2015 OSCAR NOMINATIONS and How I Did Predicting

Out of 106 total predictions I made, I got 82 right for 77.3% correct rate. If you add in my alternate choices per category, it goes all the way up to 96/106 for a 90.5%. For a year where it seemed like nobody knew or could guess what was going on....I'll take it! In most categories I only missed 1 choice, and I nailed 3 perfectly, sound mixing and both leading acting categories!

Here are your full Academy Award Nominees for 2015...

BEST PICTURE -- 7/8

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room (alternate)
• Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR -- 3/5

• Lenny Abrahamson - "Room" (missed)
• Alejandro G. Inarritu - "The Revenant"
• Tom McCarthy - "Spotlight"
• Adam McKay - "The Big Short" (alternate)
• George Miller - "Mad Max: Fury Road"

BEST ACTOR -- 5/5

• Bryan Cranston - "Trumbo"
• Matt Damon - "The Martian"
• Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Revenant"
• Michael Fassbender - "Steve Jobs"
• Eddie Redmayne - "The Danish Girl"

BEST ACTRESS -- 5/5

• Cate Blanchett - "Carol"
• Brie Larson - "Room"
• Jennifer Lawrence - "Joy"
• Charlotte Rampling - "45 Years"
• Saoirse Ronan - "Brooklyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR -- 4/5

• Christian Bale - "The Big Short"
• Tom Hardy - "The Revenant" (alternate)
• Mark Ruffalo - "Spotlight"
• Mark Rylance - "Bridge of Spies"
• Sylvester Stallone - "Creed"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS -- 4/5

• Jennifer Jason Leigh - "The Hateful Eight"
• Rooney Mara - "Carol"
• Rachel McAdams - "Spotlight" (alternate)
• Alicia Vikander - "The Danish Girl"
• Kate Winslet - "Steve Jobs"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY -- 4/5

• Bridge of Spies
• Ex Machina
• Inside Out
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton (alternate)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY -- 4/5

• The Big Short
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Martian (alternate)
• Room

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE -- 3/5

• Anomalisa
• Boy and the World (missed)
• Inside Out
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There (alternate)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -- 4/5

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight (alternate)
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Sicario

BEST FILM EDITING -- 3/5

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Spotlight (alternate)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (missed)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN -- 4/5

• Bridge of Spies
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant (missed)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN -- 3/5

• Carol
• Cinderella
• The Danish Girl
• Mad Max: Fury Road (alternate)
• The Revenant (missed)

BEST SOUND MIXING -- 5/5

• Bridge of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST SOUND EDITING -- 4/5

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Sicario (alternate)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS -- 4/5

• Ex Machina (alternate)
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING -- 2/3

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (alternate)
• The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE -- 4/5

• Bridge of Spies
• Carol (alternate)
• The Hateful Eight
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

BEST ORIGINAL SONG -- 3/5

• "Earned It" - Fifty Shades of Grey (missed)
• "Manta Ray" - Racing Extinction (missed)
• "Simple Song #3" - Youth
• "Til It Happens To You" - The Hunting Ground
• "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM -- 4/5

• Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia (missed)
• Mustang - France
• Son of Saul - Hungary
• Theeb - Jordan
• A War - Denmark

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE -- 3/5

• Amy
• Cartel Land
• The Look of Silence
• What Happened, Miss Simone? (missed)
• Winter's on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (missed)

BEST 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

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

• Ave Maria
• Day One
• Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
• Shok
• Stutterer

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• Bear Story
• Prologue
• Sanjay's Super Team
• We Can't Live without Cosmos
• World of Tomorrow

FULL NOMINATION TALLY

12 -- The Revenant

10 -- Mad Max: Fury Road

7 -- The Martian (but no director)

6 -- Bridge of Spies (but no director)

6 -- Spotlight

6 -- Carol (but no director or Best Picture)

5 -- The Big Short

5 -- Star Wars: The Force Awakens

4 -- Room

4 -- The Danish Girl

3 -- Brooklyn

3 -- The Hateful Eight

3 -- Sicario

2 -- Steve Jobs

2 -- Ex Machina

2 -- Inside Out

1 -- Trumbo

1 -- Joy

1 -- 45 Years

1 -- Creed

1 -- Straight Outta Compton

1 -- Anomalisa

1 -- Boy and the World

1 -- Shaun the Sheep Movie

1 -- When Marnie Was There

1 -- Cinderella

1 -- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

1 -- Fifty Shades of Grey

1 -- Racing Extinction

1 -- Youth

1 -- The Hunting Ground

1 -- Spectre

1 -- Embrace of the Serpent

1 -- Mustang

1 -- Son of Saul

1 -- Theeb

1 -- A War

1 -- Amy

1 -- Cartel Land

1 -- The Look of Silence

1 -- What Happened, Miss Simone?

1 -- Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom