Pop Culture Nexus

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

Louise’s pick: 12 Years a Slave
Mary’s Pick: 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Louise’s pick: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Mary’s Pick: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

Louise’s pick: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Mary’s Pick: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Louise’s pick: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Mary’s pick: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Louise’s pick: Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Mary’s pick: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Best Director
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) 
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

Louise’s pick: Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Mary’s pick: Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Best Adapted Screenplay
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater (Before Midnight
)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street
)
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)

Louise’s pick: John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
Mary’s Pick: Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Best Original Screenplay
David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle)
Bob Nelson (Nebraska)
Spike Jonze (Her)
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)

Louise’s pick: Spike Jonze (Her)
Mary’s pick: Spike Jonze (Her)

Best Foreign Film
Denmark, The Hunt
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown
Italy, The Great Beauty
Palestine, Omar
Cambodia, The Missing Picture

Louise’s pick: Italy, The Great Beauty
Mary’s pick: Italy, The Great Beauty

Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
Dirty Wars
The Square
Cutie and the Boxer

Louise’s pick: The Act of Killing
Mary’s pick: 20 Feet from Stardom

Best Animated Feature
The Wind Rises
Frozen
Despicable Me 2
The Croods
Ernest & Celestine

Louise’s pick: Frozen
Mary’s pick: Frozen

Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave

Louise’s pick: American Hustle
Mary’s pick: Captain Phillips

Best Song
“Alone Yet Not Alone” (Alone Yet Not Alone)
“Happy” (Despicable Me 2)
“Let It Go” (Frozen)
“The Moon Song” (Her)
“Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Louise’s pick: “Let It Go” (Frozen)
Mary’s pick: “Ordinary Love” (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Best Original Score
John Williams (The Book Thief)
Steven Price (Gravity)
Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)
Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)
William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)

Louise’s pick: Steven Price (Gravity)
Mary’s pick: John Williams (The Book Thief)

Best Cinematography
Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)
Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Roger Deakins (Prisoners)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

Louise’s pick: Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)
Mary’s pick: Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)

Costume Design
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years A Slave

Louise’s pick: The Great Gatsby
Mary’s pick: The Great Gatsby

Makeup and Hairstyling
The Lone Ranger
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Louise’s pick: Dallas Buyers Club
Mary’s pick: Dallas Buyers Club

Production Design
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave

Louise’s pick: Her
Mary’s pick: Her

Sound Editing
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor

Louise’s pick: Gravity
Mary’s pick: Captain Phillips

Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
Inside Llewyn Davis

Louise’s pick: Captain Phillips
Mary’s pick: Gravity

Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness

Louise’s pick: Gravity
Mary’s pick: Gravity

Short Film, Live Action
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem

Louise’s pick: The Voorman Problem
Mary’s pick: The Voorman Problem

Short Film, Animated
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom

Louise’s pick: Mr. Hublot
Mary’s pick: Get a Horse!