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Monday, December 29, 2008

Oscar Predictions: Update! In (Almost) Every Category

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
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Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Wall-E
The Wrestler

Best Director

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk
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Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

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.
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon

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
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
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Ralph Fiennes - The Reader
James Franco - Milk
Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan - The Dark Knight
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Justin Yathe - Revolutionary Road
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
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Francois Begaudeau, Robin Campillo & Laurent Cantent - The Class
Nicholas Meyer - Elegy
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano - Gomorra
David Hare - The Reader

Best Original Screenplay

Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Thomas McCarthy - The Visitor
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Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Dave Johannson & Nick Shenk - Gran Torino
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E
Robert D. Siegel - The Wrestler

Best Animated Film

Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir
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Bolt
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
The Tale of Despereaux

Best Foreign Film

The Class (France)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Gomorra (Italy)
The Necessities of Life (Canada)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

Best Art Direction

Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
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Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Synechdoche, New York
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
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Australia
Changeling
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Milk

Best Costume Design

Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
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Brideshead Revisited
The Dark Knight
Doubt
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Reader

Best Documentary

Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man on Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water

Best Film Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
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Defiance
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader

Best Makeup

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Synechdoche, New York
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The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
The Reader

Best Original Score

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
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Changeling
Defiance
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Reader
Revolutionary Road

Best Original Song

"Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records
"Up to Our Nex" - Rachel Getting Married
"Jaiho" - Slumdog Millionaire
"Down to Earth" - Wall-E
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler
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"I Thought I Lost You" - Bolt
"The Call" - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
"Gran Torino" - Gran Torino
"Little Person" - Synechdoche, New York
"Right to Dream" - Tennessee

Best Sound Editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millonaire
Wall-E
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Australia
Defiance
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Quantum of Solace

Best Sound Mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Iron Man
Wall-E
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Australia
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
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Australia
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Quantum of Solace

Old Grades 31

  • Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
  • , dirs. Hayward & Martino A-
  • Wall-E
  • , dir. Stanton A+
  • The Polar Express
  • , dir. Zemeckis A+
  • Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • , dir. Selick A
  • Elf
  • , dir. Favreau A-
  • Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • , dir. Howard A-
  • Olive, the Other Reindeer
  • , dir. S Moore A
  • Made of Honor
  • , dir. Weiland B
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  • , dir. Stoller A+
  • Pretty Woman
  • , dir. G Marshall A
  • Juno
  • , dir. J Reitman A
  • Fool's Gold
  • , dir. Tennant B
  • The Flock
  • , dir. Lau B
  • Cleaner
  • , dir. Harlin B

    Friday, December 26, 2008

    Update: Top 10 Nominees in Each of These Categories (so far)

    (Again)...Try and guess the 5 nominees in each group of 10 =)

    Best Picture

    1408
    Away from Her
    The Brave One
    Knocked Up
    La Vie en Rose
    Lars and the Real Girl
    Lust, Caution
    Michael Clayton
    Ratatouille
    There Will Be Blood

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
    George Clooney - Michael Clayton
    John Cusack - 1408
    Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
    Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
    Jake Gyllenhaal - Zodiac
    Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
    Gordon Pinsent - Away from Her
    Ryan Reynolds - Smokin' Aces
    Seth Rogen - Knocked Up

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
    Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
    Julie Christie - Away from Her
    Jodie Foster - The Brave One
    Katherine Heigl - Knocked Up
    Carice van Houten - Black Book
    Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
    Sienna Miller - Interview
    Christina Ricci - Black Snake Moan
    Tang Wei - Lust, Caution

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    Hugh Dancy - Evening
    Jeff Daniels - The Lookout
    Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
    Morgan Freeman - Gone Baby Gone
    Andy Griffith - Waitress
    Ed Harris - Gone Baby Gone
    Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
    Paul Rudd - Knocked Up
    Paul Schneider - Lars and the Real Girl
    Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    Laura Dern - Year of the Dog
    Jennifer Garner - Juno
    Kelli Garner - Lars and the Real Girl
    Emily Mortimer - Lars and the Real Girl
    Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
    Meg Ryan - In the Land of Women
    Imelda Staunton - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    Sharon Stone - Alpha Dog
    Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
    Kristen Thomson - Away from Her

    Best Cameo/Limited Role Actor

    Jason Bateman - Smokin' Aces
    Bruce Campbell - Spider-Man 3
    David Duchovny - Things We Lost in the Fire
    Ben Foster - 30 Days of Night
    Russell Harvard - There Will Be Blood
    Ethan Hawke - The Hottest State
    Samuel L. Jackson - 1408
    Brian F. O'Byrne - Bug
    Ryan Seacrest - Knocked Up
    Sergio Di Zio - The Lookout

    Best Cameo/Limited Role Actress

    Nancy Beatty - Lars and the Real Girl
    Lynn Collins - Bug
    Andrea Frankle - The Reaping
    Emily Hampshire - Snow Cake
    Kerri Kenney-Silver - The Ten
    Amy Madigan - Gone Baby Gone
    Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
    Susan Sarandon - In the Valley of Elah
    Meryl Streep - Evening
    Kristen Wiig - Knocked Up

    Have as much fun as you can muster, guessing!

    Thursday, December 25, 2008

    Christmas!

    Merry Christmas, Everyone!

