Tag: Oscars

2014 Academy Award Predictions

Best Picture (Predicted) Prediction and Winner: 12 Years a Slave Best Actor in a Leading Role (Miss) Prediction: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) Winner: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Leading Role (Miss) Prediction: Judi Dench (Philomena) Winner: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Miss) Prediction: Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) Winner: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Miss) Prediction: Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) Winner: Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave) Best Animated Feature (Predicted) Prediction and Winner: Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho) Best Cinematography (Predicted) Prediction and Winner: Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki) Best Costume Design (Miss) Prediction: 12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris) Winner: The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin) Best Directing (Miss) Prediction: The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese) Winner: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón) Best Documentary Feature (Miss) Prediction: The Square (Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer) Winner: 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined) Best Documentary Short (Predicted) Prediction and Winner: The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed) Best Film Editing (Predicted) Prediction and Winner: Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger) Best Foreign Language Film (Predicted) Prediction and…

Academy Awards 2013 Predictions

Here are my 2013 predictions. The pool I have this year gives 1 point for 2nd guess and 2 points for 1st guess. The person with the most points wins. These are not based on who i like best but who i think did the best job in the film they were nominated for. BEST PICTURE 1. Lincoln 2. Les Misérables Missed: Argo Actor in a Leading Role 1. Denzel Washington – Flight 2. Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables Missed: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln Actor in a Supporting Role 1. Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained 2. Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln Actress in a Leading Role 1. Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook 2. Emmanuelle Riva – Amour Actress in a Supporting Role 1. Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook 2. Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables Animated Feature Film 1. Brave 2. Wreck-It Ralph CINEMATOGRAPHY 1. Life of Pi 2. Skyfall COSTUME DESIGN 1. Snow White and the Huntsman 2. Mirror Mirror Miss: Anna Karenina DIRECTING 1. Silver Linings Playbook 2. Lincoln Missed: Life of Pi Documentary Feature 1. The Invisible War 2. 5 Broken Cameras Missed: Searching for Sugar Man Documentary Short Subject 1. Inocente 2. Mondays at Racine…

Academy Award Predictions

Actor in a Leading Role Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” Actor in a Supporting Role Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” Actress in a Leading Role Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” Actress in a Supporting Role Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” Animated Feature Film “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich Art Direction “Alice in Wonderland” Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara Cinematography “The King’s Speech” Danny Cohen Costume Design “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi Directing “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky Documentary (Feature) “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz Documentary (Short Subject) “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined Film Editing “The Fighter” Pamela Martin Foreign Language Film “In a Better World” Denmark Makeup “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey Music (Original Score) “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman Music (Original Song) “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater Best Picture “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers Short Film (Animated) “Day & Night” Teddy Newton Short Film (Live Action) “God of Love” Luke Matheny Sound Editing “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague Sound Mixing “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael…

2009 Oscar Predictions Revised

At the point of the original post I had not seen some of the nominees. I have since seen The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire. Here is my new list. Performance by an actor in a leading role Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) (WRONG) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt” (Miramax) (WRONG) Performance by an actress in a leading role Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) (CORRECT) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in “Doubt” (Miramax) (WRONG) Best animated feature film of the year “Bolt” (Walt Disney) Chris Williams and Byron Howard (WRONG) Achievement in art direction “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Nathan Crowley Set Decoration: Peter Lando (WRONG) Achievement in cinematography “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) Chris Menges and Roger Deakins (WRONG) Achievement in costume design “Australia” (20th Century Fox) Catherine Martin (WRONG) Achievement in directing “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Danny Boyle (CORRECT) Achievement in film editing “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Chris Dickens (CORRECT) Achievement in makeup “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.) John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan (WRONG) Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) “WALL-E” (Walt Disney) Thomas Newman (WRONG) Achievement…

2009 Oscar Predictions

ACTOR, LEADING Disagree with all the Nominations My Choices would have been: Will Smith in “Seven Pounds” Clint Eastwood in “Gran Torino” Hugh Jackman in “Australia” BEST PICTURE “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” My Choices would have been: “Australia” “Twilight” “The Dark Knight” “Seven Pounds” ACTOR, SUPPORTING Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” But would not be disappointed by: Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder” SHORT FILM, ANIMATED Skipping as did not see any. ACTRESS, LEADING Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married” But would not be disappointed by: Meryl Streep in “Doubt” Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION Skipping as did not see any. ACTRESS, SUPPORTING Viola Davis in “Doubt” SOUND EDITING “The Dark Knight” Would not be disappointed by: “WALL-E” “Wanted” ANIMATED FEATURE “Bolt” Would not be disappointed by: “Kung-Fu Panda” “WALL-E” SOUND MIXING “The Dark Knight” Would not be disappointed by: “WALL-E” “Wanted” ART DIRECTION  “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” VISUAL EFFECTS “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” CINEMATOGRAPHY  “The Reader” SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED  “Doubt” Wish was nominated: “Twilight” “Seven Pounds” COSTUME DESIGN  “Australia” Would not be disappointed with:  “The Duchess” SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL  “WALL-E” DIRECTING  “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Skipping as…