Sunday, March 09, 2014

Film-Otaku Awards 2013

BEST PICTURE

GRAVITY
12 Years a Slave
Short Term 12
Her
American Hustle
Rush
Before Midnight
Dallas Buyers Club
Stories We Tell

BEST DIRECTOR

ALFONSO CUARON (GRAVITY)

Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Spike Jonze (Her)
Ron Howard (Rush)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
Destin Cretton (Short Term 12)
Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club)
Jeff Nichols (Mud)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

BEST ACTOR

LEONARDO DICAPRIO (THE WOLF OF WALL STREET)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Hugh Jackman (Prisoners)
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Joaquin Phoenix (Her)
Joel Torre (OTJ: On the Job)
Robert Redford (All Is Lost)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Great Gatsby)

BEST ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT (BLUE JASMINE)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
Julie Delpy (Before Midnight)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Zhang Ziyi (The Grandmaster)
Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color)
Brie Larson (Short Term 12)
Judi Dench (Philomena)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

JARED LETO (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Mud)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Prisoners)
Chris Cooper (August: Osage County)
James Franco (Spring Breakers)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Barkhad Abid (Captain Phillips)
Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks)
Xavier Samuel (Adore)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

LUPITA NYONG'O (12 YEARS A SLAVE)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Julianne Nicholson (August: Osage County)
Sarah Paulson (12 Years a Slave)
Margo Martindale (August: Osage County)
Lea Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Color)
Jennifer Garner (Dallas Buyers Club)
Oprah Winfrey (The Butler)
June Squibb (Nebraska)

BEST SCREENPLAY

HER (SPIKE JONZE)

12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy)
Short Term 12 (Destin Cretton)
American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)

BEST ART DIRECTION

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG

12 Years a Slave
The Great Gatsby
Gravity
Her

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE GRANDMASTER (PHILIPPE LE SOURD)

Graviity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Rush (Anthony Dod Mantle)
12 Years a Slave (Sean Bobbit)
Mud (Adam Stone)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

THE GREAT GATSBY (CATHERINE MARTIN)

American Hustle (Michael Wilkinson)
12 Years a Slave (Patricia Norris)
Thor: The Dark World (Alexandra Byrne)
The Grandmaster (William Chang)

BEST EDITING

GRAVITY (ALFONSO CUARON, MARK SANGER)

Rush (Dan Hanley, Mike Hill)
Her (Jeff Buchanan, Eric Zumbrunnen)
12 Years a Slave (Joe Walker)
American Hustle (Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers)

BEST MAKEUP

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Great Gatsby
12 Years a Slave
Thor: The Dark World

BEST SCORE

PACIFIC RIM (RAMIN DJAWADI)

Gravity (Steven Price)
Frozen (Christophe Beck)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (Daniel Hart)
All Is Lost (Alex Ebert)

BEST SONG

"LET IT GO" (FROZEN)

"Love is an Open Door" (Frozen)
"For the First Time in Forever" (Frozen)
"I See Fire" (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
"Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" (Frozen)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

PACIFIC RIM

Gravity
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 3
Star Trek Into Darkness

BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE

XENIA KALOGEROPOULOU (BEFORE MIDNIGHT)

Matthew McConaughey (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Kristen Wiig (Her)

Alfre Woodard (12 Years a Slave)
Chris Evans (Thor: The Dark World)

BEST ENSEMBLE

AMERICAN HUSTLE

August: Osage County
12 Years a Slave
Prisoners
The Worlds End

Saturday, March 08, 2014

Prediction Scores for the 86th Academy Awards

BEST PICTURE

12 YEARS A SLAVE*

DIRECTING

ALFONSO CUARON (GRAVITY)*

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

CATE BLANCHETT (BLUE JASMINE)*

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB)*

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

LUPITA NYONG'O (12 YEARS A SLAVE)*

ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE

JARED LETO (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB)*

WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

JOHN RIDLEY (12 YEARS A SLAVE)*

WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

SPIKE JONZE (HER)

Predicted: American Hustle

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

CHRIS BUCK, JENNIFER LEE (FROZEN)*

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

20 FEET FROM STARDOM

Predicted: The Act of Killing

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

"THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE"*

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

THE GREAT BEAUTY (ITALY)*

SHORT FILM, ANIMATED

"MR. HULBOT"

Predicted: "Get a Horse!"

