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REEL RHINO’S 2011 OSCAR CONTEST

Scoring: 24 Total Points Available, One Point Per Category

You Choose a #1 and a #2 Pick for Each Category

If your #1 is the winner, you get one point.

If your #2 is the winner, you get ½ point.

If there is a tie in points, the person with the most #1 selections will win. If the tie persists, I will raise my hands into the air and scream: “WHYYYYYY!”

It was a great year for me and the movies…you can check out my year-end wrap-up posts from early January in the Archives. Want to know who you are up against: Reel Rhino Total Theater Films for 2010: 122. Total Minutes: 13102 = 9.1 days (running time). #1 Movie Pick of the Year: INCEPTION

You can e-mail your picks to me at: ReelRhino@gmail.com

Don’t worry about typing anything formal…just copy and paste the nominees list below and add a 1 and a 2 next to your two top picks.

All picks will be kept private until after the competition and other than mine, only the winner’s picks will be shared. For the purposes of fairness, my picks are listed below, so you all know I am keeping it honest.

The winner will get the following:

• I will watch and review a movie of their choice.
• The winner may provide me with a review that they prepare for a film of their choice and I will publish it on the Reel Rhino Blog. The post will be edited for appropriate language (this is a PG-13 show….for the most part).

Good Luck and HAVE FUN!!
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2011 Academy Award Nominees

Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson
Black Swan (2010): Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
The Fighter (2010): David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
The King's Speech (2010): Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
The Social Network (2010): Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin
Toy Story 3 (2010): Darla K. Anderson
True Grit (2010): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
Winter's Bone (2010): Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees:
Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)
Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010)
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)
Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees:
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees:
Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone (2010)
Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)

Best Achievement in Directing Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit (2010)
David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010)
David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees:
Another Year (2010): Mike Leigh
The Fighter (2010): Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 (2010): Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit (2010): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone (2010): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
The Illusionist (2010): Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees:
Biutiful (2010): Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico)
Dogtooth (2009): Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)
In a Better World (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)
Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)
Outside the Law (2010): Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)

Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees:
Black Swan (2010): Matthew Libatique
Inception (2010): Wally Pfister
The King's Speech (2010): Danny Cohen
The Social Network (2010): Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Jon Harris
Black Swan (2010): Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter (2010): Pamela Martin
The King's Speech (2010): Tariq Anwar
The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat
The King's Speech (2010): Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit (2010): Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (2009): Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech (2010): Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell
True Grit (2010): Mary Zophres

Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees:
Barney's Version (2010): Adrien Morot
The Way Back (2010): Edouard F. Henriques, Greg Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, Dave Elsey

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): John Powell
Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman, , Dido("If I Rise")
Country Strong (2010): Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")
Tangled (2010/I): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")
Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman("We Belong Together")

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Nominees:
Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
The King's Speech (2010): Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley
Salt (2010): Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell
The Social Network (2010): Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten
True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland

Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees:
Inception (2010): Richard King
Toy Story 3 (2010): Tom Myers, Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy (2010): Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague
True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey
Unstoppable (2010): Mark P. Stoeckinger

Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter (2010): Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell
Inception (2010): Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man 2 (2010): Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick

Best Documentary, Features Nominees:
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010): Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz
GasLand (2010): Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic
Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Restrepo (2010): Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Waste Land (2010): Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley

Best Documentary, Short Subjects Nominees:
Killing in the Name (2010): Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl (2010): Sara Nesson, Mitchell Block
Strangers No More (2010): Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up (2010): Jennifer Redfearn, Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang (2010): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

Best Short Film, Animated Nominees:
Day & Night (2010): Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo (2009) (TV): Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Let's Pollute (2011): Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing (2010): Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, a Journey Diary (2010): Bastien Dubois

Best Short Film, Live Action Nominees:
The Confession (2010/IV): Tanel Toom
The Crush (2010): Michael Creagh
God of Love (2010): Luke Matheny
Na Wewe (2010): Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 (2009): Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite

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REEL RHINO’S PICKS:

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR:
1-The King’s Speech
2- Inception

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (Didn't See: Biutiful)
1-Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
2-Jeff Bridges for True Grit

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE (Didn't See: Rabbit Hole, Blue Valentine)
1-Natalie Portman for Black Swan
2-Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1-Christian Bale for The Fighter
2-Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (Didn't See: Animal Kingdom)
1-Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
2-Melissa Leo for The Fighter

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
1-David Fincher for The Social Network
2-Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN
1-Inception
2-The King’s Speech

BEST WRITING, SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED
1-The Social Network
2-Winter’s Bone

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR (Didn't See: The Illusionist)
1-Toy Story 3
2-The Illusionist

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR (Didn't See: Any)
1-Biutiful
2-Dogtooth

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
1-Roger Deakins for True Grit
2-Wally Pfister for Inception

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING
1-Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall for The Social Network
2-Andrew Weisbaum for Black Swan

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
1-Eve Stewart, Judy Farr for The King’s Speech
2-Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, ad Douglas A. Mowat for Inception

BEST ACIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN (Didn’t See: The Tempest, I Am Love)
1-Jenny Beavan for The King’s Speech
2-Colleen Atwood for Alice in Winderland

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
1-Edouard F. Henriques, Greg Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng for The Way Back
2-Adrien Morot for Barney’s Version

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SCORE
1-Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross for The Social Network
2- Hans Zimmer for Inception

BEST ACIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES, ORIGINAL SONG (Didn’t See: Country Strong)
1-Randy Newman for Toy Story 3, “We Belong Together”
2- A.R. Rahman, Dido for 127 Hours, “If I Rise”

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
1-Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, and Ed Novick for Inception
2-Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley for The King’s Speech

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
1-Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, and Ed Novick for Inception
2-Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey for True Grit

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
1-Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin for Inception
2-Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, and Nicolas Athadi for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURES (Didn’t See: GasLand, Waste Land)
1-Restrepo
2-Exit Through the Gift Shop

BEST DOCUMENTARY, SHORT SUBJECTS (Didn’t See: All)
1-The Warriors of Quigang
2-Killing in the Name

BEST SHORT FILM, ANIMATED (Didn’t See: The Gruffalo, Let’s Pollute, The Lost Thing, and Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
1-Day & Night
2-Madagascar, a Journey Diary

BEST SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION (Didn’t See: All)
1-God of Love
2-Wish 143

PLAY THE GAME!! E-MAIL ME YOUR PICKS AT REELRHINO@GMAIL.COM

GOOD LUCK!!
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