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BEST ACTOR<br />
BEST ACTRESS<br />
SANDRA BULLOCK GRAVITY<br />
Beloved in Hollywood and adored by the public, Bullock has<br />
slowly built an Oscar-worthy career — winning once in 2010 for<br />
The Blind Side — and she could snatch a second Best Actress<br />
award thanks to her poignant portrayal of Gravity’s adrift<br />
astronaut.<br />
FOREST WHITAKER LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER<br />
As the White House butler who witnesses America’s<br />
struggle with civil rights, Whitaker quietly captures a<br />
nation’s coming of age in the kind of feel-good film the<br />
Academy loves.<br />
CATE BLANCHETT<br />
BLUE JASMINE<br />
Cate Blanchett’s pitch-perfect<br />
performance as Jasmine, a<br />
frazzled New York socialite<br />
having a mental breakdown in<br />
director Woody Allen’s latest,<br />
could earn the Aussie star her<br />
first Best Actress award.<br />
MERYL STREEP<br />
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY<br />
La Streep looks to add to<br />
her record total of 17 Oscar<br />
nominations — and has her<br />
eye on her fourth statue for<br />
her turn as August: Osage<br />
County’s abrasive, pillpopping<br />
matriarch.<br />
TOM HANKS<br />
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS<br />
America’s everyman and<br />
Oscar favourite Hanks is<br />
back in business, giving<br />
a powerful turn as<br />
Captain Richard Phillips<br />
who faces down pirates<br />
in the drama about the<br />
2009 hijacking of the<br />
Maersk Alabama.<br />
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR<br />
12 YEARS A SLAVE<br />
While director Steve McQueen’s<br />
film about a free black man<br />
(Ejiofor) forced into brutal<br />
slavery is sometimes hard<br />
to watch, we can’t take our<br />
eyes off Ejiofor, who channels<br />
anger, hope and dignity in one<br />
unforgettable, Oscar-worthy<br />
performance.<br />
BEST PICTURE<br />
AMERICAN HUSTLE With such an impressive ensemble cast —<br />
Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams,<br />
Jeremy Renner — it may be hard to single out a particular<br />
performance, but together, guided by director David O. Russell<br />
in a film set in the sexy 1970s and focusing on conmen, the FBI<br />
and corrupt politicians, well the film just screams Best Picture.<br />
12 YEARS A SLAVE<br />
Last year, Steven Spielberg’s<br />
Lincoln landed 12 nominations<br />
— including Best Picture —<br />
but only won two awards.<br />
This year, director Steve<br />
McQueen’s raw and powerful<br />
film has the chance to<br />
complete the portrait of<br />
American slavery that Lincoln<br />
began by taking home the<br />
big prize.<br />
GRAVITY<br />
It looked like a billion bucks<br />
on IMAX screens, attracted<br />
much-coveted older viewers<br />
and was the movie that<br />
had to be seen in theatres.<br />
Hollywood owes director<br />
Alfonso Cuarón and stars<br />
Sandra Bullock and George<br />
Clooney a great big thank<br />
you, which could come in the<br />
form of a Best Picture win.<br />
DECEMBER 2013 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | 39
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