www.sonic-cinema.com<\/a><\/p>\n2006 Oscars: Brian’s Picks (in order of preference)<\/b>
\nBest Picture<\/i><\/b>
\n“United 93”<\/i>
\n“The Fountain”<\/i>
\n“Brick”<\/i>
\n“World Trade Center”<\/i>
\n“An Inconvenient Truth”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Director<\/i><\/b>
\nDarren Aronofsky, “The Fountain”<\/i>
\nPaul Greengrass, “United 93”<\/i>
\nOliver Stone, “World Trade Center”<\/i>
\nRobert Altman, “A Prairie Home Companion”<\/i>
\nMartin Scorsese, “The Departed”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Actor<\/i><\/b>
\nForest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”<\/i>
\nNicolas Cage, “World Trade Center”<\/i>
\nSteve Coogan, “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story”<\/i>
\nHugh Jackman, “The Fountain”<\/i>
\nMatt Damon, “The Good Shepherd”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Actress<\/i><\/b>
\nHelen Mirren, “The Queen”<\/i>
\nNatalie Portman, “V for Vendetta”<\/i>
\nKate Winslet, “Little Children”<\/i>
\nRenee Zellweger, “Miss Potter”<\/i>
\nMeryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Supporting Actor<\/i><\/b>
\nMichael Pena, “World Trade Center”<\/i>
\nSteve Carell, “Little Miss Sunshine”<\/i>
\nHugo Weaving, “V for Vendetta”<\/i>
\nPaul Newman, “Cars”<\/i>
\nMark Wahlberg, “The Departed”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Supporting Actress<\/i><\/b>
\nJennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”<\/i>
\nMeryl Streep, “A Prairie Home Companion”<\/i>
\nRinkoki Kuchi, “Babel”<\/i>
\nMaria Bello, “World Trade Center”<\/i>
\nAbigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Original Screenplay<\/i><\/b>
\nRian Johnson, “Brick”<\/i>
\nDarren Aronofsky, “The Fountain”<\/i>
\nPaul Greengrass, “United 93”<\/i>
\nMichael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”<\/i>
\nMichel Gondry, “The Science of Sleep”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Adapted Screenplay<\/i><\/b>
\nAndy & Larry Wachowski, “V for Vendetta”<\/i>
\nMartin Hardy, “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story”<\/i>
\nGarrison Keillor, “A Prairie Home Companion”<\/i>
\nWilliam Monahan, “The Departed”<\/i>
\nBill Condon, “Dreamgirls”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Original Score<\/i><\/b>
\n“The Fountain”<\/i> (Clint Mansell)
\n“V for Vendetta”<\/i> (Dario Marianelli)
\n“Apocalypto”<\/i> (James Horner)
\n“The Departed”<\/i> (Howard Shore)
\n“United 93”<\/i> (John Powell)<\/p>\n
Best Original Song<\/i><\/b>
\n“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”<\/i> (Melissa Etheridge)
\n“Our Town” from “Cars”<\/i> (Randy Newman)
\n“Still” from “Over the Hedge”<\/i> (Ben Folds)
\n“You Know My Name” from “Casino Royale”<\/i> (David Arnold & Chris Cornell)
\n“Ordinary Miracle” from “Charlotte’s Web”<\/i> (David A. Stewart & Glen Ballard)<\/p>\n
Best Animated Feature<\/i><\/b>
\n“Renaissance”<\/i>
\n“Cars”<\/i>
\n“Flushed Away”<\/i>
\n“Over the Hedge”<\/i>
\nNo Choice for 5th Slot Yet<\/p>\n
Best Foreign Language Film<\/i><\/b>
\n“Fateless”<\/i>
\n“Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”<\/i>
\n“Night Watch”<\/i>
\n“The House of Sand”<\/i>
\nNo Choice for 5th Slot Yet<\/p>\n
Best Documentary Feature<\/i><\/b>
\n“An Inconvenient Truth”<\/i>
\n“49 Up”<\/i>
\n“Why We Fight”<\/i>
\n“This Film is Not Yet Rated”<\/i>
\n“Wordplay”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Visual Effects<\/i><\/b>
\n“The Fountain”<\/i>
\n“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”<\/i>
\n“Superman Returns”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Sound<\/i><\/b>
\n“United 93”<\/i>
\n“V for Vendetta”<\/i>
\n“World Trade Center”<\/i>
\n“A Prairie Home Companion”<\/i>
\n“Babel”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Sound Editing<\/i><\/b>
\n“World Trade Center”<\/i>
\n“United 93”<\/i>
\n“Apocalypto”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Cinematography<\/i><\/b>
\n“V for Vendetta”<\/i>
\n“United 93”<\/i>
\n“The Fountain”<\/i>
\n“Apocalypto”<\/i>
\n“The Departed”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Film Editing<\/i><\/b>
\n“United 93”<\/i>
\n“Apocalypto”<\/i>
\n“The Fountain”<\/i>
\n“Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”<\/i>
\n“The Good Shepherd”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Art Direction<\/i><\/b>
\n“The Fountain”<\/i>
\n“Apocalypto”<\/i>
\n“Curse of the Golden Flower”<\/i>
\n“Superman Returns”<\/i>
\n“V for Vendetta”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Makeup<\/i><\/b>
\n“Apocalypto”<\/i>
\n“X-Men: The Last Stand”<\/i>
\n“Tideland”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Costume Design<\/i><\/b>
\n“Curse of the Golden Flower”<\/i>
\n“The Fountain”<\/i>
\n“Apocalypto”<\/i>
\n“Dreamgirls”<\/i>
\n“V for Vendetta”<\/i><\/p>\n
A Look Ahead: Brian’s “Must-See” Films of 2007<\/b>
\n1. “Spider-Man 3”<\/i> (May 4)
\n2. “The Simpsons Movie”<\/i> (July 27)
\n3. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”<\/i> (July 13)
\n4. “Grindhouse”<\/i> (April 6)
\n5. “Reign Over Me”<\/i> (March 9)
\n6. “Transformers”<\/i> (July 4)
\n7. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”<\/i> (March 23)
\n8. “Ratatouille”<\/i> (June 29)
\n9. “Beowulf”<\/i> (November 16)<\/p>\n
Other Movies to See: “Zodiac”<\/i> (March 2); “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”<\/i> (May 25); “Evan Almighty”<\/i> (June 22); “Rescue Dawn”<\/i> (March 30); “Lucky You”<\/i> (March 16); “American Gangster”<\/i> (November 2); “Ocean’s Thirteen”<\/i> (June 8); “Ghost Rider”<\/i> (February 16); “Saw IV”<\/i> (October 26); “300”<\/i> (March 9); “I Am Legend”<\/i> (December 14); “The Bourne Ultimatum”<\/i> (August 3); “Paris, je t’aime”<\/i> (May 4); “Amazing Grace”<\/i> (February 23); “Bee Movie”<\/i> (November 2); “The Number 23”<\/i> (February 23); “Fred Claus”<\/i> (November 9); “Charlie Wilson’s War”<\/i> (December 25); “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”<\/i> (July 20).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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