Most Anticipated Films of 2013

Now that the film year of 2012 is finally done and dusted, here is a list of the most promising films of 2013:

1. ‘Untitled Terrence Malick Project’ (Director: Terrence Malick of ‘Tree of Life’ fame; cast: Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara)

2. ‘Knight Of Cups’ (Director: Terrence Malick of ‘Tree of Life’ fame; cast: Christian Bale, Teresa Palmer, Natalie Portman)

3. ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ (Director: Martin Scorsese of ‘Taxi Driver’ fame; cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Bernthal, Johah Hill)

4. ‘Gravity’ (Director: Alfonso Cuaron of ‘Childern Of Men’ fame; cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Basher Savage, Eric Michels)

5. ‘The Counselor’ (Director: Ridley Scott of ‘Blade Runner’ fame; cast: Brad Pitt, Goran Visnjic, Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem)

6. ‘Foxcatcher’ (Director: Bennett Miller of ‘Capote’ fame; cast: Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller)

7. ‘The Monumnets Men’ (Director: George Clooney of ‘Good Night And Good Luck’ fame; cast: Geroge Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Daniel Craig)

8. ‘August: Osage County’ (Director: John Wells, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play; cast: Meryl Streep, Bennedict Cumberbatch, Ewan McGregor, Abigail Breslin)

9. ‘Captain Phillips’ (Director: Paul Greengrass of ‘United 93’ fame; cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey)

10. ‘Untitled David O’Russell Project’ (Director: David O’Russell of ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ fame; cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Jeremy Renner)

11. ‘Labour Day’ (Director: Jason Reitman of ‘Juno’ fame; cast: Josh Brolin, Kate Winslet, Toby Maguire, James Van Der Beek)

12.’Elysium’ (Director: Neil Blomkamp of ‘District 9’ fame; cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley)

13. ‘To The Wonder’ (Director: Terrence Malick of ‘Tree Of Life’ fame; cast: Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams)

14. ‘Nymphomaniac’ (Director: Lars Von Trier of ‘Melancholia’ fame; cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgard)

15. ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ (Director: John Lee Hancock’ story of the making of Mary Poppins; cast: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti)

16. ‘Nebraska’ (Director: Alexander Payne of ‘Sideways’ fame; cast: Bod Odenkirk, Stacey Keach, Bruce Dern)

17. ‘Trance’ (Director: Danny Boyle of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ fame; cast: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel)

18. ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ (Director: Wes Anderson of ‘The Royal Tenembaums’ fame; cast: Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan)

19. ‘The Hunt’ (Director: Thomas Vinterberg; cast: Mads Mikkelsen)

20. ‘The Great Gatsby’ (Director: Baz Lurhman of ‘Moulin Rogue’ fame; cast: Leonardo Dicaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire)

21. ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ (Directors: The Coen Brothers of ‘No Country For Old Men’ fame; cast: Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake)

22. ‘Only God Forgives’ (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn of ‘Drive’ fame; cast: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Scott Thomas, Tom Burke)

23. ‘Twelve Years A Slave’ (Director: Steve McQueen of ‘Hunger’ fame; cast: Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Bennedict Cummberbatch, Quvenzhane Wallis)

24. ‘The Butler’ (Director: Lee Daniels of ‘Precious’ fame; cast: Alan Rickman, Robin Williams, John Cusack)

25. ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ (Director: Jean-Marc Vallee; cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto)

26. ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ (Director: J.J. Abrams of ‘Star Trek’ fame; cast: Bennedict Cummberbatch, Chris Pyne, Zachary Quinto)

27. ‘Oldboy’ (Director: Spike Lee of ‘Do The Right Thing Fame’; cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen)

28. ‘Diana’ (Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, cast: Naomi Watts)

29. ‘Blue Jasmin’ (Director: Woody Allen of ‘Annie Hall’ fame; cast: Cate Balnchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard)

30. ‘Out Of The Furnace’ (Director: Scott Cooper of ‘Carzy Heart’ fame; cast: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Willem Dafoe)

31. ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ (Director: Peter Jackson of ‘The Lord Of Rings’ trilogy; cast: Martin Freedman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage)

32. ‘Serena’ (Director: Susanne Bier of ‘In A Better World’ fame; cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Toby Jones)

33. ‘A Most Wanted Man’ (Director: Anton Corbijn of ‘The Constant Gardener’ fame; cast: Robin Wright, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams)

34. ‘A Place Beyond The Pines’ (Director: Derek Cianfrance of ‘Blue Valentine’ fame; cast: Ryan Gosling, Rose Byrne, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes)

35. ‘Monsters University’ (Director: Dan Scanlon of ‘Monsters Inc.’ fame; cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi)

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85th Academy Award Final Predictions

FINAL PREDICTIONS FOR THE 85TH ACADEMY AWARDS 2012

BEST PICTURE AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Argo 8/2 18
 
Alternative: Lincoln 1/11 13
Should Win: Amour 1/0 2
 
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Ang Lee, Life of Pi 0/3 3
 
Alternative: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln 0/3 3
Should Win: Michael Haneke 0/0 0
 
BEST ACTOR AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln 5/0 10
 
Alternative: none
Should Win: Joaquin Pheonix, The Master 1/2 4
 
BEST ACTRESS AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Emannuelle Riva, Amour 2/1 5
 
Alternative: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook 2/2 6
Should Win: Emannuelle Riva, Amour 2/1 5
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln 1/2 4
 
Alternative: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained 1/0 1
Should Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master 5/0 10
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables 3/0 6
 
Alternative: None
Should Win: Amy Adams, The Master 1/2 4
 
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: David O’ Russell, Silver Linings Playbook 0/3 3
 
Alternative: Chris Terrio, Argo 2/2 6
Should Win: David O’ Russell, Silver Linings Playbook 0/0 3
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained 2/0 4
 
Alternative: Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty 1/2 4
Should Win: Michael Haneke, Amour 0/0 0
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Wreck It Ralph 1/1 3
 
Alternative: Brave 1/1 3
Should Win: Wreck It Ralph 1/1 3
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Searching For The Sugar Man 3/0 6
 
Alternative: The Gatekeepers 1/1 3
Should Win: How To Survive A Plague 1/0 2
 
BEST FOREGIN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Amour 4/0 8
 
Alternative: None
Should Win: Amour 4/0 8
 
BEST FILM EDITING AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Argo 1/2 4
 
Alternative: Zero Dark Thirty 3/1 7
Should Win: Argo 1/2 4
 
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Life Of Pi 1/1 3
 
Alternative: The Hobbit 0/2 2
Should Win: Life Of Pi 1/1 3



BEST CINEMATOGRAHPY AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Life Of Pi 1/1 3
 
Alternative: Skyfall 2/1 5
Should Win: Life Of Pi 1/1 3
 
BEST COSTUME DESIGN AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Anna Karenina 2/0 4
 
Alternative: Les Miserables 0/1 1
Should Win: Lincoln 0/2 2
 
BEST MAKE UP AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Les Miserables 0/1 1
 
Alternative: The Hobbit 0/1 1
Should Win: Les Miserables 0/1 1
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Life Of Pi 1/1 3
 
Alternative: Lincoln 1/1 3
Should Win: Life Of Pi 1/1 3
 
BEST ORIGINAL SONG AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: ‘Skyfall’, Skyfall 2/0 4
 
Alternative: None
Should Win: ‘Skyfall’, Skyfall 2/0 4
 
BEST SOUND EDITING AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Zero Dark Thirty 0/0 0
 
Alternative: Skyfall 0/0 0
Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty 0/0 0
 
BEST SOUND MIXING AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Les Miserables 1/0 2
 
Alternative: Life Of Pi 0/1 1
Should Win: Les Miserables 1/0 2
 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS AWARD WINS/NOMS OVERALLSCORE
Prediction: Life Of Pi 1/0 2
 
Alternative: The Hobbit 0/1 1
Should Win: Life Of Pi 1/0 2
 

Best Picture Prediction

This year’s Best Picture Oscar race is the strangest and hardest to predict in years. After the nominations were announced ‘Lincoln’, with the most noms: 12 and a Best director nom for Spielberg became the obvious front runner. Two other major contenders ‘Zero Dark Thirty’s’ director Kathryn Bigelow and ‘Argo’s’ director Ben Affleck were snubbed for Best director, in what will be remembered as one of the worst snubs in Oscar history. Lincoln’s easy victory was changed this   weekend. Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ has steadily won all of the major precursor awards: the Critic’s Choice for Best Pic and Dir., the Golden Globe for Best Drama, the Producer’s Guild for best produced film, the Screen Actors Guild for best ensemble cast and then finally last weekend won the Director’s Guild Award for Ben Affleck. The DGA is significant because the DGA winner has gone on to win Best Picture on all but 13 occasions in the last 64 years! No film has ever won all the aforementioned precursor awards before, and only one film (Apollo 13) has won the SAG, PGA and DGA and not won Best Picture. However only one film in the past 85 years has won Best Picture without getting a Director nomination (Driving Miss Daisy). Having seen Lincoln last night I can now say that ‘Argo’ is not only a better film but also a more ‘Oscar-winning’ film. I predict this year that ‘Argo’ will win Best Picture with Steven Spielberg winning Best Director, first time there is a Picture Director split since 2006 when Ang Lee won Best Director for ‘Brokeback Mountain’ while ‘Crash’ won Best Picture. This is the first year in 6 years that I’m ambivalent about both ‘Lincoln’ or ‘Argo’ winning, in my opinion ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ should win and ‘The Master’ should have been nominated.