..Gary Dretzka
..Noah Forrest
..Leonard Klady
..David Poland
..Douglas Pratt
..Ray Pride
..Kim Voynar
..Michael Wilmington

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BEST ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler	98% there... unless he disappears or gets crazy
Brad Pitt - Benjamin Button	As the movie steams forward, the performance undeniably moves foward with it
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon	It's one of those performances... he'd win The Oscar in supporting
Sean Penn - Milk	If the movie works, it's all on him, who happens to be one of our greatest actors
Josh Brolin - W.	A brilliant performance that can be too easily underestimated... it should not be.
Benicio Del Toro - Che	He's great... can the movie get sticky?
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road	We'll see... beware Don Draper
Hugh Jackman - Australia	If the movie builds it, he will...
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor	A real shot.
Will Smith - Seven Pounds	Now an Oscar insider and the biggest star on the planet... in a year of unknowns, could well break through
Ralph Fiennes - The Reader	Waiting to see it.
Dev Patel - Slumdgo Millionaire	A real underdog, but there is a chance.
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino	Unknown, but not very likely
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon	Hard to be the guy who isn't Nixon
Robert Downey, Jr - The Soloist	The Loved One... but this movie... really?
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey	A performance that SCREAMS that Hoffman has more truly great work in him, but as good as he is here, the movie is unlikely to launch him
Ed Harris - Appaloosa	With George Will's support...

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film	Comment
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight	Settled
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt	Could shift to lead.
Josh Brolin - Milk	Waiting...
Jamie Foxx - The Soloist	Familiar, but...
Liev Schreiber - Defiance	Finally.
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road	Movie needs to muscle up to take him
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky	An other great performance by a great actor who is usually cast as a creep in the US
James Franco - Milk	Said to be the emotional heartbeat of the film
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road	May move out of the season

October 16, 2008
- by David Poland

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