New Avengers Poster and Trailer Revealed

Along with the poster for the Avengers an completely bad ass trailer for The Avengers. I admit that my excitement for the this film has fallen over the past few months but i'st right back up there again . Can't Wait for May.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tY9DnBNJFTI&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Oscars 2013

I'm unsure if the Oscars are going to continue with the 5% rule or go back to 10 or 5 nominees so I'll write in 10.(they should go back to 10 or 5)

Best Picture

The Surrogate(PREDICTED WINNER)-Although a lot of people are predicting Lincoln,The Great Gatsby or The Master I'm going to go with The Surrogate. Although films that could out of Sundance usually don't do as well as films out of Cannes. The Surrogate looks like a personal well acted,well directed film that the academy can get behind. The Academy loves to award an underdog. 

 Django Unchained- Quentin Tarantino is back with a western that hopefully will fit his style and be a great follow up to Inglorious Bastards

The Master-After There Will be Blood anything that Paul Thomas Anderson touches will turn to gold and with three strong(maybe two) actors at it's helm this film looks like a solid best picture contender and possibility a winner.

 Lincoln- After the somewhat disappointment of War Horse Steven Spielberg is back with Lincoln a film that if done right could sweep the Oscars and if done wrong could fall somewhere critically between War Horse and The Iron Lady. I don't feel as strongly about Lincoln as I previously did mostly because of War Horse winning no Oscars and my disliking of War Horse but that could easily change.

The Dark Knight Rises-The academy usually likes to one or two summer blockbusters and if Dark Knight Rises is good and there is more than 5 nominees(the 5% rule could hurt if if it remains) then it will get nominated. To quote another award site if your not going to nominate really good summer blockbuster then just go back to 5 nominees.

Brave-If Brave is a return to form for Pixar then this is almost a lock. If Brave is jut simply good and not great then a best picture would seem out of the question but all signs are pointing to a nomination at this point.

Gravity-Coming off of Children of Men Alfonso Cuaron proved that he knows how to do really good science fiction. With Sandra Bullock coming off an Oscar and a terrific turn in Extremely Loud and Close and George Clooney coming off a runner up best actor run this could be an amazing science fiction film.

Life of Pi- With great source material,a great director and a child actor at it`s helm this film could be sentimental story that gets to academy voters and gets a nomination.

The Great Gatsby: The Academy may feel the need to reward a historical costume piece with great acting, costumes from great source material. I'm worried about the direction in this but the film can mantain to be good. It is a film that actors and old members of the academy can get behind.

Argo- After The Town and Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck has proved himself as a great director and will be able to turn Argo in a very suspenseful and entertaining film.

Best Director
1.Ben Lewin" The Surrogate"
2.Paul Thomas Anderson"The Master"
3Quentin Tarantino" Django Unchained"
4.Steven Spielberg"Lincoln"
5. Christopher Nolan"The Dark Knight Rises"


Best Actor

1.John Hawkes "The Surrogate"

2.Daniel Day Lewis "Lincoln"

3.Philip Seymour Hoffman "The Master"

4.Brad Pitt "Cogan's Trade"

5.Ryan Gosling "Only God Forgives"

Best Actress

1.Carey Mulligan" The Great Gatsby"

2.Helen Hunt"The Surrogate"

3.Keira Knightly "Anna Karenina"

4.Marion Cotilard "Lowlife"

5.Sandra Bullock "Gravity"

Best Supporting Actor

1.Joesph Gordan Levitt "Lincoln"

2.James Franco"Lovelace"

3. Leonardo DiCaprio " Django Unchained"

4.Joaquin Phoenix "The Master"

5.Micheal Fassbender"Twelve Years as a Slave"

Best Supporting Actress

1.Amy Adams"The Master"
2.Anna Hathway"Les Miserables"
3.Jennifer Lawrence"Silver Linings Playbook"
4.Sally Fields"Lincoln"
5.Suraj Sharma" Life of Pi"

Best Original Screenplay: Django Unchained

Best Adapted Screenplay: Lincoln

Best Original Score: Brave

Best Animated Feature:Brave

Editing:Django Unchained

Best Art Direction: The Great Gatsby

Best Costume Design:The Great Gatsby

Best Makeup-The Hobbit

Best Cinematography: Gravity

Best Sound Mixing: The Dark Knight Rises

Best Sound Editing: The Dark Knight Rises

Best Visual Effects: Prometheus

Well that is it for now currently I'm going to start writing on Movie and Television previews,news and reviewers with some slight award season status. I'll pick back up with full on award season status in late November.

