Emmy Predictions/Perfect World Nominations

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With the emmy nominations coming Thursday, it seemed high time to discuss, so below are both predictions and ideal ballots. Let the speculation commence.

Best Drama Predictions:

Mad Men

The Good Wife

Boardwalk Empire - Winner

Game Of Thrones

Dexter

Friday Night Lights

What I'd do:

Mad Men - Winner

Boardwalk Empire

Game Of Thrones

Justified

Rubicon

Treme

Best Actor:

Jon Hamm, Mad Men - winner

Hugh Laurie, House

Michael C Hall, Dexter

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Timothy Olyphant, Justified

What I'd Do:

Jon Hamm, Mad Men -winner

Timothy Olyphant, Justified

Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire

Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights

Hugh Laurie, House

Best Actress Drama:

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men - Winner

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights

Kyra Sedgewick, The Closer

Kathy Bates, Harry's Law

What I'd Do:

Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men - Winner

Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights

Juilianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Emmy Rossum, Shameless

Katey Sagal, Sons Of Anarchy

Best Supporting Actor In A Drama:

John Slattery, Mad Men

Michael Pitt, Boardwalk Empire

Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones- Winner

Alan Cumming, The Good Wife

Chris Noth, The Good Wife

Michael Shannon, Boardwalk Empire

What I'd Do:

Peter Dinklage, Game Of Thrones

Jared Harris, Mad Men

Wendell Pierce, Treme

Michael Shannon, Boardwalk Empire

Michael Cristofer, Rubicon

Walton Goggins, Justified - Winner

Best Supporting Actress in Drama:

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire

Margo Martindale, Justified

Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones

Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife -Winner

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

What I'd Do:

Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire

Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Margo Martindale, Justified - Winner

Khandi Alexander, Treme

Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men

Best Comedy:

Modern Family- Winner

Glee

The Office

30 Rock

The Big Bang Theory

Community

What I'd do:

Community - Winner

Parks and Recreation

Louie

Cougar Town

Raising Hope

Modern Family

Best Actor in Comedy:

Steve Carell, The Office -Winner

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Matt Le Blanc, Episodes

Matthew Morrison, Glee

Joel McHale, Community

What I'd Do:

Louie C.K, Louie - Winner

Joel McHale, Community

Rob Lowe, Parks and Recreation

Steve Carell, The Office

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Matt LeBlanc, Episodes

Best Actress In A Comedy:

Laura Linney, The Big C - Winner

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Toni Collette, United States Of Tara

Melissa McCarthy, Mike And Molly

What I'd Do:

Toni Collette, United States Of Tara - Winner

Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation

Mary Louise Parker, Weeds

Martha Plmpton, Raising Hope

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie

Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy:

Chris Colfer, Glee - winner

Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Jon Cryer, Two And A Half Men

Danny Pudi, Community

What I'd Do:

Danny Pudi, Community

Chevy Chase, Community

Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation - Winner

Chris Pratt, Parks and Recreation

Ty Burrell, Modern Family

Garrett Dillahunt, Raising Hope

Best Supporting Actress Comedy:

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family - Winner

Jane Lynch, Glee

Kristin Wiig, Saturday Night Live

Betty White, Hot In Cleveland

Julie Bowen, Modern Family

Swootzie Kurtz, Mike And Molly

What I'd Do

Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Aubrey Plaza, Parks And Recreation

Alison Brie, Community

Merrit Weaver, Nurse Jackie

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory

Busy Philipps, Cougar Town - Winner

Oscar Predictions

Given that the golden globe nominations are tomorrow, it seems fairest to do this without any frame of reference. I'll slam another one up closer to the time, when I can use previous nominations as a crutch. How much more fun that will be.

BEST PICTURE:

The Social Network - WINNER

True Grit

Toy Story 3

Inception

Black Swan

The King's Speech

Winter's Bone

127 Hours

The Fighter

The Kids Are Alright

BEST ACTOR:

Colin Firth, The King's Speech- WINNER

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network -

James Franco, 127 Hours

Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Robert Duvall, Get Low

BEST ACTRESS:

Natalie Portman, Black Swan - WINNER

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Annette Bening, The Kids Are Alright

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Christian Bale, The Fighter - WINNER

Mark Ruffalo, Th Kids Are Alright

Andrew Garfield, The Social Network

Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Jeremy Renner, The Town

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Hailee Stanfield, True Grit

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech - WINNER

Mila Kunis, Black Swan

BEST DIRECTOR:

Christopher Nolan, Inception

David Fincher, The Social Network - WINNER

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Inception - WINNER

Black Swan

The Kids Are Alright

Another Year

The King's Speech

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Social Network - WINNER

True Grit

127 Hours

Winter's Bone

Toy Story 3

Oscar Predictions Mark 2#: Six Weeks Later

Since my flippant first predictions, certain things have come to pass. Avatar has gone from a possible winner to the film to beat, The Lovely Bones has faded, and The Hurt Locker has gained quite a bit of momentum, going from possible nomination to the film everyone wants to win (but probably won't), so lets see how things are figuring about now.

