The basu! Guide to the Oscars 2010
Well kids, it’s that time of the year again. So, print out your ballot, make your picks, drink some apple-tinis, and luxuriate in the annual five-hour spectacle that is the Academy Awards. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wish you had TiVo so you can get through the boring parts quicker, but at the end of it all, you’ll already be looking forward to next year.
Best Picture [a.k.a. The Most Exciting Race This Year, Which Is Cool, No?]
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Up in the Air
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Up
The Blind Side
An Education
District 9
A Serious Man
Who Will Win: Up in the Air. No, wait, The Hurt Locker. Wait, wait, I meant Avatar. No, what I really mean is Inglourious Basterds. Wait, really? Fine, I’ll go back to The Hurt Locker.
Who Should Win: Personally, I would say A Serious Man (even though it’s polarizing). Since I do have a soft spot in my heart for The Hurt Locker, I would say that it should win. But, hate him or love him, you can’t deny James Cameron’s rare achievement and so, big-picture-wise (some pun intended), I think ultimately Avatar should win.
(A Hugely) Possible Upset: Avatar. But, before we get ahead of ourselves and concentrate on a two-horse race, I will ask the eternal question: Remember Harvey Weinstein? Well, apparently so does the Academy and if you want to believe those press reports, then [insert this year’s movie: Inglourious Basterds] has a shot here. Almost unthinkable, but if anyone can do it, Harvey can. Here’s what I wrote last year: “Remember Harvey Weinstein? Well, apparently so does the Academy and if you want to believe those press reports, then The Reader has a shot here. Almost unthinkable, but if anyone can do it, Harvey can. Here’s what I wrote last year: ‘Here’s what I wrote back in 2006, it is sadly appropriate this year as well: ‘What had started out as a slam dunk has now become a close race. Stay tuned, it’s not often that the biggest surprise of Oscar night happens at the end of the night.’ ‘ “
Possible Dark Horse: Inglourious Basterds. Why? Two words: “Harvey” and “Weinstein”!
Most Out-of-Left-Field Nomination: None really (there were 10 nominees this year), but I’m still so happy A Serious Man made the list.
Most Notable Omission: With 10 nominees I’m not sure you can have too many omissions, but I was hoping that Star Trek would have snuck in there. And I thought for sure that good ol’ Harve would have gotten A Single Man on the list. And with 10 slots, they couldn’t have made up for all those great documentaries snubbed over the years and left a spot open for The Cove? And I am shocked that the old fogies left the oh-so well-meaningInvictus off the list (not that I’m complaining).
Shoulda Been Here: Oh boy, where do I begin? Well, just check out my Top 10 list at the end of the Guide.
My Goodbye Solo/The Messenger Overlooked Plea: Goodbye Solo and The Messenger were two of the most criminally overlooked movies of the year.
My A Prophet (Un Prophete) Somewhat-Overlooked Plea: Best movie, ever!
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Who Will Win: Kathryn Bigelow.
Who Should Win: I am happy to say: Kathryn Bigelow.
(A Fairly Im) Possible Upset: The Former Mr. Bigelow, James Cameron.
Possible Dark Horse: Quentin Tarantino. Why? Two words: “Harvey” and “Weinstein”!
Most Notable Omission: I am shocked that the old fogies left the oh-so well-meaning Clint Eastwood off the list.
Shoulda Been Here: The always-fantastic Jane Campion. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Tom Ford (for his first movie…first movie!).
My Goodbye Solo/The Messenger Overlooked Plea: Oren Moverman shoulda been here (for his first movie…first movie!). I should say that Ramin Bahrani shoulda been here, but I won’t. Why? Because he’s only 34 years old and he’s already directed six (six!) movies. I think he’s doin’ okay.
My A Prophet (Un Prophete) Somewhat-Overlooked Plea: The great, great Jacques Audiard shoulda been here!
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Who Will Win: Jeff Bridges.
Who Should Win: The great, great, great Colin Firth!
(An Im)Possible Upset: George “Clooney Being Clooney” Clooney.
Possible Dark Horse: None. The race is over.
Most Notable Omission: Okay, so it’s not exactly notable, but I thought for sure that Academy darlings The Coen Brothers would have halo-ed the estimable…
Shoulda Been Here: …Michael Stuhlbarg into a nomination. I mean the vastly overrated No Country for Old Men gets all these mostly underserved Oscars (mostly underserved because Javier Bardem always deserves it) and the stunning A Serious Man can’t get a nomination for its stellar lead actor? Sad. So very sad. Of course, I would have loved to have seen Nicolas Cage (yup, that Nicolas Cage) up here for his crazy, gonzo performance inBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (insane!). The Road was a flawed (but good) movie with another great performance from Viggo Mortensen (his non-nomination proving that Harvey Weinstein may be moral, I meant mortal, mortal, after all). Patton Oswalt was great in Big Fan. George Clooney…for Fantastic Mr. Fox.
