My 2015 Oscar Predictions

I have never done this before, and I have not seen most of the movies on the list because I just don't have the money for the high ticket prices at the theater, but I do read reviews. So based on the politics and media coverage of the movies I am going to take a stab at what I think the winners are. Of course I am pulling for some of them. But lets whats happens and have fun with it.

I did not make any picks for Technical Merit cause that would be way to much guess work.

My picks are in Italic


Best Picture

Nominees

• American Sniper Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan   
  
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•  The Imitation Game Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman
  
  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
  
   Selma
  Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
  
  
  Boyhood
  Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
  
  The Theory of Everything
  Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten
  
   The Grand Budapest Hotel
  Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
  
   Whiplash
  Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster   

Best Actor

• Steve Carell Foxcatcher
  
  Michael Keaton Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  
   Bradley Cooper
  American Sniper
  
   Eddie Redmayne
  The Theory of Everything
  
   Benedict Cumberbatch
  The Imitation Game
  
  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
  
  Actor in a Supporting Role
  
   Robert Duvall
  The Judge
  
  Ethan Hawke
  Boyhood
  
   Edward Norton
  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  
   Mark Ruffalo
  Foxcatcher
  
   J.K. Simmons
  Whiplash
  
  Actress in a Supporting Role
  
   Patricia Arquette
  Boyhood
  
   Laura Dern
  Wild
  
   Keira Knightley
  The Imitation Game
  
   Emma Stone
  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  
  Meryl Streep
  Into the Woods
  
  Animated Feature Film
  
   Big Hero 6
  Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
  
   The Boxtrolls
  Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
  
   How to Train Your Dragon 2
  Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
  
   Song of the Sea
  Tomm Moore and Paul Young
  
   The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
  Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura