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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Best Films of Summer 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
2011 Golden Globe Predictions
Best Picture – Drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech (will win) Old times
The Social Network (should win) New times
Best Picture – Musical or Comedy
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
The Kids Are All Right (should and will win)
Red
The Tourist
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech (should and will win) Last year, he was robbed of the best actor Oscar and this year, he will sweep all the awards.
James Franco, 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Halle Berry, Frankie & Alice
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan (should and will win) She is the most consistently good actress of our times and deserves this award and the Oscar.
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp, Alice in Wonderland (will win) Not that was much of a departure from the rest of this characters, he is a fan and critic favorite, regardless of how bad it is.
Johnny Depp, The Tourist
Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version
Jake Gyllenhaal, Love & Other Drugs (should win) Because all other nominations are pure folly.
Kevin Spacey, Casino Jack
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical Comedy
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right (should and will win) She made this movie more than just good, she made it amazing.
Anne Hathaway, Love & Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie, The Tourist
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone, Easy A
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale, The Fighter (will win) He has won everything else, so why not continue with the Globes?
Michael Douglas, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network (should win) Our new Spiderman did a great job in this film and deserves some hardware.
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech (will win) The King’s Speech is going to help give her this award more than because she was good.
Mila Kunis, Black Swan (should win) That 70’s Show showed off her comedic side, but her drama acting is even better in this film.
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3 (should and will win) Why on Earth isn’t this up for a mainstream Best Picture award??? The best film of the year and everyone knows it.
Best Director – Motion Picture
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan (should win) It took him 10 years to get this film made; that is enough to deserve a few awards.
David Fincher, The Social Network (will win) If you have seen this film, then you probably agree with me.
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
Christopher Nolan, Inception (should win) The ideas behind this film are greater and more complex than any other film in the past decades.
David Seidler, The King’s Speech (will win) A critic favorite and potential winner.
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Bound to You” – Burlesque
“Coming Home” – Country Strong
“I See The Light” – Tangled (should win) Mandy Moore is back and deserves some love!
“There’s a Place for Us” – The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” – Burlesque (will win) Who doesn’t love Cher? Even if the movie wasn’t liked.
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat, The King’s Speech
Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Hans Zimmer, Inception (should and will win) The sound in the theater was amazing while watching this film.
Best Television Series – Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Dexter (should win) It is about time that Dexter gets some love!
The Good Wife
Mad Men (will win) It just keeps on winning…
The Walking Dead
Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
The Big C
Glee
Modern Family (should and will win) It is funny, smart, and has one hell of a great cast.
Nurse Jackie
Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (will win) The Globes love her, so why not give her another?
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Piper Perabo, Covert Affairs
Katy Sagal, Sons of Anarchy (should win) She deserves some loving more than the rest.
Kyra Sedgewick, The Closer
Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter (should and will win) If you have seen just one episode, then you know he is far better than most of these nominees.
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara (should win) She is amazing and deserves it.
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (will win) Old faithful will win again…
Laura Linney, The Big C
Lea Michelle, Glee
Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (will win) They love him way too much.
Steve Carell, The Office
Thomas Jane, Hung
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (should win) The only reason why I even watch this show is for Parsons! Enough said.
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Carlos
The Pacific
Pillars of the Earth
Temple Grandin (should and will win) Claire Danes will drive this to a win.
You Don’t Know Jack
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hayley Atwell, Pillars of the Earth
Claire Danes, Temple Grandin (should and will win) She is far better than all the rest.
Judi Dench, Return to Cranford
Romola Garai, Emma
Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba, Luther
Ian McShane, Pillars of the Earth
Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack (should and will win) Why not give him another award? Doesn’t he deserve another?
Dennis Quaid, The Special Relationship
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Hope Davis, The Special Relationship
Jane Lynch, Glee (will win) They love her so much but her character is getting dull and needs juicier stories to keep everyone’s interest.
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Julia Stiles, Dexter
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family (should win) She is truly the star of the show with her big personality, great charm, and wonderful grace.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Scott Caan, Hawaii Five-0
Chris Colfer, Glee (should and will win) This has to be the year he wins! He was rightfully passed over by Lithgow last year but this year, he deserves it more than ever.
Chris Noth, The Good Wife
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
David Strathairn, Temple Grandin