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Final Oscar Predictions 2013

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

I hoped to post about each category individually, but alas, time and life intervened so I only got through a handful. This has been a crazy awards year. Ultimately, it’s been a positive one for movies because the majority of … Continue reading →

Posted in Amour, Ang Lee, Anna Karenina, Argo, Best Animated Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Django Unchained, Films, Foreign Films, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar Talk, Uncategorized | Tagged Academy Awards, Amour, Argo, Awards, BAFTA, best actor, Best Animated Feature, Best Cinematopgraphy, best picture, best screenplay, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, cinema, Daniel Day-Lewis, Django Unchaines, film, jennifer lawrence, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, oscars, picks, predictions, Silver Linings Playbook, Snubs | 2 Comments

Oscar Predictions: Best Writing

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees: Argo, Chris Terrio Lincoln, Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell Life of Pi, David McGee Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin/Lucy Alibar Two of the tightest races in this year’s Oscars will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Films, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar Talk, Uncategorized, Zero Dark Thirty | Tagged Academy Awards, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin/Lucy Alibar, Chris Terrio, cinema, David McGee, David O. Russell, film, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, oscars, picks, predictions, Silver Linings Playbook, Tony Kushner | Leave a comment

Oscar Predictions: Best Editing

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Editing Nominees: Argo, William Goldenberg Zero Dark Thirty, William Goldenberg/Dylan Tichenor Lincoln, Michael Kahn Life of Pi, Tim Squyres Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy/Crispin Struthers When The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo won Best Editing last year it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Argo, Films, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar Talk, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty | Tagged 2013, Academy Awards, Argo, best editing, Crispin Struthers, Dylan Tichenor, Films, Jay Cassidy, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Michael Kahn, Movies, oscars, picks, predictions, Silver Linings Playbook, the girl with the dragon tattoo, Tim Squyres, William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty | Leave a comment

Oscar Predictions: Best Cinematography

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Best Cinematography Nominees: Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski Skyfall, Roger Deakins Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda Django Unchained, Robert Richardson Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey A good case can be made for four out of the five nominees in this category (Django Unchained seems like an also-ran and … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Cinematography, Films, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar Talk, Uncategorized | Tagged 2013, Academy Awards, Anna Karenina, Avatar, best cinematography, cinema, Claudio Miranda, Django Unchained, Films, hugo, Images, Inception, janusz kaminski, Lens, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, oscars, picks, predictions, robert richardson, Roger Deakins, Seamus McGarvey, Skyfall, The Master | Leave a comment

Oscar Noms Aftermath

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Well, all told I didn’t do all that badly, nailing 73% of all categories not icluding shorts (those were a crapshoot) and 80% if you include my alternates. I whiffed on Emmanuelle Riva, and Amour in general. I thought the … Continue reading →

Posted in Amour, Anna Karenina, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Documentary, Films, Movies, Oscar Talk, Uncategorized, Zero Dark Thirty | Tagged 2012, Academy Awards, Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, best picture, cinema, Django Unchained, film, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Movies, oscars, picks, predictions, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty | 1 Comment

2013 Oscar Nominations

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook” Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln” Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables” Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master” Denzel Washington in “Flight” Performance by an actor in a supporting role … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Oscar Talk | Tagged Academy Awards, Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Films, Haneke, Lincoln, Movies, oscars, Spielberg, Zero Dark Thirty | Leave a comment

FINAL 2013 OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

While this has been a particularly unpredictable Oscar season, now that the dust has all but settled on the nominations, a good amount of “locks” have surfaced in all categories. What makes this year more fun than most is the … Continue reading →

My Favorite Films of 2012

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Zac Petrillo

I don’t pretend to know what the best film of 2012 actually was (as though these things can be defined) and I’m not sure I even know that I had a favorite. This has been a peculiar year filled with … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Movies, News, Top Movis 2012, Uncategorized | Tagged Amour, Arbitrage, Bernie, Blood of my Blood, cinema, cosmopolis, Films, Holy Motors, How to Survive a Plague, Killer Joe, Killing Them Softly, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Looper, Middle of Nowhere, Moonrise Kingdom, Movies, Prometheus, Reality, Rust & Bone, Skyfall, The Central Park Five, The Color Wheel, The Master, The Paperboy, This is Not a Film, Top Films 2012 | 8 Comments

Makeup Oscar Shortlist

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

I have no idea how Cloud Atlas missed the cut on this, but as I follow the Oscars for the first time in a serious way, I’m learning that nothing really makes much sense. The list further assures the Academy’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Makeup, Cloud Atlas, Films, Lincoln, Movies, Oscar Talk | Tagged best makeup, cinema, Films, Hitchcock, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Looper, Men in Black 3, Movies, oscar talk, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2 Comments

UPDATED: Oscars 2013 Predictions

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

With the SAG nominations announced and the Golden Globes in place, the dust has settled on the majority of major precursor awards. While this season’s “Oscar movies” aren’t the best slate we’ve seen, they do offer a diverse group. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Les Misérables, Lincoln, Movies, News, Oscar Talk, The Master | Tagged Academy Awards, Amour, Argo, cinema, Django Unchained, film, Films, Hitchcock, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Movies, oscar, oscar hopeful, oscars, picks, predictions, Silver Linings Playbook, The Master | Leave a comment