90th Oscars Predictions

A Very Last, but not least, Predictions to the 90th Oscars

                                                                                             Courtesy: The Script Lab

9 Best Picture nominees all artistically fit into one small frame of picture, and it looks well! They really should have an award for poster design.

Early release of Dunkirk and Get Out have notably maintained momentum throughout the year of 2017 till the 90th Oscars nominations. Latecomer Phantom Thread took the fashion eyes of the Academy, yet the strong contenders remain 1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2. The Shape of Water 3. Laby Bird which won several important awards that are precursors to winning the ultimate prizes of the night. 

Dark horses could come up, such as Get Out winning Best Picture, Laurie Metcalf winning Best Supporting Actress for Lady Bird, or the many technical categories that we are usually unaware and unsure of.

When in doubt, this is the survival guide and reference for the night while you take on the ride with Jimmy Kimmel as the host. Here is filmAEO's final predictions:

BEST PICTURE

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST DIRECTOR

Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water

BEST ACTOR

Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour

BEST ACTRESS

Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Allison Janney - I, Tonya

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Coco

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

A Fantastic Woman (Chile)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins - Blade Runner 2049

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Call Me By Your Name

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Get Out

BEST FILM EDITING

Dunkirk

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Shape of Water

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Phantom Thread

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Darkest Hour

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Shape of Water

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Mighty River" - Mudbound

BEST SOUND EDITING

Dunkirk

BEST SOUND MIXING

Dunkirk

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

War for the Planet of the Apes

90th Oscars Nominations Predictions

                                                                                              Courtesy of Oscars.org

Jimmy Kimmel is back as host again!!!

And he will make sure the announcers flip the writings in the envelope to all of us this year :) 

                                                                                 Courtesy of TMZ

Warren and Faye, we have eyes on you if you are on stage again! No more LA LA mistakes or favours for Emma Stone......


BUT, before the show on 4th March, 2018 (Sunday)......

90th Oscars nominations announcement

The nominees will be announced on 23rd Jan, 2018 (Tuesday) at

1st part: 5:22 a.m. PT/8:22 a.m. ET

2nd part: 5:38:30 a.m. PT/8:38:30 a.m. ET
(Wait what? 30 seconds? Yes, it is that precise)

Available to watch live at  Oscars.com

filmAEO Predictions

Best Picture

Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director

Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
Steven Spielberg (The Post)
Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Actor

Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
James Franco (The Disaster Artist)

Best Actress

Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Meryl Streep (The Post)
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World)
Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Actress

Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Call Me By Your Name
Molly's Game
Mudbound
The Disaster Artist
Wonder

Best Original Screenplay

The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Animated Feature

Coco
Loving Vincent
Mary and the Witch's Flower
The Breadwinner
The Lego Batman Movie

Best Foreign Language Film

A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
Foxtrot (Israel)
In The Fade (Germany)
Loveless (Russia)
The Square (Sweden)

Best Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water

Best Costume Design

Beauty and the Beast
Murder on the Orient Express
Phantom Thread
The Greatest Showman
The Shape of Water

Best Film Editing

Baby Driver
Dunkirk
Get Out
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
Wonder

Best Original Score

Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water

Best Original Song

"The Mystery of Love" (Call Me By Your Name)
"Remember Me" (Coco)
"Stand Up for Something" (Marshall)
"Mighty River" (Mudbound)
"This Is Me" (The Greatest Showman)

Best Production Design

Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water

Best Sound Editing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

Best Sound Mixing

Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Shape of Water

Best Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
War for the Planet of the Apes

Stating the Obvious: 89th Oscars Final Predictions

The Year of LA LA winning in Los Angeles

The year of 2016 was magical when we all appraised La La Land in its every aspect, notably on its references to:

• Musicals in the 50s and 60s
• All-time classic romance Casablanca, scenes shot in the Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles
• The Royal Observatory where Rebel Without A Cause was filmed
• Traditional film playing in a cinema with a chance of heat resulting in burning of 35mm film
• End credits starting with "The End" which we have not seen for long
• Final look of Ryan Gosling to Emma Stone at the Seb's which is exactly resembling Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca

And many other small details we could see in the film which makes it so revival, refreshing and stunning for 2016. No doubt on it winning the big awards for the night! Now, the question remains when La La Land potentially sweeps with its 14 nominations, where do other films stand? What are the dark horses?

