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688721, Plenty of Oscar pundits have them left out of nominations altogether.
Posted by Frank Longo, Tue Nov-18-14 10:34 AM
http://www.goldderby.com/awardshows/experts/oscars-2014-nominations-nominations/best-picture.html

Boyhood, Unbroken, The Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, and Birdman all seem pretty close to locks. Those seem to be the five favorites. After that, Gone Girl, Selma, Wild, and Whiplash seem like the next candidates-- but again, those are just for nominations, and with movies like Into the Woods, Mr. Turner, American Sniper, and A Most Violent Year all still looming in terms of potential buzz, things can change.

I think Selma will be a classic nomination-no-win film.
Oyelowo isn't a big enough name to win Best Actor this year, even if I like his performance best out of what I've seen-- I'd like to think he gets nominated, but it's a stacked stacked year.
Bradford has an uphill battle to even snag a nomination-- the movie's buzz would have to soar to "everything gets nominated" heights. And it's not there yet.

I'm not talking about quality, mind you. Just awards chances.