Baby Driver - 3 nominations

Film Editing, Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos

Sound Editing, Julian Slater

Sound Mixing, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis

Baby Driver is about a young guy named Baby (Ansel Elgort) who is in debt to a criminal mob boss named Doc (Kevin Spacey) who puts together teams of criminals to rob banks.  With each score, Baby is the getaway driver (an outstanding one at that), and each take gets him further and further out of his debt.  Baby falls in love with a young night shift waitress, and he becomes determined to leave this life and Doc, as soon as he can.  He is compelled into a big hit and hopes that this will be the final one.  

More than anything else, the standout of this film is the music.  Every song beautifully and expertly matches what is happening in the scene, and even Baby relies on his music to get him through the high speed chases as they escape the crime scenes.  The movie was fine for action but also funny with really well drawn and interesting characters - each band of criminals has enough to them to be highly entertaining.  I doubt that the film will fare well at the Oscars, but will do for a good night on the couch watching a movie with friends and family.