And The Oscar Goes To…

The Academy Awards, airing Sunday March 7, 2010, as we know it, is the ultimate award granted to the recipient for being the best in film. Although the list of nominees and winners are pretty predictable for 2010, I wanted to voice my opinion and cast my WISH LIST of winners for giving their best. I want to state here that none of the actor’s performances or films listed for 2010 are comparable nor measurable against each other or one another; nonetheless, we must do what we have to do to choose the best from the best. So with that said, the list is as follows:

Best Actor In A Leading Role
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart (will win)
George Clooney – Up In The Air
Collin Firth – Single Man (should win)
Morgan Feeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Actress In A Leading Role
Sandra Bullock – Blind Side (will win)
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mullingan – An Education
Gabourey Sibide – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia (should win)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds (will & should win)
Matt Damon – Invictus
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station (wish could win)
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

Best Actress In a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz – Nine
Monique – Precious (will & should win)
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Hearts
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air

Animated Feature Film
Up (will & should win)
The Princess and The Frog
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Coraline
The Secret of Kells

Art Directon
Avatar (will & should win)
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Cinematography
Avatar (will & should win)
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

Directing
James Cameron – Avatar (should win)
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker (will win)
Quentin Tarantino – Inglorious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious
Jason Reitman – Up In The Air

Best Film
Avatar
Hurt Locker (will & should win)
An Education (wish could win)
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up In The Air
A Serious Man
Up (shouldn’t be in the running)