BEST PICTURE:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Invictus
An Education
Up In The Air
Up
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
District 9
A Serious Man

Ten nominations makes predicting less skillful, and more listing the obvious. I'm taking a chance on District 9 and that the bad word Nine has got of late will put it out of competition. It may get in there anyway.

BEST DIRECTOR:
James Cameron, Avatar
Jason Retiman, Up In The Air
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious
Neill Blomkamp, District 9

Blomkamp is a gamble, but I'm thinking the BAFTA nomination brings him a bit more into the game. Otherwise the usual suspects.

BEST ACTOR:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Colin Firth, A Single Man
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Bridges' Oscar to lose really, and Renner still isn't a certainty although he really should be. Could get edged out by Day-Lewis, on name more then what he actually did this year.

BEST ACTRESS:
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Helen Mirren, The Last Station

I hope Streep doesn't win, but then again I hope Bullock doesn't win either. I guess I'm rooting for Mulligan. But of these she is least likely Mirren aside.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Matt Damon, Invictus
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker

Waltz. All the way here. He stands out noticeably, and is a slightly larger then life villain, a requisite for this category of late. Mackie perhaps is a Statement of hope maybe, but I refuse to be cynical.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
M'onique, Precious
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Penelope Cruz, Nine

M'onique has the buzz, but Up in the air owns 40% of the category. So Farmiga or Kendrick could pull a shock.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
500 Days of Summer
A Serious Man
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Up

I'm Thinking Tarantino, but this could be the way Oscar rewards The Hurt Locker, given that it clearly wants to give Avatar all the serious shit.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
District 9
Up In The Air
An Education
Precious
Crazy Heart

Up In The Air. End of. Way to give Reitman an Oscar without giving him an Oscar.


There's been years where every Oscar nomination is awesome and years where they are all cack. This is a year toward the back-end of the spectrum, or maybe Avatar is blinding my objectivity. Could be.

BAFTA Nominations

After what could be called a senseless Golden Globes, these Bafta Nominations restore some normality, but not oodles of it. Let's see how they went shall we? Predicted winners in bold and gold. Because that's how I play.

BEST FILM

AVATAR James Cameron, Jon Landau - Looks like the film to beat at this point. I've ran out of exasperation to communicate.

AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer - Interesting.

THE HURT LOCKER Nominees TBC - From this selection I hope it wins and hope hard.

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness - The only film with a shot at displacing Avatar ot the Oscars, based on Oprah power alone.

UP IN THE AIR Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki - A screenplay award beckons.

DIRECTOR

AVATAR James Cameron - I used to like Cameron. He's made several films that birthed film-lovers everywhere. But how I hope he doesn't win.

DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp - Awesome. Deserved nomination I didn't expect. Fair play Bafta.

AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig - They've gone for this film hard

THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow - Bigelow deserves it, but won't get it I think.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino - That marks two for Tarantino. An Oscar nom is a certainty now.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THE HANGOVER Jon Lucas, Scott Moore - Again Bafta shoots for acceptance and lands. I love that this can happen.

THE HURT LOCKER Mark Boal - Its good to see the Hurt Locker get such recognition.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino - I think this is Tarantino's tbh. Its usually his award anyway.

A SERIOUS MAN Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - Deserved, but the Coen's have won a little too much of late. So don't expect a win here.

UP Bob Peterson, Pete Docter - Pixar scoops so many writing nominations its hilarious. It goes to show why they're so good though doesn't it.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - Good for Bafta again.

AN EDUCATION Nick Hornby - He's a famous british writer, so obviously.

IN THE LOOP Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche - This film should be up for more then this. It was fucking rad.

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious is going to take exactly jack shit at the Bafta's, but its a force stateside.

UP IN THE AIR Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - The winner I think, as Reitman continues to make his name.

LEADING ACTOR

JEFF BRIDGES Crazy Heart - I think the Oscar is his, but not this one. Bridges is a legend though so, I wouldn't be in any way annoyed.

GEORGE CLOONEY Up in the Air - Clooney is a regular fixture at these things for a reason.

COLIN FIRTH A Single Man - The winner here, for both legacy and for being British. Watch it happen.

JEREMY RENNER The Hurt Locker - Probably my favorite, but a nomination is a win for Renner.

ANDY SERKIS Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - British throwaway. Not much to be said.

LEADING ACTRESS

CAREY MULLIGAN An Education - Deserved, continuing acareer making award season for Mulligan.

SAOIRSE RONAN The Lovely Bones - A bit out of the blue, but fair enough. Ronan's second Bafta nom by the way. Before she's even twenty.

