If I Picked The Oscars...

Because you care :-) As the awards season rolls down, I offer you my own choices for the Academy Awards. Each category is followed by a list of nominees in ranked order. The winner is listed in bold. So for those of you filling out your last minute ballots, or for those of you with just a few free minutes on your hands, without further to do, here are my choices for the top films of 2008.

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler
The Visitor
Synecdoche, New York
The Dark Knight

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight

BEST ACTOR
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Sean Penn, Milk
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Sam Rockwell, Snow Angels

BEST ACTRESS
Kristen Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Marissa Tomei, The Wrestler
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Josh Brolin, Milk
Frederic Pierrot, I’ve Loved You So Long
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Hiam Abbass, The Visitor
Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Elsa Zylberstein, I’ve Loved You So Long

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Charlie Kaufman, Synechodoche, New York
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Robert Siegel, The Wrestler
Andrew Stanton/Pete Docter/Jim Reardon, WALL-E
Dustin Lance Black, Milk

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
David Gordon Greene, Snow Angels
Alan Ball, Towelhead
Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan, David Goyer, The Dark Knight
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road
Anthony Dodd Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Tom Stern, Changeling
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight

BEST EDITING
Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
Lee Smith, The Dark Knight
Herve de Luze, Tell No One
Andrew Weisblum, The Wrestler
Elliot Graham, Milk

BEST ART DIRECTION
Kristi Zea, Revolutionary Road
James Murakami, The Changeling
Donald Graham Burt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nathan Crowley, The Dark Knight
Mark Friedberg, Synechdoche, New York

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“The Wrestler” Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler
“Little Person” Jon Brion, Synechdoche, New York
“Down to Earth” Peter Gabriel, WALL-E

BEST SCORE
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood, Changeling
Danny Elfman, Milk
James Newton Howard/Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight
Nico Muhly, The Reader

Welcome To My World

Hey, thanks for checking me out. My name is Christopher Malcolm and I am a photographer and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. I plan to use this blog as a running diary of my world. Whatever that's worth :-o You'll find links to my photography, updates on the film world, reviews, opinions, and maybe even poem or two. Hopefully it will be a free flowing exchange of ideas. Welcome.

Chris