My Goodbye Solo/The Messenger Overlooked Plea: For the life of me I can’t figure out why Goodbye Solo is getting no love at all, even from the smaller awards and the almighty film critics. Leading man Souleymane Sy Savane really should have been. A nomination would have done wonders for his still-nascent career. Ben Foster would have been here for The Messenger if he had had the good fortune of being named Ryan Gosling.
My A Prophet (Un Prophete) Somewhat-Overlooked Plea: The sneakily good Tahar Rahim deserved to be here (so amazing, but quietly so).
My Clive Owen Plea: Between Duplicity, The International, and The Boys Are Back the Academy couldn’t have found a nomination for him? Come on man, not even one?
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Who Will Win: Sandra Bullock, pulling an “Erin Brockovich” here.
Who Should Win: Gabourey Sidibe. By far the best thing about a vastly overrated film.
(A Maybe Not Too Im)Possible Upset: Here is what I wrote last year: “Meryl Streep. Bless that indefatigable spirit in such fine display at the SAG [insert: Golden Globe] Awards. I think the old fogies are just dying to give the original OG another pat on the back for a spectacular year (more than a half-billion dollars worth of worldwide Mamma Mia! fans can’t be wrong!).”
Possible Dark Horse: One-time frontrunner Carey Mulligan.
Most Notable Omission: Emily Blunt (not quite pulling a “Anne Hathaway”). And apparently one-time It Girl Michelle Monaghan was very good in a small movie called Trucker (she, too, couldn’t quite pull a “Anne Hathaway”).
Shoulda Been Here: Zoe Saldana. C’mon, why not? I am, and always will be a Zooey Deschanel fan. And while I may not be a fan, Abbie Cornish was very good in the also-criminally-underappreciated Bright Star.
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station [His First Ever Nomination! Crazy!]
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Matt Damon – Invictus
Who Will Win: Christoph Waltz. Man, oh man, oh man!
Who Should Win: Once again, I am happy to say: Christoph Waltz.
Possible Upset: Here is what I wrote last year: “None. There is no race, it’s over, the result has been decided.”
Possible Dark Horse: Ditto.
Most Notable Omission: Stanley Tucci …for Julie & Julia (he was much better in that film and Meryl Streep would not have been as good without him to act as such a superb foil). I was so sad when Hal Holbrook lost out to (the admittedly deserving) Javier Bardem all those years ago, but I was probably sadder he wasn’t even nominated this time around for That Evening Sun.
Shoulda Been Here: Both Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty were fantastic in The Hurt Locker. One of these days Alfred Molina is going to get one of those Christopher-Plummer-Lifetime-Achievement Nominations. And once again Comedy gets no love from the Academy. How else to explain the unforgivable absence of Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, and the insane Ken Jeong? Come on!
My Goodbye Solo/The Messenger Overlooked Plea: Red West, who was so heartbreakingly good in Goodbye Solo.
My A Prophet (Un Prophete) Somewhat-Overlooked Plea: Niels Arestrup was brilliant, absolutely brilliant, in A Prophet (Un Prophete). I’d be a happy man if he continued to make movies with the great Jacques Audiard for the rest of their lives.
Best Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Penelope Cruz – Nine [a.k.a. The Harvey Weinstein Special]
Who Will Win: Mo’Nique
Who Should Win: Anna Kendrick. By far the best thing about a vastly overrated film.
(Im)Possible Upset: None. It’s over. Done. Finito. La fin.
Possible Dark Horse: None. It’s over. Done. Finito. La fin.
Most Notable Omission: Either of the fabulous ladies from Inglourious Basterds: Diane Kruger and Melanie Laurent (c’mon Harve, couldn’t you have worked your magic for these two deserving actresses?).
