The Awards season is starting again, with the Golden Globes leading the charge. The nomination list has just been out and A Star Is Born, The Favourite and The Green Book each earns five Globe nods. BlacKkKlansman earns four.
Here’s the list of nominations.
Best Motion Picture- Drama
Bohemian Rhapsody
If Beal Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born
Out of the five movies, Black Panther and A Star is Born are probably the popular ones to win. BUT, BlacKkKlansman could just come out from the back and nab this one. Spike Lee's biographical comedy-drama about a black undercover detective taking down a chapter of the KluKluxx Klan runs a gamut of emotions for its audience, from mirth, to nervousness to fearful for the life of Ron Stallworth.
What’s Snubbed?
What about First Man? Sure, there are two biography films in the running, but First Man tells a good a story of Neil Armstrong as the two nominated movies. It may not have the razzle-dazzle of Bohemian Rhapsody, or the comedy in BlacKkKlansman, but still, it’s a well-researched, faithful story to the first man on the moon.
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice
It’s hard to say. Mary Poppins Returns is definitely a fan favourite, although Christian Bale brings a lot of weight to Vice. Then we have Crazy Rich Asians; if the movie wins, it would be such a historic victory, for both Hollywood for being so inclusive, and to all Asian actors, so many of whom have been playing supporting roles for so long.
Who’s Snubbed?
This isn’t really a snub but it would be so awesome if Deadpool 2 was nominated in this category, Just it’s end credits alone should be nominated in this category.
Best Director - Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Adam McKay, Vice
Not bad for Cooper, who’s nominated for his directorial effort, but this may either be Lee or McKay’s win. Both directors pace their movies well, adding enough humour to lighten up heavy subjects. And if Black Panther is nominated for Best Motion Picture, why didn’t director Ryan Coogler get a director nod as well?
Who’s Snubbed?
It may not be flashy or funny nor romantic, but Damien Chazelle gives us an insight into an otherwise fiercely private man, and he told the story with enough finesse that even satisfy the Armstrong family. Why doesn’t it satisfy the Hollywood Foreign Press?
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga. A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War
All eyes are surely on Lady Gaga for her star-turning role in A Star is Born. And she might just win it, although Pike gives the performance of her lifetime in A Private War, as journalist Marie Colvin. Pike transformed not just physically into Colvin, but her speech and mannerisms are spot-on.
Who’s Snubbed?
Toni Collette, that’s who! Her performance in Hereditary, as a mother trapped in a waking nightmare, is gripping, and has us rooting for her. Horror films are typically overlooked, but her stunning performance shouldn’t be. And how about Natalie Portman in Vox Lux? The actress turns in an enjoyable performance as a diva pop star, but didn’t impress the Globes enough.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman
All five actors have great performances. Again, Cooper’s A Star Is Born is probably the popular vote, but Malek’s complete transformation into Freddie Mercury is so convincing that he should win an award just for that.
Who’s Snubbed?
What’s happening? First, First Man got subbed in the movie and director category, and now, Ryan Gosling is snubbed in the acting category for this sensitive portrayal of Neil Armstrong. What gives, the Hollywood Foreign Press?
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians
This will be a fight between the Nanny and the Mother. Blunt and Theron will have the biggest fight for the award, no doubt.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie
With Bale’s startling transformation into Dick Cheney, bald-headed and all, it’s really easy to see him walk away with the Globe.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
These are all fantastic actresses giving class-act performances. And finally, we see First Man’s presence here, thanks to Foy’s touching performances as Neil Armstrong’s wife. Far from playing the Queen in The Crown, Foy has shown her versatility in slipping into any character, and for that, she deserves to win.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Rockwell is back after his bountiful year in 2017 with Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri. But this may just be Chalamet’s year, for his portrayal of a boy on a slippery slope to drug-filled life, only to pick himself up.
Best Animated Feature Film
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Isle of Dogs wins with its originality, but Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse stuns with its animated graphics, which has audiences enraptured. And it’s plenty original too.
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly & Nick Vallelonga, Green Book
This could be anyone’s game, all these movies carry weight and hold audiences’ attention.
The Golden Globes ceremony will take place on January 6, 2019.
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