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With Promising Young Woman up for Picture, Director and Screenplay honors - a robust show of support - expect star Carey Mulligan to take home her first career Golden Globe.

With Promising Young Woman up for Picture, Director and Screenplay honors - a robust show of support - expect star Carey Mulligan to take home her first career Golden Globe.

2020 Golden Globe Winner Predictions

February 25, 2021 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Ah, the Golden Globes. How I love that Hollywood Foreign Press Association - not corrupt at all!

All kidding aside (how can I not love the HFPA when it named Sally Kirkland Best Actress in 1987?), I am pumped for this year’s ceremony, in part because the awards season remains so unsettled. There isn’t a true shoo-in to be found among the acting races here, with only Best Animated Feature and Best Foreign Language Film sporting anything in the way of overwhelming favorites.

That said, my gut says Aaron Sorkin - a nine-time Globe nominee at this point - will see his film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, make the healthiest splash of the night. Mank, the nominations leader, is close behind - and I expect David Fincher to grab the Best Director prize - with Nomadland and perhaps even Promising Young Woman, both Director/Screenplay contenders, having at least some fighting chance up in Best Drama Picture.

Oddly enough, I fear Nomadland is liable to find itself shut out here. Frances McDormand could of course triumph but she isn’t exactly a HFPA favorite, having lost for both Fargo and Olive Kittredge. Given the overall affection for Promising Young Woman, I’m going with Carey Mulligan for the Best Drama Actress win. Likewise, considering the Drama Picture nomination for The Father and lukewarm reception for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, I’ve got Anthony Hopkins taking the Best Drama Actor prize over Chadwick Boseman - though expect the latter to still triumph at the Oscars (after a SAG win)

The Musical/Comedy categories are an absolute wasteland this year (hi, Music) but might be more competitive and exciting than you’d think. Most seem convinced a Borat sweep is on the horizon and, while I’m inclined to agree both Maria Bakalova and Sacha Baron Cohen will emerge triumphant in their respective categories, I suspect a Hamilton upset may come to fruition for the top prize. Hell, even Lin-Manuel Miranda may block Cohen from scoring two trophies. Oh, and I still don’t think Bakalova makes the Oscar cut, even if it’s tough to picture her losing here.

The Supporting categories are also tough to forecast.

Sans Helena Zengel, a newcomer whose film wasn’t otherwise much embraced, I can see a case for any of the Best Supporting Actress nominees winning. Jodie Foster is a HFPA favorite whose film scored a surprise Drama Actor nom; Glenn Close remains spectacularly overdue for that Oscar and the Globes played a key role in bolstering her campaign for The Wife; and Amanda Seyfried graces the night’s nominations leader and sure seemed like the favorite here and elsewhere until that startling SAG snub.

In the end, given the love for The Father and her flawless track record with the Globes (thus far, at least), my money has to be on Olivia Colman - but she’s a soft front-runner.

Likewise, I see Cohen as a very modest favorite in Best Supporting Actor, likely to only triumph if his film is taking the top prize. I fear it may not be Daniel Kaluuya or Leslie Odom, Jr., whose films missed in Drama Picture, who is Cohen’s greatest threat but rather surprise nominee Jared Leto, who inexplicably also surfaced at SAG and whose film (also inexplicably) has made several of the Oscar shortlists. Don’t be blindsided if he pulls this out.

Elsewhere, I do see Soul and Minari as the crystal-clear favorites in Animated Feature and Foreign Language Film. Expect Odom, Jr. to triumph in Best Original Song for his One Night in Miami tune, though Diane Warren cannot be entirely counted out for her The Life Ahead composition. Had Sophia Loren made the Drama Actress cut, I might be predicting her. Last but hardly least, Best Original Score looks like a jump ball between the two Trent Reznor-Atticus Ross contenders, with the trio of other nominees likely trailing far behind.

Below are my full rankings in each category. Who do you have winning?

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  1. The Trial of the Chicago 7

  2. Mank

  3. Nomadland

  4. Promising Young Woman

  5. The Father

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  1. Hamilton

  2. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  3. The Prom

  4. Palm Springs

  5. Music

Best Director

  1. David Fincher, Mank

  2. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

  3. Regina King, One Night in Miami

  4. Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  5. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Screenplay

  1. Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  2. Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father

  3. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

  4. Jack Fincher, Mank

  5. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actress - Drama

  1. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

  2. Frances McDormand, Nomadland

  3. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

  4. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  5. Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Actor - Drama

  1. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

  2. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  3. Gary Oldman, Mank

  4. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

  5. Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy

  1. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  2. Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit

