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Oscars 2016: Predictions and Film Excess' favorites

Tonight is the night of the 88th Academy Awards, hosted this year by Chris Rock (Top Five (2014)), back as host for his second time, following his 2005 job.
Following are the list of nominees. Note that the three short film categories are left out, since I as usual don't have any qualified opinion about them.

Red marks the person/s or film I predict will win the Oscar.
Film Excess favorite marks the person/s or film I hope will win the Oscar.


Chris Rock looks game, but will he be able to navigate the diversity-heated waters of the Hollywood elite on Oscar night? We'll have to wait and see ...

Best Visual Effects

Ex Machina
Mad Mad: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens  Film Excess favorite

Best Film Editing

The Big Short Film Excess favorite
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Costume Design

Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road Film Excess favorite
The Revenant

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared Film Excess favorite
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best Cinematography

Carol (Ed Lachman)
The Hateful Eight (Robert Richardson)
Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)
The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Sicario (Roger Deakins) Film Excess favorite

Best Production Design

Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road Film Excess favorite
The Martian
The Revenant

Best Sound Mixing

Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Film Excess favorite

Best Sound Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road Film Excess favorite
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best 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 Film Excess favorite

Best Original Score

Bridge of Spies (Thomas Newman)
Carol (Carter Burwell)
The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone) Film Excess favorite
Sicario (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams

Best Documentary

Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence Film Excess favorite
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Best Foreign Language Film

Embrace of the Serpent - Ciro Guerra, Colombia
Mustang - Deniz Gamze Ergüven, France
Son of Saul - László Nemes, Hungary
Theeb - Naji Abu Nowar, Jordan
A War - Tobias Lindholm, Denmark Film Excess favorite

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa
Boy & the World
Inside Out Film Excess favorite
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Big Short (Adam McKay, Charles Randolph) Film Excess favorite
Brooklyn (Nick Hornby)
Carol (Phyllis Nagy)
The Martian (Drew Goddard)
Room (Emma Donoghue)

Best Original Screenplay

Bridge of Spies (Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen)
Ex Machina (Alex Garland)
Inside Out (Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Ronnie Del Carmen) Film Excess favorite
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer)
Straight Outta Compton (Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl Film Excess favorite
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale - The Big Short
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone - Creed Film Excess favorite

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy

Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn Film Excess favorite

Best Actor

Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl Film Excess favorite

Best Director

Adam McKay - The Big Short Film Excess favorite
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu - The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson - Room
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

Best Picture

The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn Film Excess favorite
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight


Related posts:


Oscars 2015: Prognosis and Film Excess' favorites
Oscars 2014: Prognosis and Film Excess' favorites



Enjoy the Oscars!

- And remember to check in here again tomorrow to read Film Excess' brutally honest take on the eve; its winners, losers, presenters, performances and host!

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