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Early predictions for the 2013 Oscars.

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7.1

7.2

The Master (2012)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

What's it about?: A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.

What do I think?: It will surely be nominated for Best Actor, the battle will go between Joaquin Phoenix and Daniel Day-Lewis. For Best Director as well, PTA is a great director and I'll not be surprised if he wins. Maybe Best Supporting Actor, Screenplay...we'll see.

Nominations: -Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Joaquin Phoenix
-Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Philip Seymour Hoffman
-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Adams

It looks like Paul Thomas Anderson didn't get a nomination, pitty. No Best Picture nominee, I must say a little surprised but all the other nominations I expected.

Won: 0

2831

8.4

Django Unchained

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington

What's it about?: With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

What do I think?: The Academy doesn't really nominate Quentin Tarantino's films but I think this one will not be one of those films. I know everybody thinks that Leonardo DiCaprio is gonna be nominated for Best Supporting Actor but I really don't think so. Not because I don't think DiCaprio is great actor, is because the Academy doesn't seem to nominate him every time he makes a good performance and I think that's how is gonna be this year too.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Cinematography - Robert Richardson
Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Wylie Stateman
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role -Christoph Waltz
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen -- Quentin Tarantino

No Leonardo DiCaprio as I expected. All I can say is Go Quentin Tarantino!

Won: 2 (Best Actor - Christoph Waltz; Best Writing - Quentin Tarantino)

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7.3

7.7

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Director: David O. Russell

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker

What's it about?: After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

What do I think?: I don't know what to say about this movie. Everybody seems to think it's gonna be a big hit at the Oscars that's why I putted it.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Directing - David O. Russell
Best Achievement in Editing - Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen ,Jonathan Gordon
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Bradley Cooper
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Robert De Niro
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Jennifer Lawrence
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Jacki Weaver
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - David O. Russell

Wow! I wasn't expecting so many nominations ( as I said I have no opinion about this movie because ) apart from Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. Maybe Jennifer Lawrence will win...we'll see.

Won: 1 (Best Actress - Jennifer Lawrence)

1555

7.1

7.6

Les Misérables (2012)

Director: Tom Hopper

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen

What's it about?: An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Costume Design - Paco Delgado
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling - Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg , Herbert Kretzmer - "Suddenly"
Best Achievement in Production Design - Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Hugh Jackman
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Anne Hathaway

I don't know about you but this really surprised me. What surprised me even more was Hugh Jackman's win at the Golden Globes. I haven't watched this picture and probably I'm not going to watch it soon but I'm sure I'll have the same opion after i see it.

Won: 3 ( Best Make-up; Best Sound Mixing; Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway)

7.7

Argo (2012)

Director: Ben Affleck

Cast: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan

What's it about?: As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Editing - William Goldenberg
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score - Alexandre Desplat
Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, José Antonio García
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Alan Arkin
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Chris Terrio

Won: 3 (Best Editing; Best Picture; Best Writing Adapted )

1249

7.2

7.3

Lincoln (2012)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley, James Spader, Jared Harris

What's it about?: As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

What do I think?: I'm sure that Daniel Day-Lewis is going to be nominated for Best Actor. I'm more that sure that John Williams is gonna be nominated for Best Score. And I am convinced that Steven Spielberg will be nominated for Best Director.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
Best Achievement in Costume Design - Joanna Johnston
Best Achievement in Directing - Steven Spielberg
Best Achievement in Editing - Michael Kahn
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score - John Williams
Best Achievement in Production Design - Rick Carter
Jim Erickson
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Steven Spielberg , Kathleen Kennedy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Tommy Lee Jones
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Sally Field
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - Tony Kushner

All my hopes go to John Williams, my favorite composer.

Won: 2 ( Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis YAYY!; Best Production Desing )

3861

7.7

8.4

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard

What's it about?: Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

What do I think?: If the Academy doesn't give this movie at least 3 Oscars then they're idiots. Idiots I say!!

Nominations: 0

IDIOTS!!!!

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648

6.5

6.8

Hitchcock (2012)

Director: Sacha Gervasi

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson,
Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel, James D'Arcy, Toni Collette, Kurtwood Smith

What's it about?: A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of "Psycho" in 1959.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel

No Anthony Hopkins or Hellen Mirren? Surprised.

Won: 0

1834

7.4

7.9

Life of Pi

Director: Ang Lee

Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain

What's it about?: The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Cinematography - Claudio Miranda
Best Achievement in Directing - Ang Lee
Best Achievement in Editing - Tim Squyres
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score - Mychael Danna
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song - Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayshree - "Pi's Lullaby"
Best Achievement in Production Design - David Gropman , Anna Pinnock
Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin
Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Bill Westenhofer , Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Gil Netter, Ang Lee , David Womark
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published - David Magee

Won: 4 ( Best Cinematography; Best Music; Best Visual Effects; Best Director - Ang Lee)

1699

7.7

7.8

Moonrise Kingdom

Director: Wes Anderson

Cast: Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel

What's it about?: A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them.

