November 10, 2007

...as we head into Oscar season...

The next two months will be filled with "gimme an Oscar, dammit" movies, and over at Low Resolution, Joe has decided to take a look at the best of the non-Oscar-season movies and performances. Seemed like an idea worth blatantly stealing, and it will be fun to see how the lists change in two months. My picks thus far would be (unlike Joe, I'm not picking actual winners):

BEST PICTURE:
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Hairspray
The Lookout
Once
Ratatouille

BEST ACTRESS:
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Kate Dickie, Red Road
Keri Russell, Waitress

BEST ACTOR:
Chris Cooper, Breach
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Lookout
Glen Hansard, Once
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Taraji P. Henson, Talk to Me
Anna Kendrick, Rocket Science
Melissa McCarthy, The Nines
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Sigourney Weaver, The TV Set

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jeff Daniels, The Lookout
Ben Foster, 3:10 to Yuma
Elijah Kelley, Hairspray
Rolf Lassgard, After the Wedding
Alan Tudyk, Death at a Funeral

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