  3. Kate Hudson, Music

  4. Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma

  5. Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy

  1. Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  2. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

  3. Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

  4. James Corden, The Prom

  5. Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Olivia Colman, The Father

  2. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

  3. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

  4. Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian

  5. Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  2. Jared Leto, The Little Things

  3. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

  4. Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami

  5. Bill Murray, On the Rocks

Best Animated Feature

  1. Soul

  2. Over the Moon

  3. Wolfwalkers

  4. Onward

  5. The Croods: A New Age

Best Foreign Language Film

  1. Minari

  2. Another Round

  3. The Life Ahead

  4. La Llorona

  5. Two of Us

Best Original Score

  1. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank

  2. Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, Soul

  3. Ludwig Goransson, Tenet

  4. James Newton Howard, News of the World

  5. Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky

Best Original Song

  1. “Speak Now,” One Night in Miami

  2. “lo si (Seen),” The Life Ahead

  3. “Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7

  4. “Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah

  5. “Tigress & Tweed,” The United States vs. Billie Holiday

February 25, 2021 /Andrew Carden
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Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead) is among the many awards season hopefuls who, while not making a splash with the critics’ prizes, may rebound with the Golden Globes and/or SAG Awards.

Sophia Loren (The Life Ahead) is among the many awards season hopefuls who, while not making a splash with the critics’ prizes, may rebound with the Golden Globes and/or SAG Awards.

2020 Golden Globe/SAG Nomination Predictions

January 28, 2021 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

At last!

I haven’t made a set of awards season predictions since my stab at Oscar nominations back in September - a list that included the likes of C’mon, C’mon, The Humans and Respect, none of which ultimately scored qualifying runs for this cycle.

I’m going to continue holding off on the Oscars until the Globes and SAG have had their say. With these nominations on the horizon next week, you know what time it is…TIME FOR PREDICTIONS!!

First off, I feel reasonably confident these precursors will look at least a tad different from what the critics’ awards have thus far offered up.

Mank, for instance, didn’t exactly catch fire among the critics but expect the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to shower it with at least a modest showing of love. The HFPA may also be more inclined to embrace the likes of News of the World and especially Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Prom, the latter two taking advantage of the ghost towns that are this year’s Comedy/Musical categories. Likewise, over at SAG, the likes of Amy Adams and Glenn Close, headlining a film decidedly not adored by the critics, are liable to surface.

The likes of Paul Raci and Youn Yuh-jung have proven fierce contenders with the critics but are hardly shoo-ins with these voting bodies. And then there’s Maria Bakalova, who’s charged out of the starting gates as something of a Supporting Actress front-runner but will be contending in Lead at the Globes - and is no guarantee at SAG (or BAFTA after that).

Pictures like The Personal History of David Copperfield and Wild Mountain Thyme, neither of which have much in the way of momentum, may also take advantage of the barren nature of the Comedy/Musical lineups at the Globes - only to still have no prayer on Oscar noms morning.

There are also late-breaking contenders, like Judas and the Black Messiah and Malcolm and Marie, hoping to make a splash. The former’s Daniel Kaluuya appears destined for that second Oscar nom but it remains a question mark how much it’ll be embraced in other categories. And then there’s the latter film’s Zendaya and John David Washington, who’ve generated heaps of chatter for their robust turns but will need to overcome crowded categories and Malcolm and Marie’s otherwise mixed reviews.

Even in a more slender season as this, these are tough races to forecast - and it’s easy to picture the Globes and SAG producing very different quintets in the acting fields, ultimately leaving it to BAFTA to provide some clarity.

Anyway, here’s what I’m thinking goes down next week. Who do you have scoring GG/SAG glory?

Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  1. Nomadland

  2. Da 5 Bloods

  3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  4. The Trial of the Chicago 7

  5. Mank
    —

  6. One Night in Miami

  7. Promising Young Woman

  8. Judas and the Black Messiah

  9. News of the World

  10. The Father

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  1. The Prom

  2. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  3. Hamilton

  4. Emma

  5. The Personal History of David Copperfield
    —

  6. Wild Mountain Thyme

  7. Palm Springs

  8. The King of Staten Island

  9. On the Rocks

  10. Enola Holmes

Best Director

  1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

  2. Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods

  3. David Fincher, Mank

  4. Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

  5. Regina King, One Night in Miami
    —

  6. Paul Greengrass, News of the World

  7. Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  8. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

  9. George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  10. George Clooney, The Midnight Sky

Best Screenplay

  1. Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

  2. Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  3. Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

  4. Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  5. Jack Fincher, Mank
    —

