My Oscar Ballot: Movie Year 2010

The 83rd Annual Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday. Here are the nominees I'll be rooting for (many that are locks this year, happy to say):

Of the nominees that appear to be "locks":
Best Picture: The Social Network
Best Director: David Fincher for The Social Network
Best Director: Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Inception
Best Actor: Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Best Actor: Robert Duvall in Get Low
Best Actor: Colin Firth in The King's Speech
Best Actress: Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale in The Fighter
Best Supporting Actor: Jeremy Renner in The Town
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Best Supporting Actor: Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams in The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress: Mila Kunis in Black Swan
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress: Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network
Best Original Screenplay: The King's Speech
Best Cinematography: The King's Speech

Of the nominees that have a good chance:
Best Documentary: Exit Through the Gift Shop

Of the "dark horse" variety:

Best Director: Roman Polanski for The Ghost Writer

Best Supporting Actor: Pierce Brosnan in The Ghost Writer
Best Supporting Actor: Armie Hammer in The Social Network
Best Supporting Actress: Mia Wasikowska in The Kids Are All Right
Best Original Screenplay: Blue Valentine
Best Original Screenplay: Despicable Me
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Ghost Writer

No chance, but how cool if:
Best Picture: Blue Valentine
Best Director: Derek Cianfrance for Blue Valentine
Best Director: Banksy for Exit Through the Gift Shop
Best Supporting Actress: Dakota Fanning in The Runaways
Best Supporting Actress: Chloe Moretz in Kick-Ass
Best Supporting Actress: Lucy Punch in You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Best Adapted Screenplay: Youth in Revolt

My Oscar Ballot: Movie Year 2009

The 82nd Annual Oscar nominations will be announced tomorrow at 5:38 a.m. Here are all the nominees I'm rooting for:

Of the nominees that appear to be "locks":
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Best Animated Film: Up

Of the nominees that have a good chance:
Best Picture: Inglourious Basterds
Best Picture: Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles
Best Supporting Actress: Marion Cotillard in Nine
Best Adapted Screenplay: Julie & Julia
Best Animated Film: Coraline

Of the "dark horse" variety:
Best Picture: District 9
Best Picture: Nine
Best Actor: Sharlto Copley in District 9
Best Actor: Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Rosamund Pike in An Education
Best Director: Pedro Almodovar for Broken Embraces
Best Original Screenplay: World's Greatest Dad

No chance, but how cool if:
Best Picture: Paranormal Activity
Best Actor: Robin Williams in World's Greatest Dad
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Begley, Jr. in Whatever Works
Best Original Screenplay: I Love You, Man

My Oscar Ballot: Movie Year 2008

The Oscar nominations polls close at 5 p.m. PST today. Below are my choices for nominations in the 81sh Annual Academy Awards. I've limited them to the "big" categories, but I've added a few choices among the rest. The nominations will be announced 5:30 a.m. PST on Thursday, January 22nd.



Best Picture:
Frost/Nixon
In Bruges
My Winnipeg
Religulous
Synecdoche, New York

Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Charlie Kaufman for Synecdoche, New York
Guy Maddin for My Winnipeg
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges

Best Actor:
Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon
Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD

Best Actress:
Kristen Bell in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
Anjelina Jolie in Wanted
Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actor:
Mathieu Amalric in A Christmas Tale
James Cromwell in W.
Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married
Ann Savage in My Winnipeg
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Debra Winger in Rachel Getting Married

Best Original Screenplay:
Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Charlie Kaufman for Synecdoche, New York
Guy Maddin and George Toles for My Winnipeg
Bill Maher for Religulous
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFeeley for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Peter Morgan for Frost/Nixon
Melissa Rosenberg for Twilight
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord (screen story) for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Also Noteworthy:
Cloverfield (Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Best Visual Effects)
The Dark Knight (Best Cinematography, Best Make-Up)
Frost/Nixon (Best Editing)
Hancock (Best Visual Effects)
Iron Man (Best Visual Effects, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration)
My Winnipeg (Best Documentary)
Slumdog Millionaire (Best Score, Best Cinematography)
Synecdoche, New York (Best Art Direction-Set Decoration)
The Wrestler (Best Art Direction-Set Decoration)

My Oscar Ballot: Movie Year 2007

The Oscar nominations polls close at 5 p.m. PST today. Below are my choices for nominations in the 80th Annual Academy Awards. I've limited them to the "big" categories, but I added a few choices among the rest. The nominations will be announced 5:30 a.m. PST on Tuesday, January 22nd.

Best Picture:
Away from Her
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Into the Wild
Juno
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Best Director:
Wes Anderson for The Darjeeling Limited
Seth Gordon for The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Cristian Mungiu for 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Sean Penn for Into the Wild
Sarah Polley for Away From Her

Best Actor:
George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Gordon Pinsent in Away From Her

Best Actress:
Julie Christie in Away From Her
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney in The Savages
Anamaria Marinca in 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Rose McGowan in Grindhouse

Best Supporting Actor:
Jason Bateman in Juno
Michael Cera in Juno
Ethan Hawke in Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
Vlad Ivanov in 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days

Best Supporting Actress:
Olympia Dukakis in Away From Her
Jennifer Garner in Juno
Catherine Keener in Into the Wild
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
Sigourney Weaver in The TV Set

Best Original Screenplay:
The Darjeeling Limited
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Juno
Ratatouille
Superbad

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Away From Her
The Bourne Ultimatum
Into the Wild
Rescue Dawn
300

Also Noteworthy:
The Darjeeling Limited (Best Art Direction-Set Decoration)
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Best Foreign Language Film)
Into the Wild (Best Editing, Best Make-Up, Best Score, Best Cinematography)
Music and Lyrics (Best Song: “PoP! Goes My Heart”)
No Country for Old Men (Best Sound Editing)
Once (Best Song: “Falling Slowly”)
Ratatouille (Best Animated Film)
Sicko (Best Documentary)
The Simpsons Movie (Best Animated Film)
Sweeney Todd (Best Art Direction-Set Decoration)
There Will Be Blood (Best Cinematography, Best Score)
300 (Best Visual Effects)