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87th Academy Awards: Oscar nominees, winners & movie reviews

Oscar fans, get ready for the 87th Academy Awards with our coverage of the nominations

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Forget the Super Bowl. It's almost time for the big game: the 87th Academy Awards. Made here in Chicago by awards manufacturer R.S. Owens & Company, the golden statuettes will be handed out to two-dozen winners on Sunday, February 22. Until then, catch up with our movie reviews of the nominees.

The 2015 Academy Awards

Oscar predictions
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Oscar predictions

Who will win, who should win and who was snubbed? We break down all 24 categories

Snubs and surprises
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Snubs and surprises

From Selma to Roger Ebert, who was left off of this year's list of Academy Award nominees

Interviews with nominees

Paul Thomas Anderson
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Paul Thomas Anderson

The writer-director feels his way into Thomas Pynchon’s stoner noir Inherent Vice

Wes Anderson
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Wes Anderson

Director Wes Anderson returns to form with The Grand Budapest Hotel

Steve Carell
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Steve Carell

The funnyman is ditching his comedy shtick to play a wrestling-obsessed megalomaniac millionaire murderer in Foxcatcher

Benedict Cumberbatch
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Benedict Cumberbatch

If anyone in cinema is on a high right now, it’s the actor once known as "that guy in Sherlock"

Reviews of Academy Award nominees

Birdman
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Birdman

  • 5 out of 5 stars

9 nominations

Boyhood
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Boyhood

  • 5 out of 5 stars

6 nominations