Nedloh Media Music Awards (Vol. 1)

So what the idea here is that I'm going to post various categories like I would with the Oscars, but with my favorite music instead. If you have any FYCs just post them as a comment, and I'll see what I can do. The actual awards should be up before the New Year, so check it out when you can. Thanks.

October Oscar Predictions

It's almost time for precursors. The critics awards will be announced in just a couple of months. Though already many of strong contenders have been released, or will be in just a few weeks. So here are my October predictions.

BEST PICTURE
-Bright Star (6 nominations)
-An Education (4 nominations)
-The Hurt Locker (8 nominations)
-Invictus (5 nominations)
-The Lovely Bones (9 nominations)
-Nine (9 nominations)
-Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (5 nominations)
-Up (5 nominations)
-Up in the Air(4 nominations)
-Where the Wild Things Are (7 nominations)
(A Serious Man or (500) Days of Summer)

BEST DIRECTOR
-Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
-Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
-Clint Eastwood for Invictus
-Peter Jackson for The Lovely Bones
-Spike Jonze for Where the Wild Things Are
(Rob Marshall for Nine or James Cameron for Avatar)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
-George Clooney for Up in the Air
-Matt Damon for The Informant! (3 nominations)
-Colin Firth for A Single Man (1 nomination)
-Morgan Freeman for Invictus
-Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker
(Hal Holbrook for That Evening Sun or Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
-Abby Cornish for Bright Star
-Carey Mulligan for An Education
-Soarise Ronan for The Lovely Bones
-Gabourey Sidbe for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
-Hillary Swank for Amelia (3 nominations)
(Marion Cotilard for Nine or Meryl Streep for Julie and Julia)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
-Matt Damon for Invictus
-Christopher McCay for Me and Orson Wells (1 nomination)
-Peter Sarsguard for An Education
-Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones
-Christoph Waltz for Inglorious B******s (3 nominations)
(Alfred Molina for An Education or Anthony Mackie for The Hurt Locker)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
-Penelope Cruz for Nine
-Judi Dench for Nine
-Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air
-Mo'Niquie for Precious: Based on the "Push" by Sapphire
-Susan Surandon for The Lovely Bones
(Julianne Moore for A Single Man or Rachel Weisz for The Lovely Bones )

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
-Mark Boal for The Hurt Locker
-Jane Campion for Bright Star
-Scott Neustaudter & Michael H. Weber for (500) Days of Summer
-Bob Peterson for Up
-Quentin Tarantino for Inglorious B******s
(Joel and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man or Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life)

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
-Scott Z. Burns for The Informant!
-Nick Hornby for An Education
-Peter Jackson, Philippa Boynes, and Fran Walsh for The Lovely Bones
-Spike Jonze and Dave Eggaers for Where the Wild Things Are
-Anthony Peckham for Invictus
(Jason Rietman and Sheldon Turner for Up in the Air and Damien Paul for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
-Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs dir. Phil Lord & Chris Miller (1 nomination)
-Coraline dir. Henry Selick (1 nomination)
-Ponyo dir. Hayao Mizayaki (1 nomination)
-The Princess and the Frog dir. Ron Clements (1 nomination)
-Up dir. Peter Docter
(A Christmas Carol dir. Robert Zemeckis or 9 dir. Shane Acker )

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
-Capitalism: A Love Story dir. Michael Moore (1 nomination)
-The Cove dir. Louie Psihoyos (1 nomination)
-Earth dir. Alistair Fothergill & Mark Linfeld (1 nomination)
-Food Inc. dir. Robert Kenner (1 nomination)
-It Might Get Loud dir. Davis Guggenheim (1 nomination)
(TBD)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
-About Elly (Iran) (1 nomination)
-Letters To Father Jacob (Finland) (1 nomination)
-Mother (Korea) (1 nomination)
-A Prophet (France) (1 nomination)
-The White Ribbon (Austria/Germany) (1 nomination)
(Broken Embraces (Spain) or Samson and Delilah (Australia))

BEST FILM EDITING
-Avatar (John Refoua & Stephen Rivkin) (6 nominations)
-The Hurt Locker (Chris Innis & Bob Murawski)
-Inglorious B******s (Sally Menke)
-The Lovely Bones (Jabez Olssen)
-Nine (???)
(Invictus (Joel Cox & Gary Roach) or District 9 (Julian Clark))

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
-Bright Star (DP: Grieg Fraser)
-The Hurt Locker (DP: Barry Ackroyd)
-The Lovely Bones (DP: Andrew Lesnie)
-Nine (DP: Dion Beebe)
-Where the Wild Things Are (DP: Lance Acord)
(Inglorious B******s (DP: Robert Richardson) or Amelia (DP: Stuart Dryburgh)

BEST ART DIRECTION
-Bright Star (?????)
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Stuart Craig) (1 nomination)
-The Imaginarium or Doctor Parnassus (Anastasia Masaro) (3 nominations)
-Nine (John Myhre)
-Where the Wild Things Are (K.K. Barret)
(The Lovely Bones (Naomi Shohan) or Inglorious B******s (David Wasco))

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
-Amelia (Kasia Walicka Maimone)
-Bright Star (Janet Patterson)
-Cheri (Consolata Boyle) (1 nomination)
-Nine (Colleen Atwood)
-The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell) (1 nomination)
(Sherlock Holmes (Jenny Beavan) or Inglorious B******S (Anna B. Sheppard))

ORIGINAL MUSIC (SCORE)
-Avatar (James Horner)
-Coco Before Chanel (Alexander Desplat) (1 nomination)
-The Informant! (Marvin Hamlisch)
-The Lovely Bones (Brian Eno)
-Up (Michael Giacchino)
(Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Nicholas Hooper) or Brothers (James Howard Newton()

ORIGINAL MUSIC (SONG)
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Nine
-Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
-Up in the Air
-Where the Wild Things Are
(Coraline or Fame)

SOUND MIXING
-Avatar
-District 9 (2 nominations)
-The Hurt Locker
-Nine
-Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1 nomination)
(Terminator Salvation or Up)

SOUND EDITING
-Avatar
-The Hurt Locker
-Star Trek (3 nominations)
-Up
-Where the Wild Things Are
(Amelia or Inglorious B******s)

VISUAL EFFECTS
-Avatar
-District 9
-Star Trek
(The Lovely Bones or Transformers: Revenge or the Fallen)

MAKE UP
-Avatar
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Star Trek
(Terminator Salvation or District 9)

Welcome!!!

For my first entry of this new blog, I wish to welcome all readers. As far as Nedloh Films goes, I'm not sure if I will shut it down or not. I will be sure to inform you if I do. Aside from that, there's no news.

This blog surrounds not just movies, but books, music, television, etc. I will put out lists of my favorites in those categories. I plan to continue posting my monthly Oscar Predictions, and I will try to keep track of special precursors. I'll also write small reviews of said media. I will review films from any year. As recent as this year, or as old as "Citizen Kane" or "Casablanca."

Enjoy!!