Academy Awards 2016 -- Predictions and Hopefuls

With the Oscar nomination list just recently announced, I'd figure I'd bite (despite only seeing three of the movies on the list) and make a list both of the movies I want to see win as well as ones that I think are more likely to actually win -- separated as hopefuls and predictions respectively. Since most of these movies I'm just going on general praise and word of mouth I'm not gonna have any big discussion on any of them -- just lay down what I think and then maybe after the awards have a recap, similar to how its done with the E3 predictions. Anyway, here are the lists:

Hopefuls:

Best Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
Actor in a Leading Role: Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett
Actor in a Supporting Role: N/A
Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Animated Feature Film: Anomalisa
Cinematography: The Revenant
Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road
Directing: George Miller
Documentary Feature: The Look of Silence
Documentary Short: N/A
Film Editing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Makeup and Hairstyling: Mad Max: Fury Road
Music -- Original Score: The Hateful Eight
Music -- Original Song: N/A
Production Design: N/A
Short Film (Animated): N/A
Short Film (Live Action): N/A
Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Mixing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Writing (Adapted): The Martian
Writing (Original): Straight Outta Compton

Predictions:

Best Picture: The Martian
Actor in a Leading Role: Eddie Redmayne
Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett
Actor in a Supporting Role: Tom Hardy
Actress in a Supporting Role: Rooney Mara
Animated Feature Film: Inside Out
Cinematography: The Revenant
Costume Design: Carol
Directing: George Miller
Documentary Feature: The Look of Silence
Documentary Short: Last Day of Freedom
Film Editing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Makeup and Hairstyling: The Revenant
Music -- Original Score: The Hateful Eight
Music -- Original Song: Writing's on the Wall
Production Design: The Martian
Short Film (Animated): Sanjay's Super Team
Short Film (Live Action): Stutterer
Sound Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road
Sound Mixing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Writing (Adapted): The Martian
Writing (Original): Spotlight

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