Shoulda Been Here: Paraphrasing from last year: “While Mo’Nique got the nomination for the extremely overrated Precious, her other, non-Mariah Carey co-star Paula Patton was invaluable.” Also paraphrasing from lastyear: “Kathy Bates was sneaky-good in The Blind Side and probably could have pulled off an for-old-time’s-sake nomination.” Again, paraphrasing from last year: “While Penelope Cruz got the nomination for the awful (and I do mean awful) Nine, her co-star Marion Cotillard was invaluable as her foil.” In fact, the amazing Cotillard should have been a double nominee for being the heart and soul of Public Enemies (that last scene, sniff…sniff!). And again paraphrasing from last year (I really am getting lazy): “And while Carey Mulligan got all the attention, Rosamund Pike was the one who should’ve been nominated!” How about those creepy girls from The White Ribbon? Penelope Cruz…for Broken Embraces.
My Goodbye Solo/The Messenger Overlooked Plea: The always-great Samantha Morton really needed to have been included here for her strange, affecting performance in The Messenger.
My A Single Man A-Little-Bit-Overlooked Plea: It’s a crime that the great Julianne Moore wasn’t nominated for her literally tour-de-force performance opposite Colin Firth. For shame!
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, and Tom McCarthy – Up
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman – The Messenger
Who Will Win: Mark Boal. No Quentin Tarantino. Wait, I mean Mark Boal. No QT. No MB. Fine, I’ll stick with Mark Boal (so close, so very, very close).
Who Should Win: Ooh, now that’s a tough one. I have to admit, the one weakness of The Messenger was its script. So I’ll say The Coen Brothers deserve to win for that crazy, head-spinning movie of theirs. Wow! Wow!
(Extremely) Possible Upset: Harve…I mean Quentin.
Possible Dark Horse: None. This is strictly a two-script race.
Most Notable Omission: Those kids behind (500) Days of Summer. It’s one of those self-consciously quirky “indie” films that always seem to get a writing nomination. Long-time industry vet Nancy Meyers probably expected an industry-insider nomination.
My Goodbye Solo/The Messenger Overlooked Plea: Since they gave the two kids from The Messenger one of those “consolation” nominations, couldn’t they have given one to Ramin Bahrani and Bahareh Azimi for the deeply moving Goodbye Solo? I know the kid has six (six!) movies under his belt, but I guess he could have done with at least one nomination.
My A Prophet (Un Prophete) Somewhat-Overlooked Plea: Hey, if they gave the greatest-living-director Pedro Almodovar a Best Screenplay Oscar for Talk To Her (amazing, they gave him a writing Oscar for a foreign film), they could have at least nominated the great Jacques Audiard (and Thomas Bidegain) here.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air
Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Nick Hornby – An Education
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell – District 9
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche – In the Loop
Who Will Win: Jason “Son of Director of Ghostbusters Ivan” Reitman and that other guy.
Who Should Win: The insanely profane In the Loop. I hope they do a “bleeped-out” version for basic cable one day; that would be hilarious!
(Im)Possible Upset: None. The race is over. It’ll be great to see that awkward acceptance speech by Reitman and the other guy (the behind-the-scenes wrangling surrounding the screenwriting credits is far more interesting than the film itself).
Possible Dark Horse: None.
Most Notable Omission: The other long-time industry vet Nora Ephron probably expected an industry-insider nomination.
Shoulda Been Here: I dunno, plot has never been my strong point.
My A Single Man A-Little-Bit-Overlooked Plea: Tom Ford, for his first ever script (first!).
Best Documentary Feature [a.k.a. The Co-Worst Branch of the Academy]
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Burma VJ
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Who Will Win: The Cove.
Who Should Win: I am happy to say: The Cove.
(Pretty Im)Possible Upset: Food, Inc.
Most Out-of-Left-Field Nomination: Which Way Home.
Possible Dark Horse: None. It’s strictly a one-and-a-half-horse race.
Most Notable Omission: Ah, where to begin? Every year the closest race is usually between the Documentary and Foreign Film branches of the Academy to see who can mess things up more. So this year, the Documentary branch managed to overlook such famous documentaries as Michael Jackson’s This Is It…and Tyson…and Capitalism: A Love Story…
Shoulda Been Here: …as well as some not-quite-as-well-known-but-amazing documentaries like The Beaches of Agnes…and Valentino: The Last Emperor…and Every Little Step…and Mugabe and the White African…and perhaps the most beloved documentary of the year, Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
My The Beaches of Agnes Will-Make-You-Happy Plea: I’m glad that the amazing The Cove managed to get some attention this year. But if you can, please watch The Beaches of Agnes. I guarantee a warm feeling of sheer joy. Sigh…
Best Foreign Film [a.k.a. The Co-Worst Branch of the Academy]
The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina)
A Prophet (Un Prophete) (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
Ajami (Israel)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Who Will Win: As hard as it may be to believe this, apparently The Secret in Their Eyes is going to win! Two of the best movies of the year are in one category, and since this is the Foreign Film branch we are dealing with, naturally some other movie is going to win (witness last year’s apparently-not-as-shocking-to-true-insiders win for Departures). Stay classy Foreign Film Branch.