Surprises for the evening

"The Dark Horse" list on these following categories:

Best Actor - Denzel Washington (Fences) winning over Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Original Screenplay - La La Land winning over Manchester by the Sea

Best Animated Feature - Kubo and the Two Strings winning over Zootopia

Best Costume Design - Jackie winning over La La Land

Stating the Obvious

The final standing predictions presented by filmAEO:

BEST PICTURE

La La Land

BEST DIRECTOR

Damien Chazelle - La La Land

BEST ACTOR

Denzel Washington - Fences

BEST ACTRESS

Emma Stone - La La Land

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis - Fences

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Zootopia

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Salesman (Iran)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

O.J.: Made in America

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

La La Land

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Moonlight

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Manchester by the Sea

BEST FILM EDITING

La La Land

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

La La Land

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jackie

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Star Trek Beyond

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

La La Land

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"City of Stars" - La La Land

BEST SOUND EDITING

Hacksaw Ridge

BEST SOUND MIXING

La La Land

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Jungle Book

89th Academy Awards Nominations Predictions

                                                                                              Courtesy of Indiewire

Movies live on for decades, so as us!

This is not a dream, and filmAEO is back when the Oscars is drawing close to its nominations announcement on 24th Jan, 2017 (Tuesday). Before hitting on the list, let us review what we saw over these few months:

• La La Land is buzzing all over the place throughout the season, and it could precede what West Side Story did back in 1961 with 10 Oscars. Both are musical and magical stories of love and dance. If you think back a few years ago, The Artist swept the big awards of the night, will La La Land set a record this year?

• Moonlight is well respected with its direction on reality, despite Mahershala Ali missing some nominations and wins in Best Supporting Actor. Truly, a safe lock for Best Picture and Best Director.

• Manchester by the Sea, a touching drama distributed by Amazon Studios, will have locks for Best Picture and Best Actor. Lucas Hedges may manage through to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

• Early birds such as Sully and Loving have the Oscars touch, but unfortunately very likely to be forgotten as they were released early.

• Latecomers such as Silence and Hidden Figures have a shot, particularly Silence has not been heard or nominated at other major awards. Do not forget Martin Scorsese plays a big shot at the Oscars nominations. Hidden Figures has the hidden momentum like The Help few years ago.

• Arrival arrives strong and it took my breath away completely. However, do not forget sci-fi movies do not normally do well in Best Director race, for example Christopher Nolan got snubbed for Inception and The Dark Knight. And of course, Ridley Scott for The Martian last year. History may repeat itself for Denis Villeneuve, who had such great vision and passion this year in leading Amy Adam's character in Arrival. So, safe nominations for Best Picture and Best Actress.

• Elle's Isabelle Huppert won Best Actress, Drama at the Globes beating Natalie Portman in Jackie. Academy will notice these films in the foreign category. Elle may earn Best Actress and Best Director nominations, even though it was omitted in the final shortlist of Best Foreign Language Film.

• Toni Erdmann is generating talks in the foreign category, so it should be safe for a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

• The music categories should lock La La Land's "City of Stars" and "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)", as well as Justin Hurwitz's musical piece of work.

The overview was based on a bit of historical patterns and gut feeling. It has become harder to predict this year as other award precursors set in different compared to previous years. So, once again now comes filmAEO's daring list of predictions...

The Predictions

Best Picture

Arrival
Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Martin Scorsese (Silence)

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Denzel Washington (Fences)

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)

Best Actress

Emma Stone (La La Land)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Amy Adams (Arrival)

Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

Dev Patel (Lion)

Kevin Costner (Hidden Figures)

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)

Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Nicole Kidman (Lion)

Viola Davis (Fences)

Best Animated Feature

Zootopia

Kubo and the Two Strings

The Red Turtle

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

Best Foreign Language Film

A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

Toni Erdmann (Germany)

The Salesman (Iran)

Land of Mine (Denmark)

Paradise (Russia)

Best Original Screenplay

Manchester by the Sea

La La Land

Hell or High Water

Jackie

Captain Fantastic

Best Adapted Screenplay

Moonlight

Fences

Arrival

Lion

Hidden Figures

Best Cinematography

La La Land

Arrival

Silence

Moonlight

Jackie

Best Film Editing

La La Land

Hell or High Water

Moonlight

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

Best Costume Design

Florence Foster Jenkins

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

La La Land

Hidden Figures

Jackie

Best Makeup & Hair

Florence Foster Jenkins

A Man Called Ove

Deadpool

Best Production Design

La La Land

Jackie

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The Handmaiden

Best Visual Effects

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book

Arrival

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Original Song

"City of Stars" (La La Land)

"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" (La La Land)

"Drive It Like You Stole It" (Sing Street)

"How Far I'll Go" (Moana)

"Runnin'" (Hidden Figures)