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    Wednesday, December 17, 2008

    SAG Nominee Predictions

    Best Male Actor in a Leading Role

    Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road [FRANK WHEELER]
    Richard Jenkins - The Visitor [PROFESSOR WALTER VALE]
    Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon [RICHARD NIXON]
    Sean Penn - Milk [HARVEY MILK]
    Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler [RANDY "THE RAM" ROBINSON]

    Alternate: Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [BENJAMIN BUTTON]

    Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

    Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [DAISY]
    Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married [KYM]
    Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky [POPPY]
    Meryl Streep - Doubt [SISTER ALOYSIUS BEAUVIER]
    Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road [APRIL WHEELER]

    Alternate: Angelina Jolie - Changeling [CHRISTINE COLLINS]

    Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role

    Josh Brolin - Milk [DAN WHITE]
    Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder [KIRK LAZARUS]
    Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt [FATHER BRENDAN FLYNN]
    Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight [THE JOKER]
    Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road [JOHN GIVINGS]

    Alternate: James Franco - Milk [SCOTT SMITH]

    Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role

    Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona [MARIA ELENA]
    Viola Davis - Doubt [MRS. MILLER]
    Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married [RACHEL]
    Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [QUEENIE]
    Kate Winslet - The Reader [HANNA SCHMITZ]

    Alternate: Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler [CASSIDY]

    Best Ensemble

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Doubt
    Milk
    Rachel Getting Married
    Revolutionary Road

    Alternate: The Dark Knight

    Wednesday, December 10, 2008

    Oscar Predictions: Update!

    Again, these are just predictions in, what I think are, the main categories =)

    Best Picture

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    Milk
    Revolutionary Road
    Slumdog Millionaire
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    Doubt
    Frost/Nixon
    Gran Torino
    Rachel Getting Married
    The Wrestler

    Best Director

    Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
    David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
    Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
    Gus Van Sant - Milk
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    Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
    Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married
    Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
    Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
    John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
    Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
    Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
    Sean Penn - Milk
    Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
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    Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
    Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
    Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon
    Will Smith - Seven Pounds

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
    Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
    Meryl Streep - Doubt
    Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
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    Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth
    Angelina Jolie - Changeling
    Melissa Leo - Frozen River
    Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
    Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    Josh Brolin - Milk
    James Franco - Milk
    Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
    Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
    Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
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    Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
    Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married
    Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
    Liev Schreiber - Defiance
    Brandon Walters - Australia

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    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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    Amy Adams - Doubt
    Kathy Bates - Revolutionary Road
    Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
    Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth
    Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

    Best Adapted Screenplay

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

    Best Original Screenplay

    Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
    Dustin Lance Black - Milk
    Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
    Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Robert D. Siegel - The Wrestler
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    Ethan & Joel Coen - Burn After Reading
    Dave Johannson & Nick Shenk - Gran Torino
    Joel Hopkins - Last Chance Harvey
    Thomas McCarthy - The Visitor
    Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

    Best Animated Film

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

    Best Foreign Language Film

    The Blind Sunflowers (Spain)
    The Class (France)
    Gomorra (Italy)
    The Necessities of Life (Canada)
    Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

    Tuesday, December 09, 2008

    Golden Globe Predictions!

    These are my (almost) final Golden Globe predictions. If I feel any changes need to me made in the next 2 days, I will do it. I am also including 6 nominees in each main category because the Globes are that crazy sometimes.

    Best Motion Picture - Drama

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    Milk
    Rachel Getting Married
    Revolutionary Road
    The Wrestler

    [Alternates: Frost/Nixon or Slumdog Millionaire]

    Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

    Burn After Reading
    Happy-Go-Lucky
    Last Chance Harvey
    Mamma Mia!
    Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    [Alternates: Sex and the City - The Movie or Tropic Thunder]

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
    Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
    Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
    Sean Penn - Milk
    Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

    [Alternates: Richard Jenkins - The Visitor or Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon]

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
    Angelina Jolie - Changeling
    Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
    Meryl Streep - Doubt
    Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

    [Alternates: Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth or Melissa Leo - Frozen River]

    Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

    Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Jim Carrey - Yes Man
    George Clooney - Leatherheads
    Ricky Gervais - Ghost Town
    Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
    Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder

    [Alternates: Colin Farrell - In Bruges or James Franco - Pineapple Express]

    Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

    Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
    Scarlett Johansson - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Frances McDormand - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
    Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City: The Movie
    Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
    Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

    [Alternates: Amy Adams - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day or Anna Faris - The House Bunny]

    Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

    Josh Brolin - Milk
    Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
    James Franco - Milk
    Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
    Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
    Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

    [Alternates: Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married or Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire]

    Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

    Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Viola Davis - Doubt
    Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
    Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
    Kate Winslet - The Reader

    [Alternates: Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth or Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married]

    Best Director

    Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
    Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married
    David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
    Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
    Gus Van Sant - Milk

    [Alternates: Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler or Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino]

    Best Screenplay

    The Dark Knight
    Frost/Nixon
    Rachel Getting Married
    Revolutionary Road
    Slumdog Millionaire
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    [Alternates: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or Milk]

    Best Animated Film

    Bolt
    Kung Fu Panda
    Wall-E

    [Alternates: Horton Hears a Who or The Tale of Despereaux]

    Best Foreign Film

    The Class (France)
    Gomorra (Italy)
    I've Loved You So Long (France)
    Let the Right One In (Sweden)
    Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

    Best Original Score

    Changeling
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Doubt
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    Revolutionary Road

    [Alternates: Milk or Wall-E]

    Best Original Song

    Quantum of Solace
    Sex and the City: The Movie
    Synechdoche, New York
    Wall-E
    The Wrestler

    [Alternates: The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian or Hamlet 2]