Its that time of the year again. Personally, of all the seasons, my favorite is award season (fall-winter). And of the awards, the Oscars reign supreme. And so, its time for my early Oscar predictions. I haven't seen many of the contending films, mostly because no one has. These are built on buzz alone; soon, though, I'll be checking them out, and next month I'll have a revised list of nominees, leading up to the big announcement in February (side note: why, Academy, must you punish me by making me wait 2 extra weeks for the nomination announcements? My heart is breaking...).
Best Picture
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
The Lovely Bones
Up
Up in the Air
Invictus
Nine
A Serious Man
Inglourious Basterds
Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Peter Jackson, The Lovely Bones
Best Actor
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Viggo Mortenson, The Road
Michael Stuhlberg, A Serious Man
Best Actress
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Hilary Swank, Amelia
Best Supporting Actor
Alfred Molina, An Education
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Richard Gere, Amelia
Richard Kind, A Serious Man
Best Supporting Actress
Mo'Nique, Precious
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Susan Sarandon, The Lovely Bones
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