By Jason A. Hill & Ezra Stead

 

Best Picture

Jason’s Prediction:  The Wolf of Wall Street

Jason’s Favorite: 12 Years a Slave

Ezra’s Prediction: 12 Years a Slave

Ezra’s Favorite: The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Best Directing

Jason’s Prediction:  Steve McQueen

Jason’s Favorite:  Steve McQueen

Ezra’s Prediction: Alfonso Cuaron / Steve McQueen

Ezra’s Favorite: Steve McQueen

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jason’s Prediction:  Chiwetel Ejiofor / Leonardo DiCaprio

Jason’s Favorite: Chiwetel Ejiofor

Ezra’s Prediction: Matthew McConaughey / Chiwetel Ejiofor

Ezra’s Favorite: Chiwetel Ejiofor

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jason’s Prediction:  Cate Blanchett

Jason’s Favorite: Amy Adams

Ezra’s Prediction: Cate Blanchett

Ezra’s Favorite: Amy Adams

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Jason’s Prediction:  Michael Fassbender

Jason’s Favorite: Jonah Hill

Ezra’s Prediction: Jared Leto

Ezra’s Favorite: Jonah Hill

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Jason’s Prediction:  Lupita Nyong’o

Jason’s Favorite: Lupita Nyong’o

Ezra’s Prediction: Lupita Nyong’o

Ezra’s Favorite: Lupita Nyong’o

 

Best Animated Feature

Jason’s Prediction:  Frozen

Jason’s Favorite: The Wind Rises

Ezra’s Prediction: Frozen

Ezra’s Favorite: The Wind Rises

 

Best Cinematography

Jason’s Prediction:  Gravity

Jason’s Favorite: The Grandmaster

Ezra’s Prediction: Gravity

Ezra’s Favorite: Gravity

 

Best Costume Design

Jason’s Prediction:  American Hustle

Jason’s Favorite: The Great Gatsby

Ezra’s Prediction: American Hustle

Ezra’s Favorite: The Great Gatsby

 

Best Documentary Feature

Jason’s Prediction:  The Act of Killing

Jason’s Favorite: The Act of Killing

Ezra’s Prediction: The Act of Killing

Ezra’s Favorite: The Act of Killing

Snub: Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell

 

Best Film Editing

Jason’s Prediction:  Gravity

Jason’s Favorite: 12 Years A Slave

Ezra’s Prediction: American Hustle

Ezra’s Favorite: Captain Phillips

 

Best Foreign Language Film

Jason’s Prediction:  No prediction

Jason’s Favorite: Unknown

Ezra’s Prediction: The Great Beauty

Ezra’s Favorite: The Hunt

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Jason’s Prediction:  Dallas Buyers Club

Ezra’s Prediction: Dallas Buyers Club

Ezra’s Favorite: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

 

Best Original Score

Jason’s Prediction:  Gravity

Jason’s Favorite: Her

Ezra’s Prediction: Gravity

Ezra’s Favorite: Philomena

 

Best Original Song

Jason’s Prediction:  Let it Go (Frozen)

Ezra’s Prediction: Let it Go (Frozen)

Snub: Inside Llewyn Davis song “Please Mr. Kennedy”

 

Best Production Design

Jason’s Prediction:  Gravity

Jason’s Favorite: The Great Gatsby

Ezra’s Prediction: 12 Years A Slave

Ezra’s Favorite: The Great Gatsby

 

Best Visual Effects

Jason’s Prediction:  Gravity

Jason’s Favorite: The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

Ezra’s Prediction: Gravity

Ezra’s Favorite: Iron Man Three

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jason’s Prediction:  The Wolf of Wall Street

Jason’s Favorite: 12 Years A Slave

Ezra’s Prediction: 12 Years A Slave

Ezra’s Favorite: The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Best Original Screenplay

Jason’s Prediction: Nebraska

Jason’s Favorite: Her

Ezra’s Prediction: Dallas Buyers Club

Ezra’s Favorite: Nebraska

 

A correction to the podcast:

Jason mentioned Ushio Shinohara, the artist featured in the the documentary: “Cutie and the Boxer”  was 83 years old when he is actually 82.