Who Should Win: Unfair, two of the best movies of the year (regardless of category), and they just happen to be in the same category? The White Ribbon is a stunning and unsettling film, but I would have to give the nod here to A Prophet (Un Prophete). Too bad neither will win though.
(A Very Hoped For) Possible Upset: A Prophet (Un Prophete). Or even The White Ribbon. Either is good.
(Im)Possible Dark Horse: Ajami. One word: Israel.
Most Notable Omission: This time the Foreign Film branch managed to pass over such high profile films as Broken Embraces (shouldn’t Pedro Almodovar be an automatic nomination) as well as…
Shoulda Been Here: …more lower profile but eminently nomination-worthy films like Il Divo (thereby preserving Italy’s streak of having great movies snubbed after last year’s Gomorrah)…and Police, Adjective…andMother…and I Killed My Mother…and Baaria (Giuseppe Tornatore deserves a Lifetime Exemption on the strength of the still-great Cinema Paradiso)…and The Maid… and Terribly Happy…and Samson & Delilah (after the unforgivable snub for Rabbit-Proof Fence it seems that Australian movies about Aborigines have no place at the Oscars).
Pulling a “Harvey Weinstein” Award: Last year I said that Sony Pictures Classics pulled a “Fox Searchlight” after landing two films in the Best Foreign Film category. This year, they got three in. Three out of five! That is squarely Harvey Weinstein territory.
Best Animated Feature
Up
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox [a.k.a. the Wes Anderson Animated Feature]
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Who Will Win: Up.
Who Should Win: I loved Up! But even I have to admit that there may not have been that much there after that jaw-dropping (and tear-duct-opening) “silent” sequence towards the beginning of the film. Coraline was so very good (especially when you realize that it was stop-motion animation). But try as I might to hate him, I always end up loving Wes Anderson, and I ended up loving, absolutely loving, the quirky and very touchingFantastic Mr. Fox.
(Im)Possible Upset: Coraline (which I loved!).
Most OMBG Nomination: The Secret of Kells. What? How? When? Where? Why? And perhaps most importantly, who?
(Im)Possible Dark Horse: Sigh, Fantastic Mr. Fox? (And boy can dream can’t he?)
Most Notable Omission: I would say 9, but come on, Focus Features couldn’t dare to pull a “Sony Pictures Classics” could it? I definitely thought that the legendary Hayao Miyazaki (deserving of a Pedro Almodovar Lifetime Exemption) would at least be honored with a nomination for Ponyo (I dare you to say the name of the movie without breaking into a smile, dare you!). Some critics are decrying the fact that Mary and Max (whichopened the Sundance Film Festival) was ignored.
Shoulda Been Here: Ponyo! (See, you’re smiling right now aren’t you?)
Best Cinematography [a.k.a. The Roger Deakins Award]
Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
Mauro Fiore – Avatar
Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
Christian Berger – The White Ribbon
Bruno Delbonnel – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Who Will Win: Barry “Paul Greengrass’s Favorite Cinematographer” Ackroyd. Wait, no, James Cameron (oops, I mean, Mauro Fiore, after all he was the one who actually shot Avatar, right?). I changed my mind, Barry. NoMauro. Fine, Barry it is.
Who Should Win: The incredible work done by Christian Berger in The White Ribbon was breathtaking, literally!
(Very) Possible Upset: James Cameron, I mean Mauro Fiore.
Possible Dark Horse: Harvey Weinstein, I mean Robert Richardson.
Most Notable Omission: Not sure. I would say Dion Beebe because he was part of the ASC nominees, but nobody from Nine should have been nominated (with the singular exception of the great Marion Cotillard).
Shoulda Been Here: The work done by Greig Fraser in the criminally overlooked Bright Star was beautiful. Eduard Grau deserved a nod for making a movie so ravishing that you almost wished you could have it envelope your own life, the lovely A Single Man.
My A Prophet (Un Prophete) Somewhat-Overlooked Plea: Stephane Fontaine should have been here for his POV shots alone.
Best Original Song
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Take It All” from Nine, Maury Yeston
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas
Who Will Win: Jeff Bridges, I mean “The Weary Kind.”