Complete List of Winners

17/24 ouch I was able to call Hugo for best cinematography and best visual effects though. I'll post my 2013 predictions and explanations tomorrow.


Best Picture:The Artist

Best Director: Micheal Hazanavicius

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin The Artist

Best Actress: Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer

                    

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer

Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants

Best Cinematography:Hugo

Best Editing: Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Best Original Score: The Artist

Best Original Song- Man or Muppet

Best Costume Design: The Artist

Best Make-up-The Iron Lady

Best Art Direction:Hugo

Best Sound Editing: Hugo

Best Sound Mixing: Hugo

Best Visual Effects: Hugo

Best Animated Feature: Rango

Best Foreign Film: A Separation

Best Documentary: Undefeated

Best Documentary Short: Saving Face

Best Live Action Short: The Shore                                                                                             
Animated Short: The Fantastic Flying Books of Doctor Lessmore

Razzie Nomitations

Worst Picture- Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
- Jack & Jill
- New Year's Eve
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Worst Actor

- Russell Brand, Arthur
- Nicolas Cage, Drive Angry 3-D, Season Of The Witch, and Trespass
- Taylor Lautner, Abduction and Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I
- Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
- Nick Swardson, Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star

Worst Actress

- Martin Lawrence (As "Momma"), Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
- Sarah Palin (As "Herself"), Sarah Palin: The Undefeated
- Sarah Jessica Parker, I Don't Know How She Does It and New Year's Eve
- Adam Sandler (As "Jill"), Jack & Jill
- Kristen Stewart, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

Worst Supporting Actress

- Katie Holmes, Jack & Jill
- Brandon T. Jackson (As "Charmaine"), Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
- Nicole Kidman, Just Go With It
- David Spade (As "Monica"), Jack & Jill
- The Underwear Model (Aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), Transformers: Dark Of The Moon

Worst Supporting Actor

- Patrick Dempsey, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
- James Franco, Your Highness
- Ken Jeong, Big Momma's #3, Hangover Part 2, Transformers #3 and Zookeeper
- Al Pacino (As "Al Pacino"), Jack & Jill
- Nick Swardson, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It

Worst Screen Ensemble

- The Entire Cast of Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star
- The Entire Cast of Jack & Jill
- The Entire Cast of New Year's Eve
- The Entire Cast of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
- The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

Worst Director

- Michael Bay, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
- Tom Brady, Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star
- Bill Condon, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I
- Dennis Dugan, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
- Garry Marshall, New Year's Eve

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel

- Arthur
- Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star (Rip-Off of Boogie Nights and A Star Is Born)
- The Hangover Part 2 (Both a sequel and a remake!)
- Jack & Jill (Remake/Rip-Off of Ed Woods' Glen or Glenda)
- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

Worst Screen Couple

- Nicolas Cage & Anyone Sharing the Screen with Him in Any of His Three 2011 Movie
- Shia Lebeouf & The Underwear Model (Aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), Transformers #3
- Adam Sandler & EITHER Jennifer Aniston OR Brooklyn Decker, Just Go With It
- Adam Sandler & EITHER Katies Holmes, Al Pacino OR Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill
- Kristen Stewart & EITHER Taylor Lautner OR Robert Pattinson, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I
Worst Screenplay

- Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star, Written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Nick Swardson
- Jack & Jill, Screenplay by Steve Koren & Adam Sandler, Story by Ben Zook
- New Year's Eve, Written by Katherine Fugate
- Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, Written by Ehren Kruger
- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, from the novel by Stephenie Meyer

Final Predictions

Alright this is locked in  nothing can or will change after this point.