  6. Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

  7. Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, The Father

  8. Spike Lee, Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo and Kevin Willmott, Da 5 Bloods

  9. Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami

  10. Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond, First Cow

Best Actress - Drama

  1. Frances McDormand, Nomadland

  2. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  3. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

  4. Sophia Loren, The Life Ahead

  5. Zendaya, Malcolm and Marie
    —

  6. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

  7. Andra Day, The People vs. Billie Holiday

  8. Kate Winslet, Ammonite

  9. Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy

  10. Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Actor - Drama

  1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  2. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

  3. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

  4. Gary Oldman, Mank

  5. Tom Hanks, News of the World
    —

  6. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

  7. Steven Yeun, Minari

  8. John David Washington, Malcolm and Marie

  9. Ben Affleck, The Way Back

  10. George Clooney, The Midnight Sky

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy

  1. Meryl Streep, The Prom

  2. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  3. Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit

  4. Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma

  5. Emily Blunt, Wild Mountain Thyme
    —

  6. Millie Bobby Brown, Enola Holmes

  7. Meryl Streep, Let Them All Talk

  8. Cristin Milioti, Palm Springs

  9. Rashida Jones, On the Rocks

  10. Rachel McAdams, Eurovision Song Contest

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy

  1. Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  2. Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield

  3. Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

  4. Pete Davidson, The King of Staten Island

  5. Jamie Dornan, Wild Mountain Thyme
    —

  6. Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton

  7. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

  8. James Corden, The Prom

  9. Will Ferrell, Eurovision Song Contest

  10. Mel Gibson, Fatman

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

  2. Olivia Colman, The Father

  3. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

  4. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

  5. Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
    —

  6. Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

  7. Helena Zengel, News of the World

  8. Nicole Kidman, The Prom

  9. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite

  10. Candice Bergen, Let Them All Talk

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami

  2. Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  3. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

  4. Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods

  5. Bill Murray, On the Rocks
    —

  6. Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

  7. Mark Rylance, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  8. Frank Langella, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  9. Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami

  10. David Strathairn, Nomadland

Best Animated Feature

  1. Soul

  2. Over the Moon

  3. Onward

  4. Wolfwalkers

  5. The Croods: A New Age
    —

  6. Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

  7. Trolls World Tour

  8. The Willloughbys

  9. SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

  10. No. 7 Cherry Lane

Best Foreign Language Film

  1. Minari

  2. Another Round

  3. The Life Ahead

  4. Quo Vadis, Aida?

  5. Night of the Kings
    —

  6. Never Gonna Snow Again

  7. Apples

  8. A Sun

  9. My Little Sister

  10. I’m No Longer Here

Best Original Score

  1. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank

  2. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul

  3. James Newton Howard, News of the World

  4. Emile Mosseri, Minari

  5. Hans Zimmer and David Fleming, Hillbilly Elegy
    —

  6. Christopher Willis, The Personal History of David Copperfield

  7. Terence Blanchard, One Night in Miami

  8. Daniel Pemberton, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  9. Ludwid Göransson, Tenet

  10. Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods

Best Original Song

  1. “Speak Now,” One Night in Miami

  2. “Seen,” The Life Ahead

  3. “Hear My Voice,” The Trial of the Chicago 7

  4. “Wear Your Crown,” The Prom

  5. “Carried Me with You,” Onward
    —

  6. “Rocket to the Moon,” Over the Moon

  7. “Queen Bee,” Emma

  8. “Hometown,” Eurovision Song Contest

  9. “The Wuhan Flu,” Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  10. “Turntables,” All In: The Fight for Democracy

Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Best Motion Picture Ensemble

  1. Da 5 Bloods

  2. One Night in Miami

  3. The Trial of the Chicago 7

  4. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  5. Minari
    —

  6. The Prom

  7. Mank

  8. Promising Young Woman

  9. Nomadland

  10. The Boys in the Band

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

  1. Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  2. Frances McDormand, Nomadland

  3. Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

  4. Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman

  5. Amy Adams, Hillbilly Elegy
    —

  6. Meryl Streep, The Prom

  7. Sophia Loren, The Life Ahead

  8. Elisabeth Moss, The Invisible Man

  9. Zendaya, Malcolm and Marie

  10. Kate Winslet, Ammonite

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role

  1. Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  2. Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

  3. Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods

  4. Anthony Hopkins, The Father

  5. Gary Oldman, Mank
    —

  6. Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami

  7. Tom Hanks, News of the World

  8. Steven Yeun, Minari

  9. John David Washington, Malcolm and Marie

  10. Ben Affleck, The Way Back

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role

  1. Amanda Seyfried, Mank

  2. Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman

  3. Olivia Colman, The Father

  4. Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy

  5. Saoirse Ronan, Ammonite
    —

  6. Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  7. Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

