UPDATED OSCAR PREDICTIONS: BEST ACTRESS AND BEST ACTOR
Here are my latest thoughts for the Lead Acting categories. Each individual's position in my last predictions is in parentheses. Those from TFF #45 films are Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Glenn Close/The Wife (1)
2) Lady Gaga/A Star Is Born (2)
3) Melissa McCarthy/Can You Ever Forgive Me? (3)
4) Olivia Colman/The Favourite (4)
5) Viola Davis/Widows (-)
Others: Yalitza Aparicio/Roma, Julia Roberts/Ben Is Back, Toni Collette/Hereditary, Nicole Kidman/Destroyer
BEST ACTOR
1) Bradley Cooper/A Star Is Born (1)
2) Viggo Mortensen/Green Book (2)
3) Ryan Gosling/First Man (3)
4) Christian Bale/Vice (-)
5) Lucas Hedges/Boy Erased (4)
Others: Hugh Jackman/The Front Runner, Rami Malek/Bohemian Rhapsody, Ethan Hawke/First Reformed***, Lucas Hedges/Ben Is Back, John David Washington/BlacKkKlansman
***Played TFF #44
And, by the by, you might look for the a new Gurus of Gold at Movie City News tomorrow. It will be my second contribution as a "Guru".
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? EMERGES
The fantastic Can You Ever Forgive Me? gets its U.S. release tomorrow. The film was well received at TFF #45 finishing as the #5 film in The Composite Ratings for MTFB. It was #5 among the Pros and #8 in The People's Telluride.
With the film's release, as you'd expect, has been a focus in media circles this week on it and its star Melissa McCarthy.
I have linked a couple of the profiles that have her appeared about her this week from:
The Hollywood Reporter
Indiewire
I am currently predicting McCarthy to earn her second Oscar nomination for her work in the film as real life forger Lee Daniels. I also think the film will be nominated for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Richard E. Grant getting a nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Here's the trailer for it from YouTube:
DESTROYER HAS A TRAILER
Annapurna Pictures has released a trailer for Karyn Kusama's gritty detective drama Destroyer starring a nearly unrecognizable Nicole Kidman who is likely to be a part of the Best Actress conversation for the role.
Here's the trailer from YouTube:
Destroyer is currently slated to open domestically on Dec. 25th.
THE FAVOURITE CATEGORIZED
After a good deal of consternation and speculation Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter tells us this week that the acting categorization for Awards consideration for the three ladies of Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite have been determined.
Feinberg reports that Olivia Colman, who plays England's Queen Anne in the film, will be the lone consideration for the Lead Actress category with both Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz competing in the Best Supporting Actress Category.
Feinberg also reports on a number of other categorization decisions that have been made as we get ready to swing into the full awards season melee.
Feinberg's article can be found here.
That's MTFB for this Thursday. I'll have another post on Monday in which I will update Oscar predictions for the supporting acting categories. And don't forget to take a peek at Movie City News and the new Gurus of Gold post tomorrow.
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