Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Academy Awards: Winner Predictions!
Best Picture
Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Alternate: There Will Be Blood
There is no doubt in my mind that NCfOM will continue its (practically) steamroll of all the big awards and take home the Best Picture Oscar.
Best Direction
Will Win: Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Ethan & Joel Coen will finally get the Best Director Oscar they have deserved for a long time.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Alternate: George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Nothing will stop Daniel Day-Lewis' lifeforce of a performance. George Clooney even knows that he, himself, will lose.
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Will Win: Julie Christie - Away from Her
Alternate: Marion Cotillard- La Vie en Rose
It will probably be very close, but I think Christie will prevail with her subtle performance in AfH. I don't think the Academy has nearly enough respect for Cotillard the way they do Christie.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Javier Bardem will continue his sweep of the Supporting Actor awards with the Oscar. If the Academy was feeling very sentimental, then Hal Holbrook would receive it for his long line of work. Unlikely, though.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Alternate: Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone & Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
This is the toughest category to predict. I do think that since she has two nominations this year, Cate Blanchett will have to win for one of them and it's obviously going to be this one. The thing is, Amy Ryan or Tilda Swinton both have a very good chance of snatching this award away. Ryan has all the critics' love and the huge pile of awards, and Swinton has the BAFTA, and the fact that the Academy might want to give MC an award, so why not give it to the amazing performance that is Karen Crowder? Sorry Ruby Dee, your performance, while good, is too small and Saoirse Ronan, I think you could have a shot at a Best Actress nomination next year (hopefully) for The Lovely Bones.
Best Original Screenplay
Will Win: Diablo Cody - Juno
Alternate: Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Diablo Cody has won virtually every Original Screenplay award out there, so nothing should be stopping her tonight.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Win: Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Every Adapted Screenplay award--> NCfOM.
Best Cinematography
Will Win: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Alternate: There Will Be Blood
Best Film Editing
Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Alternate: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Art Direction
Will Win: There Will Be Blood
Alternate: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Costume Design
Will Win: Atonement
Alternate: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Best Original Score
Will Win: Atonement
Alternate: Ratatouille
Best Original Song
Will Win: "Falling Slowly" - Once
Alternate: "That's How You Know" - Enchanted
Best Sound Mixing
Will Win: Transformers
Alternate: No Country for Old Men
Best Sound Editing
Will Win: Transformers
Alternate: No Country for Old Men
Best Makeup
Will Win: La Vie en Rose
Alternate: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best Visual Effects
Will Win: Transformers
Alternate: The Golden Compass
Best Animated Film
Will Win: Ratatouille
Alternate: Persepolis
Best Documentary Feature
Will Win: Taxi to the Dark Side
Alternate: Sicko
Best Foreign Language Film
Will Win: The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Alternate: 12 (Russia)
Best Documentary Short Film
Will Win: Freeheld
Alternate: Salim Baba
Best Live Action Short Film
Will Win: Tanghi Argentini
Alternate: Le Mozart de Pickpockets
Best Animated Short Film
Will Win: Madame Tutli Putli
Alternate: I Met the Walrus
Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Alternate: There Will Be Blood
There is no doubt in my mind that NCfOM will continue its (practically) steamroll of all the big awards and take home the Best Picture Oscar.
Best Direction
Will Win: Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Ethan & Joel Coen will finally get the Best Director Oscar they have deserved for a long time.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Alternate: George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Nothing will stop Daniel Day-Lewis' lifeforce of a performance. George Clooney even knows that he, himself, will lose.
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Will Win: Julie Christie - Away from Her
Alternate: Marion Cotillard- La Vie en Rose
It will probably be very close, but I think Christie will prevail with her subtle performance in AfH. I don't think the Academy has nearly enough respect for Cotillard the way they do Christie.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Javier Bardem will continue his sweep of the Supporting Actor awards with the Oscar. If the Academy was feeling very sentimental, then Hal Holbrook would receive it for his long line of work. Unlikely, though.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Will Win: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Alternate: Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone & Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
This is the toughest category to predict. I do think that since she has two nominations this year, Cate Blanchett will have to win for one of them and it's obviously going to be this one. The thing is, Amy Ryan or Tilda Swinton both have a very good chance of snatching this award away. Ryan has all the critics' love and the huge pile of awards, and Swinton has the BAFTA, and the fact that the Academy might want to give MC an award, so why not give it to the amazing performance that is Karen Crowder? Sorry Ruby Dee, your performance, while good, is too small and Saoirse Ronan, I think you could have a shot at a Best Actress nomination next year (hopefully) for The Lovely Bones.
Best Original Screenplay
Will Win: Diablo Cody - Juno
Alternate: Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Diablo Cody has won virtually every Original Screenplay award out there, so nothing should be stopping her tonight.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Win: Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Alternate: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Every Adapted Screenplay award--> NCfOM.
Best Cinematography
Will Win: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Alternate: There Will Be Blood
Best Film Editing
Will Win: No Country for Old Men
Alternate: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Art Direction
Will Win: There Will Be Blood
Alternate: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Costume Design
Will Win: Atonement
Alternate: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Best Original Score
Will Win: Atonement
Alternate: Ratatouille
Best Original Song
Will Win: "Falling Slowly" - Once
Alternate: "That's How You Know" - Enchanted
Best Sound Mixing
Will Win: Transformers
Alternate: No Country for Old Men
Best Sound Editing
Will Win: Transformers
Alternate: No Country for Old Men
Best Makeup
Will Win: La Vie en Rose
Alternate: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best Visual Effects
Will Win: Transformers
Alternate: The Golden Compass
Best Animated Film
Will Win: Ratatouille
Alternate: Persepolis
Best Documentary Feature
Will Win: Taxi to the Dark Side
Alternate: Sicko
Best Foreign Language Film
Will Win: The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Alternate: 12 (Russia)
Best Documentary Short Film
Will Win: Freeheld
Alternate: Salim Baba
Best Live Action Short Film
Will Win: Tanghi Argentini
Alternate: Le Mozart de Pickpockets
Best Animated Short Film
Will Win: Madame Tutli Putli
Alternate: I Met the Walrus
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
The Bhuray's: Nominations So Far
Best Picture
Away from Her
The Brave One
Knocked Up
La Vie en Rose
There Will Be Blood
Runners Up: The Simpsons Movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Zodiac, A Mighty Heart & Once
Best Director
Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
David Fincher - Zodiac
Neil Jordan - The Brave One
David Yates - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Runners Up: Olivier Dahan - La Vie en Rose, Scott Frank - The Lookout, Sarah Polley - Away from Her, Paul Verhoeven - Black Book & Michael Winterbottom - A Mighty Heart
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Jake Gyllenhaal - Zodiac
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Gordon Pinsent - Away from Her
Ryan Reynolds - Smokin' Aces
Runners Up: Chris Cooper - Breach, David Duchovny - The TV Set, Mads Mikkelsen - After the Wedding, Alan Rickman - Snow Cake & Seth Rogen - Knocked Up
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Runners Up: Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up, Carice van Houten - Black Book, Christina Ricci - Black Snake Moan, Keri Russell - Waitress & Molly Shannon - Year of the Dog
Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Daniels - The Lookout
Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
Morgan Freeman - Gone Baby Gone
Ed Harris - Gone Baby Gone
Irfan Khan - A Mighty Heart
Runners Up: Andy Griffith - Waitress, Terrence Howard - The Brave One, David Morse - Disturbia, Paul Rudd - Knocked Up & Kurt Russell - Grindhouse
Best Supporting Actress
Leslie Mann - Knocked Up
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Meg Ryan - In the Land of Women
Sharon Stone - Alpha Dog
Kristen Thomson - Away from Her
Runners Up: Laura Dern - Year of the Dog, Sydney Tamiia Poitier - Grindhouse, Imelda Staunton - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Tabu - The Namesake & Sigourney Weaver - The TV Set
Best Actor in a Limited/Cameo Role
Jason Bateman - Smokin' Aces
Bruce Campbell - Spider-Man 3
Russell Harvard - There Will Be Blood
Ryan Seacrest - Knocked Up
Sergio Di Zio - The Lookout
Runners Up: Ralph Fiennes - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Bill Nighy - Hot Fuzz, J.K. Simmons - Spider-Man 3 & Bruce Willis - Grindhouse
Best Actress in a Limited/Cameo Role
Cate Blanchett - Hot Fuzz
Andrea Frankle - The Reaping
Emily Hampshire - Snow Cake
Rosemary Harris - Spider-Man 3
Debra Messing - Lucky You
Runners Up: Zooey Deschanel - Bridge to Terabithia, Dagmara Dominczyk - Lonely Hearts, Zoë Kravitz - The Brave One, Meenal Patel - After the Wedding & Kristen Wiig - Knocked Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley - Away from Her
Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard - Gone Baby Gone
John Orloff - A Mighty Heart
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
James Vanderbilt - Zodiac
Runners Up: Jeff Stockwell & David Paterson - Bridge to Terabithia, Richard LaGravenese - Freedom Writers, Leslie Dixon - Hairspray, Michael Goldenberg - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix & James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti - The Simpsons Movie
Best Original Screenplay
Gerard Soeteman & Paul Verhoeven - Black Book
Craig Brewer - Black Snake Moan
Bruce Taylor, Roderick A. Taylor & Cynthia Mort - The Brave One
Judd Apatow - Knocked Up
Jake Kasdan - The TV Set
Runners Up: Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino - Grindhouse, Olivier Dahan & Isabelle Sobelman - La Vie en Rose, Scott Frank - The Lookout, John Carney - Once & Adrienne Shelly - Waitress
Away from Her
The Brave One
Knocked Up
La Vie en Rose
There Will Be Blood
Runners Up: The Simpsons Movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Zodiac, A Mighty Heart & Once
Best Director
Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
David Fincher - Zodiac
Neil Jordan - The Brave One
David Yates - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Runners Up: Olivier Dahan - La Vie en Rose, Scott Frank - The Lookout, Sarah Polley - Away from Her, Paul Verhoeven - Black Book & Michael Winterbottom - A Mighty Heart
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck - Gone Baby Gone
Jake Gyllenhaal - Zodiac
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Gordon Pinsent - Away from Her
Ryan Reynolds - Smokin' Aces
Runners Up: Chris Cooper - Breach, David Duchovny - The TV Set, Mads Mikkelsen - After the Wedding, Alan Rickman - Snow Cake & Seth Rogen - Knocked Up
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Jodie Foster - The Brave One
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Runners Up: Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up, Carice van Houten - Black Book, Christina Ricci - Black Snake Moan, Keri Russell - Waitress & Molly Shannon - Year of the Dog
Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Daniels - The Lookout
Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
Morgan Freeman - Gone Baby Gone
Ed Harris - Gone Baby Gone
Irfan Khan - A Mighty Heart
Runners Up: Andy Griffith - Waitress, Terrence Howard - The Brave One, David Morse - Disturbia, Paul Rudd - Knocked Up & Kurt Russell - Grindhouse
Best Supporting Actress
Leslie Mann - Knocked Up
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Meg Ryan - In the Land of Women
Sharon Stone - Alpha Dog
Kristen Thomson - Away from Her
Runners Up: Laura Dern - Year of the Dog, Sydney Tamiia Poitier - Grindhouse, Imelda Staunton - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Tabu - The Namesake & Sigourney Weaver - The TV Set
Best Actor in a Limited/Cameo Role
Jason Bateman - Smokin' Aces
Bruce Campbell - Spider-Man 3
Russell Harvard - There Will Be Blood
Ryan Seacrest - Knocked Up
Sergio Di Zio - The Lookout
Runners Up: Ralph Fiennes - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Bill Nighy - Hot Fuzz, J.K. Simmons - Spider-Man 3 & Bruce Willis - Grindhouse
Best Actress in a Limited/Cameo Role
Cate Blanchett - Hot Fuzz
Andrea Frankle - The Reaping
Emily Hampshire - Snow Cake
Rosemary Harris - Spider-Man 3
Debra Messing - Lucky You
Runners Up: Zooey Deschanel - Bridge to Terabithia, Dagmara Dominczyk - Lonely Hearts, Zoë Kravitz - The Brave One, Meenal Patel - After the Wedding & Kristen Wiig - Knocked Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley - Away from Her
Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard - Gone Baby Gone
John Orloff - A Mighty Heart
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
James Vanderbilt - Zodiac
Runners Up: Jeff Stockwell & David Paterson - Bridge to Terabithia, Richard LaGravenese - Freedom Writers, Leslie Dixon - Hairspray, Michael Goldenberg - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix & James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti - The Simpsons Movie
Best Original Screenplay
Gerard Soeteman & Paul Verhoeven - Black Book
Craig Brewer - Black Snake Moan
Bruce Taylor, Roderick A. Taylor & Cynthia Mort - The Brave One
Judd Apatow - Knocked Up
Jake Kasdan - The TV Set
Runners Up: Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino - Grindhouse, Olivier Dahan & Isabelle Sobelman - La Vie en Rose, Scott Frank - The Lookout, John Carney - Once & Adrienne Shelly - Waitress
Grey's Anatomy
One of the saddest scenes I have ever seen. Katherine Heigl is amazing and hands down the best cast member of Grey's Anatomy every week. Her Emmy award was extremely well deserved.