  8. Helena Zengel, News of the World

  9. Toni Collette, I’m Thinking of Ending Things

  10. Candice Bergen, Let Them All Talk

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role

  1. Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods

  2. Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami

  3. Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  4. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

  5. Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
    —

  6. Frank Langella, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  7. Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  8. David Strathairn, Nomadland

  9. Mark Rylance, The Trial of the Chicago 7

  10. Bill Murray, On the Rocks

January 28, 2021 /Andrew Carden
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Perhaps I’ll be proven wrong but my hunch is Parasite goes 3-for-3 - in Best Director/Screenplay/Foreign Language Film - at the Golden Globes.

Perhaps I’ll be proven wrong but my hunch is Parasite goes 3-for-3 - in Best Director/Screenplay/Foreign Language Film - at the Golden Globes.

2019 Golden Globe Winner Predictions

January 02, 2020 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

I have a bad feeling about this - that maybe, just maybe, Joaquin Phoenix isn’t the only Joker nominee emerging triumphant at the Golden Globes.

With a Best Director nom for Todd Phillips, it’s painfully plausible that Best Picture and Best Original Score wins also come to fruition. Hell, even Phillips himself could perhaps prevail, leading to a Joker sweep. My head says this remains an unlikely scenario - and that it is Parasite that actually makes the most significant splash on the big night - but I am feeling a tad queasy.

Joker fears aside, I suspect the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be inclined to spread the love among this year’s awards season contenders. The Irishman, Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood should pick up a prize or two each but a commanding sweep from any of them seems like a stretch.

There are several legit barn burners in the acting races - Taron Egerton vs. Eddie Murphy is all but a coin flip, as is Scarlett Johansson vs. Renee Zellweger. And don’t you dare think anyone is a lock. Laura Dern and Brad Pitt, for instance, may be the front-runners in their respective categories but are hardly shoo-ins for victory. It’s plausible to imagine an upset like Margot Robbie or even, looking at the race in Best Screenplay, Anthony McCarten for The Two Popes.

All that said, here are my two cents on how the Globes will probably go down, from most to least likely to triumph…

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  1. The Irishman

  2. Joker

  3. Marriage Story

  4. 1917

  5. The Two Popes

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. Jojo Rabbit

  3. Knives Out

  4. Rocketman

  5. Dolemite Is My Name

Best Director

  1. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

  2. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  3. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman

  4. Todd Phillips, Joker

  5. Sam Mendes, 1917

Best Screenplay

  1. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

  2. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  3. Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes

  4. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

  5. Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

Best Actress - Drama

  1. Renee Zellweger, Judy

  2. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

  3. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

  4. Charlize Theron, Bombshell

  5. Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

Best Actor - Drama

  1. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

  2. Adam Driver, Marriage Story

  3. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

  4. Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

  5. Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy

  1. Awkwafina, The Farewell

  2. Ana de Armas, Knives Out

  3. Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart

  4. Emma Thompson, Late Night

  5. Cate Blanchett, Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy

  1. Taron Egerton, Rocketman

  2. Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

  3. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  4. Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit

  5. Daniel Craig, Knives Out

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story

  2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

  3. Margot Robbie, Bombshell

  4. Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell

  5. Annette Bening, The Report

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. Joe Pesci, The Irishman

  3. Al Pacino, The Irishman

  4. Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

  5. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Best Animated Feature

  1. Frozen II

  2. Missing Link

  3. Toy Story 4

  4. The Lion King

  5. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Best Foreign Language Film

  1. Parasite

  2. The Farewell

  3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

  4. Pain and Glory

  5. Les Miserables

Best Original Score

  1. Thomas Newman, 1917

  2. Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker

  3. Alexandre Desplat, Little Women

  4. Randy Newman, Marriage Story

  5. Daniel Pemberton, Motherless Brooklyn

Best Original Song

  1. “I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” Rocketman

  2. “Into the Unknown,” Frozen II

  3. “Spirit,” The Lion King

  4. “Stand Up,” Harriet

  5. “Beautiful Ghosts,” Cats

January 02, 2020 /Andrew Carden
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Thus far, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is firing on all cylinders with precursors. Expect this lovefest to continue with the Golden Globes and SAG.

Thus far, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is firing on all cylinders with precursors. Expect this lovefest to continue with the Golden Globes and SAG.

2019 Golden Globe/SAG Nomination Predictions

December 06, 2019 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Yes, I sure do love the Golden Globes and SAG Awards - what human being, after all, wouldn’t be enamored with precursors that once gave Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine and Sigourney Weaver a Best Actress three-way tie or awards that bestowed recognition upon not only Nathan Lane but Hank Azaria too for The Birdcage?

