The Online Film Critics Society has just announced its nominees. It seems that Black Swan keeps on fire, earning 7 nods, while The Social Network got 6. There aren't big surprises in the nominees and I think all of them deserve the recognition. If we check out the past nominees and winners, we realize that OFCS Awards Best Picture winners (and all the other categories' ones) were a kind of consolation prize for a lot of high-quality movies (almost always indie flicks) that didn't got a lot of wins in the awards season, but this year it seems almost impossible not to give a win to The Social Network, which is the movie of the year, by far! I think I can name OFCS Awards a kind of critics' awards for indie productions and few non-indie ones. In general, the battle will be between The Social Network and Black Swan, with indie produtions dominating the acting categories...
Here's the list of the nominees with my winner predictions with *:
Best Picture
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network *
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan *
Danny Boyle for 127 Hours
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for True Grit
David Fincher for The Social Network
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Best Lead Actor
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
James Franco for 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine *
Edgar Ramírez for Carlos
Best Lead Actress
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Kim Hye-ja for Mother
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole *
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale for The Fighter *
Andrew Garfield for The Social Network
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Mila Kunis for Black Swan
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit *
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin for Black Swan
Noah Baumbach for Greenberg
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right *
David Seidler for The King's Speech
Best Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy for 127 Hours
Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network *
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for True Grit
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for Winter's Bone
Best Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle & Enrique Chediak for 127 Hours
Matthew Libatique for Black Swan *
Wally Pfister for Inception
Robert Richardson for Shutter Island
Roger Deakins for True Grit
Best Editing
Jon Harris for 127 Hours
Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan
Lee Smith for Inception *
Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall for The Social Network
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3 *
Best Film Not in the English Language
Carlos
Dogtooth
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo *
Mother
A Prophet
Best Documentary
Catfish
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Restrepo *
Waiting for "Superman"
Here's the list of the nominees with my winner predictions with *:
Best Picture
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network *
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan *
Danny Boyle for 127 Hours
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for True Grit
David Fincher for The Social Network
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Best Lead Actor
Jeff Bridges for True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Colin Firth for The King's Speech
James Franco for 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine *
Edgar Ramírez for Carlos
Best Lead Actress
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right
Kim Hye-ja for Mother
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole *
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale for The Fighter *
Andrew Garfield for The Social Network
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Mila Kunis for Black Swan
Melissa Leo for The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit *
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin for Black Swan
Noah Baumbach for Greenberg
Christopher Nolan for Inception
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right *
David Seidler for The King's Speech
Best Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy for 127 Hours
Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network *
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for True Grit
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for Winter's Bone
Best Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle & Enrique Chediak for 127 Hours
Matthew Libatique for Black Swan *
Wally Pfister for Inception
Robert Richardson for Shutter Island
Roger Deakins for True Grit
Best Editing
Jon Harris for 127 Hours
Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan
Lee Smith for Inception *
Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall for The Social Network
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3 *
Best Film Not in the English Language
Carlos
Dogtooth
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo *
Mother
A Prophet
Best Documentary
Catfish
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Restrepo *
Waiting for "Superman"
P.S.: I keep saying that Steinfeld is being a "victim" of a category fraud... and I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking this way, which makes her screen time "MUCH" bigger than the other nominees (Steinfeld is the movie's story center and she's "leading", in spite of being promoted as "supporting"), which means that she will win... AGAIN!
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