My Oscar Picks

I’ve reviewed movies for KARZ-TV on a weekly basis for a little over a year and now I’m pleased to report that I was recently accepted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association. (BFCA)  The members of the BFCA review films on either TV or radio and I am now one of only two BFCA members in Arkansas.

On Friday morning’s show, I covered my Oscar picks for some of the major Academy Award categories.  The Oscar broadcast is this Sunday and I’ll be watching it with my weekly movie club, officially known as the Manny Perry Movie Club.

Here are my personal Oscar picks, along with predictions on who will actually win.

Best Actor
My personal pick: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Likely winner: Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”

Best Actress
My personal pick: Viola Davis for “The Help”
Likely winner:  Viola Davis for “The Help”

Best Supporting Actress
My personal pick:  Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
Likely winner:  Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Best Supporting Actor
My personal pick: Nick Nolte, “Warrior”
Likely winner:  Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”

Best Picture:
My personal pick: “Hugo”
Likely winner: “The Artist”

Click on the image below to hear more about my picks and predictions from Friday’s KARZ-TV morning show.

Here are all the nominees for the major categories:

Best Picture
“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
“The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
“The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
“Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
“Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
“Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
“The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
“War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”

Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”