Best Picture:The Artist

Best Director: Micheal Hazanavicius

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin The Artist

Best Actress: Viola Davis The Help

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer

                    

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer

Best Original Screenplay: The Artist

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants

Best Cinematography:Hugo

Best Editing: The Artist

Best Original Score: The Artist

Best Original Song- Man or Muppet

Best Costume Design: Hugo

Best Make-up-The Iron Lady

Best Art Direction:Hugo

Best Sound Editing: Hugo

Best Sound Mixing: Hugo

Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Animated Feature: Rango

Best Foreign Film: A Separation

Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory 

Best Documentary Short: The Tsunami And The Cherry Blossom

Best Live Action Short: Time Freak                                                                                                   

Animated Short-The Fantastic Flying Books of Doctor Lessmore

The Last Minute Changes

Every year there is a few categories that will make you tear your hair out. You sit and think about them for a long time and at some you come to a logical conclusion. However maybe you see an argument you didn't think off, a long lost stat that might me important and simply you feel you have to go with your gut.Then you have to sit down and rethink it again and again. However although you may be wrong you at some time your going to have to  lock your predictions in once the ceremony has began. Last there was several categories Art Direction, Cinematography and Costume Design that I kept changing my mind around. Here are some of those categories for me.

Best Original Screenplay

This one is a dead heat and probably the closest race of the night. Best picture winners are always going to be favorites in the category but Woody Allen hasn't made a best picture nominations for a long time and they make want to reward him. Right now I'm predicting The Artist but I'm bound to switch this one.

Best Visual Effects

I would disappointed if Hugo won this but it is very close right. The Oscars like to award best picture nominees in this category and are very afraid of motion capture. Rise of the Planet of the Apes has amazing special effect , a box office hit and an incredible lead performance to boot. I'm currently against the curve predicting Hugo again that's bound to change.

Best Documentary

This one is hard to call unlike last year considering that the academy snubbed any real favorite here. It's a dead heat between Pina,Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory and Undefeated. Of course you can never count out the Weinstons, Pina has commercial appeal and Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory appears to be what most people/sites are predicting . Currently I'm predicting Pina but that's subject to change.

The Shorts

Don't even get me started in this category. Considering I haven't seen any of these films and don't know how to see the films(please comment if you do)this is incredibly hard to predict. It doesn't help the academy takes these categories very seriously. Currently I'm predicting Time Freak, The Flying Books and Cherry Blossom but that could change as well.

Costume Design

This is a category that fourth nominees all could easily in the category can win. The Artist very  slimy has the lead but the academy loves to give the costume to very old period pieces Anonymous and Jane Erye could take it because of that reason. Hugo could benefit from having fantasy and period Costumes and a abundance of nominations. I still believe The Artist could win but that's subject to change.

What Categories give you a headache? What predictions do you think you will change repeatedly or at the last minute?

Should /Will Win

If you read this site on a general bias.(hahahahaha) then you know that I usually don't do a lot of should win in my commentary on the races. So since award season is so close to being over I figured I break that tradition and publish my Should Win/Will Win.(these predictions could change before theo ceremony.)

Best Picture

Will Win: The Artist has won almost everything it could get it's hands on(besides the SAG) is backed by the Weinstons and is an homage to silent film this one's in the bag.

Should Win: It's tempting to pick The Artist but I'm going with Hugo. Although The Artist and Hugo were both silent film homages Hugo was the better one. Hugo showed the joy and imagination that could come from film with beautiful cinematography, art direction, costumes and special effects.

Should Have Been Nominated: Besides the obvious Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Drive(which at the very least should have been considered). I`m going to go with Warrior. Warrior was well acted , written and just an great all around film. Sadly it was a commercial failure and failed to garner any attention(in the best picture category)

Best Director

Will Win: After predicting a split last year I realize that splits are so rare. I stand firm in my belief that the academy hates to split simply because the academy believe it shows they made the wrong choice. Even though that is untrue Micheal Hazanavicius will still win because of that sole fact.

Should Win: Even if Martin Scorsese can't win best picture Martin Scorsese truly deserves best picture showing a pure love for film that Hugo balancing his visionary style and physical comedy his direction took a film that could have been average in the hands of any other filmmaker and turned it into something extraordinary.

