PENEFLIX OSCAR CONTEST

It is easy to compete. Just submit your answers on this site. The prize will be movie passes at the theatre of your choice.

In choosing, go with your instincts; you ALWAYS fare better than I.  All entries must be submitted by midnight February 24th. AGAIN, ON THIS SITE.

You must correctly choose the Best Movie, Best Director, Best Female Actor, Best Supporting Female Actor; Best Male Actor, Best Supporting  Male Actor and the toughest question: HOW MANY AWARDS FOR THE BEST FILM!!!!!!!!!! And this year for EXTRA credit, the best Foreign Film and or the best Documentary. You just need to answer 7 correctly; 6 names and one number. Very simple and fun.

 

BEST MOVIE                                                                    PENEFLIX CHOICE:

THE ARTIST (6 NOMINATIONS)                                         THE ARTIST  (4 AA)

THE DESCENDANTS (4 NOMINATIONS)

THE HELP (3 NOMINATIONS)

HUGO (11 NOMINATIONS)

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (3 NOMINATIONS)

MONEYBALL (6 NOMINATIONS)

THE TREE OF LIFE (3 NOMINATIONS)

WAR HORSE (6 NOMINATIONS)

 

BEST MALE ACTOR                                                             PENEFLIX CHOICE:

DEMIAN BICHIR (A BETTER LIFE)                                        GEORGE CLOONEY

GEORGE CLOONEY (THE DESCENDANTS)

JEAN DUJARDIN (THE ARTIST)

GARY OLDMAN (TINKER,TAILOR,SOLDIER,SPY)

BRAD PITT (MONEYBALL)

 

BEST FEMALE ACTOR                                                           PENEFLIX CHOICE:

GLENN CLOSE (ALBERT NOBBS)                                            VIOLA DAVIS

VIOLA DAVIS (THE HELP)

ROONEY MERA (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)

MERYL STREEP (THE IRON LADY)

MICHELLE WILLIAMS (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)

 

BEST SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR                                                 PENEFLIX CHOICE:

KENNETH BRANAGH (MY WEEK WITH MARILYN)                          CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

JONAH HILL (MONEYBALL)

NICK NOLTE (WARRIOR)

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER (BEGINNERS)

MAX VON SYDOW (EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE)

 

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR                                               PENEFLIX CHOICE:

BERENICE BEJO (THE ARTIST)                                                       OCTAVIA SPENCER

JESSICA CHASTAIN (THE HELP)

MELISSA MCCARTHY (BRIDESMAIDS)

JANET MCTEER (ALBERT NOBBS)

OCTAVIA SPENCER (THE HELP)

 

BEST DIRECTOR                                                                           PENEFLIX CHOICE:

MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS (THE ARTIST)                                          MARTIN SCORSESE

ALEXANDER PAYNE (THE DESCENDANTS)

MARTIN SCORSESE (HUGO)

WOODY ALLEN  (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)

TERRENCE MALICK (THE TREE OF LIFE)

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY ( A major guess because I live in a “film challenged city”; in other words any city with the exception of New York or Los Angeles!)

HELL AND BACK AGAIN                                                                   PENEFLIX CHOICE:

IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT        PINA

PARADISE LOST 3:PURGATORY

PINA

UNDEFEATED

 

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (Same guesswork as above )  PENEFLIX CHOICE:

BULLHEAD (BELGIUM)                                                             A SEPARATION

MONSIEUR LAZHAR (CANADA)

A SEPARATION (IRAN)

FOOTNOTE (ISRAEL)

IN DARKNESS (POLAND)

 

Looking forward to your CHOICES; and may the Best Choices garnish the prize!

For Now………….Peneflix

 

I will be gallivanting around the globe; but will return by Sunday, February 26th for the  84th Academy Awards.