Especially in a season this chaotic, expect no shortage of jaw-droppers, both on nominations morning and awards night.

At the Globes, beyond the expected showering of nominations on The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, prepare for heaps of affection toward the likes of Jojo Rabbit and Joker too - even if they don’t make as heavy a splash later on with the Oscars. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is liable to go gaga for the starry Little Women and generally goes bananas for a movie musical…even if it isn’t a good one (hello, Best Picture nominees The Phantom of the Opera and The Producers). Hence, even if Cats is a stinker, it could still make a nice showing here.

Don’t be surprised if the SAG nominations look considerably different than what the Globes serve up.

I’m keeping an especially close eye on Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, where it’s so easy to see veterans like Alan Alda, John Lithgow and Maggie Smith emerge at SAG after Globe snubs.

Speaking of Dame Maggie, the SAG Awards used to eat up Downton Abbey in a huge way when it competed for television prizes, including three victories in the top Best Drama Ensemble category. If this at all translates to the film awards, it is completely plausible the film earns a Film Ensemble nom here. Keep an eye out too for real stunners like Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell) and Mary Kay Place (Diane), who could perhaps flabbergast awards season followers on a Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back)-level.

Oh, and Helen Mirren, GG/SAG/BAFTA nominee for Hitchcock, could easily land at either or both of these for The Good Liar.

Happy predicting! :)

Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture - Drama

  1. The Irishman

  2. Marriage Story

  3. 1917

  4. Joker

  5. Little Women
    —

  6. Bombshell

  7. The Two Popes

  8. Richard Jewell

  9. Ford v Ferrari

  10. Avengers: Endgame

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

  1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. Jojo Rabbit

  3. Rocketman

  4. Hustlers

  5. Cats
    —

  6. Knives Out

  7. The Peanut Butter Falcon

  8. Dolemite Is My Name

  9. Booksmart

  10. Yesterday

Best Director

  1. Martin Scorsese, The Irishman

  2. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  3. Sam Mendes, 1917

  4. Greta Gerwig, Little Women

  5. Todd Phillips, Joker
    —

  6. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

  7. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

  8. Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

  9. Clint Eastwood, Richard Jewell

  10. Tom Hooper, Cats

Best Screenplay

  1. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

  3. Steven Zaillian, The Irishman

  4. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

  5. Greta Gerwig, Little Women
    —

  6. Anthony McCarten, The Two Popes

  7. Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han, Parasite

  8. Rian Johnson, Knives Out

  9. Lulu Wang, The Farewell

  10. Charles Randolph, Bombshell

Best Actress - Drama

  1. Renee Zellweger, Judy

  2. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

  3. Charlize Theron, Bombshell

  4. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

  5. Helen Mirren, The Good Liar
    —

  6. Lupita Nyong’o, Us

  7. Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

  8. Felicity Jones, The Aeronauts

  9. Alfre Woodard, Clemency

  10. Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell

Best Actor - Drama

  1. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

  2. Adam Driver, Marriage Story

  3. Robert De Niro, The Irishman

  4. Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

  5. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
    —

  6. Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

  7. Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari

  8. George MacKay, 1917

  9. Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell

  10. Mark Ruffalo, Dark Waters

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy

  1. Awkwafina, The Farewell

  2. Constance Wu, Hustlers

  3. Emma Thompson, Late Night

  4. Ana de Armas, Knives Out

  5. Francesca Hayward, Cats
    —

  6. Cate Blanchett, Where’d You Go, Bernadette?

  7. Dakota Johnson, The Peanut Butter Falcon

  8. Charlize Theron, Long Shot

  9. Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart

  10. Angelina Jolie, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy

  1. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. Taron Egerton, Rocketman

  3. Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

  4. Daniel Craig, Knives Out

  5. Shia LaBeouf, The Peanut Butter Falcon
    —

  6. Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit

  7. Himesh Patel, Yesterday

  8. Will Smith, Aladdin

  9. Bryan Cranston, The Upside

  10. Zachary Levi, Shazam!

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story

  2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

  3. Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit

  4. Margot Robbie, Bombshell

  5. Florence Pugh, Little Women
    —

  6. Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

  7. Penelope Cruz, Pain and Glory

  8. Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

  9. Nicole Kidman, Bombshell

  10. Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. Al Pacino, The Irishman

