Be
grateful: It should be pretty
easy to avoid a turkey at the movies this Thanksgiving weekend. You’ll have to wait for
Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Saving Mr.
Banks, American Hustle The Wolf of Wall Street and August Osage County, but unlike the past few years, several Oscar-caliber movies are out
before Thanksgiving.
The Prestige Picture: 12 Years A Slave
It’s one of the most
engaging films of the year. Expect nominations and front-runner status for
Best Picture, Director, Best Actor, Best
Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Music Score…and the list goes on. It scored seven noms at the Spirit Awards this month.
In space, no one can
hear you scream, but on January, 21st Century Fox will be screaming
about nominations for Best Picture, Best
Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound
Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing and more. Don’t bet on Original Screenplay.
The First Class Drama: Captain Phillips
Oscar voters will
certainly cast a Best Actor nomination for Hanks. It has strong potential
for Best Picture, Director, Adapted
Screenplay and more.
The Underdog: Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey is
getting a lot of recognition lately — for being nearly unrecognizable in Dallas Buyers Club. Expect nominations
for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
and perhaps, but not looking likely just yet, Best Picture.
Director Alexander
Payne (Sideways, The Descendants)
directs this black and white road trip drama starring Bruce Dern as a father
who's convinced he's won a million dollar magazine sweepstakes. Dern will be a
contender for Best Actor and June
Squibb will be a likely Best Supporting
Actor nominee. If a full ten films get nominated, Nebraska will likely be one of them — it's up for Best Picture at the Spirit Awards.
The
WWII Film With The John Williams Score: The Book Thief
The film is getting
mixed reviews, but being a World War II film-based off of a popular novel-
endorsed by a former President is a real trump card for an Oscar nomination. If
the film gets a nod, expect ones for Geoffery Rush and Emily Watson too. Either
way, bet on a 49th nomination for John Williams.
The One
With Lots Of Famous People: The Butler
Forest Gump, I mean,
Forest Whitaker, winner of the Best Actor Oscar for The Last King of Scotland, carries this movie through decades of
history and he will get a nomination for Best
Actor. I predict a snub for Best
Picture and another snub for Oprah Winfrey, but experts think she’s a
strong possibility for Supporting Actress.
The One From Summer: Fruitvale Station
The powerful story of
Oscar Grant III, a Bay Area man who decides to make a change to his life on December
31, 2008. Octavia Spencer will be nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Potential nominations for
Michael B. Jordan and Best Picture.
The
Lone Nomination: All Is Lost
Robert Redford plays a sailor
who finds himself staring his mortality in the face, and he’ll likely face
Oscar front-runner status for Best Actor.
The
Whole Family: Monsters
University
Oscar has its eye on
this one. But lucky for you, Pixar’s well-reviewed sequel and likely Best Animated Film frontrunner is
already available on DVD.
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