Friday, January 09, 2015

Golden Globes 2015 Predictions








It’s time for the Golden Globes guessing game. With less than 100 members voting, it’s pretty much a crapshoot. But at least they honour comedies, the winners are pretty tipsy, and the hosts are amazing in Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Here’s who I think will win and want to win.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Boyhood | Foxcatcher | The Imitation Game | Selma | The Theory of Everything
Will Win: Boyhood
Want to Win: The Imitation Game

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Steve Carell [Foxcatcher] | Benedict Cumberbatch [The Imitation Game] | Jake Gyllenhaal [Nightcrawler] | David Oyelowo [Selma] | Eddie Redmayne [The Theory of Everything]
Will Win: Eddie Redmayne [The Theory of Everything]
Want to Win: Benedict Cumberbatch [The Imitation Game]

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Jennifer Aniston [Cake] | Felicity Jones [The Theory of Everything] | Julianne Moore [Still Alice] | Rosamund Pike [Gone Girl] | Reese Witherspoon [Wild]
Will Win: Julianne Moore [Still Alice]
Want to Win: Rosamund Pike [Gone Girl]

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY

Birdman | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Into the Woods | Pride | St. Vincent
Will Win: Birdman
Want to Win: Birdman

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY

Ralph Fiennes [The Grand Budapest Hotel] | Michael Keaton [Birdman] | Bill Murray [St. Vincent] | Joaquin Phoenix [Inherent Vice] | Christoph Waltz [Big Eyes]
Will Win: Michael Keaton [Birdman]
Want to Win: Michael Keaton [Birdman]

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY

Amy Adams [Big Eyes] | Emily Blunt [Into the Woods] | Helen Mirren [The Hundred Foot Journey] | Julianne Moore [Map to the Stars] | Quvenzhane Walls [Annie]
Will Win: Emily Blunt [Into the Woods]
Want to Win: Emily Blunt [Into the Woods]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM

Robert Duvall [The Judge] | Ethan Hawke [Boyhood] | Edward Norton [Birdman] | Mark Ruffalo [Foxcatcher] | JK Simmons [Whiplash]
Will Win: JK Simmons [Whiplash]
Want to Win: JK Simmons [Whiplash]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM

Patricia Arquette [Boyhood] | Jessica Chastain [A Most Violent Year] | Kiera Knightley [The Imitation Game] | Emma Stone [Birdman] | Meryl Streep [Into the Woods]
Will Win: Patricia Arquette [Boyhood]
Want to Win: Emma Stone [Birdman]

BEST DIRECTOR

Wes Anderson [The Grand Budapest Hotel] | Ava Duvernay [Selma] | David Fincher [Gone Girl] | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu [Birdman] | Richard Linklater [Boyhood]
Will Win: Richard Linklater [Boyhood]
Want to Win: Richard Linklater [Boyhood]

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Big Hero 6 | The Book of Life | The Boxtrolls | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | The Lego Movie
Will Win: The Lego Movie
Want to Win: The Lego Movie

BEST FOREGIN LANGUAGE FILM

Force Majeure [Sweden] | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem [Israel] | Ida  [Poland] | Leviathan  [Russia] | Tangerines [Estonia]
Will Win: Ida [Poland]
Want to Win: Ida [Poland]

BEST SCREENPLAY

Wes Anderson [The Grand Budapest Hotel] | Gillian Flynn [Gone Girl] | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu [Birdman] | Richard Linlater [Boyhood] | Graham Moore [The Imitation Game]
Will Win: Alejandro Gonzalex Inarritu [Birdman]
Want to Win: Wes Anderson [The Grand Budapest Hotel]

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat [The Imitation Game] | Johann Johannsson [The Theory of Everything] | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross [Gone Girl] | Antonio Sanchez [Birdman] | Hans Zimmer [Interstellar]
Will Win: Antonio Sanchez [Birdman]
Want to Win: Antonio Sanchez [Birdman]

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Big Eyes” – Lana del Rey [Big Eyes] | “Glory” – John Legend & Common [Selma] | “Mercy Is” – Patti Smith [Noah] | “Opportunity” – Sia [Annie] | “Yellow Flicker Beat” – Lorde [Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1]
Will Win: “Glory” – John Legend & Common [Selma]
Want to Win: “Yellow Flicker Beat” – Lorde [Mockingjay, Part 1]

BEST TV SERIES – DRAMA

The Affair | Downton Abbey | Game of Thrones | The Good Wife | House of Cards
Will Win: House of Cards
Want to Win: Game of Thrones

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Clive Owen [The Knick] | Live Schreiber [Ray Donovan] | Kevin Spacey [House of Cards] | James Spader [The Blacklist] | Dominic West [The Affair]
Will Win: Kevin Spacey [House of Cards]
Want to Win: Kevin Spacey [House of Cards]

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Claire Danes [Homeland] | Viola Davis [How to Get Away with Murder] | Julianna Margulies [The Good Wife] | Ruth Wilson [The Affair] | Robin Wright [House of Cards]
Will Win: Viola Davis [How to Get Away with Murder]
Want to Win: Robin Wright [House of Cards]

BEST TV SERIES – COMEDY

Girls | Jane the Virgin | Orange is the New Black | Silicon Valley | Transparent
Will Win: Orange is the New Black
Want to Win: Silicon Valley

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY

Louis CK [Louie] | Don Cheadle [House of Lies] | Ricky Gervais [Derek] | William H Macy [Shameless] | Jeffery Tambor [Transparent]
Will Win: Jeffrey Tambor [Transparent]
Want to Win: Louis CK [Louie]

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY

Lena Dunham [Girls] | Edie Falco [Nurse Jackie] | Julia Louis-Dreyfus [Veep] | Gina Rodriguez [Jane the Virgin] | Taylor Schilling [Orange is the New Black]
Will Win: Julia Louis-Dreyfus [Veep]
Want to Win: Taylor Schilling [Orange is the New Black]

BEST TV MINISERIES/MOVIE

Fargo | The Missing | The Normal Heart | Olive Kitteridge | True Detective
Will Win: True Detective
Want to Win: Fargo

BEST ACTOR – MINISERIES/MOVIE

Martin Freeman [Fargo] | Woody Harrelson [True Detective] | Matthew McConaughey [True Detective] | Mark Ruffalo [The Normal Heart] | Billy Bob Thorton [Fargo]
Will Win: Matthew McConaughey [True Detective]
Want to Win: Billy Bob Thorton [Fargo]

BEST ACTRESS – MINISERIES/MOVIE

Maggie Gyllenhaal [The Honorable Woman] | Jessica Lange [American Horror Story: Freak Show] | Frances McDormand [Olive Kitteridge] | Frances O’Connor [The Missing] | Allison Tolman [Fargo]
Will Win: Frances McDormand [Olive Kitteridge]
Want to Win: Allison Tolman [Fargo]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - TELEVISION

Matt Bomer [The Normal Heart] | Alan Cumming [The Good Wife] | Colin Hanks [Fargo] | Bill Murray [Olive Kitteridge] | Jon Voight [Ray Donovan]
Will Win: Bill Murray [Olive Kitteridge]
Want to Win: Bill Murray [Olive Kitteridge]

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION

Uzo Aduba [Orange is the New Black] | Kathy Bates [American Horror Story: Freak Show] | Joanne Froggatt [Downton Abbey] | Allison Janney [Mom] | Michelle Monaghan [True Detective]
Will Win: Uzo Aduba [Orange is the New Black]
Want to Win: Uzo Aduba [Orange is the New Black]


Let’s see how I do this year. 

No comments: