Edit: I'll leave it open for any stragglers who want to toss it some ballots but left it down to the wire.

Here's the deal. You think the Academy is bound to get it wrong. They always do. Well, now it's our turn.

I want you to post up your 5 favorites in ten major categories:

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score

**Vote for as many or as few of the categories as you'd like.**

- I would also like you to rank these from BEST TO WORST-- 5 points for your favorite, 1 point for your 5th favorite.

- If you DON'T have 5 you enjoyed in a category, rank the ones you did find praiseworthy (example: Best Supporting Actress isn't the deepest field, so if you have only three performances you dug, give out 5, 4, and 3 points to those three). Note: If you vote for fewer than three people for a particular category, your votes for that category will NOT be cast.

Example ballot:

BEST PICTURE
5 points- Maleficent
4 points- Sin City 2
3 points- A Haunted House 2
2 points- Left Behind
1 point- Foxcatcher

BEST ACTOR
5 points- Marlon Wayans in A Haunted House 2
4 points- Johnny Depp in Transcendence
3 points- Zach Braff in Wish You Were Here
2 points- Mark Wahlberg in Transformers: Age of Extinction
1 point- Sylvester Stallone in Expendables 3

Etc.

- I realize many of us live in cities that get limited release films much later, but all of the major players have gone theatrical or VOD by now, so you have up until after the Oscars (FEBRUARY 23RD) to post your official selections.

I will then add up the votes and post the "nominees" (the top five finishers in voting) shortly after. The official Spilled Latte Awards will be posted after the actual Oscars, so that we can brag when they are posted about how much better our list of winners is.

- The categories have also been split up TO MAKE VOTING EASIER. You no longer have to compile one massive ballot a la homework. Vote for as many or as few categories in a day as you wish. Only have time to figure out two categories? Vote for those and figure out the rest next week! And so on and so forth.

- By the way, PLEASE ONLY VOTE ONCE IN EACH CATEGORY! Multiple amendments make it very very difficult for the person keeping track-- me. So wait if you want to, or make your votes now and inbox me your changes so that I can edit them into your post.

- I'm gonna be deleting extraneous posts that have nothing to do with rule clarification or declaration of ballot formation. So if the post count suddenly drops, you'll know why, lol. Just clearing out the clutter to make my job easier.

- Finally, if you need help looking for additional, lesser-watched films to fill out your ballots with some less-publicized but equally worthy fare, check out the For Your Consideration post, which will remain locked and anchored.

Let's see your votes, people. Choose em, rank em, throw em up.

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5- Whiplash
4- Boyhood
3- The Grand Budapest Hotel
2- Selma
1- Blue Ruin
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5 - Under the Skin
4 - Whiplash
3 - Birdman
2 - Selma
1 - Wild

5- Selma
4- Under the Skin
3- Birdman
2- Nightcrawler
1- Gone Girl

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>5- Selma
>4- Under the Skin
>3- Whiplash
>2- Birdman
>1- Nightcrawler
>
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5 points - Selma
4 points – Under the Skin
3 points - Whiplash
2 points – Chef
1 point - Nightcrawler

5 points- Boyhood
4- Inherent Vice
3- Selma
2- The Grand Budapest Hotel
1- Under the Skin

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5 Whiplash
4 Under the Skin
3 Selma
2 Cold in July
1 The Grand Budapest Hotel

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4 - Interstellar
3 - Selma
2 - Noah
1 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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5 - Whiplash
4 - Nightcrawler
3 - Top Five
2 - Selma
1 - Snowpiercer

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5 = Captain America: The Winter Soldier
4 = Gone Girl
3 = Whiplash
2 = Interstellar
1 = X-Men: Days of Future Past

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5 - Boyhood
4 - Ida
3 - Inherent Vice
2 - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
1 - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Runners up:
A Most Violent Year
Calvary
Nymphomaniac Vol. 1
Force Maeure
Selma

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Interstellar
Nightcrawler
Birdman
Inherent Vice
Gone Girl

4. Selma
3. Boyhood
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Did not see: Whiplash, Birdman, Inherent Vice, American Sniper, The Imitation Game or Wild

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5 - Selma
4 - Under the Skin
3 - Birdman
2 - Inherent Vice
1 - Life Itself

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5 - Glazer
4 - Inarritu
3 - Whiplash guy
2 - Duvernay
1 - Linklater

5- Duvernay
4- Glazer
3- Iñárritu
2- Gilroy
1- Gunn

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5 points – Ava DuVernay for Selma
4 points – Alejandro Inarritu for Birdman
3 points – David Ayer for Fury
2 points – David Fincher for Gone Girl
1 point – Christopher Nolan for Intersteller

5 - Ava DuVernay (Selma)
4 - Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
3 - Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)
2 - Jim Mickle (Cold In July)
1 - Matthew Saville (Felony)

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4 - Interstellar - Christopher Nolan
3 - Selma - Ava DuVernay
2 - Noah - Darren Aronofsky
1 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Matt Reeves

"i smack clowns with nouns, punch herbs with verbs..."

