2015 Oscar® Winners

* starmoviereviews.com PREDICTION


Best Picture

*Birdman

Best Actor

*Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)


Best Actress

*Julianne Moore (Still Alice)


Best Supporting Actress

*Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)


Best Supporting Actor

*J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)


Best Director

*Alejandro González Inárritu (Birdman)


Best Animated Feature Film

Big Hero 6


Best Adapted Screenplay

*The Imitation Game


Best Original Screenplay

Birdman

Best Cinematography

*Birdman


Best Visual Effects

*Interstellar


Best Documentary Feature

*Citizenfour


Best Documentary Short Subject

*Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1


Best Film Editing

Whiplash


Best Original Song

*Glory (Selma)


Best Production Design

*The Grand Budapest Hotel


Best Live Action Short Film

*The Phone Call


Best Animated Short Film

*Feast


Best Sound Editing

*American Sniper


Best Sound Mixing

*Whiplash


Best Costume Design

*The Grand Budapest Hotel



Best Foreign Language Film

*Ida


Best Makeup and Hairstyling

*The Grand Budapest Hotel



Best Original Score

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2015 Oscar Predicitions

Best Picture
"American Sniper"

"Birdman"

"Boyhood"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Selma"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"



Best Actor
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"

Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"

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"

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"

Laura Dern, "Wild"
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"


Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"

J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Best Director
Alejandro González Inárritu, "Birdman"

Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller, "Foxcatcher"
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"

Best Animated Feature Film
"Big Hero 6"
"The Boxtrolls"

"How to Train Your Dragon 2"

"Song of the Sea"
"The Tale of Princess Kaguya"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"American Sniper"

"The Imitation Game"

"Inherent Vice"
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"

Best Original Screenplay
"Birdman"
"Boyhood"
"Foxcatcher"

"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

"Nightcrawler"

Best Cinematography
"Birdman"

"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"Ida"
"Mr. Turner"
"Unbroken"

Best Visual Effects
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
"Guardians of the Galaxy"

"Interstellar"

"X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Best Documentary Feature
"Citizenfour"

"Finding Vivian Maier"
"Last Days in Vietnam"
"The Salt of the Earth"
"Virunga"

Best Documentary Short Subject
"Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1"

"Joanna"
"Our Curse"
"The Reaper"
"White Earth"

Best Film Editing
"American Sniper"

"Boyhood"

"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Whiplash"

Best Original Song
"Everything Is Awesome," from "The Lego Movie"

"Glory," from "Selma"

"Grateful," from "Beyond the Lights"
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You," from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me"
"Lost Stars," from "Begin Again"

Best Production Design
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

"The Imitation Game"
"Interstellar"
"Into the Woods"
"Mr. Turner"

Best Live Action Short Film
"Aya"
"Boogaloo and Graham"
"Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)"
"Parvaneh"

"The Phone Call"

Best Animated Short Film
"The Bigger Picture"
"The Dam Keeper"

"Feast"

"Me and my Moulton"
"A Single Life"

Best Sound Editing
"American Sniper"

"Birdman"
"The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"


Best Sound Mixing
"American Sniper"
"Birdman"
"Interstellar"
"Unbroken"

"Whiplash"

Best Costume Design
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

"Inherent Vice"
"Into the Woods"
"Maleficent"
"Mr. Turner"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Ida"

"Leviathan"
"Tangerines"
"Timbuktu"
"Wild Tales"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Foxcatcher"

"The Grand Budapest Hotel"

"Guardians of the Galaxy"


Best Original Score
"The Grand Budapest Hotel"
"The Imitation Game"
"Interstellar"
"Mr. Turner"

"The Theory of Everything"

Still Alice

☆☆☆☆1/2

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"Still Alice" tells the chilling and emotional story of Alice Howland (outstanding performance by Julianne Moore) a professor who is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's Disease.

There is an excellent chance that this is Moore's Oscar WINNING performance.
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Extra ☆1/2 for Moore's performance...without that...this movie would not be nearly as good.

Rated PG-13
1 hr. 39 min.

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Fifty Shades of Grey

☆☆☆☆

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Based on the best seller of the same name..."Fifty Shades..." is the intriguing story of a young woman (Anastasia played by Dakota Johnson) who meets meets and falls for Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan)...a complex man who admits to being "fifty shades of ------ up."
Looking at this film from a psychological viewpoint...the possible reasons for Grey's "interests" are fascinating.

Excellent soundtrack!
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The fact that Anastasia had the wherewithal to challenge Cristian...stand-up for herself and not give in to all of his requests saved this film.

Rated R
1 hr. 50 min.

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American Sniper

☆☆☆☆1/2

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Bradley Cooper gives the best performance of his career in the true story of Chris Kyle...a sniper for the U.S. military...who because of his commitment to the U.S. and his fellow soldiers...serves four tours of duty in Iraq.
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Some scenes in Iraq are difficult to watch.

There were a few toddlers in the theater. This is NOT a film for young children.

Rated R
2 hr. 14 min.

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Whiplash

☆☆☆1/2

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"Whiplash" is the intense story of Andrew Neyman (excellent performance by Miles Teller), a young drummer fighting to be the best at his east coast music school. Neyman's instructor, Terence Fletcher (award winning...and Oscar nominated performance by J.K. Simmons), is musically gifted...but incredibly abusive to the members of his classroom band.
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Simmons' performance is outstanding, but the character is so abusive to the college students in his band that it is not only hard to watch...but hard to believe that he could hold the position for more than a few days.

Rated R
1 hr. 46 min.

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Selma

☆☆☆☆1/2

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"Selma" (Oscar nominated for best picture)is the moving story of the 1965 march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (excellent performance by David Oyelowo) from Selma to Montgomery to establish equal voting rights.
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Oyelowo's performance is Oscar worthy...but no nomination.


Rated PG-13
2 hr. 7 min.

Visit the website and watch the trailer.