Another calendar year in the books and so is a full slate of movies from the motion picture academy. From successful hits like “Argo” and “The Dark Knight Rises” to movies we all wish we could forget “Men in Black 3″ and “Breaking Dawn Part 2″.
As opposed to the last couple of years, I believe this year’s crop of films was by and large deep with best picture contenders. I saw about 35 of the higher rated films this year and with the announcement of the 2013 nominees for the Academy Awards coming down tomorrow at the break of dawn (actually probably earlier on the west coast considering the 5:30 a.m. announcement time), I felt it would be a good time to do my annual “what the Oscar nominees should be” column.
Just to remind my loyal readers (and to let the new ones know), this isn’t a prediction of who will be nominated, but a list of people and films whom I believe should be nominated. So here we go starting with the Best Picture category:
Best Picture
Argo
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Seven Psychopaths
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
End of Watch
Best Director
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Ben Affleck, Argo
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Robert Zemeckis, Flight
Best Actor
Denzel Washington, Flight
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Jude Law, Anna Karenina
Christopher Walken, Seven Psychopaths
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Kelly Reilly, Flight
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Amy Adams, The Master
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Allison Janney, Liberal Arts
Scarlett Johansson, Hitchcock
So there you go, hopefully, especially for my movie picks, most of these names get called. It’d be a real shame in my opinion if Lerman and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is overlooked.
Posted on January 9, 2013
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