5 - Richard Linklater for Boyhood
4 - Damien Chazelle for Whiplash
3 - Park Chan-wook for Snowpiercer
2 - Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman
1 - Ava DuVernay for Selma

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5 = Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
4 = Christopher Nolan, Interstellar
3 = Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2 = Gareth Evans, The Raid 2
1 = Anthony and Joe Russo, Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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5 - Linklater (Boyhood)
4 - Iñárritu (Birdman)
3 - Pawlikowski (Ida)
2 - P.T. Anderson (Inherent Vice)
1 - W. Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Honorable Mentions:
DuVernay (Selma)
Chandor (A Most Violent Year)
Glazer (Under the Skin)
Von Trier (Nymphomaniac)
Östlund (Force Majuere)

Best Newcomer:
TIE - Justin Simien & Jennifer Kent

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Nolan
AGI
Fincher
Gilroy
PTA

5. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
4. Gareth Evans, The Raid 2: Berandal
3. Ava DuVernay, Selma
2. Tsai Ming-liang, Stray Dogs

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5 - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman
4 - Ava DuVernay - Selma
3 - Richard Linklater - Boyhood
2 - Gina Prince-Bythewood - Beyond the Lights
1 - Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

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5 Duvernay - Selma
4 Chazelle - Whiplash
3 Linklater - Boyhood
2 Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
1 Inarritu - Birdman
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5- Jonathan Glazer
4- Ava DuVernay
3- Richard Linklater
2- Wes Anderson
1- PTA

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5 - Keaton
4 - O yellow-oh
3 - Eggs Benedict
2 - Whiplash kid
1 - Redman

-1000 : Carell in Foxcatcher

5: Brendan Gleeson (Calvary)
4: Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow)
3: Teller (Whiplash)
2: Tatum (Foxcatcher)
1: Kinnear (Heaven Is For Real)

5 points – Michael Keaton in Birdman
4 points – David Oyelowo in Selma
3 points – Jude Law in Dom Hemingway
2 points – Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler
1 point – Tom Hardy in The Drop

5 - David Oyelwo (Selma)
4 - Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
3 - Michael C. Hall (Cold In July)
2 - Liam Neeson (A Walk Among The Tombstones)
1 - Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)

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4 - David Oyelowo - Selma
3 - Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
2 - Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year
1 - Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

"i smack clowns with nouns, punch herbs with verbs..."

5 = Michael Keaton, Birdman
4 = Chris Evans, Captain America: The Winter Soldier & Snowpiercer
3 = Matthew McConaughey, Interstellar
2 = Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
1 = Miles Teller, Whiplash

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5 - Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year)
4 - David Oyelowo (Selma)
3 - Michael Keaton (Birdman)
2 - Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
1 - Jake Gyllenhaal (Enemy // Nightcrawler)

Honorable Mentions (I wish I could have voted for all of these performances...)
Brendan Gleeson (Calvary)
Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice // The Immigrant)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (A Most Wanted Man)
Tom Hardy (Locke)
Miles Teller (Whiplash)

Didn't see:
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)

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5- Ralph Fiennes- The Grand Budapest
4- David Oyelowo- Selma
3- Oscar Isaac- A Most Violent Year
2- Jake Gyllenhaal- Nightcrawler
1- Joaquin Phoenix- Inherent Vice

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Gyllenhaal
Alright X 3
Keaton
Law
Neesons

4. David Oyelowo, Selma
3. Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Lee Kang-sheng, Stray Dogs
1. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

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5 - David Oyelowo - Selma
4 - Michael Keaton - Birdman
3 - Tom Hardy - Locke
2 - Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
1 - Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

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5 David Oyelowo - Selma
4 Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
3 Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
2 Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
1 Oscar Isaac - A Most Violent Year

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5- Rosamund Pike
4- Jessica Chastain
3- Jennifer Aniston (I swear I didn't expect it either)

Christ what a horrible year for Best Actress.

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>5- Rosamund Pike
>4- Jessica Chastain
>3- Jennifer Aniston (I swear I didn't expect it either)
>
>Christ what a horrible year for Best Actress.
>

actually, it wasn't a shitty year for Best Actress. Most of the films that had really good to awards worthy best actress performances were smaller indies not distributed by a major studio, foreign, etc.
and folk only saw the buzzed about, oscar bait flicks which, sadly, were dull and bland (though Pike getting in for Gone Girl is quite awesome and just her general I don't give a fuckness quirky British-ness is refreshing imho)

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Tough Category this year.