  3. Joe Pesci, The Irishman

  4. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

  5. Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
    —

  6. Timothee Chalamet, Little Women

  7. Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy

  8. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

  9. Jamie Bell, Rocketman

  10. Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit

Best Animated Feature

  1. Toy Story 4

  2. Frozen II

  3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

  4. Missing Link

  5. Abominable
    —

  6. The Addams Family

  7. Spies in Disguise

  8. Weathering with You

  9. Okko’s Inn

  10. I Lost My Body

Best Foreign Language Film

  1. Parasite

  2. The Farewell

  3. Pain and Glory

  4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

  5. Les Miserables
    —

  6. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

  7. Monos

  8. Atlantics

  9. The Painted Bird

  10. Dear Ex

Best Original Score

  1. Thomas Newman, 1917

  2. Alexandre Desplat, Little Women

  3. Michael Giacchino, Jojo Rabbit

  4. Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker

  5. Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, Ford v Ferrari
    —

  6. Randy Newman, Marriage Story

  7. Steven Price, The Aeronauts

  8. Nate Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

  9. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Waves

  10. Alan Silvestri, Avengers: Endgame

Best Original Song

  1. “I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” Rocketman

  2. “Into the Unknown,” Frozen II

  3. “Beautiful Ghosts,” Cats

  4. “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” Toy Story 4

  5. “Speechless,” Aladdin
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  6. “Stand Up,” Harriet

  7. “I’m Standing with You,” Breakthrough

  8. “Don’t Call Me (Angel),” Charlie’s Angels

  9. “One Little Soldier,” Bombshell

  10. “Spirit,” The Lion King

Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Best Motion Picture Ensemble

  1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. The Irishman

  3. Marriage Story

  4. Bombshell

  5. Hustlers
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  6. Little Women

  7. Knives Out

  8. Downton Abbey

  9. Avengers: Endgame

  10. Jojo Rabbit

Best Female Actor in a Leading Role

  1. Renee Zellweger, Judy

  2. Charlize Theron, Bombshell

  3. Awkwafina, The Farewell

  4. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

  5. Alfre Woodard, Clemency
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  6. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

  7. Helen Mirren, The Good Liar

  8. Cynthia Erivo, Harriet

  9. Lupita Nyong’o, Us

  10. Mary Kay Place, Diane

Best Male Actor in a Leading Role

  1. Adam Driver, Marriage Story

  2. Robert De Niro, The Irishman

  3. Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

  4. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory

  5. Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
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  6. Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name

  7. Taron Egerton, Rocketman

  8. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  9. Mark Ruffalo, Dark Waters

  10. Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari

Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role

  1. Laura Dern, Marriage Story

  2. Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers

  3. Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

  4. Penelope Cruz, Pain and Glory

  5. Nicole Kidman, Bombshell
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  6. Annette Bening, The Report

  7. Margot Robbie, Bombshell

  8. Florence Pugh, Little Women

  9. Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

  10. Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role

  1. Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

  2. Al Pacino, The Irishman

  3. Joe Pesci, The Irishman

  4. Alan Alda, Marriage Story

  5. John Lithgow, Bombshell
    —

  6. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

  7. Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes

  8. Sterling K. Brown, Waves

  9. Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

  10. Song Kang-ho, Parasite

December 06, 2019 /Andrew Carden
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2018 Golden Globe Winners

January 06, 2019 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Congrats to this year’s Golden Globe honorees! (Especially Queen Glenn)

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Green Book

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Roma (Mexico)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close, The Wife

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Olivia Colman, The Favourite

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, Vice

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Green Book

Best Director – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Green Book

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz, First Man

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born

January 06, 2019 /Andrew Carden
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2018 Golden Globe Nominations

December 06, 2018 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Congratulations to this year’s Golden Globe nominees!

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language

Capernaum (Lebanon)
Girl (Belgium)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale, Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man & The Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

Best Director – Motion Picture

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Green Book

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place
Alexandre Desplat, Isle Of Dogs
Ludwig Goransson, Black Panther
Justin Hurwitz, First Man
Marc Shaiman, Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“All The Stars,” Black Panther
“Girl in the Movies,” Dumplin’
“Requiem For A Private War,” A Private War
“Revelation,” Boy Erased
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born

December 06, 2018 /Andrew Carden
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2018 Golden Globe Nomination Predictions

November 28, 2018 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Ah, the Golden Globes - the awards season precursor I love to hate on…until I remember the Hollywood Foreign Press Association bestowed upon Sigourney Weaver not one but two prizes in 1988. My favorite part of predicting the Globes is I can list the delightful likes of Elsie Fisher, Nick Robinson, Charlize Theron, Constance Wu and the cast of Book Club, none of whom have a real prayer at an Oscar nom.

With that said, here's my hunch on how the 2018 Golden Globe nominations might just go down, ranked from most to least likely to be nominated.

