Oscar predictions [2013]

My predictions for the 85th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night:

Oscars preview | Download EPISODE 42 of postmodcast.

Best Picture | Argo
Best Director | Steven Spielberg [Lincoln]

Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis [Lincoln]
Best Actress | Jennifer Lawrence [Silver Linings Playbook]
Best Supporting Actor | Robert De Niro [Silver Linings Playbook]
Best Supporting Actress | Anne Hathaway [Les Miserables]

Best Original Screenplay | Quentin Tarantino [Django Unchained]
Best Adapted Screenplay | Chris Terrio [Argo]

Best Animated Film | Wreck-It Ralph
Best Documentary | Searching for Sugar Man
Best Foreign Film | Amour



Best Original Song | “Skyfall” by Adele, Paul Epworth [Skyfall]
Best Original Score | Life of Pi

Best Cinematography | Life of Pi
Best Visual Effects | Life of Pi

Best Film Editing | Argo

Best Sound Editing | Zero Dark Thirty
Best Sound Mixing | Les Miserables

Best Production Design | Anna Karenina
Best Costume Design | Anna Karenina
Best Makeup & Hairstyling | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Short Film | Curfew
Best Animated Short | Paperman
Best Documentary Short | Open Heart

Skyfall (2012)

Daniel Craig and the other “Bond”-makers strike the perfect balance of art and action film, throwing away all those cheesy gadgets and cheeky dialogue, and there’s even a song by Adele. It is certainly the best Bond film of all time, but that’s not saying much.

d: Sam Mendes | imdb.com | trailer

Lou Myers (1935-2013)

Lou Myers found fame as grumpy old restaurant owner Mr. Gaines on “Cosby” spin-off “A Different World,” but he also had supporting roles in two movies by Ron Shelton — “Cobb” and “Tin Cup”— acted on Broadway and sang jazz and blues in a cabaret show.

imdb.com | People | Charleston Gazette

My favorite movies [2012]

1. Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow
2. Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino
3. Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson
4. Magic Mike | Steven Soderbergh
5. Project X | Nima Nourizadeh

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter / journalist Mark Boal master a new form of filmmaking — confident, straight-forward dramatization — and Jessica Chastain is the steely head and heart behind the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden.

d: Kathryn Bigelow | imdb.com | trailer | Charlie Rose | Chastain

Django Unchained (2012)

Quentin Tarantino does what “Lincoln” can’t — blow up the damn plantation himself. An emancipated Jamie Foxx brings the explosives in an (important) slavery revenge fantasy and spaghetti western, while Samuel Jackson is stunning as an Uncle Tom.

d: Quentin Tarantino | imdb.com | trailer | Charlie Rose
I’m curious ... | I’m getting dirty. | You scaring me.