5 points - Keira Knightley in Begin Again
4 points – Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year
3 points – Reese Witherspoon in Wild

5 - Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night // The Immigrant)
4 - Agata Trzebuchowska (Ida)
3 - Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
2 - Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin)
1 - Essie Davis (The Babadook)

Runners up:
Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac Vol. 1)
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
Lisa Loven Kongsli (Force Majeure)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive)

Still haven't seen:
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

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5 - Essie Davis (The Babadook)
4 - Teyonah Parris (Dear White People)
3 - Karidja Touré (Girlhood)
2 - Lisa Loven Kongsli (Force Majeure)
1 - Robin Wright (The Congress)

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4 - Julianne Moore - Still Alice
3 - Melissa McCarthy - Tammy
2 - Jennifer Aniston - Cake
1 - Reese Witherspoon - Wild

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5 = Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
4 = Reese Witherspoon, Wild

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Blunt
Pike
Chastain
Dawson
Rapace

5. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood*
2. Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
1. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

*If it was thematically a movie about motherhood, why not?

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5 - Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
4 - Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
3 - Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Beyond the Lights
2 - Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

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5 Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
4 Reese Witherspoon - Wild
3 Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
2 Julianne Moore - Still Alice
1 Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
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5- Essie Davis
4- ScarJo
3- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
2- Witherspoon
1- Cotillard

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5 - JK Dogg
4 - Norton in Birdman
3 - Hawke
2 - Ruffalo

5 points - Edward Norton in Birdman
4 points – Haluk Bilgner in Rosewater
3 points – Jon Leguizano in Chef
2 points – Zach Galifianakis in Birdman
1 point – James Gandolfini in The Drop

5 - JK Simmons (Whiplash)
4 - Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
3 - Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
2 - Sam Shepard (Cold in July)
1 - Don Johnson (Cold in July)

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4 - Henry G. Sanders - Selma
3 - Shia LaBeouf - Fury
2 - Brian Cranston - Godzilla
1 - Matt Damon - Interstellar

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5 = JK Simmons, Whiplash
4 = Edward Norton, Birdman
3 = Bryan Cranston, Godzilla
2 = Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
1 = James McAvoy, X-Men: Days of Future Past

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5- Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
4- Henry G. Sanders, Selma
3- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
2- JK Simmons, Whiplash
1- Toby Kebbell, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Norton
Csokas
Brolin
Franco
That lil ninjlet w/ Neesons walkin 'mongst them tombstones

3. Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*
2. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
1. Tyler Perry, Gone Girl

*I know Caesar was the main character, but with the ambiguity between motion capture and post-production, I see Serkis' contributions as a supporting role.

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5 - JK Simmons - Whiplash
4 - Tom Wilkinson - Selma
3 - Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
2 - Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice
1 - Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

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5 J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
4 Ed Norton - Birdman
3 Ethan Hawks - Boyhood
2 Tyler Perry - Gone Girl
1 Andy Serkis - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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5 - Laura Dern
4 - Arquette
3 - Keira Knightley

Fuck everyone else.

5- Kim Dickens
4- Arquette
3- Laura Dern (in a movie I pretty much didn't care for)
2- Emma Stone

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5 - Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
4 - Carmen Ejogo (Selma)
3 - Minnie Driver (Beyond The Lights)
2 - Sarah Roberts (Felony)
1 - Renee Russo (Nightcrawler)

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4 - Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
3 - Carmen Ejogo - Selma
2 - Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
1 - Jennifer Connelly - Noah

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5 = Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
4 = Mirielle Enos, Sabotage
3 = Laura Dern, Wild
2 = Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
1 = Kim Dickens, Gone Girl

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White Coon
Byrne
Stone
Watts
Vega

3. Jessica Chastain, Interstellar
2. Carmen Ejogo, Selma
1. Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

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5 - Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
4 - Carmen Ejogo - Selma
3 - Jessica Chastain - Interstellar
2 - Emma Stone - Birdman
1 - Carrie Coon - Gone Girl

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5 Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
4 Carmen Ejogo - Selma
3 Carrie Coons- Gone Girl
2 Laura Seen - Wild
1 Kim Dickens - Gone Girl

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5- Arquette
4- Katherine Waterston
3- Minnie Driver
2- Emily Blunt
1- Jillian Bell

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5 - Whiplash
4 - The Theory of Everything
3 - Kill The Messenger
2 - The Imitation Game
1 - American Sniper

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4 - The Imitation Game - Graham Moore
3 - Whiplash - Damien Chazelle
2 - Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
1 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver

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Edge of Tomorrow
Kill the Messenger
The Drop
Gone Girl
A Walk Among the Tombstones

5. Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2. James Gunn and Nicole Perlman, Guardians of the Galaxy
1. Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John Henry Butterworth, Edge of Tomorrow

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5 - Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
4 - Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
3 - Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
2 - Jason Hall, American Sniper
1 - James Gunn and Nicole Perlman, Guardians of the Galaxy

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