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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Oscar Predictions</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/oscar-predictions/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Director: Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Michel Hazanavicius</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-director-2012-oscar-predictions-woody-allen-martin-scorsese/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-director-2012-oscar-predictions-woody-allen-martin-scorsese/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:07:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36887</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marion Cotillard, Owen Wilson, Alison Pill, Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Picture: THE ARTIST, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, HUGO Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, despite the star wattage of Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, has a chance only if the Academy members at Warner Bros. and Paramount decide to join forces like they did when making the movie, as the folks at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-director-2012-oscar-predictions-woody-allen-martin-scorsese/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Picture: THE ARTIST, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, HUGO</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-2012-oscar-predictions-the-artist-midnight-in-paris/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-2012-oscar-predictions-the-artist-midnight-in-paris/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:05:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36886</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bérénice Bejo, The Artist 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Demián Bichir There'll be anywhere between five and ten Best Picture nominees this year, depending on how many movies manage to get at least 5% of first-place votes*. That variable must be taken into consideration, whether you find that it increases the suspense (and therefore is a good thing) or decreases the chances of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-2012-oscar-predictions-the-artist-midnight-in-paris/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Demián Bichir</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-michael-fassbender-demian-bichir/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-michael-fassbender-demian-bichir/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:44:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36884</guid> <description><![CDATA[Demián Bichir, A Better Life 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Brad Pitt The fourth Best Actor slot should go to Michael Fassbender, who is a strong possibility for Steve McQueen's Shame. Having said that, we should add that Fassbender, though a BAFTA nominee, was bypassed by SAG voters, and rumor has it that numerous Academy members hated Shame. Yet, all Fassbender [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-michael-fassbender-demian-bichir/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actor: George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Brad Pitt</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-george-clooney-brad-pitt/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-george-clooney-brad-pitt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:44:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36883</guid> <description><![CDATA[2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, Glenn Close. [Photo: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley in The Descendants.] Like in the Best Actress 2012 Academy Award race, there are three shoo-ins for the Best Actor shortlist: George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, and Brad Pitt. Clooney will be in the running for Alexander Payne's The Descendants, Dujardin for Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, and Pitt for Bennett Miller's Moneyball. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-predictions-2012-oscar-george-clooney-brad-pitt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, Glenn Close</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-predictions-2012-oscar-tilda-swinton-glenn-close/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-predictions-2012-oscar-tilda-swinton-glenn-close/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:20:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36880</guid> <description><![CDATA[Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Michelle Williams The other two Oscar 2012 Best Actress slots are more or less up for grabs. Having said that, both Tilda Swinton and Glenn Close have an edge over their competitors. For her performance as the mother of a young mass murderer in Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-predictions-2012-oscar-tilda-swinton-glenn-close/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Michelle Williams</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-predictions-2012-oscar-meryl-streep-viola-davis/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-predictions-2012-oscar-meryl-streep-viola-davis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:20:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36879</guid> <description><![CDATA[Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady 2012 Oscar Predictions Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave, Janet McTeer, Bérénice Bejo Three actresses are shoo-ins for the 2012 Academy Awards' Best Actress shortlist: Meryl Streep for her portrayal of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, Michelle Williams for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Simon Curtis' [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-predictions-2012-oscar-meryl-streep-viola-davis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actress-2012-oscar-predictions-octavia-spencer-jessica-chastain/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actress-2012-oscar-predictions-octavia-spencer-jessica-chastain/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:45:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36874</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jessica Chastain, The Help 2012 Oscar Predictions &#8211; Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Albert Brooks, Kenneth Branagh, Nick Nolte, Viggo Mortensen The list of potential Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominees is nearly as long as the list of female cast members in Tate Taylor's socially conscious comedy-drama The Help. In fact, several The Help actresses are either likely or possible Oscar contenders. Much like [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actress-2012-oscar-predictions-octavia-spencer-jessica-chastain/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2012 Oscar Predictions Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Albert Brooks, Viggo Mortensen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actor-oscar-predictions-2012-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actor-oscar-predictions-2012-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:29:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36872</guid> <description><![CDATA[Goran Visnjic, Christopher Plummer, Beginners This is the first part of our last-minute Oscar 2012 predictions, beginning with the Best Supporting Actor category. The 2012 Academy Award nominations will be announced early morning Tuesday, Jan. 24. Surprisingly, the only Best Supporting Actor shoo-in this late in the game is veteran Christopher Plummer (the captain who romanced Julie Andrews in Robert Wise's The Sound of Music) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actor-oscar-predictions-2012-christopher-plummer-viggo-mortensen/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2011 Predictions: Best Score, Song, Art Direction, Documentary, Animated Feature, etc.