Tonight is the night so here it’s about time I put out my predictions for the Oscar winners. If any category has been omitted it’s because I haven’t seen any or most of the nominated films. Anything Bolded is who I think will win and anything Italizied is who I because deserves the win.
BEST PICTURE
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Mad: Fury Road
Room
Spotlight
The Big Short
The Martian
The Revenant
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
Matt Damon in The Martian
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale in The Big Short
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone in Creed
Tom Hardy in The Revenant
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Brie Larson in Room
Cate Blanchett in Carol
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
Jennifer Lawrence in Joy
Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight
Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs
Rachel McAdams in Spotlight
Rooney Mara in Carol
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ed Lachman for Carol
John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road
Roger Deakins for Sicario
Robert Richardson for The Hateful Eight
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant
COSUME DESIGN
Sandy Powell for Carol
Sandy Powell for Cinderella
Jenny Beavan for Mad Max: Fury Road
Paco Delgado for The Danish Girl
Jacqueline West for The Revenant
DIRECTING
George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson for Room
Tom McCarthy for Spotlight
Adam McKay for The Big Short
Alejandro G. Inarritu for The Revenant
FILM EDITING:
Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road
Tom McArdle for Spotlight
Maryann Brandon for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Hank Corwin for The Big Short
Stephen Mirrione for The Revenant
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100 Year Old Man
The Revenant
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies, Thomas Newman
Carol, Carter Burwell
Sicario, Johann Johannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams
The Hateful Eight, Ennio Morricone
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies, Adam Stockhausen
Mad Max: Fury Road, Colin Gibson
The Danish Girl, Eve Stewart
The Martian, Arthur Max
The Revenant, Jack Fisk
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road, Mark Mangini and David White
Sicario, Alan Robert Murray
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Matthew Wood..
The Martian, Oliver Tarney
The Revenant, Martin Hernandez...
SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom...
Max Max: Fury Road, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Andy Nelson...
The Martian, Paul Massey, Mark Taylor...
The Revenant, Jon Taylor, Frank A Montano...
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Martian
The Revenant
WRITING-ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brooklyn
Carol
Room
The Big Short
The Martian
WRITING-ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
The winners will be posted tomorrow!