Oscar Snubs! Well, other worthy Oscar Nominees.

I will quickly go through and pick one movie/actor/actress which could be picked for the top 5 awards. I am going to try not to double up on the same movie and separate from any movie nominated in the top 5 awards to show what a great year for movies it has been.

Best Picture: ...In A World

In a World is the type of movie that will never be a movie to get any Oscar nominations. It's a comedy, those always are undervalued by the academy, which has a premise that goes into the unexplored world of voice over artists. Written, directed, and starring Lake Bell the movie talks about the early mid-life crisis that seems to be happening more and more in real life.  Lake Bell is struggling in her effort to be the rare female voice over artist and her father, a star in the business, does not believe her goals could ever be matched. A lovely movie from beginning to end.

Honorable Mention - The Spectacular Now

Throwout: Philomena

Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station

Michael B. Jordan portrays the last day in the life of Oscar Grant. The movie does a great job not to make out Grant as some sort of super hero cut down short of great things in his life. However, his quest to simply get on the straight and narrow and get out of any illegal dealings and raise his daughter and seek a long a committed relationship with his girlfriend. This charismatic performance is fantastic. You understand he still just a kid struggling to move on in life. A must see movie and spectacular performance from an Actor who's future is bright.

Honorable Mention: Robert Redford - All is Lost

Throwout: Bruce Dern - Nebraska

Best Actress: Waad Mohammed - Wadjda

The character role in the first female directed Saudi Arabian film was a first time actress at the young age of 12. The movie centers around a girls need to buy a bike and beat her male friend in a bike rice. She is a wonderful actress who portrays the wonderful spirit of wanting to be westernized in her conservative religious culture. More impressively, she had to act while her female director was in a van because she could not be publicly seen directing men around the set. I'm not sure if I will ever see her in another movie, but there is hope that she becomes a genuine star.

Honorable Mention: Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Enough Said

Throwout: Sandra Bullock - Gravity

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Bill Nighy - About Time

Bill Nighy plays the time traveling, secret toting father in the most recent of movie from director Richard Curtis. Nighy depicts a wonderful loving father who is a bit aloof, but ultimately wise beyond his years.  Nighy somehow brings levity and gravitas to all his scenes as he acts as guide to his son and the audience about teh rules of their gift of time traveling. The relationship between father and son has not so lovingly been portrayed since Field of Dreams.

Honorable Mention: Moises Arias - Kings of Summer

Throwout: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club*

*This was the most difficult category to replace a current nominee.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Reese Witherspoon - Mud

Witherspoon plays the unrequiteed love of the title character portrayed by Matthew McConaughey. Both Witherspoon and McConaughey get to play with their southern roots in this tale of childhood love and escape from the real world provided by the treehouse in the woods. The two kids that are messengers for the two supporting roles are the real stars, but the job done by Witherspoon and McConaughey elevates the performances of the child actors.

Honorable Mention: Brie Larson - The Spectacular Now

Throwout: Julia Roberts - August: Osage County