The 88th Academy Awards: Predictions

A comprehensive update on all the nominees as well as Glenn Dyer’s predictions for who WILL win and who SHOULD win.

Here’s a full list of all the nominees, who Glenn wants to win (*), and who Glenn thinks will actually win ($).

BEST PICTURE:
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Martian
The Revenant $
Room
Spotlight

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

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room $
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn *

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

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 $

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Anomalisa *
Boy and the World
Inside Out $
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

CINEMATOGRAPHY;
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Revenant $
Sicario

COSTUME DESIGN:
Carol
Cinderella $
The Danish Girl *
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

DIRECTING:
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Revenant $
Room
Spotlight

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Amy
Cartel Land *
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom $

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

FILM EDITING:
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens $

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul *
Theeb
A War $

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Mad Max: Fury Road *$
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE):
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight *$
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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 $

PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl $
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Martian
The Revenant

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team $
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow *

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Ave Maria
Day One $
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) *
Shok
Stutterer

SOUND EDITING:
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario $
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

SOUND MIXING:
Bridge of Spies $
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens $

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY):
The Big Short $
Brooklyn *
Carol
The Martian
Room

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY):
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight *$
Straight Outta Compton