Well the Oscar nominations for 2015 have been revealed this morning so I thought I would give my thoughts and predictions. As usual there are all kinds of snubs like Clint Eastwood for Best Director for example. Isn’t it strange that Eastwood didn’t get Best Director and “American Sniper” gets a Best Picture nomination????

http://oscar.go.com/nominees?cid=Noms_ampas

Anyway, here are my brief predictions:

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: This one will definitely go to “Ida”. I did see “Ida” on Netflix streaming and it is a pretty amazing flick. You should check it out yourself.

DIRECTING: Definitely Richard Linklater for “Boyhood”.

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: I haven’t seen any of those films but I say this award is gonna to, “Big Hero 6” ’cause it’s Disney.

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: This one will definitely go to Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”. That was a really good performance.

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: I don’t think Ethan Hawke is gonna win this one but my guess is the award for this category is gonna go to Robby Duvall in “The Judge” even though I haven’t seen the film myself.

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: I think Rosemund Pike is definitely gonna get this one for her role in “Gone Girl”. If not her then Felicity Jones for “Theory of Everything” (another movie I haven’t seen yet).

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: This award is definitely going to Michael Keaton. I haven’t seen “Birdman” yet but it does looks like that is Michael’s best role. The film does look really good though and I wanna see it myself.

BEST PICTURE: Tough one. Everyone would like to believe that “Boyhood” is probably gonna get a win for this but “Selma” and “American Sniper” also have a very good chance! I wouldn’t be surprised that the Best Picture award will go to “Selma” ’cause that film is about the MLK march and that film has Oprah Winfrey in it. I remember last year’s Oscars, Gary Oldman revealed some pretty big behind the scenes secrets that if the Academy didn’t vote for “12 Years a Slave”, they’re a racist. Same could happen this year with “Selma”. If “Selma” didn’t win then the team behind the Academy would be racists. “Boyhood” maybe in danger of “Selma” winning instead ’cause of all this civil unrest stuff going on in America today.

I haven’t seen “American Sniper” yet but it’s coming out in theaters everywhere tomorrow and I’m gonna see it tomorrow too. Can’t wait to see the movie! Even though I’m sure “American Sniper” is really good, I don’t think it’s gonna win BEST PICTURE ’cause of it’s “conservative” beliefs on a war hero, ya know? The Academy will give the Best Picture winner to something liberal like “Boyhood” or “Selma”.

Kev