Monday, February 26, 2007

2006 Cammy Awards

Best Picture

Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
World Trade Center

Winner: Children of Men

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Clive Owen (Children of Men)
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)

Winner: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed)

Best Actress

Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Kirsten Dunst (Marie Antoinette)
Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson)
Beyonce Knowles (Dreamgirls)
Kate Winslet (Little Children)

Winner: Kate Winslet (Little Children)

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)
Clint Eastwood (Letters From Iwo Jima)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel)
Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
Oliver Stone (World Trade Center)

Winner: Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)

Best Supporting Actor

Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
Jack Nicholson (The Departed)
Brad Pitt (Babel)

Winner: Jack Nicholson (The Departed)

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett (Akeelah and the Bee)
Jennifer Connelly (Blood Diamond)
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Rinko Kikuchi (Babel)
Julianne Moore (Children of Men)

Winner: Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)

Best Breakthrough Performance

Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson)
Tip "T.I." Harris (ATL)
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland)

Winner: James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland)

Best Screenplay

Guillermo Arriaga (Babel)
Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby (Children of Men)
Rian Johnson (Little Miss Sunshine)
William Monahan (The Departed)
Iris Yamashita (Letters From Iwo Jima)

Winner: Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby (Children of Men)

Best Ensemble Cast

Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine

Winner: The Departed

Best Song

Franco Battiato - Ruby Tuesday (Children of Men)
Jennifer Hudson - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
Jack Johnson - Upside Down (Curious George)
Beyonce Knowles - Listen (Dreamgirls)
T.I. - What You Know About That (ATL)

Winner: Franco Battiato - Ruby Tuesday (Children of Men)

Best Cinematography

Michael Ballhaus (The Departed)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men)
Wally Pfister (The Prestige)
Dick Pope (The Illusionist)
Rodrigo Prieto (Babel)

Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men)

Best Special Effects

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Superman Returns
X3: X-Men United

Winner: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Sound Effects

Letters From Iwo Jima
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Saw 3

Winner: Saw 3

Best Debut Feature Film

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine)

Worst Film

Date Movie

Sunday, February 25, 2007

My Oscar Predicitions

Best Picture: The Departed
Best Director: Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole (Venus)
Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Departed
Best Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Animated Film: Cars
Best Art Direction: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Cinematography: Children of Men
Best Costume Design: Marie Antoinette
Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvienant Truth
Best Documentary Short: Recycled Life
Best Film Editing: The Departed
Best Foreign Film: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Makeup: Apocolypto
Best Score: The Queen
Best Song: I Need To Wake Up (An Inconvienant Truth)
Best Animated Short: No Time For Nuts
Best Live Action Short: The Saviour
Best Sound Editing: Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls
Best Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest