Best Picture
THE BIG SHORT
BRIDGE OF SPIES
BROOKLYN
CAROL
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
THE REVENANT
ROOM
SICARIO
SPOTLIGHT

Best Director
Todd Haynes, CAROL
Alejandro González Iñárritu, THE REVENANT
Tom McCarthy, SPOTLIGHT
George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Ridley Scott, THE MARTIAN
Steven Spielberg, BRIDGE OF SPIES

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, TRUMBO
Matt Damon, THE MARTIAN
Johnny Depp, BLACK MASS
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT
Michael Fassbender, STEVE JOBS
Eddie Redmayne, THE DANISH GIRL

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, CAROL
Brie Larson, ROOM
Jennifer Lawrence, JOY
Charlotte Rampling, 45 YEARS
Saoirse Ronan, BROOKLYN
Charlize Theron, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano, LOVE & MERCY
Tom Hardy, THE REVENANT
Mark Ruffalo, SPOTLIGHT
Mark Rylance, BRIDGE OF SPIES
Michael Shannon, 99 HOMES
Sylvester Stallone, CREED

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Rooney Mara, CAROL
Rachel McAdams, SPOTLIGHT
Helen Mirren, TRUMBO
Alicia Vikander, THE DANISH GIRL
Kate Winslet, STEVE JOBS

Best Young Actor/Actress
Abraham Attah, BEASTS OF NO NATION
RJ Cyler, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
Shameik Moore, DOPE
Milo Parker, MR. HOLMES
Jacob Tremblay, ROOM

Best Acting Ensemble
THE BIG SHORT
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
SPOTLIGHT
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
TRUMBO

Best Original Screenplay
BRIDGE OF SPIES, Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
EX MACHINA, Alex Garland
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Quentin Tarantino
INSIDE OUT, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
SPOTLIGHT, Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

Best Adapted Screenplay
THE BIG SHORT, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
BROOKLYN, Nick Hornby
THE MARTIAN, Drew Goddard
ROOM, Emma Donoghue
STEVE JOBS, Aaron Sorkin

Best Cinematography
CAROL, Ed Lachman
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Robert Richardson
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, John Seale
THE MARTIAN, Dariusz Wolski
THE REVENANT, Emmanuel Lubezki
SICARIO, Roger Deakins

Best Production Design
BRIDGE OF SPIES, Adam Stockhausen, Rene DeAngelo
BROOKLYN, François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
CAROL, Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
THE DANISH GIRL, Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Colin Gibson
THE MARTIAN, Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

Best Editing
THE BIG SHORT, Hank Corwin
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Margaret Sixel
THE MARTIAN, Pietro Scalia
THE REVENANT, Stephen Mirrione
SPOTLIGHT, Tom McArdle

Best Costume Design
BROOKLYN, Odile Dicks-Mireaux
CAROL, Sandy Powell
CINDERELLA, Sandy Powell
THE DANISH GIRL, Paco Delgado
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Jenny Beavan

Best Hair & Makeup
BLACK MASS
CAROL
THE DANISH GIRL
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE REVENANT

Best Visual Effects
EX MACHINA
JURASSIC WORLD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
THE REVENANT
THE WALK

Best Animated Feature
ANOMALISA
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
INSIDE OUT
THE PEANUTS MOVIE
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

Best Action Movie
FURIOUS 7
JURASSIC WORLD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
SICARIO

Best Actor in an Action Movie
Daniel Craig, SPECTRE
Tom Cruise, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
Tom Hardy, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Chris Pratt, JURASSIC WORLD
Paul Rudd, ANT-MAN

Best Actress in an Action Movie
Emily Blunt, SICARIO
Rebecca Ferguson, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
Bryce Dallas Howard, JURASSIC WORLD
Jennifer Lawrence, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2
Charlize Theron, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Comedy
THE BIG SHORT
INSIDE OUT
JOY
SISTERS
SPY
TRAINWRECK

Best Actor in a Comedy
Christian Bale, THE BIG SHORT
Steve Carell, THE BIG SHORT
Robert De Niro, THE INTERN
Bill Hader, TRAINWRECK
Jason Statham, SPY

