Oscar Predictions – Here Are Our Academy Award Predictions For 2014

We may have mentioned this before, but we do love a bit of the Oscars here in Her.ie towers. We always like to have a look at the Oscar race before the actual nominations though, just to get our predictions in and so here they are the main contenders in the big categories. Best Film Surefire nominations: 12 Years a Slave American Hustle Gravity Probable Nominations: The Butler Captain Phillips The Wolf of Wall Street Saving Mr. Banks Dallas Buyers Club Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Possibilities: August: Osage County Philomena Saving Mr. Banks All is Lost Before Midnight Blue Jasmine Prisoners Our prediction: 12 Years of Slave Best Director Surefire Nominations: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) Probable nominations: David O. Russell (American Hustle) Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) Possibilities Alexander Payne (Nebraska) J.C. Chandor (All is Lost) Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) Spike Jonze (Her) Our prediction: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave. Best Actor Surefire Nominations Bruce Dern - Nebraska Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave Probable Nominations: Robert Redford - All is Lost Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyer's Club Possibilities: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street Forest Whitaker - The ButlerJoaquin Phoenix - Her Idris Elba - Mandela, The Long Walk to Freedom Hugh Jackman - Prisoners Jake Gyllenhaal - Prisoners Our prediction: Bruce Dern, Nebraska Best Actress Surefire Nominations: Judi Dench - Philomena Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine Emma Thompson - Saving Mr. Banks Probable Nominations: Sandra Bullock - Gravity Meryl Streep - August, Osage County Possibilities Amy Adams - American Hustle Adele Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Colour Our prediction - Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks (Although possibly Blanchett, this will be the toughest to call) Best Supporting Actor Surefire Nominations: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyer's Club James Gandolfini - Enough Said Michael Fassbender - 12 Years A Slave Probable Nominations Tom Hanks - Saving Mr. Banks John Goodman - Inside Llewyn Davis Possibilities Geoffrey Rush - The Book Thief Daniel Bruhl - Rush Bradley Cooper - American Hustle Jonah Hill - The Wolf of Wall Street Our prediction: James Gandolfini, Enough Said. Best Supporting Actress Surefire Nominations Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle Oprah Winfrey - The Butler Probable nominations: Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave June Squibb - Nebraska Possibilities: Julia Roberts - August: Orange County Scarlett Johansson - Her Melissa Leo - Prisoners Octavia Spencer - Fruitvale Station Our prediction: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle