Barry's Beetchin Movies

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Oscar Nomination Predictions: Update!

Just some minor changes due to the release dates of some films being pushed back.

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Milk
Revolutionary Road
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Australia
Changeling
Defiance
Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler

Best Director

David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Baz Luhrmann - Australia
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk
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Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Edward Zwick - Defiance

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
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Josh Brolin - W.

Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Hugh Jackman - Australia
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor

Benicio Del Toro - Che

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
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Kate Beckinsale - Nothing But the Truth
Nicole Kidman - Australia
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Best Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin - Milk

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Liev Schreiber - Defiance
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
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Jamie Bell - Defiance

Demian Bichir - Che
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
James Franco - Milk
Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married
Kate Winslet - The Reader
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Kathy Bates - Revolutionary Road
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Vera Farmiga - Nothing But the Truth
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best Adapted Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Justin Haythe - Revolutionary Road
David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan - The Dark Knight
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
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Nicholas Meyer - Elegy
Clayton Frohman & Edward Zwick - Defiance
David Hare - The Reader
William Monahan - Body of Lies
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
J. Michael Straczynski - Changeling
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Stuart Beattie & Baz Luhrmann - Australia
Thomas McCarthy - The Visitor
Martin McDonough - In Bruges
Robert D. Siegel - The Wrestler
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Best Animated Feature

Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir
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Bolt
Horton Hears a Who
The Tale of Despereaux


Saturday, October 18, 2008

Old Grades 28

  • House on Haunted Hill
  • , dir. Malone A-
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • , dir. Anderson B
  • The Miracle Worker (2000)
  • , dir. Tass B
  • Baby Mama
  • , dir. McCullers B+
  • The Sixth Sense
  • , dir. Night Shyamalan A
  • The Miracle Worker (1962)
  • , dir. A Penn A+
  • Lust, Caution
  • , dir. Lee A+
  • The Kingdom
  • , dir. Berg B+
  • Into the Wild
  • , dir. Penn A-
  • The Last Winter
  • , dir. Fessenden C
  • Lakeview Terrace
  • , dir. LaBute A-
  • Teaching Mrs. Tingle
  • , dir. Williamson A-
  • Silk
  • , dir. Girard C
  • Mr. Woodcock
  • , dir. C Gillespie D+