Lead up to the 86th Academy Awards

With the 86th annual Academy Awards being handed out on March 2, this page will be helpful for everything you need to know. It will contain reviews for all movies in contention (provided I have seen them), and other work. The nominees for the key categories are below as well.

A preview of the winners, both for my best film, and what is most likely to win the Oscars.

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

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

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

Best Actress Nominees – Preview
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine – Review Pending)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osange County – Review Pending)

Best Supporting Actor Nominees – Preview

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

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

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

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

Other 2013 films reviewed:
Inside Llewyn Davis (nominated for 2 Oscars)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Don Jon
Out of the Furnace
The Spectacular Now
The Place Beyond the Pines
Iron Man 3 (nominated for 1 Oscar)

2013 Academy Awards Preview