Ali Ali Oscars

Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln.

Oscar Stats: Nominated for Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix), Best Supporting Actor (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), Best Supporting Actress (Amy Adams).

Verdict: More cloudy than a urine filled swimming pool, The Master is a pretentious and confusing product of a director who has made this brand of almost unpalatable film his calling card. That being said, the film acts as a stage for phenomenal performances from Hoffman and Adams, and a disturbing, believable, but rather one-dimensional Phoenix.

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Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell, in The Master.

More acting nominations ahead with:

The Master

Denzel Washington as Whip, from Flight.

Denzel Washington as Whip, in Flight.

Oscar Stats: Nominated Best Actor (Denzel Washington), Best Original Screenplay (John Gatins) (2 total).

Verdict: Well-written and original, with a strange message about God and addiction. Washington does well enough to merit a view, but overall, the film and the dynamic main character crash and burn with a cliche ending.

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Up Next, adding to our leading man pool:

Flight

Oscar Stats: Nominated for Best Picture, Best  Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz), Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino) (5 total).

Verdict: Far too alternative for a Best Picture winner, though Tarantino should take home his regular award for incredible writing, and Mr. Waltz may very well secure his second supporting actor Oscar in five years.

**Small small spoilers ahead**

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Again, haven’t seen nearly as many as I would like.

It seems like a waste since Day-Lewis is most likely to get it. 

A little upset about Jaime Lee Fox being snubbed.

And Flight? Really? I love Denzel, but it seems unlikely.