Category Archives: Nominations

Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

I’ve made my final predictions of what I think the Academy will announce tomorrow morning. The nominations are broadcast live at 5:30AM PST/ 8:30AM EST tomorrow morning. There’s always a few surprise nominees (think Maggie Gyllenhaal for Best Supporting Actress last year, The Blind Side up for Best Picture). I’ve only predicted in 21 of the 24 categories (I have no idea about the animated/live action/documentary shorts), also I’ve included alternates.

Best Picture:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Alternates: 127 Hours, The Ghost Writer, Shutter Island

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BAFTA Nominations Are In!

I’m glad to see Hailee Steinfeld in the Lead Actress category. We’ll have to wait another 8 days to see if the Academy will follow suit.

BEST FILM

  • BLACK SWAN
  • INCEPTION
  • THE KING’S SPEECH
  • THE SOCIAL NETWORK
  • TRUE GRIT

DIRECTOR

  • 127 HOURS – Danny Boyle
  • BLACK SWAN – Darren Aronofsky
  • INCEPTION – Christopher Nolan
  • THE KING’S SPEECH – Tom Hooper
  • THE SOCIAL NETWORK – David Fincher

LEADING ACTOR

  • JAVIER BARDEM – Biutiful
  • JEFF BRIDGES – True Grit
  • JESSE EISENBERG – The Social Network
  • COLIN FIRTH – The King’s Speech
  • JAMES FRANCO – 127 Hours

LEADING ACTRESS

  • ANNETTE BENING – The Kids Are All Right
  • JULIANNE MOORE – The Kids Are All Right
  • NATALIE PORTMAN – Black Swan
  • NOOMI RAPACE – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • HAILEE STEINFELD – True Grit

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR

  • CHRISTIAN BALE – The Fighter
  • ANDREW GARFIELD – The Social Network
  • PETE POSTLETHWAITE – The Town
  • MARK RUFFALO – The Kids Are All Right
  • GEOFFREY RUSH – The King’s Speech

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • AMY ADAMS – The Fighter
  • HELENA BONHAM CARTER – The King’s Speech
  • BARBARA HERSHEY – Black Swan
  • LESLEY MANVILLE – Another Year
  • MIRANDA RICHARDSON – Made in Dagenham


OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

  • 127 HOURS
  • ANOTHER YEAR
  • FOUR LIONS
  • THE KING’S SPEECH
  • MADE IN DAGENHAM

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

  • THE ARBOR – Director, Producer – Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan
  • EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP – _Director, Producer – Banksy, Jaimie D’Cruz
  • FOUR LIONS – Director/Writer – Chris Morris
  • MONSTERS – Director/Writer – Gareth Edwards
  • SKELETONS – Director/Writer – Nick Whitfield

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • BLACK SWAN – Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
  • THE FIGHTER – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
  • INCEPTION – Christopher Nolan
  • THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT – Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
  • THE KING’S SPEECH – David Seidler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • 127 HOURS – Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
  • THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
  • THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Aaron Sorkin
  • TOY STORY 3 – Michael Arndt
  • TRUE GRIT – Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • BIUTIFUL
  • THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
  • I AM LOVE
  • OF GODS AND MEN
  • THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES

ANIMATED FILM

  • DESPICABLE ME
  • HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
  • TOY STORY 3

ORIGINAL MUSIC

  • 127 HOURS – AR Rahman
  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Danny Elfman
  • HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – John Powell
  • INCEPTION – Hans Zimmer
  • THE KING’S SPEECH – Alexandre Desplat

CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • 127 HOURS – Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
  • BLACK SWAN – Matthew Libatique
  • INCEPTION – Wally Pfister
  • THE KING’S SPEECH – Danny Cohen
  • TRUE GRIT – Roger Deakins

EDITING

  • 127 HOURS – Jon Harris
  • BLACK SWAN – Andrew Weisblum
  • INCEPTION – Lee Smith
  • THE KING’S SPEECH – Tariq Anwar
  • THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
  • BLACK SWAN – Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson
  • INCEPTION – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
  • THE KING’S SPEECH – Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
  • TRUE GRIT – Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

COSTUME DESIGN

  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND – Colleen Atwood
  • BLACK SWAN – Amy Westcott
  • THE KING’S SPEECH – Jenny Beavan
  • MADE IN DAGENHAM – Louise Stjernsward
  • TRUE GRIT – Mary Zophres

SOUND

  • 127 HOURS
  • BLACK SWAN
  • INCEPTION
  • THE KING’S SPEECH
  • TRUE GRIT

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  • BLACK SWAN
  • HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
  • INCEPTION
  • TOY STORY 3

MAKE UP & HAIR

  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND
  • BLACK SWAN
  • HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
  • THE KING’S SPEECH
  • MADE IN DAGENHAM

SHORT ANIMATION

  • THE EAGLEMAN STAG – Michael Please
  • MATTER FISHER – David Prosser
  • THURSDAY – Matthias Hoegg

SHORT FILM

  • CONNECT – Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon
  • LIN – Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel
  • RITE – Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie
  • TURNING – Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown
  • UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING AWARD

  • GEMMA ARTERTON
  • ANDREW GARFIELD
  • TOM HARDY
  • AARON JOHNSON
  • EMMA STONE

 

Jeremy Renner and the Best Actor Race

I’ve yet to see A Single Man or Crazy Heart, mostly due to living in the middle of nowhere, and thus can only comment on the three performances I have seen. I enjoyed George Clooney in Up In The Air, but he was better in Michael Clayton. My opinion on Morgan Freeman in Invictus will come up later on in this post. That leaves Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker. And of the three I’ve seen, he has my vote. It’ll be a difficult race for him, but I think he has a chance of pulling it off. He had perhaps my favorite reaction to his nomination when interviewed on Good Morning America yesterday. When asked about his competition, he replied, “I’ve gotta break some serious legs.”

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Thoughts on the Oscar Nominations

Here’s a look at the Best Picture nominees and how many Oscars they’re up for:

  • Avatar – 9 
  • The Blind Side – 2
  • District 9 – 4
  • An Education – 3
  • The Hurt Locker – 9
  • Inglourious Basterds – 8
  • Precious – 6
  • A Serious Man – 2
  • Up – 5
  • Up In The Air – 6


I’m really excited about this tie of noms between The Hurt Locker and Avatar. I really hope The Hurt Locker kicks that film’s ass.

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Oscar Nominations Announced!

Really the biggest shocks are in Supporting Actress with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Penelope Cruz over Diane Kruger or Julianne Moore. Also The Blind Side but no Star Trek or The Hangover for Best Picture. I’ll write another post in just a second with my thoughts.

Best Motion Picture of the Year:

  • Avatar
  • The Blind Side
  • District 9
  • An Education
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Precious
  • A Serious Man
  • Up
  • Up In The Air

 

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My Oscar Nominations Predictions

The Academy Award nominations will be announced at 5:30AM PST tomorrow, February 2nd. I’ve got predictions for 10 of the 24 categories. I’m also going to supply some alternates. I love being able to predict what the nominations will be, but at the same time, it would be nice for some surprises to sneak in there too!

Best Picture:

  1. (500) Days of Summer
  2. An Education
  3. Avatar
  4. District 9
  5. The Hangover
  6. The Hurt Locker
  7. Inglourious Basterds
  8. Precious
  9. Star Trek
  10. Up In The Air

(Alternates: Up, Invictus, A Serious Man)

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Anne Hathaway Set To Announce Oscar Noms

She will join Academy President Tom Sherak to announce this year’s Oscar nominations on Feb. 2. 

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SAG Nominations Are In

Ensemble
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious

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