We are finishing up our “Oscar Watch” series with December. Some reminders:
– These are only movies that could/should be generating some degree of Oscar hype
– All release date and plot info taken from IMDB
– I will be focusing on the 6 major categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Lead Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress
– If I feel strongly about a movie’s chances in any other category, I may make mention of it
– All movie titles will link to said movie’s IMDB page
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Mary Queen of Scots (December 7)
“Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.”
Best Picture
Best Director: Josie Rourke
Lead/Supporting Actress: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie
Ben is Back (December 7)
“Follows the charming yet troubled Ben Burns (Hedges), who returns home to his unsuspecting family one fateful Christmas Eve. Ben’s wary mother Holly Burns (Roberts) welcomes her beloved son’s return, but soon learns he is still very much in harm’s way. During the 24 hours that may change their lives forever, Holly must do everything in her power to avoid the family’s downfall.”
Lead Actress: Julia Roberts
Supporting Actor: Lucas Hedges
Original Screenplay: Peter Hedges
Vox Lux (December 7)
Lead Actress: Natalie Portman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (December 14)
“Spider-Man crosses parallel dimensions and teams up with the Spider-Men of those dimensions to stop a threat to all reality.”
Best Animated Feature
The Mule (December 14)
“A 90-year-old horticulturist and WWII veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel.”
Best Picture
Best Director: Clint Eastwood
Lead Actor: Clint Eastwood
Supporting Actor: Bradley Cooper
Roma (December 14 – on Netflix)
“A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.”
Bet Picture
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Lead Actress: Yalitza Aparicio
Mary Poppins Returns (December 19)
“Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives.”
Lead Actress: Emily Blunt
Aquaman (December 21)
“Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.”
Various technical categories
Welcome to Marwen (December 21)
“A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.”
Best Picture
Best Director: Robert Zemeckis
Lead Actor: Steve Carell
Supporting Actress: Leslie Mann, Eiza González, Diane Kruger, Janelle Monáe, Gwendoline Christie
Granted, that’s a lot of names. They might end up cancelling each other out. But there’s a ton of talent here. It wouldn’t be surprising in the least to see one of them stick out and land a nomination.
Adapted Screenplay: Robert Zemeckis & Caroline Thompson
Best Cinematography: C. Kim Miles
Best Editing
On the Basis of Sex (December 25)
“The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights and what she had to overcome in order to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.”
Lead Actress: Felicity Jones
Supporting Actor: Armie Hammer
Vice (December 25)
“VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today.”
Best Picture
Best Director: Adam McKay
Lead Actor: Christian Bale
Supporting Actor: Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams
Destroyer (December 25)
“A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.”
Lead Actress: Nicole Kidman
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