OSCAR NEWS + MOVIE REVIEWS
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Feb. 17, 2009: It's been another long absence, but for those of you still out
there, here are my picks for the best of the year, as well as my Oscar guesses.
(Check out last year here.) As always, the * indicates my personal favorite of
the year in each category. Questions? Email me here.
AND WHO I THINK WILL WIN ON SUNDAY:
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AwardSpeculation.com
CATEGORY PAGES:
IMPORTANT LINKS:
Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
Wall-E
Milk
In Bruges
Waltz With Bashir
Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk*
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Brad Pitt, ...Benjamin Button
Colin Farrell, In Bruges
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress
Melissa Leo, Frozen River*
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Kristin S. Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Cate Blanchett, ...Benjamin Button
Best Original Screenplay
Frozen River*
In Bruges
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Nothing but the Truth
Best Director
David Fincher, ...Benjamin Button*
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight*
Emile Hirsch, Milk
Josh Brolin, Milk
James Franco, Milk
Alan Alda, Nothing but the Truth
Best Supporting Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Get. Married*
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Vera Farmiga, Nothing but the Truth
Tilda Swinton, ...Benjamin Button
Best Adapted Screenplay
Let the Right One In*
Revolutionary Road
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Elegy
Wendy & Lucy
The Full Top 10 List
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Wall-E
3. Milk
4. In Bruges
5. Waltz With Bashir
6. Let the Right One In
7. Rachel Getting Married
8. Frozen River
9. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
10. The Dark Knight
BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn, Milk
BEST ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Dustin Lane Black, Milk
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
THE MOVIES I SAW THIS YEAR:
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1/24/08
2/28
2/29
3/17
6/15
7/6
7/19
9/2
9/17
11/5
11/6
11/7
11/9
11/9
11/22
11/29
11/30
12/7
12/8
12/8
12/12
12/15
12/24
12/25
12/26
1/1/09
1/2
1/11
1/14
1/15
1/17
1/22
1/23
1/24
1/24
1/26
1/29
2/11
2/17
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B-
C+
B+
B
B-
A-
B+
B+
B-
B
B
B
C+
B+
B
B
A-
B
B+
C+
B+
B
B+
B
A
B-
B+
A-
B+
B+
B+
A-
A-
C
A-
B
B
B
B+
Cloverfield
Vantage Point
In Bruges
Funny Games
The Happening
Wall-E
The Dark Knight
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Burn After Reading
Smart People
W.
Religulous
Be Kind Rewind
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Australia
Milk
Changeling
I've Loved You So Long
Synecdoche, New York
Doubt
Happy-Go-Lucky
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gran Turino
The Visitor
Frozen River
The Wrestler
Elegy
Revolutionary Road
Waltz With Bashir
Let the Right One In
Tropic Thunder
Nothing but the Truth
Wendy & Lucy
Paranoid Park
The Class
Man on Wire
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