The Oscars 2016: My Guesses.

Film About what you'd expect, I suppose. The usual grumbles. A phalanx of white actors in all twenty slots and the biggest film on the planet at the moment not being nominated for a Best Picture because it's Star Wars (even though A New Hope was nominated back in the day). Not that I'm sure Lucasfilm and Disney will complain too much.

Best picture
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Bridge of Spies
Spotlight
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road

So yes, no Best Picture nod for Star Wars: The Force Awakens even though it's probably just as worthy as most of the things on this list. I'd be happy for either Mad Max or The Martian to win, but everyone's talking about The Revenant.

Best actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

No Charlize Theron, but the number of strong female roles has been increasing again year on year. Not seen any of these. I imagine they'll give it to Cate Blanchett.

Best actor
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Matt Damon due to the "seen it" default. But it'll be Leo. They're desperate to give it to him.

Best director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson, Room

George Miller, I hope. But it'll be AGI.

Best original screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Ex Machina, boom. Always a bit interesting to see films based on historic events in this category given that there will be some source material involved even if there isn't a directly licensed previous property.

Best original score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars?

Best adapted screenplay
The Big Short
The Martian
Room
Brooklyn
Carol

The Martian.

Best production design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max
The Martian
The Revenant

Mad Max, ultimately since The Martian's based on some old tropes for this and that.

Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Rachel McAdams
Rooney Mara
Kate Winslet

Rachel McAdams because she's Rachel McAdams?

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale
Tom Hardy
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Rylance
Sylvester Stallone

Mark Rylance is now an Oscar nominated actor. I really want Stallone to beat him now.

Best Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max
The Revenant

Mad Max. But I do have a feeling The Revenant is going to sweep here.

Best Original Song
Fifty Shades of Grey
Racing Extinction
Spectre
The Hunting Ground
Youth

Shrugs. No idea. The Sam Smith song is notoriously bad. Lady Gaga and Diane Warren for The Hunting Ground?

Best Animated Film
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep
When Marnie Was There

Want it to be Shaun. It'll probably be Inside Out.

Best Documentary
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter of Fire

The Look of Silence should win, but god this is a strong category.

Best Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Mad Max. Star Wars snubbed a lot here.

Best Make-Up and Hair
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared because that's a guaranteed Oscar moment.


Best visual effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars. The Revenant has visual effects? What is this film?

Best sound editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mad Max. Although they might give it to BB for SW:TFA.

Best sound mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mad Max.

Best editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mad Max.

Best foreign language film
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

Have any of these films been released in the UK yet? Anything missing?