Enjoy reading and of course feel free to offer up your own two cents too!

Best Motion Picture - Drama:

  1. A Star Is Born

  2. If Beale Street Could Talk

  3. BlacKkKlansman

  4. First Man

  5. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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  6. Boy Erased

  7. Black Panther

  8. Widows

  9. A Quiet Place

  10. First Reformed

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical:

  1. The Favourite

  2. Mary Poppins Returns

  3. Green Book

  4. Crazy Rich Asians

  5. Vice
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  6. Eighth Grade

  7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  8. The Death of Stalin

  9. Sorry to Bother You

  10. Paddington 2

Best Director:

  1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

  2. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

  3. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite

  4. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman

  5. Rob Marshall, Mary Poppins Returns
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  6. Damien Chazelle, First Man

  7. Peter Farrelly, Green Book

  8. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

  9. Adam McKay, Vice

  10. John Krasinski, A Quiet Place

Best Leading Actor - Drama:

  1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born

  2. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

  3. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

  4. Ryan Gosling, First Man

  5. Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
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  6. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate

  7. Steve Carell, Beautiful Boy

  8. Hugh Jackman, The Front Runner

  9. John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

  10. Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here

Best Leading Actress - Drama:

  1. Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born

  2. Glenn Close, The Wife

  3. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

  4. Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

  5. Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
    —

  6. Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots

  7. Toni Collette, Hereditary

  8. Viola Davis, Widows

  9. Natalie Portman, Vox Lux

  10. Julia Roberts, Ben Is Back

Best Leading Actor - Comedy or Musical:

  1. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

  2. Christian Bale, Vice

  3. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns

  4. Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun

  5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2
    —

  6. Steve Carell, Welcome to Marwen

  7. Nick Robinson, Love, Simon

  8. Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You

  9. Joaquin Phoenix, The Sisters Brothers

  10. John C. Reilly, The Sisters Brothers

Best Leading Actress - Comedy or Musical:

  1. Olivia Colman, The Favourite

  2. Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns

  3. Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade

  4. Charlize Theron, Tully

  5. Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
    —

  6. Kathryn Hahn, Private Life

  7. Diane Keaton, Book Club

  8. Jane Fonda, Book Club

  9. Lily James, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

  10. Sandra Bullock, Ocean’s 8

Best Supporting Actor:

  1. Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born

  2. Mahershala Ali, Green Book

  3. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

  4. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

  5. Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
    —

  6. Sam Rockwell, Vice

  7. Nicholas Hoult, The Favourite

  8. Russell Crowe, Boy Erased

  9. Hugh Grant, Paddington 2

  10. Steve Carell, Vice

Best Supporting Actress:

  1. Emma Stone, The Favourite

  2. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

  3. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

  4. Amy Adams, Vice

  5. Claire Foy, First Man
    —

  6. Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased

  7. Meryl Streep, Mary Poppins Returns

  8. Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots

  9. Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians

  10. Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place

Best Screenplay:

  1. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite

  2. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

  3. Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott, BlacKkKlansman

  4. Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Irene Mecchi, Stephen J. Rivele, Eric Roth and Christopher Wilkinson, A Star Is Born

  5. Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Green Book
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  6. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma

  7. Paul Schrader, First Reformed

  8. Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

  9. Adam McKay, Vice

  10. Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Original Score:

  1. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns

  2. Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk

  3. Justin Hurwitz, First Man

  4. Terence Blanchard, BlacKkKlansman

  5. Carter Burwell, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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  6. Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs

  7. Max Richter, Mary Queen of Scots

  8. Nicholas Britell, Vice

  9. Michael Giacchino, Incredibles 2

  10. Hans Zimmer, Widows

Best Original Song:

  1. “The Shallow,” A Star Is Born

  2. “The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns

  3. ”I’ll Never Love Again,” A Star Is Born

  4. “Trip a Little Light Fantastic,” Mary Poppins Returns

  5. “Here I Am,” Dumplin’
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  6. “Time for Change,” On the Basis of Sex

  7. “All the Stars,” Black Panther

  8. “I’ll Fight,” RBG

  9. “Always Remember Us This Way,” A Star Is Born

  10. “A Place Called Slaughter Race,” Ralph Breaks the Internet

Best Animated Feature:

  1. Ralph Breaks the Internet

  2. Incredibles 2

  3. Isle of Dogs

  4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

  5. Smallfoot
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  6. Mirai

  7. Tito and the Birds

  8. Ruben Brandt, Collector

  9. Teen Titans Go! to the Movies

  10. Early Man

Best Foreign Language Film:

  1. Roma (Mexico)

  2. Capernaum (Lebanon)

  3. Cold War (Poland)

  4. Never Look Away (Germany)

  5. Shoplifters (Japan)
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  6. Border (Sweden)

  7. Sunset (Hungary)

  8. Girl (Belgium)

  9. Ghost Hunting (Palestine)

  10. The Interpreter (Slovakia)

November 28, 2018 /Andrew Carden
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2017 Golden Globe Winners

January 07, 2018 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Congratulations to all of this year's Golden Globe winners!

