
While many of my favorites made the list like Whiplash and Boyhood did get into the Best Picture race, I found myself disappointed at a couple marginal films that didn't get in that I quite liked. American Sniper and A Most Violent Year were both excellent and evocative features released this year that were quite good.
But overall, I found the year to be filled with quite good films, but very few "great" films that I really have blown up about. That means that even now, when I look at the list that is up for the Best Picture category, I don't know where my vote will go in January. I can say I will be re-watching some of my faves in coming up with a Top 10 (or so) for the year and in deciding how to mark my ballot!
In the acting categories, there are usually 6 nominees in our awards. That means we get to recognize at least one extra individual in each group, and there are still...of course... those who didn't make the cut that could have deserved the nominations.

On the actress categories there are many great selections. I loved Julianne Moore in Still Alice. My Aniston, Cotillard, Jones, Pike and Witherspoon in the mix...one can easily see what Amy Adams may have been left behind for her performance in Big Eyes.
grandmother battled Alzheimer's and I was literally moved to tears the way Moore was able to convey both the love and the internal struggle that exists for those in the same situation. And with
Now in Supporting Actress I really love all the choices, including one that may have surprised some, Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer. Swinton portrays an incredibly unlikable lady with all the makeup and wardrobe to enhance her just right. Amazing as always, she deserves to be here and IS. Someone who deserves to be here and isn't...is someone who I have always had a difficult time with in films, maybe because her tie to the series that I really didn't like, Kristen Stewart. Her role in Still Alice as the daughter of Julianne Moore is spot on. The struggles she experiences in losing the one person who always was the best and the brightest are real and she brings them to life. Even though she wasn't nominated, this is the best performance we have seen from Stewart and hopefully just a sign of things to come.
What else would I have liked to see that didn't get in?
The documentaries Point and Shoot and Red Army were both high up on my list of some of the best of the year, and I loved 1971 as well. But docs are really open for this group and the winner come awards night will most likely boil down to Life Itself or Citizenfour if we are being honest.
And last, but not least...The Sacrament. I would've loved to sneak it into the Horror/Sci-fi category and Neighbors or Chef into the Best Comedy category. But that's all personal preference.
The nominations are really solid...and I can't wait to cast my final vote in a couple weeks...until then back to watching some of these that are close yet again! Happy watching!
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Jan. 15 on A&E LIVE at 9PM ET / 6PM PT.
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