Who Should Win: “The Weary Kind.” The song and Jeff Bridges are by far the best things about an overrated movie that I still liked.
(A No Longer Im)Possible Upset: “Down in New Orleans.” After the Saints unexpected Super Bowl win, anything is possible right?
Possible Dark Horse: “Take It All.” Same song, second verse: Harvey Weinstein.
Most Out-of-Left-Field Nomination: “Loin de Paname.” What is it about the Academy and unexpected, but welcome, French language song nominations (remember “Belleville Rendez-Vous” from the awesome The Triplets of Belleville)?
Most Notable Omission: Um, just a couple of unknowns like Paul McCartney…and James Cameron, I mean James Horner/Leona Lewis…and, oh, you know, U2! Wow! All omitted.
Shoulda Been Here: James Cameron, I mean James Horner/Leona Lewis. I hate to admit it, but I do kinda like that song. What can I say? I’m getting old.
The Rest
Best Animated Short Film: The great Nick Park, A Matter of Loaf and Death.
Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up. Though, to be fair, the great Marvin Hamlisch should have won for The Informant!, but he wasn’t even nominated. Can’t a brother with an Oscar, a Tony, an Emmy, and a Grammy get any love?
Achievement in Art Direction: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair, Avatar.
Achievement in Costume Design: Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria.
Achievement in Makeup: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, and Joel Harlow, Star Trek.
Achievement in Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, The Hurt Locker.
Achievement in Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones, Avatar. Duh!
Achievement in Sound Mixing: Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, and Tony Johnson, Avatar.
Achievement in Sound Editing: Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Avatar.
Best Documentary Short Film: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant.
Best Live Action Short Film: Gregg Helvey, Kavi. (Though I hope I’m wrong!)
Wrap-Up
James Cameron is the king of the world…are you going to tell him he’s not? No, didn’t think so.
Until next year…
basu!’s Top Ten Films (and Beyond) of 2009
The Top Ten
1. A Prophet (Un Prophete)
2. Goodbye Solo
3. The White Ribbon
4. A Serious Man
5. A Single Man
6. The Messenger
7. The Beaches of Agnes
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
9. Avatar
10. The Hangover
The Almost Top Ten
The Hurt Locker
The Cove
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Broken Embraces
Where the Wild Things Are
Bright Star
Star Trek
Coraline
Ponyo
Up
Check Out on DVD
Il Divo
Inglourious Basterds
Public Enemies
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
District 9
The Informant!
(500) Days of Summer
Sin Nombre
The Road
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Do Not Watch If You Don’t Want to Be Scared to Death!
Paranormal Activity
The Best Wish-I-Had-Thought-of-That Cynical Exploitation of Indian Stereotypes to Get an Oscar Nomination
Kavi
The Worst Movie of 2009
Bruno
The Worst Consolation Nomination
Il Divo (For Best Makeup, really?)
The Top Italian Movie of 2008 That I Saw in 2009
Gomorrah
The Best Clive Owen Movie(s) of 2009
The Boys Are Back
The International
Duplicity
The Best WTH?! Movie That I Wish I Could Put in My Top 10
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
The Best Scariest Movie, Ever! of 2009
Paranormal Activity
The Best Movie Named After a Number
District 9
9
The Worst Movie Named After a Number
Nine
The Worst Movie From the Worst Studio, Ever! (i.e. Paramount Pictures)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Best Movie From the Worst Studio, Ever! (i.e. Paramount Pictures)
Star Trek
The Best Premiere I Accidentally Stumbled Into That Featured the Two Best Director Frontrunners Hanging Out Together
The Hurt Locker (Where Kathryn Bigelow Hung Out with James Cameron)
The Best Comedy of 2009
The Hangover
The Best Buddy Flick of 2009
The Hangover
The Best Brom-Com of 2009
The Hangover
The Best Date Flick of 2009
The Hangover
The Best Use of a Tiger of 2009
The Hangover
The Best Use of The Daily Show Correspondents of 2009
The Hangover
The Best Mike Tyson Film of 2009
The Hangover
Tyson
The Best Career Renaissance
Taken (Yay for Liam Neeson!)
The Worst Career-Killer
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (So Sad for Hugh Jackman!)
Terminator Salvation (So Sad for Christian Bale!)
The First Oscar Prediction of 2011
Anne Hathaway Wins Best Actress for Love and Other Drugs
The First Oscar Snub Prediction of 2011
The Great Judy Greer Snubbed for Best Supporting Actress for Love and Other Drugs
© Pratikaksha Basu, 2010