Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Globe Predix!

Best Drama:
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Comedy/Musical:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted

Best Director:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke, Amour
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Best Lead Actor-Drama:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Lead Actress-Drama:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Lead Actor-Comedy/Musical:
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Russell Crowe, Les Miserables
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Tommy Lee Jones, Hope Springs

Best Lead Actress-Comedy/Musical:
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Bette Midler, Parental Guidance
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
Eddie Redmayne, Les Miserables

Best Supporting Actress:
Samantha Barks, Les Miserables
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Kerry Washington, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay:
Argo
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Score:
Anna Karenina
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom

Best Original Song:
“Abraham’s Daughter,” The Hunger Games (The Arcade Fire)
“Breath of Life,” Snow White and the Huntsman (Florence + the Machine)
“Everybody Needs a Friend,” Ted (Norah Jones)
“Skyfall,” Skyfall (Adele)
“Suddenly,” Les Miserables (Hugh Jackman)

TELEVISION:

Best Drama:
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Homeland
Mad Men
The Newsroom

Best Comedy/Musical:
Girls
Modern Family
New Girl
Smash
Veep

TV Movie/Miniseries:
American Horror Story: Asylum
Game Change
Hatfields & McCoys
Hemingway & Gelhorn
Sherlock

Best Lead Actor-Drama:
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Jonny Lee Miller, Elementary

Best Lead Actress-Drama:
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Jessica Paré, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal

Best Lead Actor-Comedy/Musical:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Matthew Perry, Go On

Best Lead Actress-Comedy/Musical:
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Lead Actor-M/M:
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys

Best Lead Actress-M/M:
Ashley Judd, Missing
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Best Supporting Actor:
Martin Freeman, Sherlock
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Sam Waterston, The Newsroom

Best Supporting Actress:
Ellen Barkin, The New Normal
Anjelica Huston, Smash
Jena Malone, Hatfields & McCoys
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

SAG Predictions!

Ensemble:
Argo
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

Male Actor in a Lead Role:
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Female Actor in a Lead Role:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Bryan Cranston, Argo
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams, The Master
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

TELEVISION

Drama Ensemble:
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
Mad Men

Comedy Ensemble:
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Glee
Modern Family
30 Rock

Male Actor in a Drama:
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Female Actor in a Drama:
Claire Danes, Homeland
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Male Actor in a Comedy:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Female Actor in a Comedy:
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Male Actor in a M/M:
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Ed Harris, Game Change
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gelhorn

Female Actor in a M/M:
Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals
Ashley Judd, Missing
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gelhorn
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Globe & SAG Predix!

http://foryourspeculation.libsyn.com/episode-fifty-one-globe-sag-predix-2012

More detailed list to come soon!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

New Podcast!

http://foryourspeculation.libsyn.com/episode-fifty-oscar-thoughts-2012

Finally!

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Predictions

Of the first week of major critics precursors, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) will go last on Friday, December 7. Here are my predictions!

Best Picture: The Master
(Runner-Up: Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director: Michael Haneke, Amour
(Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master)
Others to Consider: Ben Affleck, Argo; Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Ang Lee, Life of Pi; Steven Spielberg, Lincoln; Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Lead Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
(Runner-Up: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Richard Gere, Arbitrage; John Hawkes, The Sessions; Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock; Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables; Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour; Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Lead Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
(Runner-Up: Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Others to Consider: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty; Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere; Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone; Greta Gerwig, Damsels in Distress/Frances Ha/Lola Versus; Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games/Silver Linings Playbook; Melanie Lynskey, Hello, I Must Be Going; Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

Best Supporting Actor: Bryan Cranston, Argo
(Runner-Up: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln)
Others to Consider: Alan Arkin, Argo; Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook; James Gandolfini, Killing Them Softly/Not Fade Away/Zero Dark Thirty; John Goodman, Argo/Flight/Trouble with the Curve; Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master; Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike; Michael Peña, End of Watch; Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths; Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Master
(Runner-Up: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises/Les Miserables)
Others to Consider: Samantha Barks, Les Miserables; Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister; Ann Dowd, Compliance; Sally Field, Lincoln; Helen Hunt, The Sessions; Isabelle Huppert, Amour; Kelly Reilly, Flight; Kerry Washington, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
(Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master)
Others to Consider: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Seven Psychopaths, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Cinematography: The Master
(Runner-Up: Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Others to Consider: Amour, Anna Karenina, Argo, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Production Design: Les Miserables
(Runner-Up: Anna Karenina)
Others to Consider: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cloud Atlas, Django Unchained, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, Lincoln, The Master, A Royal Affair, Skyfall

Best Music: Jonny Greenwood, The Master
(Runner-Up: Alexandre Desplat, Argo/Moonrise Kingdom/Rise of the Guardians/Rust and Bone/Zero Dark Thirty)
Others to Consider: Amour, Anna Karenina, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Brave, Cloud Atlas, The Hobbit, Life of Pi, Lincoln, On the Road, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall

Best Foreign-Language Film: Amour
(Runner-Up: The Intouchables)

Best Non-Fiction Film: Searching for Sugar Man
(Runner-Up: The Central Park Five)

Best Animated Film: Brave
(Runner-Up: Frankenweenie)

New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin and Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Others to Consider: Ava DuVernay and Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere