runner-up – Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
- My choice – Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Picture
- Winner – Boyhood
- Runner-up – Birdman
- My choice – Interstellar