Golden Globe 2011 Predictions

Golden Globe Predictions
Tomorrow at 8pm on NBC

The Golden Globes. Second fiddle to the Academy Awards, but a lot more personal for the average viewer. The problem that the Academy often suffers is the arrogance that comes along with them. They don’t really transfer well across different social backgrounds, although with recent years they have made great attempts (Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin/Steve Martin). Anyways here we are, and tomorrow the Golden Globes will air. Below I’ve given a list of who should win the award, and who will win the award. Feel Free to post your predictions, and opinions below as well.


Best Motion Picture – Drama
Who Should Win: The Social Network
Who Will Win: The King’s Speech

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Who Should Win: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Who Will Win: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Who Should Win: Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
Who Will Win: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Who Should Win: The Kids Are All Right
Who Will Win: The Kids Are All Right

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Who Should Win: Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs)
Who Will Win: Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Who Should Win: Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland)
Who Will Win: Paul Giamatti (Barney’s Version)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Who Should Win: Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Who Will Win: Helen Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Who Should Win: Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Who Will Win: Christian Bale (The Fighter)

Best Animated Feature Film
Who Should Win: Toy Story 3
Who Will Win: Toy Story 3

Best Director - Motion Picture
Who Should Win: David Fincher (The Social Network)
Who Will Win: David Fincher (The Social Network)

Best Television Series - Drama
Who Should Win: The Boardwalk Empire
Who Will Win: The Boardwalk Empire

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
Who Should Win: Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
Who Will Win: Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
Who Should Win: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Who Will Win: Steve Buscemi (The Boardwalk Empire)

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Who Should Win: Glee
Who Will Win: Modern Family

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Who Should Win: Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Who Will Win: Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
Who Should Win: Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Who Will Win: Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Who Should Win: Jane Lynch (Glee)
Who Will Win: Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Who Should Win: Chris Colfer (Glee)
Who Will Win: Chris Colfer (Glee)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Who Should Win: Al Pacino (You Don’t Know Jack)
Who Will Win: Al Pacino (You Don’t Know Jack)

Black Swan Review

Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan (2010)

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, and Winona Ryder

Possibly the best psychological thriller of 2010, Black Swan delivers along every edge of reality that it reaches. Black Swan is undoubtedly the best work that Natalie Portman has delivered thus far, and I’m a huge fan of her role in the movie adaption of V for Vendetta. Backed by a stellar cast, Portman finds a way to progressively distort your view of reality down to last minutes of the film.

Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) is a professional ballet dancer that wins the lead in the famous “Swan Lake”. Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) is absolutely convinced that Nina can perform the role of the White Swan, but feels that her role as the Black Swan won’t deliver. While pushing her emotional and mental limits, Nina begins to lose her mind in the hopes of perfecting her performance. Reality becomes hallucination, and hallucination become reality as Nina fails to separate the two in her quest to master the role of the Black Swan. Inevitably, like the White Swan’s fate in the final act, Nina manages to kill herself as well in her obsession to finish with perfection.

Performances are strong from Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Max Payne) who plays a rival dancer Lily, who befriends Natalie Portman’s character and delivers an intense sexual scene in one of the film’s major highlights. Also a strong performance from Winona Ryder, who plays famous dancer Beth Macintyre that is replaced by Natalie Portman’s character and falls to a destructive demise. All in all the movie exceeded my expectations, and it left me dumbfounded when I left the theater. If you have the chance, don’t miss the opportunity to see Natalie Portman at her best.

Rating: 9 out 10

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