I love those seasonal
EW movie preview issues. The Holiday Movie Preview always features an early Oscar-buzz section that's especially fun to mull over. In Best Picture (and Director), among the 3 Front-Runners is
The Descendants, which I'm eager to see due to Alexander Payne, but surprised to see it get such a showing. Although not among my personal favs,
The Help seems to me to be the surer front-runner (listed in their "other contenders"). Another of these,
Midnight in Paris, I hope makes the cut.... however that "needs to be #1 on 5% of the ballots" rule might do it some harm, as I can see people listing it more likely #2 through #10. Glad to see Brad Pitt in there for
Moneyball, and the acknowledgment that it wasn't some scenery-chewing performance, but deserves the attention. I'm very, very curious to see if Meryl Streep is great as Margaret Thatcher, and not just an assumption that she will automatically be great: I agree with
EW however when they say: "Would you consider betting against her? We wouldn't." Ditto for Glenn Close. Are we just assuming she'll be great just because of the role and her track record? Interesting to see Christopher Plummer on the list for Supporting Actor-- who only got his first career nom two years ago. So happy to hear that Max Von Sydow is supposed to be good in
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and hope he gets nominated-- I wished he had been nominated for
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; he's only had one career nomination, which doesn't seem to be enough. Even though it was a typical "Oscar" show-off performance, I was a sucker for Octavia Spencer in
The Help. I also agree with
EW that Melissa McCarthy is a definite contender for Supporting Actress for
Bridesmaids (I'm happy when any purely comedic performance gets nominated, they are so few and far between, so, "fingers-crossed"). I love Judy Greer and so I was happy to see her name appear, even if just under "long shots," for Supporting Actress for
The Descendants.
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