2016 Oscar predictions:

 

BEST PICTURE

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

The Big Short

This has been one of the toughest years yet to predict best picture. I believe that it is between The Big Short, the Revenant and Spotlight, with an outside chance for Mad Max: Fury Road.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

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

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Brie Larson, Room

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Christian Bale, The Big Short

Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Sylvester Stallone, Creed

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Rooney Mara, Carol

(Although it should be Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight!)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Anomalisa

Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Inside Out

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Carol

The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

The Revenant

COSTUME DESIGN

Carol

Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Mad Max: Fury Road

DIRECTING

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight

Mad Max: Fury Road

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

Amy

Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

No prediction made

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

Body Team 12

Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

No prediction made

FILM EDITING

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mad Max: Fury Road

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Embrace of the Serpent

Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

No prediction made

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Mad Max: Fury Road

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out
the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Mad Max: Fury Road

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

Bridge of Spies

Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Hateful Eight

(I thought the soundtrack for Spotlight was fantastic, but this wasn’t even nominated, although The Hateful Eight will win because of the fact that Ennio Morricone hasn’t scored a picture for many a year)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey

“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre

No prediction made

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Bridge of Spies

The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

Mad Max: Fury Road

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

Bear Story

Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

No prediction made

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

Ave Maria

Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer

No prediction made

SOUND EDITING

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mad Max: Fury Road

SOUND MIXING

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mad Max: Fury Road

VISUAL EFFECTS

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

The Big Short

Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

The Big Short

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton

Spotlight