Best Actress in a Comedy
Tina Fey, SISTERS
Jennifer Lawrence, JOY
Melissa McCarthy, SPY
Amy Schumer, TRAINWRECK
Lily Tomlin, GRANDMA

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
EX MACHINA
IT FOLLOWS
JURASSIC WORLD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN

Best Foreign Language Film
THE ASSASSIN
GOODNIGHT MOMMY
MUSTANG
THE SECOND MOTHER
SON OF SAUL

Best Documentary Feature
AMY
CARTEL LAND
GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF
HE NAMED ME MALALA
THE LOOK OF SILENCE
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT

Best Original Song
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, "Love Me Like You Do"
FURIOUS 7, "See You Again"
THE HUNTING GROUND, "Til It Happens To You"
LOVE & MERCY, "One Kind of Love"
SPECTRE, "Writing's on the Wall"
YOUTH, "Simple Song 3"

Best Original Score
CAROL, Carter Burwell
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Ennio Morricone
THE REVENANT, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto
SICARIO, Johann Johansson
SPOTLIGHT, Howard Shore

Totally forgot about these awards.

That Top 10 is pretty much the exact opposite of the SAG lunacy - it is as expected as it gets, except for the lack of Inside Out, but I am not sure whether they even put animated films in the Top 10.

Those ten films seem to be the contenders. The only notable miss is Steve Jobs. The Hateful Eight doesn't seem to have the same kind of momentum as Basterds or Django.

Looking more closely, these are the least surprising awards nominations in a long time. Pretty much all categories have the favorites in them.

Mad Max: Fury Road - 13 niminations
The Martian/Carol/The Revenant - nominations
Spotlight - 8 nominations

The Hateful Eight got six, without getting into Picture/Director

Predictions:

Best Picture
THE BIG SHORT
BRIDGE OF SPIES
BROOKLYN
CAROL
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
THE REVENANT
ROOM
SICARIO
SPOTLIGHT

Best Director
Todd Haynes, CAROL
Alejandro González Iñárritu, THE REVENANT
Tom McCarthy, SPOTLIGHT
George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Ridley Scott, THE MARTIAN
Steven Spielberg, BRIDGE OF SPIES

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, TRUMBO
Matt Damon, THE MARTIAN
Johnny Depp, BLACK MASS
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT
Michael Fassbender, STEVE JOBS
Eddie Redmayne, THE DANISH GIRL

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, CAROL
Brie Larson, ROOM
Jennifer Lawrence, JOY
Charlotte Rampling, 45 YEARS
Saoirse Ronan, BROOKLYN
Charlize Theron, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano, LOVE & MERCY
Tom Hardy, THE REVENANT
Mark Ruffalo, SPOTLIGHT
Mark Rylance, BRIDGE OF SPIES
Michael Shannon, 99 HOMES
Sylvester Stallone, CREED

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Rooney Mara, CAROL
Rachel McAdams, SPOTLIGHT
Helen Mirren, TRUMBO
Alicia Vikander, THE DANISH GIRL
Kate Winslet, STEVE JOBS

Best Young Actor/Actress
Abraham Attah, BEASTS OF NO NATION
RJ Cyler, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
Shameik Moore, DOPE
Milo Parker, MR. HOLMES
Jacob Tremblay, ROOM

Best Acting Ensemble
THE BIG SHORT
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
SPOTLIGHT
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
TRUMBO

Best Original Screenplay
BRIDGE OF SPIES, Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
EX MACHINA, Alex Garland
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Quentin Tarantino
INSIDE OUT, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley
SPOTLIGHT, Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

Best Adapted Screenplay
THE BIG SHORT, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
BROOKLYN, Nick Hornby
THE MARTIAN, Drew Goddard
ROOM, Emma Donoghue
STEVE JOBS, Aaron Sorkin

Best Cinematography
CAROL, Ed Lachman
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Robert Richardson
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, John Seale
THE MARTIAN, Dariusz Wolski
THE REVENANT, Emmanuel Lubezki
SICARIO, Roger Deakins

Best Production Design
BRIDGE OF SPIES, Adam Stockhausen, Rene DeAngelo
BROOKLYN, François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
CAROL, Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
THE DANISH GIRL, Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Colin Gibson
THE MARTIAN, Arthur Max, Celia Bobak

