Time to Play NBR

[Big Magilla]

Darn. I meant to include Beginners and 50/50 in the top ten independants. They'll likely show up before Carnage and Margin call but I don;t want to change my prediciotns a couple of hours before the actual announcement.

[anonymous1980]

Sabin, I don't think Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close got screened in time for NBoR either.

BEST PICTURE: The Descendants (RU: Hugo)
BEST DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg, War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin (RU: Michael Hazanvicius, The Artist)
BEST ACTOR: George Clooney, The Descendants (RU: Jean Dujardin, The Artist)
BEST ACTRESS: Viola Davis, The Help (RU: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer, Beginners (RU: Albert Brooks, Drive)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus (RU: Shaleine Woodley, The Descendants)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Michael Hazanavicius, The Artist (RU: J.C. Chandor, Margin Call)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Alexander Payne, Nate Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants (RU: Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball)
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Jessica Chastain, The Help, Take Shelter, Coriolanus, The Debt and The Tree of Life (RU: Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Adventures of Tintin (RU: Rango)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: Carnage (RU: The Ides of March)
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (RU: Buck)
BEST FOREIGN FILM: A Separation (RU: The Skin I Live In)

TOP FILMS
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Tree of Life
War Horse

TOP INDEPENDENT FILMS
Beginners
A Better Life
Drive
50/50
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Melancholia
Rampart
Shame
Take Shelter

TOP FOREIGN FILMS
13 Assassins
The Kid With The Bike
Poetry
The Skin I Live In
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

TOP DOCUMENTARIES
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Interrupters
Pina
Tabloid

[Damien]

Not enough time to try to figure out all 10 Best and then 10 indies but for the top prizes:

Best Picture: The Tree of Life
runner up: The Artist

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Hugo
runner up: Clint Eastwood for J. Edgar

Best Actor: Leonardo Di Caprio in J. Edgar
runner up: George Clooney in The Descendants

Best Actress: Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
runner up: Viola Davis in The Help

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer in Beginners
runner up: Armie Hammer in J. Edgar

Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave in Coriolanus
runner up: Jessica Chastain in everything

Best Original Screenplay: Midnight In Paris
runner up: Margin Call

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants
runner up: Money Ball

Foreign Language Picture: A Separation
runner up: The Skin I Live In

Best Goddamn Cartoon: Rango
runner up: Tin Tin

Documentary: Bill Cunningham New York
runner up: Buck

Best Ensemble: The Help
runner up: Midnight In Paris

Breakthrough Performance: Elizabeth Olsen in The 4 M Girls
runner up: Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids

Special Achievement: MIchel Hazanavicius for The Artist

[Big Magilla]

Best Film: The Artist
(alt.: Moneyball)

The Next Ten:

The Adventurs of Tin Tin
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Top Ten Independent Films

Beginners
A Better Life
Carnage
Margaret
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Melancholia
My Week with Marilyn
Shame
The Tree of Life

Best Actor: Michael Fassbender (Shame)
alt.: Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
alt.: Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks (Drive)
alt.: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Best Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan (Shame)
alt.: Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus)

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
alt.: Bennet Miller (Moneyball)

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants
alt. Moneyball

Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris
alt.: Young Adult

Best Foreign Film: A Separation
alt.: In the Land of Blood and Honey

Best Animated Film: The Adventures of TinTin
alt.: Rango

Best Documentary: No idea
alt.: Still no idea

Best Ensemble: The Descendants
alt. The Artist

Breakthrough Performance: Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
alt.: Jessica Chastain (The Help/Take Shelter/Tree of Life)

Special Achievement: MIchel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

[Sabin]

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
Best English-Language Film – The Artist
(alt – The Descendants)
• The Descendants
• The Help
• The Ides of March
• J. Edgar
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• My Week with Marilyn
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Top Independent Films
• Beginners
• A Better Life
• 50/50
• Margin Call
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Rampart
• Shame
• Take Shelter
• Terri
• Win Win

Best Actor – Jean Dujardin, The Artist
(alt – Brad Pitt, Moneyball & The Tree of Life)

Best Actress – Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
(alt – Viola Davis, The Help)

Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer, Beginners
(alt – Jonah Hill, Moneyball)

Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain, Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
(alt - Octavia Spencer, The Help)

Best Director – Alexander Payne, The Descendants
(alt – Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist)

Best Original Screenplay – Midnight in Paris
(alt – J. Edgar)

Best Adapted Screenplay – The Descendants
(alt – Moneyball)

Best Foreign-Language Film – In the Land of Blood and Honey
(alt - A Separation)

Best Animated Film – Rango
(alt – The Adventures of Tintin)

Best Documentary – Tabloid
(alt – Into the Abyss)

Best Ensemble – The Help
(alt – The Ides of March)

Breakthrough Performance – Octavia Spencer, The Help
(alt – Jessica Chastain, body of work)

Special Achievement Award – Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

[Mister Tee]

No one takes them seriously, but they're as amusing to try and forecast as any other group.

I've heard the same as Magilla, that their ranks have been swelled of late by people who actually know something about film, so the days of salaaming to every Merchant-Ivory knockoff are probably gone. But the Eastwood love remains -- at least it did enough in the last two years to put Invictus and Hereafter in their top ten.

Remember, they now pick a best film plus ten others.

My predictions:

Best Film: The Descendants
(alt.: The Artist)

The Next Ten:

The Artist
Beginners
Contagion
The Help
Hugo
J. Edgar
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

(alternates: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Coriolanus, Win Win)

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
alt.: Brad Pitt (Moneyball) & (Tree of Life)

Best Actress: Viola Davis (The Help)
alt.: Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
alt.: Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus)
alt.: Jessica Chastain (The Help), (Take Shelter) & (Tree of Life)

Best Director: Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
alt.: Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants
alt. Moneyball

Best Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris
alt.: Young Adult

Best Foreign Film: A Separation
alt.: In the Land of Blood and Honey

Best Animated Film: The Adventures of TinTin
alt.: Rango

Best Documentary: Tabloid
alt.: Senna

Best Ensemble: The Help
alt. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Breakthrough Performance: Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
alt.: Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Special Achievement: MIchel Hazanavicius (The Artist)