Should Have Been Nominated: Nicolas Winding Refn really breathed life into Drive and had an amazing vision behind the camera. It's really sad how Drive will probably considered more of a student film that an amazing art house action film. Hopefully Nicholas Winding Refn can get awards heat he deserves for Only God Forgives.(if it's really good)

Best Actor

Will Win: Jean Dujardin has come out of nowhere and taken the momentum from both Geroge Clooney and Brad Pitt. Although I smell an upset coming from Brad Pitt. I'm going to have to go with Jean Dujardin even though I think that won't work out for the academy in the long run.

Should Win: I hate for it seem like I'm boarding the Brad Pitt train but after watching Moneyball it's really amazing how great he was as Billy Beane. If he was n newcomer there would be no way that he would lose this but I honestly think that people take his performance for granted.

Should Have Been Nominated: Micheal Fassbender if not only for the reason that he been in and been really good in so many films. The film he was best in was definitely Shame and he deserved a nomination.

Best Actress

Who Will Win: Viola Davis after the winning the SAG and the critics choice award will probably take this award. Meryl Streep has won before and The Iron Lady isn't a good enough of a film for the rest of the guilds to ban together. However Meryl Streep will always be a threat.

Should Win:This one is a tough won considering both Viola David and Meryl Streep really both deserve it but I'm going to go with Meryl Streep for creating a character right down to the breathing and breathing life into

Should Have Been Nominated: I honestly didn't watch a lot of best actress this year so I could be wrong but I'm going to go with Tilda Swinton for her haunting performance in My Life with Kevin. (kidding) We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Best Supporting Actor

Who Will Win: Christopher Plummer has had this one for a long time. Yes there is support for Max Von Sydow but it's almost the same story as last year a supporting actor cleans up all the critic and guild awards and at the last minute people see it turning a different way. I don't see it happening.()

Who Should Win: Christopher Plummer was very good turning in a tour de force performance in Beginners.

Should Have Been Nominated: Alberta Brooks really deserved to be nominated although he wasn't in the film for a very long he made a lasting impression and a terrifying villain.

Best Supporting Actress

Who Will Win: Octavia Spencer almost has this one in the bag  The Sag, Critic Choice Awards and other all support for the Help will bring her the gold.()Although she could lose due to a split and some Artist love.

Should Win: Although I think Octavia Spencer was very good and Melissa McCarthy certainly was funny. Jessica Chastain should take home the prize. She fully embodied her character and was able to actually bring humor and depth to her character. Plus she was very good (if not better in many films this year)

Should Have Been Nominated: Shailene Woodly

Best Original Screenplay

Who Will Win: The Descendants

Who Should Win: Moneyball

Should Have Been Nominated: 50/50

Best Adapted Screenplay

Who Will Win: The Artist (very close this might change)

Who Should Win: A Separation

 Should Have Been Nominated: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Best Animated Feature

Will/Should Win: Rango

Should Have Been Nominated: Tintin

Best Art Direction

Who Will / Should Win: Hugo

Should Have Been Nominated: Tinker,Tailor,Solider, Spy

Best Score

Who Will/ Should Win: The Artist

Should Have Been Nominated: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Editing

Who Will Win:The Artist

Who Should Win: Hugo

Who Should Have Been Nominated: Drive

Best Costume Design

Who Will Win: The Artist

Who Should Win: Hugo

Best Makeup

Will Win: Iron Lady

Should Win: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

Best Cinematography 

Who Will Win: War Horse

Who Should Win: Tree of Life

Who Should Have Been Nominated: Drive

Best Sound Editing

Should/ Will Win: Hugo

Best Sound Mixing

Should/ Will Win: Hugo

Best Visual Effects

Will Win: Hugo

Should Win: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Original Song

Who Will/ Should Win: Man or Muppet

Should Have Been Nominated: Life's a Happy Song

Best Foreign Film

Will/ Should Win: A Separation

Best Documentary

Who Will Win: Pina

Who Should Win: Undefeated


 Should Have Been Nominated: Project Nim

Best Live Action Short

Will Win: Time Freak

Best Documentary Short

Will Win: The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

 Best Animated Short

Who Will Win: The Fantastic Flying Books of Doctor Lessmore