2013: My Winners

With the 86th Annual Academy Awards a mere two days away, I have decided to present my own winners.  In an earlier post I had named my nominees, but now, after time of deliberation and voting, I have made my final choices. 

Sadly, some very good performances and films were not seen by the time I submitted my choices, which is both bad and good.  Bad because that means worthy names were left out.  Good because I would have hated to have cut back even more than I did. 

I think that some of my choices should have been nominated, but one can't have everything, can one?

Therefore, without further ado, I present MY choices for the Best of 2013.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Ender's Game

Quartet

The Spectacular Now

Warm Bodies

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

American Hustle

Frozen

Gravity

In A World...

Saving Mr. Banks

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

American Hustle

The Great Gatsby

Oz the Great and Powerful

Romeo & Juliet

 

BEST ART DIRECTION

American Hustle

Ender's Game

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Oz the Great and Powerful

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ender's Game

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Pacific Rim

The Spectacular Now

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

 

 

Frozen

Gravity

Saving Mr. Banks

Trance

 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

 

 

 

Ender's Game

Gravity

Oz the Great and Powerful

Pacific Rim

Star Trek Into Darkness

 

BEST EDITING

 

 

 

American Hustle

Gravity

Saving Mr. Banks

The Spectacular Now

BEST DIRECTOR

David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (Frozen)

Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Lake Bell (In A World...)

James Ponsodt (The Spectacular Now)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

 

 

Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby)

Naomie Harris (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Leslie Manville (Romeo & Juliet)

Sharon Stone (Lovelace)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

 

 

Kyle Chandler (The Spectacular Now)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby)

Harrison Ford (42)

Josh Gad (Jobs)

 

BEST ACTRESS

 

 

 

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Lake Bell (In A World...)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Shailene Woodley (The Spectacular Now)

 

BEST ACTOR

 

 

 

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Chadwick Boseman (42)

Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now)

 

BEST PICTURE

American Hustle

Frozen

Gravity

In A World...

The Spectacular Now

On March 2, I will have my Oscar predictions, though sadly this year the Best Live-Action and Animated Short Films did not screen in El Paso, much to my disappointment.