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Tony’s 2015 Oscar® Nominations & Winners by Tony Medley Once again I have to come to the rescue of the Academy at Oscar® time because its nominations and awards rarely reflect the quality of films and performances that should be honored. There is a lot of politics that come into play in picking Oscar® nominations and awards as evidenced by the choice of Spotlight as Best Picture. If they were trying to capture how slow and boring investigative reporting is, they succeeded in spades by producing a slow and boring movie that failed to adequately expose the Church for its atrocious cover-up and failure to act on its gross misdeeds. It’s obvious that something other than quality influenced the choices. Mine are based on quality and nothing more. My picks also recognize quality in comedies, which the Academy seldom does. This year saw the largest gap between what the Academy judged and how I saw it. My three best films of the year didn’t receive one nomination from the Academy for anything. Unfortunately, I don’t have any heavy golden statuettes to give the winners. The toughest category for me was Best Supporting Actor and, like Hamlet, I couldn’t make up my mind so it’s a tie. However, my picks only reflect the films I have actually seen. As a result, two that have been reported to me as being exceptional by normal people (not critics or Academy members), Brooklyn and Room, are not included because I have not seen them. My winners are indicated by an asterisk. Best Original Screenplay Joel Edgerton, The Gift* Alex Garland, Ex Machina Paul Feig, Spy Alexi K. Campbell, Woman in Gold Woody Allen, Irrational Man Best Adapted Screenplay Juliette Towhidi, Testament of Youth* Drew Goddard, The Martian Thomas Vinterberg, Far From the Madding Crowd Richard Price, Child 44 Best Supporting Actor Joel Edgerton, The Gift* Tom Hardy, The Revenant Tom Sturridge, Far From the Madding Crowd Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies* Sharito Copley, Chappie Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina* Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Julianne Nicholson, Black Mass Oona Laurence, Southpaw Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Harrison Ford, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens* Jason Bateman, The Gift Johnny Depp, Black Mass Jake Gyllenhaal, Southpaw Ryan Reynolds, Woman in Gold Best Actress Alicia Vikander, Testament of Youth* Rebecca Hall, The Gift Melissa McCarthy, Spy Juliet Stevenson, The Letters Carey Mulligan, Far From the Madding Crowd Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold Best Director James Kent, Testament of Youth Joel Edgerton, The Gift* Alex Garland, Ex Machina Ridley Scott, The Martian Thomas Vinterberg, Far From the Madding Crowd Alejandro Gonzâlez Iñárritu, The Revenant Best Movie Testament of Youth* Far From the Madding Crowd The Gift The Revenant Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Ex Machina Mad Max: Road Fury The Martian Woman in Gold
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