Oscar Nominations to See

It's movie award season! Love this time of year when the top quality films come out and begin to be recognized for their achievements. Also gives me a chance to get updated on the new drama releases, the ones I've seen, and the one's I still need to see. So here's the list of this years nominated movies, actors, actresses, directors, some opinions, and the must see films of the year.

Best Picture

• American Hustle
• Captain Philips
• Dallas Buyers Club
• Gravity (Seen it, good but not great. Groundbreaking film direction)
• Her (Looks great, Must See!)
• Nebraska (Looks great, Must See!)
• Philomena
• 12 Years a Slave (Must See! Most likely to win Award)
• Wolf of Wall Street (Must See!)

Biggest Snub: Inside Llewyn Davis (Snubbed for best picture, best director in the Coen Brothers, and best acting for Oscar Isaac)

Best Actor

• Christian Bale in American Hustle (2nd Nomination)
• Bruce Dern in Nebraska (2nd Nomination)
• Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street (4th Nomination)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (1st Nomination)
• Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club (1st Nomination. Most likely to win award)

Biggest Snubs: Joaquin Phoenix for Her and Tom Hanks for Captain Philips

Best Actress

• Amy Adams in American Hustle (Her 5th nomination. She will most likely win this time)
• Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (Her 6th nomination)
• Sandra Bullock in Gravity (Her 2nd nomination)
• Judi Dench in Philomena (Her 7th nomination)
• Meryl Streep in Osage County (This is her 18th nomination! Incredible)

Best Supporting Actor

• Barkhad Abdi in Captain Philips
• Bradley Cooper in American Hustle
• Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave
• Jonah Hill in the Wolf of Wall Street
• Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club (Most likely will win)

Best Supporting Actress

• Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine
• Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle (Most likely will win, for the 2nd year in a row)
• Lupita Nyong'o in 12 Years a Slave
• Julia Roberts in Osage County (This is her 5th nomination)
• June Squibb in Nebraska

Best Director

• Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity (Should and most likely will win. Great director!)
• David O Russel for American Hustle
• Alexander Payne for Nebraska (One of the best director/screenwriters in the biz)
• Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave
• Martin Scorsese for Wolf of Wall Street (This is his 10th nomination!)

Total Nominations

• Gravity (10)
• American Hustle (10)
• 12 Years a Slave (10)
• Captain Phlips (6)
• Dallas Buyers Club (6)
• Her (5)
• Nebraska (5)
• Wolf of Wall Street (5)
• Philomena (4)
• Blue Jasmine (3)
• The Great Gatsby (2)
• Inside Llewyn Davis (2)
• Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2)

Other Snubs: No love for Lee Daniel's The Butler, Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, Emma Thompson, Oscar Isaac, and Joaquin Phoenix