Best Motion Picture, Drama
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Lady Bird

Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy
James Franco, The Disaster Artist

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Allison Janney, I, Tonya

Best Screenplay
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water

Best Original Song
“This Is Me,“ The Greatest Showman

Best Animated Feature
Coco

Best Foreign Language Film
In the Fade

January 07, 2018 /Andrew Carden
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2017 Golden Globe Predictions

January 02, 2018 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Here we go! Truth be told, I don't feel terribly confident about most of these - the exceptions being Best Director, Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, with the only true shoo-in of the evening landing in that middle category, for the unstoppable Coco.

My hunch is next Sunday will prove a strong evening for both The Shape of Water and Lady Bird, knocking the likes of The Post, Three Billboards and Get Out down a few rungs. It is hardly inconceivable, however, to think the Hollywood Foreign Press Association could fall for The Post and/or even go with Get Out in Musical/Comedy Picture, despite that one missing in both Director and Screenplay.

Will Oscar front-runner Gary Oldman's past jabs at the Globes damage his chances here? I suspect so but then again, the HFPA sure does like to try predicting the Oscar winners (and Oldman will remain the Oscar front-runner, albeit a softer one, even if he does lose here). 

Both Lead Actress categories are legit jump balls here, ditto Supporting Actress, where Allison Janney hopes to put a dent in Laurie Metcalf's front-runner status. And speaking of tough categories to forecast, there's Best Screenplay, where Globe favorite Aaron Sorkin could totally score another Steve Jobs-level upset with Molly's Game.

Oh, and don't you dare underestimate that dark horse Christopher Plummer down in Supporting Actor, especially with Oscar front-runner Willem Dafoe's film evidently not much resonating with the HFPA.

All that said, check out my predictions below, ranked from most to least likely to prevail. And of course, feel free to chime in with your own two cents as well!

Best Motion Picture – Drama:

  1. The Shape of Water
  2. The Post
  3. Call Me By Your Name
  4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  5. Dunkirk

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

  1. Lady Bird
  2. Get Out
  3. The Disaster Artist
  4. I, Tonya
  5. The Greatest Showman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:

  1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
  2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
  3. Tom Hanks, The Post
  4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
  5. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:

  1. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
  2. Meryl Streep, The Post
  3. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  4. Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
  5. Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

  1. James Franco, The Disaster Artist
  2. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
  3. Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
  4. Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
  5. Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:

  1. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
  2. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
  3. Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
  4. Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
  5. Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:

  1. Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
  2. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
  3. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  4. Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
  5. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:

  1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
  2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
  3. Hong Chau, Downsizing
  4. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
  5. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Director – Motion Picture:

  1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
  2. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
  3. Steven Spielberg, The Post
  4. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  5. Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World

Best Screenplay:

  1. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
  2. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  3. Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
  4. Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post
  5. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:

  1. A Fantastic Woman
  2. In the Fade
  3. First They Killed My Father
  4. The Square
  5. Loveless

Best Motion Picture – Animated:

  1. Coco
  2. Loving Vincent
  3. The Breadwinner
  4. Ferdinand
  5. The Boss Baby

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:

  1. "Remember Me," Coco
  2. "This Is Me," The Greatest Showman
  3. "Mighty River," Mudbound
  4. "The Star," The Star
  5. "Home," Ferdinand

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:

  1. Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
  2. Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
  3. Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
  4. John Williams, The Post
  5. Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
January 02, 2018 /Andrew Carden
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2017 Golden Globe Nominations

December 11, 2017 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Congratulations to this year's Golden Globe nominees! (Oh, and never again will I underestimate their infatuation with Denzel and Dame Helen.)

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk

The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World
Steven Spielberg, The Post

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Tom Hanks, The Post
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama

Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy

Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy

Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Screenplay

The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Post
Molly’s Game

Best Original Score

Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk

Best Original Song

“Home,” Ferdinand
“Mighty River,” Mudbound
“Remember Me,” Coco
“The Star,” The Star
“This Is Me,“ The Greatest Showman

Best Animated Feature

The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

Best Foreign Language Film

A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
Loveless
The Square

December 11, 2017 /Andrew Carden
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