Thought – Oscar Updates

Two months ago I posted some early Oscar Predictions.  Since then the picture has changed a little and it’s time for an Oscar Update.  I’m trying to see & review as many contenders as possible before the Academy Awards and I hope to give you some insight into any movies you don’t get the chance to see.  So here are some candidates for Best Picture:

This is the Indiewire.com ranking of top possible Academy Award contenders:

1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. Selma
4. The Imitation Game
5. The Theory of Everything
6. Unbroken
7. Gone Girl
8. Whiplash
9. Mr. Turner
10. Foxcatcher
11. American Sniper
12. Into the Woods
13. A Most Violent Year
14. The Grand Budapest Hotel
15. Love is Strange
16. Interstellar
17. Wild
18. Top Five
19. Inherent Vice
20. Big Eyes

Left off the List: The Gambler, Fury, Still Alice, Rosewater, The Homesman

Snubbed: A Most Wanted Man, Nightcrawler, Kill the Messenger, Calvary, The Monuments Men