OSCAR PICKS

Minions:
Here are your last-minute Oscar picks form the guy who thinks he knows all....Len is Oscar Right!!

Without further ado, here they are. I will probably be going with alot of chalk here (for you non-gamblers, chalk means the favorite). Oh and by the way, I have not seen any of these films. Patty and I usually make a concerted effort to get to the movies or rent a few of them before Oscar night.

BEST PICTURE--No Country For Old Men
Looks like this year's The Departed, folks. Brutal, uncompromising, and I think, a great story.

BEST ACTOR--Daniel Day Lewis
I've never seen this guy give a half-hearted performance. Didn't see it, but he just seems to trump everyone else. The other actors seem blown away by him, so he is the chalk.

BEST ACTRESS-- Julie Christie
In a movie that hardly anyone saw, Julie Christie played a woman who is suffering the effects of Alzheimer's disease. Alot of people loved young Ellen Page in Juno, many people think Marie Cotillard in La Vie En Rose (no chance if not in English), but this Oscar is going to the class of the lot. Julie Christie only takes roles she believes in. Oscar rewards her performance and loves her for her age and experience.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR--Javier Bardem
He's won every award for this performance so far, so there's no reason to believe he'll lose tonight. Sentimental choice, Hal Holbrook was not on screen for that long, and Casey Affleck won't win as a first-time nominee. Bardem was a HUGE part of No Country for Old Men, and he'll take home the statue.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS--Amy Ryan
Her performance as a drug-abusing mother of a kidnapped child will, ultimately, win over Oscar voters for the win. They all want to give it to Cate Blanchett for her role as Bob Dylan, or to Ruby Dee for her 5 minutes of film time in American Gangster. But the real performance of the year was by Amy Ryan

BEST DIRECTOR--Joel and Ethan Coen
They've directed great movies in the past. They've done their due diligence. This time Oscar rewards them for their masterpiece, No Country For Old Men.

Okay, I've made my predictions. Now it's up to the Academy to prove me right. If I'm wrong on any of these picks, I urge you all, my minions, to storm Hollywood. Storm the movie studios. Invade the homes of the Oscar voters and make them all know why they were wrong and why always...ALWAYS...LEN IS RIGHT!!

I am,
Len Tollerton