</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-predictions-best-score-song-documentary/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-predictions-best-score-song-documentary/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:08:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26463</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page in Christopher Nolan's Inception Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 Best Documentary Feature: Exit Through the Gift Shop Best Film Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, The Social Network Best Original Score: Inception, Hans Zimmer Best Original Song: &#34;If I Rise,&#34; 127 Hours. Music by A. R. Rahman, Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong Best Art Direction: Inception, Production Design: Guy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-predictions-best-score-song-documentary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Screenplay, Cinematography Predictions: THE KING&#039;S SPEECH, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, TRUE GRIT</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-screenplay-the-kings-speech-the-social-network/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-screenplay-the-kings-speech-the-social-network/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:07:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26464</guid> <description><![CDATA[Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg in David Fincher's The Social Network Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler, The King's Speech Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network Any other winners but David Seidler for The King's Speech and Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network would be a major &#8212; but major &#8212; upset. Both movies are the chief contenders for the Best Picture and Best Direction [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-screenplay-the-kings-speech-the-social-network/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Foreign Language Film: BIUTIFUL &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-foreign-language-film-biutiful-oscar-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-foreign-language-film-biutiful-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26465</guid> <description><![CDATA[Javier Bardem in Alejandro González Iñárritu's Biutiful Best Foreign Language Film: Biutiful A tough category, as only a relatively small group of Academy voters &#8212; usually older ones, with lots of free time &#8212; picks the winner. Those tend to be sentimental dramas. Biutiful (Mexico; though it's actually a Mexican-Spanish co-production) is about an ex-con who doesn't have long to live, but who finds redemption [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-foreign-language-film-biutiful-oscar-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, THE FIGHTER &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actor-christian-bale-the-fighter-oscar-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actor-christian-bale-the-fighter-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:05:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26466</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg in David O. Russell's The Fighter Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter Following a well-publicized, expletive-filled rant on the set of Terminator: Salvation, Christian Bale wasn't exactly most people's idea of a likable performer some time ago. But Bale is the star of both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, he has been making movies since the late 1980s, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actor-christian-bale-the-fighter-oscar-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, THE FIGHTER &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actress-melissa-leo-the-fighter-oscar-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actress-melissa-leo-the-fighter-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:04:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26467</guid> <description><![CDATA[Melissa Leo in David O. Russell's The Fighter Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter Melissa Leo has won most of the North American critics' awards, in addition to the Golden Globe and the SAG Award for her supporting performance in David O. Russell's The Fighter. Leo has been around for a couple of decades, and, just as importantly (remember Sandra Bullock?), has come up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-supporting-actress-melissa-leo-the-fighter-oscar-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Actor: Colin Firth, THE KING&#039;S SPEECH &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-colin-firth-the-kings-speech-oscar-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-colin-firth-the-kings-speech-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:03:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26468</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech Much like Natalie Portman, Colin Firth has been the critics' darling this year. Firth has also won the SAG Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actor &#8211; Drama. Something else to make Academy members pay heed: At the domestic box office alone, The King's Speech has earned more than [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actor-colin-firth-the-kings-speech-oscar-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Actress: Natalie Portman, BLACK SWAN &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-natalie-portman-black-swan-oscar-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-natalie-portman-black-swan-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:02:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26469</guid> <description><![CDATA[Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan Best Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan Natalie Portman's seriously distraught ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan has been the North American critics' favorite, winning nearly every Best Actress award from US and Canadian-based groups. As a plus, Black Swan has earned more than $200m worldwide to date, while Portman's vehicle No Strings Attached fared surprisingly well early this [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-actress-natalie-portman-black-swan-oscar-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Picture: