Hooka Dooka, Soda Cracker, Does Your Mama Chew Tobacker

Dave Van Ronk as sung by Oscar Isaac. Which can only mean it's that time of year again: Oscar Nominations Eve. My dream ballot is below, chosen from AMPAS' list of eligible films. There are some titles still outstanding that I'd like to get around to (OUT OF THE FURNACE, SPECTACULAR NOW, FRUITVALE, BLING RING, FROZEN, WALTER MITTY, WAY WAY BACK) and some that I may or may not bother with, depending on which names are read in a few hours' time (PHILOMENA, SAVING MR. BANKS, RUSH). Onwards!

Best Picture

AMERICAN HUSTLE
BEFORE MIDNIGHT

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

FRANCES HA 

GRAVITY

HER

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

MUD

NEBRASKA

SHORT TERM 12

Special mentions:

ENOUGH SAID

THE HEAT 

Best Director

Joel and Ethan Coen - INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Alfonso Cuaron - GRAVITY

Spike Jonze - HER

Alexander Payne - NEBRASKA

David O. Russell - AMERICAN HUSTLE

Special mentions:

Noah Baumbach - FRANCES HA

Destin Cretton - SHORT TERM 12

Paul Greengrass - CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Richard Linklater - BEFORE MIDNIGHT

Jeff Nichols - MUD 

Best Actor

Christian Bale - AMERICAN HUSTLE

Matthew McConaughey - DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Bruce Dern - NEBRASKA

Oscar Isaac - INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

Joaquin Phoenix - HER

Special mentions:

Tye Sheridan - MUD

Leonardo DiCaprio - THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Tom Hanks - CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Ethan Hawke - BEFORE MIDNIGHT

Simon Pegg - THE WORLD'S END

Mark Wahlberg - PAIN & GAIN

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - BLUE JASMINE

Sandra Bullock - GRAVITY

Julie Delpy - BEFORE MIDNIGHT 

Greta Gerwig - FRANCES HA

Brie Larson - SHORT TERM 12

Special mentions:

 

Sandra Bullock - THE HEAT

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - ENOUGH SAID

Melissa McCarthy - THE HEAT

(the rest after the jump)