Now that 2014 is coming to a close, you'll find a lot of Year's Best lists floating around the internet. Before we get to ours, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is rounding out their choices for the Best Visual Effects category. They've whittled things down to a list of 10, and on Saturday, January 10, they will watch 10-minute excerpts from each film to determine which deserve the nomination. I've included the list for you below.
While most of those flicks delivered some truly awe-inspiring effects, MALEFICENT and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB seem like easy dismissals for me. In any event, the Academy Award nominations will be revealed on January 15, 2015. From that point, we'll have a little over a month to debate which films deserve awards, and then the rest of our lives to complain about who actually won. The Academy is not the be-all, end-all in terms of how great a film is, but it's still fascinating to see who's going to walk home with an Oscar. Plan accordingly!
The 87th Academy Awards will air on ABC on February 22, 2015.