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By Johnny Firecloud |
Don't have time to see all the movies nominated for Oscars this year? The 80th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Jon Stewart, air live this Sunday night, February 24th at 5pm. That means you've got roughly 48 hours before showtime to figure out what the hell In the Valley of Elah is or why that chick from the X-Men movie is up for Best Actress. |
Time is short, but we can help you narrow down the list with our 2008 CraveOnline Oscar Predictions.
The envelope, please...
Actor in a leading role
- George Clooney in Michael Clayton
- Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
- Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd
- Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
It's impossible not to go with Daniel Day-Lewis on this one. The guy immerses himself so deeply in the role of ruthless oil baron Daniel Plainview for
There Will Be Blood that you begin to wonder whether he's playing at all. Nothing against Johnny Depp's vocal performance while engaging in Tarantino-esque throat slashery or Viggo's naked deathmatch, but the passion Day-Lewis exhibits in
There Will Be Blood is an uncompromising redefinition of the craft.
Supporting Actor
- Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James...
- Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
- Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
- Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
After much deliberation, I'd have to say that Javier Bardem's got my vote. His portrayal of murderous madman Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers'
No Country for Old Men already won him a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe, so it's hard not to call him a shoe-in. But Casey Affleck's tortured, envious Robert Ford was downright stunning in
The Assassination of Jesse James. Honorable mention: Philip Seymour Hoffman always delivers the passion, and
Charlie Wilson's War is no exception.
On second thought, the Academy does like to shake things up and make old people feel special, so there is a chance that 83-year-old Hal Holbrook could take the honors for
Into the Wild. But don't bet your social security check on it.
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