Just because I want to have a little bit of fun, here are the nominees for the major categories (or at least the ones that are of interest to me and most armchair movie critics) and my picks (which will be underlined) for who will/should/might/could win. The 80th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony will be held Sunday, February 24th, 2008 (8pm EST/5pm CST on ABC).
Best Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Actor:
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones – In The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney – The Savages
Ellen Page – Juno
Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem – No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook – Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Ruby Dee – American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Director/Directing:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
February 25th, 2008 01:07