THE KING&#039;S SPEECH, Best Direction: David Fincher, THE SOCIAL NETWORK &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-the-kings-speech-best-direction-david-fincher-oscar-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-the-kings-speech-best-direction-david-fincher-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:01:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26462</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech (top); Aaron Sorkin, David Fincher, The Social Network (bottom) Best Picture: The King's Speech See Best Picture: THE KING'S SPEECH – Oscar 2011 Predictions Best Direction: David Fincher, The Social Network Admittedly, there's a very good chance that unexpected Directors Guild winner Tom Hooper will come out victorious at the Oscars as well. But the British Hooper [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-the-kings-speech-best-direction-david-fincher-oscar-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2011 Last-Minute Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-last-minute-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-last-minute-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26470</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech This year, the Academy Awards seem quite predictable, though paradoxically they also seem ripe for a few surprises. For instance, David Fincher's The Social Network dominated the film critics' awards this awards season; but Tom Hooper's The King's Speech has emerged as the Best Picture favorite following wins from the Producers Guild, the Directors [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/oscar-2011-last-minute-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE KING&#039;S SPEECH Likely 2011 Best Picture Oscar Winner</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-likely-2011-best-picture-oscar-winner/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-likely-2011-best-picture-oscar-winner/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:01:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Nathan Donarum</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26426</guid> <description><![CDATA[Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech Best Picture: THE KING'S SPEECH &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions: Part I As The King's Speech has won all three major guild awards, that makes a thoroughly convincing argument for an eventual Best Picture Academy Award victory. After all, only one time has a winner of the three guild awards (DGA, PGA, SAG's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-kings-speech-likely-2011-best-picture-oscar-winner/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Picture: THE KING&#039;S SPEECH &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-the-kings-speech-oscar-2011-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-the-kings-speech-oscar-2011-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Nathan Donarum</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26424</guid> <description><![CDATA[Colin Firth in Tom Hooper's The King's Speech Best Picture: The King's Speech Oscar Predictions 2011 Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, TRUE GRIT – Oscar 2011 Predictions For most of this year's awards season,The Social Network emerged as the clear frontrunner in the race for the Best Picture Oscar. David Fincher's drama won an unprecedented number of Best Film awards from North American critics, in addition [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-picture-the-kings-speech-oscar-2011-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, TRUE GRIT &#8211; Oscar 2011 Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-cinematography-roger-deakins-true-grit-oscar-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-cinematography-roger-deakins-true-grit-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:11:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Nathan Donarum</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26350</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, True Grit Oscar Predictions 2011 Although Inception's Wally Pfister won the 2011 American Society of Cinematographers Award, it's important to note that the ASC is hardly a good judge of an eventual winner at the Oscars. Since 1986, only 9 ASC Award winners ended up taking home the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. That's about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/best-cinematography-roger-deakins-true-grit-oscar-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-bullock-bridges-the-hurt-locker-88019/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-bullock-bridges-the-hurt-locker-88019/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:00:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22540</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner in Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (top); Zoe Saldana in James Cameron's Avatar (upper middle); Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart (lower middle); Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side Below is our complete 2010 Oscar Predictions list. If we're correct, The Hurt Locker will win a total of six Oscars, followed by Avatar with three (Titanic won 11 back in 1998), and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-bullock-bridges-the-hurt-locker-88019/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture, THE HURT LOCKER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-picture-the-hurt-locker-oscar-predictions-990099/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-picture-the-hurt-locker-oscar-predictions-990099/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:18:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22537</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Picture, The Hurt Locker Also in the running: Avatar, District 9, The Blind Side, A Serious Man, Precious, Inglourious Basterds, An Education, Up, Up in the Air. Having won most guild awards, The Hurt Locker is the favorite to take home the 2010 Academy Award for Best Picture. Even so, the Iraq war drama isn't a lock (no pun intended) in that category. That [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-picture-the-hurt-locker-oscar-predictions-990099/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Screenplay THE HURT LOCKER / UP IN THE AIR</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-71719/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-71719/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:34:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22531</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Original Screenplay, The Hurt Locker Best Adapted Screenplay, Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's win for Up in the Air, about an expert corporate-downsizer played by George Clooney, is all but assured. Reitman and Turner's screenplay has been the most honored by US film critics and it has won the Writers Guild Award. Mark Boal's The Hurt Locker screenplay is somewhat [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-71719/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature UP</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-animated-feature-up-oscar-predictions-71908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-animated-feature-up-oscar-predictions-71908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22520</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Animated Feature, Up Pete Docter's Up as the next Best Animated Feature Oscar winner is a foregone conclusion. The film about an old man traveling to the Amazon with his house (!) received excellent reviews, has won tons of awards, and became a blockbuster hit. You can't have a more Academy-friendly pedigree than that. The competition this year, however, is unusually strong. The other [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-animated-feature-up-oscar-predictions-71908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary THE COVE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-the-cove-111199/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-the-cove-111199/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:46:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22517</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Documentary, The Cove Louie Psihoyos' The Cove, about the abuse and indiscriminate slaughter of dolphins at a secluded cove near Taiji, Japan, has been the most honored documentary of 2009. The Cove has won awards from various US critics groups, in addition to top awards from the Producers Guild, the Directors Guild, the Writers Guild (for Mark Monroe), and the American Cinema Editors (for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-the-cove-111199/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film THE WHITE RIBBON</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21914</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Foreign Language Film: Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon Other nominees: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani's Ajami (Israel), Juan José Campanella's The Secret of Her Eyes (Argentina), Claudia Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow (Peru), Jacques Audiard's A Prophet (France). Because only a relatively small group of Academy members vote in the special categories &#8212; short films, documentaries, foreign language films &#8212; winners often surprise and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Director Kathryn Bigelow</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-director-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-56044/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-director-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-56044/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:08:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21910</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Other nominees: James Cameron, Avatar; Lee Daniels, Precious; Jason Reitman, Up in the Air; Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds. Kathryn Bigelow is about to become the first woman to win the Best Director Academy Award. She has already won the Directors Guild Award, while The Hurt Locker has won the Producers Guild Award. The Iraq War drama has also [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-director-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-56044/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress Sandra Bullock</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-actress-sandra-bullock-oscar-87109/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-actress-sandra-bullock-oscar-87109/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:11:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21908</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Other nominees: Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Carey Mulligan, An Education; Gabourey Sidibe, Precious; Meryl Streep, Julie &#38; Julia. Sandra Bullock was under no one's Oscar 2010 radar a mere eight weeks ago. Then John Lee Hancock's sentimental family drama The Blind Side opened to lukewarm reviews and great box office. From then on, it was all about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-actress-sandra-bullock-oscar-87109/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress Mo&#039;Nique</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-supporting-actress-monique-oscar-76109/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-supporting-actress-monique-oscar-76109/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:42:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21906</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious Other nominees: Penélope Cruz, Nine; Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air; Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart; Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air. Like Christoph Waltz, Mo'Nique will have to come up with new ways of saying thank you once she is called onstage to pick up her Oscar statuette. The comedienne's highly dramatic performance as Gabourey Sidibe's abusive mother in Lee [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-supporting-actress-monique-oscar-76109/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-supporting-actor-christoph-waltz-oscar-18766/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-supporting-actor-christoph-waltz-oscar-18766/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:32:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21903</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Other nominees: Matt Damon, Invictus; Woody Harrelson, The Messenger; Christopher Plummer, The Last Station; Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones. The Academy has announced that this year's nameless Academy Award statuettes will have engraved nameplates affixed to them at the post-Oscar ceremony Governors Ball. When it comes to the Best Supporting Actor race, they may as well have Christoph [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-supporting-actor-christoph-waltz-oscar-18766/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010 Predictions: Best Cinematography, Original Score, Original Song, etc.</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-cinematography-883/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-cinematography-883/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:04:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21533</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (top); James Cameron, Sam Worthington on Avatar set (middle, upper); J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (middle, lower); Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend in The Young Victoria (bottom) Oscar 2010 Predictions: The Winners The 2010 Academy Award nominations will be announced in a few hours. So we're wrapping up our list of predictions in every category we can think of, from best cinematography [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-cinematography-883/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions: Best Film Editing</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-film-editing-190/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-film-editing-190/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:19:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21527</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160;2010 