Best Editing
THE BIG SHORT, Hank Corwin
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Margaret Sixel
THE MARTIAN, Pietro Scalia
THE REVENANT, Stephen Mirrione
SPOTLIGHT, Tom McArdle

Best Costume Design
BROOKLYN, Odile Dicks-Mireaux
CAROL, Sandy Powell
CINDERELLA, Sandy Powell
THE DANISH GIRL, Paco Delgado
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Jenny Beavan

Best Hair & Makeup
BLACK MASS
CAROL
THE DANISH GIRL
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE REVENANT

Best Visual Effects
EX MACHINA
JURASSIC WORLD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN
THE REVENANT
THE WALK

Best Animated Feature
ANOMALISA
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
INSIDE OUT
THE PEANUTS MOVIE
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

Best Action Movie
FURIOUS 7
JURASSIC WORLD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
SICARIO

Best Actor in an Action Movie
Daniel Craig, SPECTRE
Tom Cruise, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
Tom Hardy, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Chris Pratt, JURASSIC WORLD
Paul Rudd, ANT-MAN

Best Actress in an Action Movie
Emily Blunt, SICARIO
Rebecca Ferguson, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION
Bryce Dallas Howard, JURASSIC WORLD
Jennifer Lawrence, THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2
Charlize Theron, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Comedy
THE BIG SHORT
INSIDE OUT
JOY
SISTERS
SPY
TRAINWRECK

Best Actor in a Comedy
Christian Bale, THE BIG SHORT
Steve Carell, THE BIG SHORT
Robert De Niro, THE INTERN
Bill Hader, TRAINWRECK
Jason Statham, SPY

Best Actress in a Comedy
Tina Fey, SISTERS
Jennifer Lawrence, JOY
Melissa McCarthy, SPY
Amy Schumer, TRAINWRECK
Lily Tomlin, GRANDMA

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
EX MACHINA
IT FOLLOWS
JURASSIC WORLD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN

Best Foreign Language Film
THE ASSASSIN
GOODNIGHT MOMMY
MUSTANG
THE SECOND MOTHER
SON OF SAUL

Best Documentary Feature
AMY
CARTEL LAND
GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF
HE NAMED ME MALALA
THE LOOK OF SILENCE
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT

Best Original Song
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, "Love Me Like You Do"
FURIOUS 7, "See You Again"
THE HUNTING GROUND, "Til It Happens To You"
LOVE & MERCY, "One Kind of Love"
SPECTRE, "Writing's on the Wall"
YOUTH, "Simple Song 3"

Best Original Score
CAROL, Carter Burwell
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Ennio Morricone
THE REVENANT, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto
SICARIO, Johann Johansson
SPOTLIGHT, Howard Shore

Charlize.

Director and Actor are very much down to those 6 candidates for 5 spots. Supporting Actress is getting close too, but Jane Fonda and Kristen Stewart are still contenders.

The Big Short continues to show strength. With that cast and their friends and the story and the good box office prospect, I think it's highly likely the film will be pretty well represented at Oscars, including a nom for BP.

Disappointed Inside Out never made noise in this race

WB can forget about Creed now and push Mad Max

The Big Short is definiteloy getting in at the Oscars and it appears like Trumbo will get its acting noms too.

Now they actually want to add Star Wars in retroactively.

They should fuck off.

If you want to include Star Wars, then wait until it has released.

Now they just look like petulant blowhards making themselves even more irrelevant.

I actually agree with BK!

It is Christmas!

Puerto Rico voters probably came in late with their ballots.

Lol, classic.

I don't think it will ever get old.

Wasn't Ecuador used at one point to push a film beyond $1 billion worldwide?

The Dark Knight, wasn't it?

Ah, yes, yes it was.

They added Star Wars to the best-picture lineup retroactively today.

This is avery good spot-on article on the matter:

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star- ... 201666782/

The fact that they did this is so embarrassing.

Why? It is a 2015 film. Seems fine to me. These critics awards should all be done in 2016 anyway.

Completely agree. If you do the best of 2015 than you should include any film released between January 1st and December 31st of that year.

They should have waited to see Star Wars in the first place if it was so important to them. It is embarrassing to revise the nominations later and seems primarily a type of kowtow to the Mouse House.