The serious film award contenders and outsiders.
It’s always funny to see films like The Social Network and Black Swan lined up against films like The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in a Best Picture race. It’s even more funny to realize the former two don’t stand much of a chance against the latter. Anyone want to place ..
In continuing with my “it’s way too early to be predicting this crap, but I’m going to anyway” series, today I am presenting my initial predictions for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. You can view my first look at the Lead Acting categories here, Director here, and Picture here. The
Elizabeth Olsen is not a name that too many know at this time. However, after Martha Marcy May Marlene is released, she may become someone we see a lot more from. John Hawkes – fresh off his Oscar nomination for last year’s Winter’s Bone – also stars as the
This week is slightly better than last but still nothing to get too excited about. All are available in DVD and Blu-ray. First up is the latest comic book movie, The Green Hornet. Seth Rogen is playboy Britt Reid, who becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles’ “The Daily Sentinel” after the
The long and winding road that began with my initial predictions in early April of last year, finds a last place of rest in the following post.
So much can change in the full year of an Oscar race. My initial pick to win Best Picture was Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, which ended up being pushed back until 2011. Once they announced that the move was official (back in August), I switched to David Fincher’s upcoming Facebook movie, The Social Network, as the film to beat. I have to admit that it was the trailer that sold me from the very start. The Radiohead cover of “Creep”, by the women’s choir known as Scala, sent chills down my spine as we got our first glimpse at what would become arguably the best film of the year. The Social Network remained in my predicted winner spot for over 5 months, and began an unprecedented run through the critics awards taking almost every single one, including the NY Film Critics, LA Film Critics, The Hollywood Foreign Press (Golden Globes), and the Critics’ Choice Award.
Read more on my end of the year review and see my final Oscar predictions after the jump…
For the second season, we held an Oscar predictions contest. That event closed today at noon (est.) and allowed us to compile the consensus of our readers and select who you think is most likely to take home the Oscar. Many of the categories were close to capturing 100% of the votes, such as Toy Story 3for Best Animated and both, Best Actor/Actress in a Leading Role, for Firth and Portman. There were a few very close “races”, especially for Documentary Feature. Inside Job just barely edged out Exit through the Gift Shop -with a single vote. The Live Action Short category was also very close and the votes were spread evenly across all 5 choices. Here are the results:
Best Picture: The King’s Speech [79%]
Best Director: David Fincher – The Social Network [45%]
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Firth – The King’s Speech [92%]
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Natalie Portman – Black Swan [90%]
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale – The Fighter [94%]
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo – The Fighter [77%]
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network [90%]
Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler – The King’s Speech [71%]
Best Animated Feature Film: Toy Story 3 [96%]
Best Documentary Feature Film: Inside Job [35%]
Best Foreign Language Film: Biutiful (Mexico) [57%]
Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Social Network [46%]
Best Original Song: “We Belong Together” by Randy Newman – Toy Story 3 [50%]
Best Cinematography: True Grit [57%]
Best Art Direction: Alice in Wonderland [38%]
Best Costume Design: Alice in Wonderland [61%]
Best Makeup: The Wolfman [75%]
Best Film Editing: The Social Network [45%]
Best Visual Effects: Inception [92%]
Best Sound Editing: Inception [87%]
Best Sound Mixing: Inception [90%]
Best Animated Short Film: Day & Night [44%]
Best Live Action Short Film: Wish 143 [27%]
Best Documentary Short Film: Strangers No More [31%]
Thank you to all those that participated! And if you made it ‘ official’ by including your name and email address, you are entered into the 2nd Annual Award Contenders Oscar Contest. Best of luck to you all.
Most up to date list, with the newest names in bold (though I’m sure someone new will be announced within an hour or two of this post):
To quote BNL: “Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?”
The boys are back in the most anticipated comedy sequel of the year. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Tyson, Justin Bartha, and Ken Jeong will star. Due out May 26th.
Check out the trailer and synopsis after the jump…
I will be joining Jason O’Brien on his weekly Oscar talk show, Oscar, Oscar!, on BlogTalkRadiotonight. He has assembled a panel of three “expert” Oscar pundits to join him in unveiling their final predictions, and I was lucky enough to be chosen to participate.
The show will begin at 10:00 p.m. EST. Click the image above to access the show. Should be a good one! Hope to see you there!
Pete Hammond at Deadline.com has discovered what the first two awards will be at the Oscars this Sunday:
I’ve learned 2-time Oscar winner and Academy favorite Tom Hanks will be the first presenter and name winners in both the Art Direction and Cinematography categories right off the bat. Best Picture frontrunner The King’s Speech is up for both, so the world will quickly get an idea whether that Best Picture nominee is able to mount a sweep right in the first few minutes of Sunday’s Oscar show.
If The King’s Speech takes both awards, then hold on to your butt’s… it’s going to be a long night for the royal drama.