Oscar Predictions Best Film Editing Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Up in the Air Other possibilities: (500) Days of Summer, Star Trek, Nine, Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Cove, Julie &#38; Julia, It's Complicated. Not every American Cinema Editors' Eddie Award nominee will get a matching Academy Award nomination &#8212; even if only because the Eddies have many more motion-picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-film-editing-190/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions 2010: Best Adapted Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21496</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell An Education, Nick Hornby Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Other possibilities: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, In the Loop; Nora Ephron, Julie &#38; Julia; Anthony [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions 2010: Best Original Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:17:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21494</guid> <description><![CDATA[(500) Days of Summer, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen Up, Pete Docter and Bob Petersen James Cameron, who failed to get a nomination for Titanic back in early 1998, may take the place of either the Coen brothers or the (500) Days of Summer screenwriters. It's true that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Documentary</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-339/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-339/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:09:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21404</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions Best Documentary Feature The Beaches of Agnes, Agnès Varda, director (Cine-Tamaris) The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, director (Oceanic Preservation Society) Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, director (Robert Kenner Films) Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Mark N. Hopkins, director (Red Floor Pictures LLC) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, directors (Kovno [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-documentary-339/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:19:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21402</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions Best Foreign Language Film Ajami, Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani (Israel) A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (France) The Secret in Their Eyes, Juan Jose Campanella (Argentina) The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke (Germany) Winter in Wartime, Martin Koolhoven (The Netherlands) The best foreign language film category is especially difficult to predict because only a group of about 20 Academy members will decide on the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actor</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actor-339/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actor-339/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:43:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21372</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions Best Supporting Actor Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles Christopher Plummer, The Last Station (with James McAvoy) Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Matt Damon (for Invictus) is the only SAG nominee missing from the list above. The Academy loves movie stars just about as much as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but Invictus has been [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actor-339/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actress-109/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actress-109/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:51:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21369</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Nine Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air Mo'Nique, Precious Samantha Morton, The Messenger With the exception of Samantha Morton, the actresses above were all included in the SAG Awards' shortlist. Diane Kruger was also in there for Inglourious Basterds, but we think that two-time Oscar nominee Morton (Sweet and Lowndown and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-supporting-actress-109/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-actress-188/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-actress-188/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:20:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21367</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions 2010 Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Helen Mirren, The Last Station Carey Mulligan, An Education Gabourey Sidibe, Precious Meryl Streep, Julie &#38; Julia In the last 15 years, SAG's best female actor nominees have been identical to the Academy's best actress line-up only five times. Well, in addition to last year's upset when Kate Winslet was nominated by the Screen Actors [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-actress-188/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Song, Visual Effects</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-song-visual-effects/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-song-visual-effects/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:55:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15783</guid> <description><![CDATA[BEST SONG &#34;Another Way to Die&#34; from Quantum of Solace &#34;Down to Earth&#34; from WALL-E &#34;Jai Ho&#34; from Slumdog Millionaire &#34;Once in a Lifetime&#34; from Cadillac Records &#34;The Wrestler&#34; from The Wrestler BEST VISUAL EFFECTS The Dark Knight Iron Man Journey to the Center of the Earth BEST SOUND Australia The Dark Knight Iron Man Quantum of Solace WALL-E BEST SOUND EFFECTS The Dark Knight [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-song-visual-effects/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Cinematography, Editing, Music</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-technical/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-technical/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:54:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6064</guid> <description><![CDATA[BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Australia The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Reader Slumdog Millionaire BEST EDITING The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire WALL-E BEST ART DIRECTION Australia The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Duchess BEST COSTUME DESIGN Changeling The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian The Curious [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-technical/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-2009-predictions-best-supporting-actor-actress/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-2009-predictions-best-supporting-actor-actress/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:35:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15786</guid> <description><![CDATA[Josh