Get ready. This is going to be an interesting year at the Oscars.<\/p>\n
The movies that are getting into position for Best Picture nominations are not \u201cDriving Miss Daisy\u201d material.<\/p>\n
One of the leading candidates is \u201cSpotlight,\u201d Tom McCarthy\u2019s exciting telling of how Boston Globe reporters unmasked 90 pedophile priests. The film has an all star cast including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Liev Schreiber. They will all be contenders in the Best Supporting Acto race.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol\u201d is a love story about two lesbians in 1952 New York. Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara are the lovers, and their work is exceptional. Director Todd Haynes, the actresses, and cinematographer Ed Lachman will all be up for awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandma\u201d stars Lily Tomlin as a hippie grandmother, pot smoking lesbian who\u2019s trying to help her granddaughter raise enough money for an abortion. Tomlin is absolutely sterling, and leads my list of potential Best Actress nominees.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s the transgender section: Eddie Redmayne plays a man who becomes a woman in \u201cThe Danish Girl.\u201d Redmayne is absolutely spot on as he makes the transition with his loyal\u2013 and unusually understanding\u2013 wife (Alicia Vikander) by his side. Tom Hooper\u2019s movie is exquisite.<\/p>\n
I wouldn\u2019t be surprised at all if five of the eight or nine Best Picture nominees include \u201cSpotlight,\u201d \u201cThe Danish Girl,\u201d \u201cCarol,\u201d \u201cGrandma,\u201d and \u201cSpotlight.\u201d Whoever hosts the Academy Awards is going to have a lot of fun summarizing these films. Really, only Billy Crystal could pull off a proper parody of \u201cThe Danish Girl.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other potential Best Picture nominees will be less cutting edge sexually: \u201cBridge of Spies\u201d from Steven Spielberg, \u201cSteve Jobs\u201d from Danny Boyle, Robert Zemeckis\u2019s \u201cThe Walk,\u201d Ridley Scott\u2019s \u201cThe Martian,\u201d and Quentin Tarantino\u2019s \u201cHateful Eight\u201d don\u2019t involve gender issues.<\/p>\n
Source: Showbiz411<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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