Best Original Score

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

The BFG

Jackie

Best Sound Editing

La La Land

Hacksaw Ridge

Deepwater Horizon

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Arrival

Best Sound Mixing

La La Land

Hacksaw Ridge

Deepwater Horizon

Jungle Book

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Showhand: 88th Oscars Final Predictions - The Royal Flush

The clock is ticking, and the red carpets will be rolled out by tomorrow! Better get your seats warmed up for the most possible big snatchers of the night, including Leonardo diCaprio, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road etc. There may be dark horses this year, but to be frank the best house of cards have been revealed over the past few weeks through various awards announcements. In your predictions deck, it is not a surprise if you put down either The Revenant or Mad Max: Fury Road. These two are really the 'royal flush' of the year. The Big Short would be a very daring prediction for Best Picture, yet well respected if you got the guts to do so.

Speaking of guts, the dark horses of the night could be the following:

• Best Picture: The Big Short or Spotlight
• Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
• Best Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road
• Best Film Editing: The Big Short
• Best Visual Effects: Mad Max: Fury Road

It really feels like horse-racing around the racecourse, but of course I did not put any of the dark horses into my final score sheet, except for Best Costume Design. Enough said, here are my final predictions for the night...

BEST PICTURE

The Revenant

BEST DIRECTOR

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - The Revenant

BEST ACTOR

Leonardo diCaprio - The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS

Brie Larson - Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sylvester Stallone - Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Inside Out

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Son of Saul (Hungary)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Amy

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki - The Revenant

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Big Short

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Spotlight

BEST FILM EDITING

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Hateful Eight

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Til It Happens To You" - The Hunting Ground

BEST SOUND EDITING

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST SOUND MIXING

The Revenant

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Body Team 12

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

World of Tomorrow

All You Need To Know Before Watching the 88th Oscars

Shouldn't take long, just some interesting things you should know...

When is it?

28th February! Coming Sunday at 7pm EST (For Hong Kong folks, Monday morning 8am instead!)

Who is hosting?

Yep, there goes Chris Rock. Might have Will Smith, Idris Elba or Samuel L Jackson to host next year if they and many other well-deserved actors/actresses still don't get nominated.

Including The Revenant, Leo would have been nominated 4 times for Best Actor, and still no Oscar for him at all. This should be his year and moment though!!

Leo's Oscar records:

• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - Nominated for Best Actor
• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - Nominated for Best Picture
• Blood Diamond (2006) - Nominated for Best Actor
• The Aviator (2004) - Nominated for Best Actor
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) - Nominated for Best Supporting Actor

If director Alejandro G. Inarritu wins Best Director and Best Picture for The Revenant, he will become the first ever director to win both these titles in two consecutive years.

Past directors who have won Best Director twice consecutively:

• John Ford - The Grapes of Wrath (1940) & How Green Was My Valley (1941)
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz - A Letter to Three Wives (1949) & All About Eve (1950)

Looks ancient history, eh?

Sylvester Stallone became the first ever male nominee to have been nominated twice for playing the same character, same role. He was Rocky Balboa nominated for Best Actor in Rocky (1976), and now he is still Rocky Balboa nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Creed (2015).

Stallone is still in good shape, eh? After all these 40 years, we remember Rocky and those final steps.

Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki would become the first ever to win three in a row for Best Cinematography if he were to win for The Revenant.

His last two consecutive wins:

• Birdman (2014)
• Gravity (2013)

Including his nomination for Sicario, cinematographer Roger Deakins has surmounted his number of nominations for Best Cinematography to 13. Is it time for the Oscars to show a little sympathy?

Ennio Morricone is now 87 of age and he is still writing masterpieces for film scores. Tarantino was right about him being more than Beethoven and Schubert. Including The Hateful Eight, it is his 6th nomination for Best Original Score, and yet he has never won too, except an Honorary Oscar.

That's enough for the day. More analysis to come before Monday. Stay tuned :)

88th Academy Awards Nominations Predictions (& What we learnt over these weeks!)

WE ALL DREAM IN GOLD......

                                                         Chris Rock will host the 88th Oscars

***SCROLL DOWN FOR PREDICTIONS***

When is it announced?

88th Oscars nominations will be announced at 5:30 a.m. PST (8:30 a.m. EST) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on 14th January, 2016. If you have no clue about time zones, use an online time zone converter. For Hong Kong friends, this is Thursday evening 9:30pm.

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What is the current buzz?