Nominations: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Won: 0

659

5.9

6.3

To Rome with Love (2012)

Director: Woody Allen

Cast: Woody Allen, Penélope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Judy Davis, Ellen Page

What's it about?: The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.

Nominations: 0

Disappointed.

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6.2

5.5

Hotel Noir (2012)

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez

Cast: Malin Akerman, Rufus Sewell, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Mandy Moore, Kevin Connolly

What's it about?: Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.

Nominations: 0

1218

6.4

Hotel Transylvania

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky

Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, CeeLo Green

What's it about?: Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.

Nominations: 0

2925

7.6

7.8

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving

What's it about?: A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling - Peter King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane
Best Achievement in Production Design - Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright
Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White

Won: 0

818

6.9

6.6

Anna Karenina (2012)

Director: Joe Wright

Cast: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kelly Macdonald

What's it about?: Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

What do I think?: Maybe Keira Knightley will win an Oscar or not, but she will be nominated for sure. I personally don't think she's gonna win but that's just me. Maybe Joe Wright will score something too.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Cinematography - Seamus McGarvey
Best Achievement in Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score - Dario Marianelli
Best Achievement in Production Design - Sarah Greenwood , Katie Spencer

Won: 1 ( Best Costume Design )

8.9

Zero Dark Thirty

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Cast: Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Jennifer Ehle

What's it about?: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Editing - William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor
Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Paul N.J. Ottosson
Best Motion Picture of the Year - Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Jessica Chastain
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Mark Boal

Won: 1 ( Tied with Skyfall for Best Sound Editing )

190

6.6

Promised Land (2013)

Director: Gus Van Sant

Cast: Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, Hal Holbrook

What's it about?: A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Nominations: 0

2161

6.7

Prometheus (2012)

Director: Ridley Scott

Cast: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce

What's it about?: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill

2044

7.6

8.2

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Jon Favreau, Gene Hackman, Jean Dujardin

What's it about?: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.

Not released in time.

142

5.5

5.9

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

Director: Roger Michell

Cast: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Olivia Colman

What's it about?: The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

Nominations: 0

2000

6.9

7.1

Brave (2012)

Directors: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell

Cast: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd

What's it about?: Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.

Nominations: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Mark Andrews Brenda Chapman

Won: 1

417

6.6

6.7

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)

Directors: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt

Cast: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, David Tennant, Martin Freeman

What's it about?: Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.

Nominations: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Peter Lord

Won: 0

1202

6.6

6.9

Frankenweenie

Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan

What's it about?: Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.

Nominations: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Tim Burton

Tim Burton deserves an Oscar more than anybody. I hope he wins.

Won: 0

630

6.3

6.2

Killing Them Softly (2012)

Director: Andrew Dominik

Cast: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins

What's it about?: Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.

Nominations: 0

692

7.4

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen

Cast: Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac

What's it about?: A singer-songwriter navigates New York's folk music scene during the 1960s.

What do I think?: The Coen brothers, that's enough said.

Not released in time.

1425

7.2

7.4

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Directors: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Cast: Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, Keith David, James D'Arcy, Jim Broadbent

What's it about?: An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Nominations: 0

5.8

King Lear

Director: Michael Radford

Cast: Al Pacino

What's it about?: Shakepeare's classic tale of an aging king who splits up his kingdom for his three daughters to govern, but is misled about their affections, and driven into exile.

Not released in time.

438

7.2

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)

Director: John Madden

Cast: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel

What's it about?: British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.

Nominations: 0

841

7.9

Amour

Director: Michael Haneke

Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert

What's it about?: Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Directing - Michael Haneke
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year - Austria
Best Motion Picture of the Year - To Be Determined
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Emmanuelle Riva
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Michael Haneke

Won: 1 ( Best Foreign Film )

152

7.6

7.5

Beyond the Hills (2012)

Director: Cristian Mungiu

Cast: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Catalina Harabagiu

What's it about?: A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.

What do I think?: I hope it will be nominated for Best Foreign film. Cristian Mungiu is a talented director and writer and he surely deserves it.

Nominations: 0

Idiots!

1484

8.5

The Intouchables (2011)

Directors: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano

Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny

What's it about?: After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.

Nominations: 0

Moon River's rating:

3933

7.6

The Avengers (2012)

Director: Joss Whedon

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Renner

What's it about?: Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.

Nominations: Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Daniel Sudick

Moon River's rating:

1661

6.9

7.2

The Great Gatsby

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher

What's it about?: Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Not released in time.