Movie Midterms

For this week, we decided to do something a little different. There will be no reviews whatsoever for this week. Instead, we will be predicting. It is roughly half-way to the 2010 Academy Awards, so we figured that we would pull out our crystal ball and try to predict the nominees and winners for the awards. The only catch is that we are only doing movies up to now, so there is much room for change. Nevertheless, here are our nominees and predictions:

BEST ACTOR:

Jamie Foxx, The Soloist

Johnny Depp, Public Enemies

Matt Damon, The Informant

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Brad Pitt, Inglourious Basterds

TR: Jamie Foxx- Again he blows away the pack with another character of another level, from Ray Charles, to mentally challenged homeless musician, to the musical artist filling your airwaves with "Blame It," Foxx is one successful and talented dude.

EB: Jeremy Renner-Although he's a relatively unknown actor, when I was watching him play Sgt. James in this film, I couldn't help but actually believe that he was this character. Incredible job.

BEST ACTRESS:

Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

Hillary Swank, Amelia

Rachel McAdams, The Time Traveler's Wife

Abigail Breslin, My Sister's Keeper

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

EB: Gabourey Sidibe. I have never felt so much for a character in a movie. She captures every single emotion so perfectly that this becomes a no-brainer to me.

TR: Rachel McAdams. Just cause I want to marry her and she's endlessly talented.

BEST DIRECTOR:

Michael Mann, Public Enemies

Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are

TR: Spike Jonze. In no way do I expect him to be nominated but something about how this movie was directed made it one of the weirdest movies ever while being front to back enjoyable.

EB: Kathryn Bigelow. Again with the Hurt Locker pick, I think that Bigelow just gets the whole tension and caution of a bomb defusing squad absolutely perfect.

BEST PICTURE:

The Hurt Locker

Precious

Sin Nombre

Star Trek

Public Enemies

Disctrict 9

Up

Goodbye Solo

EB: Surprise, surprise, I'm picking The Hurt Locker. I have never been more on the edge of my seat during a movie. This movie is perfect. Enough said.

TR: I've got to go with Public Enemies, it doesn't seem like the sexy pick but as of right now I am yet to be blown away by something better. Johnny Depp does a great job in a role outside of his whacky Tim Burton plots. Director Michael Mann, made this gangster film a great night at the movies.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

Up

A Christmas Carol

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

TR: Disney+Pixar= Gold. Up. Hands down. Squirrel!

EB: Up. The best Pixar movie to date. Possibly the most I've laughed at a dog in a movie. Good stuff.