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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Original Score
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Best Original ScoreNominees:
Into the Wild
Grace is Gone
Kite Runner
Atonement
Eastern Promises
Predicted Winner: Atonement
Atonement is a powerful, beautiful, and heart-tugging achievement from Joe Wright, one that is strengthened by Dario Marianelli's haunting score. It's the sort that slides into your skin and stays with you well after the film is over and the curtain is closed. The staff here at Cinematical thinks Atonement will nab the prize for Best Original Score.
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Original Song
Filed under: Music & Musicals », Awards », Polls »
Best Original SongNominees:
"Despedida" -- Love in the Time of Cholera
Music by Shakira & Antonio Pinto, Lyrics by Shakira
"Grace is Gone" -- Grace is Gone
Music by Clint Eastwood, Lyrics by Carole Bayer Singer
"Guaranteed" -- Into the Wild
Music and Lyrics by Eddie Vedder
"That's How You Know" -- Enchanted
Music and Lyrics by Alan Menken
"Walk Hard" -- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Music and Lyrics by Judd Apatow, John C. Reilly, Marshall Crenshaw, & Jake Kasdan
Predicted Winner: "Walk Hard" from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Ultimately, this race always comes down to star power and hummability. I couldn't hum you the melody of the first three songs if my life depended on it (there was a song in Grace is Gone?), and the tune from Enchanted is catchy enough but sounds like something Menken left off the Little Mermaid soundtrack. That leaves "Walk Hard," the most memorable number from a very funny film, written by a dream team of cool dudes. They've got to give Apatow something this year, right?
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Foreign Language Film
Filed under: Foreign Language », Awards », Fandom »
Best Foreign Language FilmNominees:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Kite Runner
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
Predicted Winner: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
It smelled like awards fodder from a mile away: a disease-of-the-week, based-on-a-true-story movie directed -- in French -- by arguably the most pretentious American filmmaker alive. But damned if it doesn't come together like gangbusters; it's a genuine work of cinematic invention with exactly the right ideas, textures and moods.
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Animated Feature
Filed under: Animation », Awards », Disney »
Best Animated Feature FilmNominees:
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Predicted Winner: Ratatouille
Cinematical writers predict a winning awards season for this Pixar film, written and directed by Brad Bird, about a rat in the world of Parisian haute cuisine.
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Supporting Actress
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Best Supporting ActressNominees:
Cate Blanchett -- I'm Not There
Julia Roberts -- Charlie Wilson's War
Saoirse Ronan -- Atonement
Amy Ryan -- Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton -- Michael Clayton
Predicted Winner: Amy Ryan
Gone Baby Gone had surprise written all over it. The first surprise was that Ben Affleck could direct. The second surprise is that Ryan's edgy, emotional performance as a morally mushy mom actually got noticed at the end of the year. The third surprise is that she could actually win. But it's no surprise that Ryan ("The Wire," Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) has been a rising star for some time.
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Supporting Actor
Filed under: Drama », Thrillers », Awards », Paramount Vantage »
Best Supporting ActorNominees:
Casey Affleck -- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem -- No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Charlie Wilson's War
John Travolta -- Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson -- Michael Clayton
Predicted Winner: Javier Bardem
Once in awhile there comes to cinema a character, and a performance that goes with it, that goes on to haunt us for years. Such a timeless villain is played in No Country for Old Men by Javier Bardem. It's the actor's third Golden Globe nomination and will be his first win. How do I know? Here at Cinematical headquarters we were going to toss a coin to find out if Bardem would get the statue. But then we realized that this award isn't about chance (plus we were afraid of getting an air blast to the skull if it came up that he'd lose). Bardem will win because he deserves the award, because his is the most well-developed and most memorable performance of the bunch.
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)
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Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)Nominees:
Johnny Depp -- Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling -- Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks -- Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour\ Hoffman -- The Savages
John C. Reilly -- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Predicted Winner: Johnny Depp
There was some stiff competition for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy this year, but we at Cinematical think it'll be winning year for Johnny and his slasher ways. He's musical, he's creepy, and he knows just how to pick the ingredients for a killer meat pie.
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Actress (Drama)
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Best Actress (Drama)Nominees:
Cate Blanchett -- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie -- Away from Her
Jodie Foster -- The Brave One
Angelina Jolie -- A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley -- Atonement
Predicted Winner: Keira Knightley
The sexy beanpole tomboy has blossomed into a full-fledged heavyweight as a dramatic actress, gracefully inhabiting the soul of an edgy, stylish flapper turned tragic, pining romantic heroine. The Cinematical writers are sold: Keira's time has come.
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Screenplay
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Awards », Fandom », Scripts », Polls »
Best ScreenplayNominees:
Diablo Cody -- Juno
Joel & Ethan Coen -- No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton -- Atonement
Ronald Harwood -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin -- Charlie Wilson's War
Predicted Winner: Diablo Cody -- Juno
Often, it's not the finest writing that wins the screenplay award, it's the flashiest. Cinematical doesn't think Globe voters will be able to pass up Diablo Cody's hyper-verbose, show-offy script, chock full of memorable one-liners and quotable dialogue. Plus, Hollywood just can't get enough of her stripper-turned-screenwriter tale. Juno what I'm saying?
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Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Director
Filed under: Drama », Awards », Oscar Watch », Paramount Vantage »
Best DirectorNominees:
Tim Burton -- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ethan and Joel Coen -- No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ridley Scott -- American Gangster
Joe Wright -- Atonement
Predicted Winner: Ethan and Joel Coen
No Country for Old Men could go on to win Best Director at the Oscars, but unlike the Academy, the Hollywood Foreign Press will actually recognize both of the Coen Brothers. Everyone knows that Ethan and Joel co-direct their films, but due to Director's Guild and Academy rules, only Joel is allowed credit for them. Therefore their win of the Golden Globe for Best Director will be the better honor. And boy do they deserve it! With No Country, they've delivered a stunning film that exemplifies the two major dimensions of the craft: visual storytelling and management of the acting performances.
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