Saturn Award Nominations

FILM

BEST COMIC-TO-FILM RELEASE
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM RELEASE
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Godzilla
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Interstellar
The Zero Theorem

BEST FANTASY FILM RELEASE
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Paddington

BEST HORROR FILM RELEASE
Annabelle
The Babadook
Dracula Untold
Horns
Only Lovers Left Alive
The Purge: Anarchy

BEST THRILLER RELEASE
American Sniper
The Equalizer
Gone Girl
The Guest
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM RELEASE
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Inherent Vie
Lucy
Noah
Snowpiercer
Unbroken

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM RELEASE
Grand Piano
I, Origins
A Most Violent Year
The One I Love
The Two Faces of January
Whiplash 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM RELEASE
Bird People
Calvary
Force Majeure
Mood Indigo
The Railway Man
The Theory of Everything 

BEST ANIMATED FILM RELEASE
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
The Wind Rises 

Visual Effects Shortlist

Ten films have survived to contend for the 2014 Best Visual Effect Oscar.  A lot of big-budget moneymakers (but of course) and usual plays like the Marvel flicks, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Interstellar and The Hobbit (no Hobbit or Lord of the Ring film has missed in this category.)  Snubs, surprising and otherwise include Edge of Tomorrow, Lucy, Noah, Exodus: Gods and Kings and Under the Skin-- okay the last one wasn't a really a surprise, but c'mon!!!!

Look for a major race between Apes and Interstellar.

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Godzilla
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Interstellar
• Maleficent
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
• Transformers: Age of Extinction
• X-Men: Days of Future Past