>

See all of Gerald's Reviews

Gerald Wright's Movie Coverage


Award Predictions for 2009

 

Breakthrough performance

1. Gabourey Sidibe - Precious

2. Zac Efron - Me and Orson Welles

3. Catalina Saavedra - The Maid

 

Supporting Actress

1. Mo'Nique - Precious

2. Dame Judi Dench - Nine

3. Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air

 

Supporting Actor

1. Alfred Molina - An Education

2. Paul Schneider - Bright Star

3. Peter Capaldi - In the Loop

 

Screenplay

1. Invictus - Anthony Peckhan

2. A Serious Man - Coen Bros.

3. Precious - Geoffrey Fletcher

 

Cinematography

1. Invictus - Tom Stern

2. Avatar - Mauro Fiorre (Dir. of Photogtraphy)

3. Departures - Takeshi Hamada

 

FilmScore/Music

1. Pirate Radio - Nick Angel

2. Crazy Heart - Stephen Burton, T-Bone Burnett

3. The Informant - Marvin Hamlisch

 

Debut Director

1. Barry Jenkins - Medicine for Melancholy

2. Drew Barrymore - Whip It

3. Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer

 

Animated Feature

1. Up

2. Fantastic Mr. Fox

3. Coraline

 

Director

1. Lee Daniels - Precious

2. Coen Bros. - A Serious Man

3. Clint Eastwood - Invictus

 

Actress

1. Penelope Cruz - Broken Embraces

2. Helen Mirren - The Last Station

3. Tilda Swinton - Julia

 

Actor

1. Morgan Freeman - Invictus

2. Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine

3. Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

 

Ensemble Cast

1. Me and Orson Welles

2. Pirate Radio

3. The White Ribbon

 

Picture

1. The Hurt Locker

2. Departures

3. Precious

Foreign Language

1. The Maid (Chile)

2. A Prophet (France)

3. Broken Embraces (Spain)

 

Documentary

1. The Beaches of Agnes

2. Soul Power

3. The Cove