 This is the SF Productions podcast network I'd like to thank the Academy my 8th grade English teacher my optometrist my culture bunker I'm Mindy and I'm Mark you can check out our audio podcast how I got my way free comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network comm so the Oscars are coming up Yep, and so it's time to make our annual picks. Yes, and we have a system for this Yes, our system involves not seeing any of the nominated films, right? And then we see who won the awards leading up to the Oscars and then who has the most buzz. Yes There's some Oscar rules that you could pretty much apply to all the awards if You died since you made the picture you're in. Yeah. Yeah, especially if you've not won before exactly Biopics rule Portraying some sort of illness works really well. Yes White guilt is a factor not so much this year, right because there's so little diversity in the nominations Multiple nominations without a win helps. Yes, eventually But if you're nominated twice in the same category that hurts you, right? Okay, so let's start with supporting actor and actress Okay supporting actress we have Patricia Arquette in boyhood. We have Laura Dern in Wild Kieran Knightley in the imitation game Emma Stone in Birdman and Meryl Streep into the woods now Meryl Streep, you know, normally, you know, she's like a shoe-in But really she's not for this movie. No, not so much because according to the previous awards leading up through this season the Golden Globes the SAG Awards and The critics choice awards all gave it to Patricia Arquette and and she quite frankly ages in this film That's you know, that's something else But this is you know a lot of times when they actresses play older or ugly They win the awards right in this case She actually got older during the movie like 12 years older, right? If you don't know the whole concept of boyhood is that they shot it like for a couple weeks Over a 12-year period so like a couple weeks here and then next year We'll shoot a couple more weeks and is literally telling the life of this family. Yeah, this boy. So yeah, she's a shoe-in I think yeah, and I agree. We're both going with Patricia Arquette supporting actor We have Robert Duvall in the judge Ethan Hawke in boyhood Edward Norton in Birdman Mark Ruffalo in Fox catcher and J.K. Simmons in whiplash No, I just love the name of the Fox catcher movie But I don't think that it's gonna win it hasn't had very much actual like I saw that movie buzz, you know, right? And generally I would I would think of going with Robert Duvall being a much older actor But apparently the judge was a really bad movie. Yeah, and so I don't you know I think they're just throwing him a bone to give him a nomination and considering again Golden Globes the sag and the critics choice all went with J.K. Simmons for whiplash And we're doing the same. I love J.K. Simmons He's like one of my favorite actors, so I hope he wins, right? All right, let's move on to best animated feature. That's not the Lego movie It's not the Lego movie because you know, it was nominated and that was of course we saw it so it couldn't you know And it's won several awards already Yes, it wasn't even nominated Yes, it is blow blew everyone's mind that they didn't include that but they did include big hero six the box trolls How to train your dragon to song of the sea and the tale of the princess Kyuga So the Golden Globe went to how I turn how to train your dragon, right? So I'll pick that one too just because I don't want the box trolls, right? Yeah, I'm going the same just I think the box trolls Somehow took away the nomination from from Lego movie. Yeah All right That's original song. Yeah, we have Everything is awesome. I'm sorry from the Lego movie. We have glory from Selma Grateful from beyond the lights. I'm not gonna miss you from Glen Campbell. I'll be me and lose stars from begin again You know, I picked everything is awesome in this category because I think they might throw a bone to the all those people who are Saying, you know, the Lego movie should have been nominated for movie, but I think they're gonna throw it to Glory for Selma because of white guilt. Yes, and Golden Globe and critics choice both went with Glory, yes, but they were able to give other awards to the Lego movie, right, so you never know and And you know Glen Campbell could come out of right field. Yeah I assume he'll actually come and sing it. Yes, I would hope okay Best director we have Alejandro G. You're not to do that I'm sure I'm never do have no clue what that is for Birdman Richard link letter for boyhood Bennett Miller for Fox catcher was Anderson for the Grand Budapest Hotel and Morton Tildum for the invitation game Golden Globe and critics choice both went to link later and he's getting a huge amount of buzz and Just the idea of this movie is so unique that I just don't understand how you can't give him this thing He was taking such a risk. Yes, because any one of these actors could have gone, you know gone rogue on rogue or Something could have happened to one of them. They couldn't have completed the movie He was literally taking a risk that all these actors would be available over a 12-year period Yeah, it and because of that alone to me. He gets it. Yeah Best actor and actress All right best actress Marianne Coutelard for two days one night Felicity Jones for the theory of everything Julianne Moore for still Alice Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl and Reese Witherspoon for Wild I think this is probably the closest thing to a lock Because it's sag golden globes critics choice Julianne Moore. Yeah She plays a woman with Alzheimer's. So there's the illness right you got the illness. Yeah So yeah, she's won before and generally once they won win once then it's more it's easier for them to win again So that we're both going with Julianne Moore Actor Steve Carell and Fox catcher Bradley Cooper and American sniper Benedict Cumberbatch an imitation game Michael Keaton and Birdman and Eddie Redmayne in the theory of everything now I just love Benedict Cumberbatch so much. I would love it if he'd win, but He probably won't we have Michael Keaton who won Golden Globe and critics choice for Birdman, right and and there's two different categories there because Birdman is considered a comedy Yes, so he won for the comedy actor. Yes, and then Eddie Redmayne won Golden Globe and SAG. Yes, so We're we're splitting on that I think Michael Keaton's gonna win it. I think he's Got a history with the Academy. Mm-hmm. They know him Eddie Redmayne is too new Well, the only reason I'm going to Redmayne is because playing the onus card To me that's the reason I'm going with with that and and because he won two other major awards Best picture, okay, we have American sniper Birdman Boyhood Grand Budapest Hotel the imitation game Selma the theory of everything and Whiplash All right, so here's the break down of the previous awards the producers Guild Gave it to Birdman the Golden Globes gave it to boyhood and the Grand Budapest Hotel again drama drama comedy Same thing for critics choice boyhood in Grand Budapest Hotel the New York Critics Association gave it to boyhood And we then had Birdman won the SAG award as did Selma So Selma is the only one of the majors that actually got an award for this So now is that award though? Isn't that the SAG award more like for ensemble ensemble acting and not technically the movie Yeah, not the best picture. Yeah, the best cast, right So based on that information We're both going with boyhood and again, I'm going with it because it's so different than a lot of other movies I think the reason it didn't get SAG awards was because of the nature of the cast again It's not you know And a typical ensemble cast like you would have that got together and makes movie It's a cast that got together in two week periods over, you know a period of years, which is I think why SAG wouldn't have voted for them, right? Otherwise, they might have gotten it that award too and generally the best director in many cases Is an indicator of best fit best picture at least to the Oscar Voters, yes, so So there you go. Yay. We'll find out for sure who won very very soon Right in the meantime, you can check out our audio podcast I got my wife treat comics on iTunes or on our website sfpodcastnetwork.com from the pop culture bunker. I'm Indy and I'm Mark Thanks for watching