Today, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the 15 semi-finalists for this year’s Oscar for Best Visual Effects.  Without further ado, here they are:

• “Captain America: The First Avenger”
• “Cowboys & Aliens”
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″
• “Hugo”
• “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol”
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”
• “Real Steel”
• “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
• “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
• “Sucker Punch”
• “Super 8″
• “Thor”
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
• “The Tree of Life”
• “X-Men: First Class”