It’s time. Here are my film nominees for 2014! I also hope you’ve voted for the fan-voted Bobby James awards, polls are set to expire! Now, on with the announcements:

NOMINEES

Cinematography

•  The Way He Looks – Pierre De Kerchove
• Nightcrawler – Robert Elswit
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Michael Seresin
• Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
• 300: Rise of an Empire – Simon Duggan

Editing

• Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
• Interstellar – Lee Smith
• Oculus – Mike Flanagan
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – William Hoy, Stan Salfas
• The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg

Visual Effects

• Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
• Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott Fisher
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
• Maleficent – James D. Fleming, Seth Maury, George Murphy
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist

Art Direction

• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Stephan O. Gesslar, Gerald Sullivan
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 – David Scheunemann, Dan Webster
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Naaman Marshall
• Interstellar – Dean Wolcott
• The Book of Life – Paul Sullivan

Original Score

• Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Michael Giacchino, Tim Simonec and the American Federation of Musicians
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 – John Powell
• Gone Girl – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat

Original Song

• “Glory” – Selma – performed by Common & John Legend
• “Everything Is AWESOME!!!” – The LEGO Movie – performed by Tegan and Sara f. The Lonely Island
• “The Hanging Tree” – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 – performed James Newton Howard ft. Jennifer Lawrence
• “The Apology Song” – The Book of Life – performed by Diego Luna and Gustavo Santaolalla
• “Immortals” – Big Hero 6 – performed by Fall Out Boy

Original Screenplay

• Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
• Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
• The Way He Looks – Daniel Ribeiro
• Interstellar – Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
• The LEGO Movie – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Adapted Screenplay

• Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
• The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
• Mr. Peabody and Sherman – Craig Wright
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
• The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten

Costume Design

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 – Kurt and Bart
• Guardians of the Galaxy – Alexandra Byrne
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Judianna Makovsky
• 300: Rise of an Empire – Alexandra Byrne
• Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard

Supporting Actor in a Voice-Over Role

• Morgan Freeman – “Vitruvius” – The LEGO Movie
• Max Charles – “Sherman” – Mr. Peabody and Sherman
• Dee Baker – “Fish” – The Boxtrolls
• Charlie Day – “Benny” – The LEGO Movie
• Scott Adsit – “Baymax” – Big Hero 6

Supporting Actress in a Voice-Over Role

• Cate Blanchett – “Valka” – How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Maya Rudolph – “Precious” – The Nut Job
• Kristin Chenoweth – “Gabby” – Rio 2
• Lauri Fraser – “Marie Antoinette” – Mr. Peabody and Sharman
• Alison Brie – “Unikitty” – The LEGO Movie

Supporting Actor

• Nick Thurston – “Blue Eyes” – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Neil Patrick Harris – “Desi Collings” – Gone Girl
• Fabio Audi – “Gabriel” – The Way He Looks
• Robert Duvall – “Joseph Palmer” – The Judge
• Edward Norton – “Mike” – Birdman

Supporting Actress

• Jessica Chastain – “Murph” – Interstellar
• Oprah Winfrey – “Annie Lee Cooper” – Selma
• Charlotte Le Bon – “Marguerite” – The Hundred Foot Journey
• Emma Stone – “Sam” – Birdman
• Keira Knightley – “Joan Clarke” – The Imitation Game

Leading Actor in a Voice-Over Role

• Chris Pratt – “Emmett Brickowski” – The LEGO Movie
• Ty Burrell – “Mr. Peabody” – Mr. Peabody and Sherman
• Jay Baruchel – “Hiccup” – How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Diego Luna – “Manolo” – The Book of Life
• Randy Thom – “Toothless” – How to Train Your Dragon 2

Leading Actress in a Voice-Over Role

• Elizabeth Banks – “Wyldstyle/Lucy” – The LEGO Movie
• Anne Hathaway – “Jewel” – Rio 2
• Zoe Saldana – “Maria” – The Book of Life

Leading Actor

• Jake Gyllenhaal – “Louis Bloom” – Nightcrawler
• Billy Crudup – “Sam” – Rudderless
• David Oyelowo – “Martin Luther King Jr.” – Selma
• Andy Serkis – “Caesar” – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Eddie Redmayne – “Stephen Hawking” – The Theory of Everything

Leading Actress

• Julianne Moore – “Alice Howland” – Still Alice
• Eva Green – “Artemisia” – 300: Rise of an Empire
• Rosamund Pike – “Amy Dunne” – Gone Girl
• Angelina Jolie – “Maleficent” – Maleficent
• Jennifer Lawrence – “Katniss Everdeen” – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

The Lumiére Award for Directing

• Christopher Nolan – Interstellar
• David Fincher – Gone Girl
• Daniel Ribeiro – The Way He Looks
• Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
• Matt Reeves – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 

Documentary Feature

• Particle Fever – Mark Levinson
• Rich Hill – Andrew Droz Parlermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
• Citizenfour – Laura Poitras
• Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel
• Happy Valley – Amir Bar-Lev

Animated Feature

• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• The LEGO Movie
• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Foreign/Independent Feature

• The Way He Looks – Brazil
• Ida – Poland
• The Lunchbox – India
• The Rocket – Australia
• Force Majeure – Sweden

Feature Film of the Year

•  The LEGO Movie
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Interstellar
• The Way He Looks
• Gone Girl
• Birdman
• The Imitation Game
• How to Train Your Dragon 2

Note: You may have noticed that there are only three actresses nominated for leading actress in a voice-over role. That’s because female [leading] parts in animated movies weren’t there. Just like the field was bleak for leading actresses last year (for that, I assembled the best actresses portraying empowered women not dependent on men).

Winners to be revealed in ONE WEEK (on February 18, 2015!). Check back to see who/what movies takes home the Bobby James Award – who YOU selected in the fan-voted awards – and… who/what movie(s) I’m naming as my first-ever Oz Award recipient(s) of The Oz Award (it’s kind of like my Television Icon Award this year – which went to Betty White!).

If you haven’t voted, now’s your chance: