GOLDEN GLOBE PREDICTIONS 2014!

Along with endless Christmas music, the one thing you can always count on in December is awards season being there for you, and the Golden Globe nominations come out tomorrow! Even though it had a summer release, Richard Linklater's coming of age epic Boyhood is starting to become the frontrunner for Best Picture! Others, in the acting categories, include Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore, J.K. Simmons and Patricia Arquette. I'm throwing a few surprises and hopefuls in there, just for the sake of spicing up the selection, because I can already tell that the biopic will once again be reigning this Oscar season, with everyone from MLK to Stephen Hawking getting a treatment.

DRAMA:
  • Boyhood (very happy that this is getting such big traction) 
  • Gone Girl (thought it was released a little earlier than its competition, this is a safe bet)
  • The Imitation Game
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Selma
ACTOR:
  • Benedict Cumberbatch- The Imitation Game (Cumberbatch and Redmayne need their own category: best British actor playing a very smart, real person in an Oscar-bait film)
  • Eddie Redmayne- The Theory of Everything
  • Steve Carell- Foxcatcher
  • David Oyelowo- Selma
  • Jake Gyllenhaal- Nightcrawler (he's an underdog, but he's gotten such raves)
ACTRESS:
  • Felicity Jones- The Theory of Everything
  • Julianne Moore- Still Alice (the movie I hear avoids typical disease-film cliches, and she is supposed to stellar)
  • Reese Witherspoon- Wild
  • Rosamund Pike- Gone Girl
  • Amy Adams- Big Eyes (being last year's winner in the comedy category, expect a return)
COMEDY/MUSICAL:
  • Into the Woods
  • Birdman
  • Inherent Vice
  • Get On Up (like Ray, it's hard to not give awards to famous musician biopics!)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Anderson's quirky comedies usually get recognition)
ACTOR:
  • Michael Keaton- Birdman 
  • Joaquin Phoenix- Inherent Vice (even though he hates these sort of things, just from the trailer Phoenix looks like he's flexing great comedy chops)
  • Chadwick Boseman- Get On Up
  • Bill Murray- St. Vincent
  • Chris Pratt- Guardians of the Galaxy (this one is the hopeful! Pratt's had such an incredible year with this film and Lego Movie, and I'd love to see the Foreign Press show him some love)
ACTRESS:
  • Quvenzhane Wallis- Annie 
  • Emma Stone- Magic in the Moonlight (this category is a little harder to predict, that's why you'll see Stone in Knightley here, when there best chances are actually in the supporting actress category)
  • Emily Blunt- Into the Woods
  • Keira Knightley- Begin Again
  • Jenny Slate- Obvious Child (like last year when Greta Gerwig was up for this award for Frances Ha, Slate's acclaimed indie could get her on the shortlist)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
  • Patricia Arquette- Boyhood (though I'd give Arquette the edge, it should be a JLaw v. Lupita type-race like last year for this prize against Jessica Chastain)
  • Emma Stone- Birdman
  • Jessica Chastain- A Most Violent Year
  • Keira Knightley- The Imitation Game
  • Meryl Streep- Into the Woods (Meryl Streep is alive? Let's nominate her again)
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
  • J.K. Simmons- Whiplash
  • Edward Norton- Birdman (even though Simmons is the presumed favorite, he's been picking up a lot of critic's awards)
  • Ethan Hawke- Boyhood
  • Tom Wilkinson- Selma
  • Mark Ruffalo- Foxcatcher (Channing Tatum and Steve Carell could also get a nomination in the actor category for this film, but with not too much competition in this race, Ruffalo is a cinch)
ANIMATED: (I have a feeling the Globes will stick to three nominees like last year)
  • Big Hero 6
  • The Lego Movie (I will say right now that if this doesn't win the Oscar I will be upset)
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
DIRECTOR:
  • Richard Linklater- Boyhood (Linklater is the frontrunner; his only competition could be Innaritu)
  • Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu- Birdman
  • Morten Tyldum- The Imitation Game
  • Angelina Jolie- Unbroken (the other strong female director here that could have a chance is Ava DuVernay for Selma, but I think the Globes will want to reward Angie since she's switching chairs as a director)
  • David Fincher- Gone Girl
SCREENPLAY:
  • The Lego Movie (this has surprisingly been getting a lot of original screenplay awards, and I'm not complaining! The one-liners are what make this movie so great)
  • Birdman
  • The Imitation Game
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Inherent Vice (this is probably the frontrunner here, and maybe this will finally get Paul Thomas Anderson an Oscar!)

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