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

PictureX Director
xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress
xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

BEST ACTOR
Actor - Film		Comment
Sean Penn - Milk	G	Deserves the win.
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon	G	A legendary performance.. may win out
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler	G	Cynical journalists are dogging him... which might turn back into sincere love
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor		Will be hailed as a great surprise, but great work here... and for years before. The kind of moment veterans love to pay back with a nod.
Brad Pitt - Benjamin Button	G	A really fine performance inside of a lot of effects, CG and make-up alike. But vulnerable to all the effects chatter.
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino		A great career as an actor/moviestar leading to a nomination for this weak work would make Newman winning for The Color Of Money look like a triumph. But it could happen.
Benicio Del Toro - Che		The biggest oversight of the year... easily.
Will Smith - Seven Pounds
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road	G
Josh Brolin - W.

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Actor - Film		Comment
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight	G	Likely to win... Phil has his Oscar... Brolin is just getting rolling as a serious actor... Shannon is an unknown... Sheen is "the other guy," again
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt		Ya
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon		Ya
Josh Brolin - Milk		Great understated work.
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road		A joy to watch
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire		Looking more possible... people like him... they really, really like him
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder		A great actor... an embarrassing possibility
Liev Schreiber - Defiance
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
James Franco - Milk

December 18, 2008
- by David Poland

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