CINEMATOGRAPHY

EMMANUEL LUBEZKI (GRAVITY)*

COSTUME DESIGN

CATHERINE MARTIN (THE GREAT GATSBY)

Predicted: 12 Years a Slave

FILM EDITING

ALFONSO CUARON, MARK SANGER (GRAVITY)*

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB*

MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE

STEVEN PRICE (GRAVITY)*

MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG

"LET IT GO" (FROZEN)*

PRODUCTION DESIGN

CATHERINE, BEVERLEY DUNN (THE GREAT GATSBY)*

SOUND EDITING

GRAVITY*

SOUND MIXING

GRAVITY*

VISUAL EFFECTS

GRAVITY*


SCORE: 18/22

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards

BEST PICTURE
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

8/9. Predicted Inside Llewyn Davis and Saving Mr. Banks instead of Philomena.

DIRECTING
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

4/5. Predicted Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) instead of Payne.

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

4/5. Predicted Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) instead of Adams.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

4/5. Predicted Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) instead of Bale.

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)

4/5. Predicted Oprah Winfrey (The Butler) instead of Hawkins.

ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

4/5. Predicted Daniel Bruhl (Rush) instead of Hill.

WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight)
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)
Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope (Philomena)
Steve McQueen, John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)

4/5. Predicted August: Osage County instead of The Wolf of Wall Street.

WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eric Singer, David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)
Spike Jonze (Her)
Bob Nelson (Nebraska)

4/5. Predicted Inside Llewyn Davis instead of Dallas Buyers Club.

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, Kristine Belson (The Croods)
Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Chris Meledandri (Despicable Me 2)
Benjamin Renner, Didier Brunner (Ernest & Celestine)
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho (Frozen)
Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki (The Wind Rises)

4/5. Predicted Monsters University instead of Ernest & Celestine.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom

2/5. Predicted Blackfish, God Loves Uganda, and The Stories We Tell instead of Cutie and the Boxer, Dirty Wars, and The Square.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Cave Digger"
"Facing Fear"
"Karama Has No Walls"
"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"

No predictions.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
Omar (Palestine)

2/5. Predicted Two Lives, The Grandmaster, and The Notebook instead of The Great Beauty, The Missing Picture, and Omar.

SHORT FILM, ANIMATED
"Feral"
"Get a Horse!"
"Mr. Hublot"
"Possessions"
"Room on the Broom"

No predictions.

SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)"
"Helium"
"Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?"
"The Voorman Problem"

No predictions.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)
Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)
Roger A. Deakins (Prisoners)

1/5. Predicted American Hustle, Captain Phillips, 12 Years a Slave, and The Wolf of Wall Street instead of The Grandmaster, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska, and Prisoners.

COSTUME DESIGN
Michael Wilkinson (American Hustle)
William Chang Suk Ping (The Grandmaster)
Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby)
Michael O'Connor (The Invisible Woman)
Patricia Norris (12 Years a Slave)

4/5. Predicted The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug instead of The Invisible Woman.

FILM EDITING
Jay Cassidy (American Hustle)
Christopher Rouse (Captain Phillips)
John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa (Dallas Buyers Club)
Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger (Gravity)
Joe Walker (12 Years a Slave)

4/5. Predicted The Wolf of Wall Street instead of Dallas Buyers Club.

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger

1/3. Predicted American Hustle and The Great Gatsby instead of Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa and The Lone Ranger.

MUSIC, ORIGINAL SCORE
John Williams (The Book Thief)
Steven Price (Gravity)
William Butler, Owen Pallett (Her)
Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)
Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)

3/5. Predicted All Is Lost and 12 Years a Slave instead of Her and Philomena.

MUSIC, ORIGINAL SONG
"Alone Yet Not Alone" (Alone Yet Not Alone)
"Happy" (Despicable Me 2)
"Let It Go" (Frozen)
"The Moon Song" (Her)
"Ordinary Love" (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

2/5. Predicted "In the Middle of the Night," "Young and Beautiful," and "I See Fire" instead of "Alone Yet Not Alone," "Happy," and "The Moon Song."

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler (American Hustle)
Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woollard (Gravity)
Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)
K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena (Her)
Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker (12 Years a Slave)

3/5. Predicted The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Saving Mr. Banks instead of Gravity and Her.

SOUND EDITING
Steve Boeddeker, Richard Hymns (All Is Lost)
Oliver Tarney (Captain Phillips)
Glenn Freemantle (Gravity)
Brent Burge (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
Wylie Stateman (Lone Survivor)

2/5. Predicted Man of Steel, Pacific Rim, and Rush instead of All Is Lost, Captain Phillips, and Lone Survivor.

SOUND MIXING
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro (Captain Phillips)
Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro (Gravity)
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Tony Johnson (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow (Lone Survivor)

1/5. Predicted American Hustle, Frozen, Rush, and 12 Years a Slave instead of Captain Phillips, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Lone Survivor.

VISUAL EFFECTS
Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould (Gravity)
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, Dan Sudick (Iron Man 3)
Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier (The Lone Ranger)
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton (Star Trek Into Darkness)

4/5. Predicted Pacific Rim instead of The Lone Ranger.