GABOUREY SIDIBE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - Again, a genuine possibility for the Oscars, but not enough Brits have seen this film.

MERYL STREEP Julie & Julia - Because she's Meryl Streep. I found her shrill and annoying.

AUDREY TAUTOU Coco Before Chanel - Good. I liked this performance and its good to see t turn up somewhere.

SUPPORTING ACTOR

ALEC BALDWIN It’s Complicated - The only representation for this film. The way it should be.

CHRISTIAN McKAY Me and Orson Welles - A slight random but OK I guess.

ALFRED MOLINA An Education - Again, they really went nuts for this film, hence Molina's presence here.

STANLEY TUCCI The Lovely Bones - The only mainstay representation for The lovely Bones really. Tucci deserves it over time.

CHRISTOPH WALTZ Inglourious Basterds - The real standout here. A weak category otherwise.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANNE-MARIE DUFF Nowhere Boy - I think BAFTA went a little insane in this category. That can be the only explanation for two acting nominations for Nowhere Boy.

VERA FARMIGA Up in the Air - The stronger of the two Up In The Air performances here I think.

ANNA KENDRICK Up in the Air - Now Twilight has some Bafta nominated credibility. sweet.

MO’NIQUE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - The only real contender in what is usually a weak category anyway. Damn you sexist industry.

KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Nowhere Boy - I like Scott Thomas, but if this is warranted then I am God, and from that sentence I'm either right or the almighty.

The Most Anticipated Movies of 2010

I'm sure none of these will end up as my favorite movies of the year but what the hell. I'll give it a shot.


5) Toy Story 3


At this point a third Toy Story film feels A little unnecessary, but we said that about the second one and that was pretty awesome, so I choose to think this is going to be great. Pixar have given me no reason to think otherwise.

4) Kick-Ass

Yes and no. While the main story of the nerd-teen turned action hero is looking a little well run at this point. It was my least favorite thing about Zombieland too, but all the hit-girl and Nic Cage stuff looks pretty neat.

3) The Social Network


Because I fail to see how a movie about facebook is not going to be awesome. Especially when its directed by David Fincher and starring Justin Timberlake. Not to mention the fact it is written by Aaron Sorkin, he of West Wing fame.

2) Green Zone

Greengrass, who made the masterful United 93 and the less good but infinitely more popular Bourne Ultimatum, returns to more political ground with this long gestating Iraq movie. I expect it to be good even if it is being advertised as a pretty shitty action movie. Too much talent involved.

1) Inception

A science-fiction thriller set in the architecture of the mind. That's all anyone knows about it, but its floating at the top at most of these lists regardless. Because its Christopher Nolan, who has yet to really put a foot wrong and just made The Dark Knight. And has an intimidating cast and has water in a glass that leans diagonally. Sold.

The Five Movies in 2010 Everyone Will Like But Me

There's nothing quite like being left out of the loop as a movie fan. It happened to me with Avatar, where everyone was going batshit, whilst all I was seeing was like one of the PS1 final fantasy's made into a movie. And not one of the good ones. Anyways, the movies I will be entirely out for a spin for in 2010.


5) Clash Of The Titans

Looks horrible, Sorry guys. And given my increasing hatred of the seemingly randomly selected mega-star of choice Sam Worthington. Not Feeling it. But I think there's no chance of this film making anything less then 200 million. The Transformers 2 of this year, no doubt loud, big and painfully ridiculous. But then given my hysterically terrible record with predictions I'm sure it'll be a classic. Inevitable box office: 243 million

4) Alice In Wonderland

Looks like what can be described as a corporate acid trip. All the crazy imagery is there but it somehow feels lifeless and kinda crappy. From the trailer it looks all blockbustered up, and while I'm sure it will bring the kids in. It looks to continue Tim Burton's sucky streak, Sweeney Todd aside. Inevitable Box Office: 220 million

3) The A Team/ Tron Legacy

It seems that Transformers has opened the floodgates for eighties nostalgia, hence we get these assembly line reproduction of the current thirty-something sects childhood. But both films are sure to be complete balls. Jeff Bridges or no Jeff Bridges. But irony it seems conquers all, and look for a lot of people going 'Hey there's an A Team movie. That sounds AWESOME'. Inevitable Box Office: 282 million/210 million

2) Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Aside from the blatantly money-grabbing scheme of splitting this in two, I'm predicted good reviews for this too. You know because of all the dying, and as far as movies go death = credibility. But shit I can't take anymore of these kids acting man, its beginning to depress me. Inevitable Box Office: 370 million

1) Iron Man 2

When I came out of the first Iron Man I'm sure I was missing the joke, because everyone loved it but me. I fully expect this reaction again, reading a million reviews of how amazing the movie is, seeing it, thinking it's a pretty stock blockbuster and then being crushed into irrelevance. The way its destined to go. There is Scarlett Johansson in a catsuit though. There is that. Inevitable Box Office: 412 million