Brolin in Milk BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin (Milk) Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) Though about as much a lead in The Dark Knight as Christian Bale, Heath Ledger is (almost) for sure the one who'll win the best supporting actor Oscar come next February. Philip Seymour Hoffman should get included [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-2009-predictions-best-supporting-actor-actress/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Documentary, Animated Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-documentary-animated-film/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-documentary-animated-film/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:35:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15812</guid> <description><![CDATA[Encounters at the End of the World BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE Encounters at the End of the World I.O.U.S.A. Man on Wire Standard Operating Procedure Trouble the Water This is another specialty category that's hard to hazard a guess. The critically acclaimed Sundance winner Man on Wire is the only shoo-in, unless there's another Hoop Dreams or The Thin Blue Line upset. I.O.U.S.A. is quite relevant [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-documentary-animated-film/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Director, Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-director-screenplay/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-director-screenplay/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:34:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15811</guid> <description><![CDATA[Danny Boyle BEST DIRECTION Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon) Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) Gus Van Sant (Milk) All the nominees match the films found in the best picture list &#8212; something that is less common than one might think. Fincher has been getting plenty of recognition from critics' and other groups, which makes me [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-best-director-screenplay/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Actor, Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-2009-predictions-acting/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-2009-predictions-acting/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:34:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6043</guid> <description><![CDATA[Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass in The Visitor BEST ACTOR Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) Sean Penn (Milk) Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) Clint Eastwood becomes a sentimental favorite whenever he has a Message to convey; Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke have been winning awards left and right; Frank Langella will get his first Oscar nod (a sort of career achievement [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-2009-predictions-acting/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Film, Foreign Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:33:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6042</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar 2009 Predictions &#160; Michael Sheen, Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon BEST FILM The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon Milk Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire has to be there. It's been winning nearly every film critics' award in the United States and it has received two SAG Award nominations: best ensemble and a surprising best supporting actor nod for Dev Patel (who, ahem, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>16</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Moviefone and Oscar Guessing</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/moviefone-and-oscar-guessing/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/moviefone-and-oscar-guessing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:13:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/moviefone-and-oscar-guessing/</guid> <description><![CDATA[AOL Moviefone offers an amalgam of Oscar predictions from all over the blogosphere &#8212; including Alt Film Guide &#8212; on their website. The best picture and best director categories are dominated by No Country for Old Men (above) and its directors, Joel and Ethan Coen. Daniel Day-Lewis (for There Will Be Blood) and Julie Christie (for Away from Her) are shoo-ins for best actor and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/moviefone-and-oscar-guessing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Short Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-predictions-best-short-films/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-predictions-best-short-films/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:32:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17409</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Makeup Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Of the three nominees, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End boasts the showiest example of movie makeup. For the record, the other two nominees are La Vie en Rose, in which gorgeous Marion Cotillard was transformed into plain Edith Piaf, and Norbit. &#160; Best Documentary Short Sari's Mother, James Longley [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-predictions-best-short-films/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Art Direction, Visual Effects</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-predictions-best-art-direction-visual-effects/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-predictions-best-art-direction-visual-effects/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:31:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Art Direction Atonement, Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer All of this year's nominees are period pieces, but Atonement is the only one with the &#34;classical European&#34; look that Academy-ites most appreciate. By the way, the last film with a contemporary setting that won the best art direction Academy Award was the 1979 musical All That Jazz. &#160; Best Costume Design Atonement, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2008-predictions-best-art-direction-visual-effects/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Cinematography, Editing, Music</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2008-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2008-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:20:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2008-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Cinematography There Will Be Blood, Robert Elswit Robert Elswit won the American Society of Cinematographers award, beating Roger Deakins for two films, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and No Country for Old Men. Though Deakins does have a chance to win the Oscar for either film, this is one instance where the much overused &#8212; and almost invariably absurd [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2008-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
