My 2014 Oscars Nominees

The 86th Academy Awards is scheduled to be held on March 2, 2014. The little gold trophy in which every filmmakers, directors, producers, actors, and even aspiring people dream of displaying in their home will be given to those who deserves it based on their matter-of-life-and-death performances. And as 2013 ends, I certainly believe that history will again, literally repeats itself. "Gravity" vs. "12 Years a Slave"? That certainly seemed like the narrative we were heading into, which would have shared  commonalities with the "Avatar" vs. "The Hurt Locker," "Hugo" vs. "The Artist" and "Life of Pi" vs. "Argo" showdowns that met the last three years (an expensive, 3D critical and commercial hit versus a smaller film tackling history in one way or another)... Though, in the end, were any of them really showdowns? History won all three times (though then again, none of the maids of honor had going for it what "Gravity" has going for it right now).

But then came "American Hustle," which has received a ton of love from the precursors and has made this a bonafide three-way race. Unless something truly shocking happens, one of these three films is winning best picture.

Well, The Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will release their sets of nominees from different categories on January 16, 2014. Here is my own personal list of nominees:

Best Picture:

- American Hustle
- Captain Phillips
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Gravity
- Her
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Rush
- Saving Mr. Banks
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Wolf Of Wall Street

Best Director:

- The Coen Brothers- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Alfonso Cuaron- Gravity
- Paul Greengrass- Captain Phillips
- Steve McQueen- 12 Years a Slave
- David O. Russell- American Hustle

Best Actor:

- Bruce Dern - Nebraska as Woody Grant
- Chiwetel Ejiofor- 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
- Tom Hanks- Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips
- Matthew McConaughey- Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
- Robert Redford- All Is Lost as Our Man

Best Actress:

- Meryll Streep - August: Osage County as Violet Weston
- Cate Blanchett- Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
- Sandra Bullock- Gravity as Ryan Stone
- Judi Dench- Philomena as Philomena Lee
- Emma Thompson- Saving Mr. Banks as Pamela P.L. Travers

Best Supporting Actor:

- Barkhad Abdi- Captain Phillips as Muse
- Daniel Bruhl- Rush as Niki Lauda
- Bradley Cooper- American Hustle as Richie DiMaso
- Michael Fassbender- 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
- Jared Leto- Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon

Best Supporting Actress:

- Jennifer Lawrence- American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosanfeld
- Lupita Nyong'o- 12 Years a Slave as Patsy
- Julia Roberts- August: Osage County as Barbara Weston - Fordham
- June Squibb- Nebraska as Kate Grant
- Oprah Winfrey- The Butler as Gloria Gaines