73rd Golden Globes Results

• Shocking results, but should have foreseen the Globes owing Alejandro G. Inarritu

• The Revenant is a sure nominee for Oscars, but probably not the winner

• Winners that do make sense and are precursors to the Oscars: Leonardo diCaprio for Best Actor, Drama (The Revenant); Brie Larson for Best Actress, Drama (Room)

• Promising films that will win the Oscars: Son of Saul for Best Foreign Language Film; Inside Out for Best Animated Feature

• Results that can now add instability to the Oscars race: Sylvester Stallone for Best Supporting Actor (Creed); Kate Winslet for Best Supporting Actress in (Steve Jobs); Aaron Sorkin for Best Screenplay (Steve Jobs); Ennio Morricone for Best Original Score (The Hateful Eight)

• Winners that will not win anything at the Oscars: Alejandro G. Inarritu for Best Director in The Revenant; Sam Smith for Best Song "Writing's on the Wall" (Spectre)

BAFTA nominations

• Best Picture nominees The Big Short, Spotlight, Carol, The Revenant should garner enough Best Picture buzz at the Oscars

• Bridge of Spies and Carol walked home with 9 nominations, The Revenant seconding at 8 nominations

• Mad Max: Fury Road has 7 nominations, but mainly in the technical categories

• The Martian got snubbed for Best Picture, but it should have love from the Oscars

• Nominated directors Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies) and Adam McKay (The Big Short) are gathering buzzes for Best Director race

• The nominated original screenplay of Ex Machina can be a surprise at the Oscars nominations

• Very confused about where Alicia Vikander stands for her role in The Danish Girl - Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress????

• Nominated Benicio del Toro for Best Supporting Actor in Sicario could suddenly hit the Oscars

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88th Oscars Best Picture Nominations Deduction 

Table: No. of nominations obtained for films in each major award & Overall count

Film	BAFTA	Golden Globes	Critics' Choice	PGA	AFI Top 10	5/5 count
Bridge of Spies	9	1	5	**	**	5
Carol	9	5	9		**	4
The Revenant	8	4	9	**		4
Mad Max: Fury Road	7	2	9	**	**	5
Brooklyn	6	1	5	**		4
The Martian	6	3	8	**	**	5
The Big Short	5	4	3	**	**	5
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	4	0	0		**	4
Sicario	3	0	3	**		4
Spotlight	3	3	7	**	**	5
Steve Jobs	3	4	3			3
The Hateful Eight	3	3	5			3
Inside Out	2	1	2	**	**	5
Room	2	3	3		**	4

**Listed as the award's best films or top 10

Deduction......

1st criteria: BAFTA nominations (Closest set of major awards nominations to date)
2nd criteria: 5/5 Count rule (Refer to Table)


SAFE NOMINATIONS (= BAFTA noms more than or equal to 3 + Count with 5/5)

1. Bridge of Spies
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. The Big Short
5. Spotlight

SECOND TIER NOMINATIONS (= BAFTA noms more than or equal to 6 + Count with 4/5)

6. Carol

7. The Revenant

8. Brooklyn

DARK HORSES (= BAFTA noms more than or equal to 2 + Count with 4/5)

9. Room
10. Sicario
11. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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filmAEO predictions to 88th Oscars nominations

Best Picture

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Big Short

Spotlight

Carol

The Revenant

Brooklyn

Room

Sicario

Best Director

Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Best Actress

Brie Larson (Room)

Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Christian Bale (The Big Short)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Benicio del Toro (Sicario)

Best Supporting Actress

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Best Original Screenplay

Spotlight

Ex Machina

The Hateful Eight

Inside Out

Bridge of Spies

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short

Steve Jobs

Carol

The Martian

Room

Best Cinematography

Mad Max: Fury Road

Sicario

Bridge of Spies

The Revenant

Carol

Best Film Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Big Short

The Revenant

Spotlight

Best Costume Design

Carol

Brooklyn

The Danish Girl

Cinderella

Bridge of Spies

Best Production Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

Bridge of Spies

Carol

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Black Mass

Best Original Score

John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Carter Burwell (Carol)

Michael Giacchino (Inside Out)

Alexandre Desplat (The Danish Girl)

Best Sound Editing

Sicario

Mad Max: Fury Road

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Martian

The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing

Straight Outta Compton

Mad Max: Fury Road

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Martian

The Revenant

Best Visual Effects

Ant-Man

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Martian

The Walk

Jurassic World

Best Animated Feature

Inside Out

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Foreign Language Film

Son of Saul (Hungary)

Mustang (France)

Labyrinth of Lies (Germany)

Theeb (Jordan)

A War (Denmark)

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What do you think of our daring predictions and the deduction to Best Picture nominees? Be sure to check them out on 14th January, 2016 (Thursday)

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