PENEFLIX ACADEMY AWARD CONTEST COUNTDOWN

Everyone has favorites; some never waver in their choices; most of us are a thousand percent that we are correct. As I watched the Golden Globe Awards, groaning at some of the winners, questioning the reasoning of the judges, wondering if they had seen all of the films, feeling bewildered, chagrined, massively disappointed as my favorites were felled by what I considered the unworthy; resigned but hopeful that wrongs will be righted on February 24th. Here goes. RULES:

YOU MUST ENTER ON THIS SITE. ALL ENTRIES (ONE PER PERSON) HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED BY FEBRUARY 21ST! ENTER JUST 6 NAMES AND ONE NUMBER (THE NUMBER IS HOW MANY AWARDS THE BEST FILM WILL WIN.) YOU HAVE TO “BEST” PENEFLIX, WHICH IS EASY, SINCE I FARE MISERABLY IN MY SELECTIONS. THE WINNER OR WINNERS WILL RECEIVE GIFT CERTIFICATES AT THE THEATRE OF THEIR CHOICE.

BEST ACTRESS:

Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”

Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”

Quvenzhane Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”

WINNER: EMMANUELLE RIVA, “AMOUR”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Amy Adams, “The Master”

Sally Field, “Lincoln”

Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”

Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”

WINNER (AND BY FAR THE BEST PERFORMANCE): Helen Hunt , “THE SESSIONS”

BEST ACTOR:

Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”

Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”

Denzel Washington, “Flight”

WINNER: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, “LINCOLN”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Alan Arkin, “Argo”

Robert De Niro, “Silver linings Playbook”

Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”

Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”

Christoph Waltz,” Django Unchained”

WINNER: DIFFICULT CHOICE BETWEEN HOFFMAN, JONES AND WALTZ, ALL PREVIOUS AA WINNERS. MY PICK:  PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, “THE MASTER”

BEST MOVIE:

“Amour”

“Argo”

“Beasts of the Southern Wild”

“Django Unchained”

“Les Miserables”

‘Life of Pi”

‘Lincoln”

“Silver Linings Playbook”

“Zero Dark Thirty”

WINNER: “LINCOLN”. Although “Life of Pi”, “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Zero Dark Thirty” were my favorites.

BEST DIRECTOR:

Michael Haneke, “Amour”

Benh Zeltlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”

Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”

David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”

WINNER: STEVEN SPIELBERG, “LINCOLN”

HOW MANY AWARDS FOR BEST FILM: 5 “LINCOLN”

Good luck!

For Now………..Peneflix