February Golden Thoughts Awards

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Graduation
• Here I Stand
• Revolution
• Sweet Empire
• The Things They Carried

Best Original Screenplay

• Burden
• The Exploding Plastic Inevitable
• Seed of Rebellion
• The Tattered and the Torn
• Until the Sun Goes Down

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Kat Dennings, Seed of Rebellion
• Rosemarie DeWitt, Sweet Empire
• Kim Dickens, Burden
• Rachel Griffiths, Sweet Empire
• Catherine Zeta-Jones, The Tattered and the Torn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Sean Benn, Until the Sun Goes Down
• Xander Berkeley, Seed of Rebellion
• James Franco, The Things They Carried
• Ashton Holmes, Sweet Empire
• Peter Krause, Burden

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Amy Adams, In the Rain
• Kate Beckinsale, Until the Sun Goes Down
• Keisha Castle-Hughes, The Tattered and the Torn
• Sally Hawkins, Slam
• Q'orianka Kilcher, The Tattered and the Torn

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Kevin Bacon, Sweet Empire
• Christian Bale, Revolution
• Russell Crowe, Sweet Empire
• Sam Riley, Until the Sun Goes Down
• Jon Voight, Burden

Best Director

• Wes Anderson, The Exploding Plastic Inevitable
• Olivier Dahan, Revolution
• Milos Forman, Until the Sun Goes Down
• Ron Howard, Sweet Empire
• Steve McQueen, The Tattered and the Torn

Best Motion Picture

• Burden
• Seed of Rebellion
• Sweet Empire
• The Tattered and the Torn
• Until the Sun Goes Down

January Bait Thoughts Awards

Best Adapted Screenplay
*Batman: Perseverance - winner
-[title of show]
-Godfather Death
-Angel of Lurrock
-Be a Mensch

Best Original Screenplay
*House of Bin Laden - winner
-Dalmatian
-Cowboys & Indians
-Anew
-Silent Eyes

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
-Don Cheadle, Anew
-Phlip Davis, The Price of High Society
-Jude Law, Addicted
-Billy Nighy, Godfather Death
*Michael Richards, House of Bin Laden - winner

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
-Hiam Abbass, The Shadows in the Night
-Brenda Blethyn, The Price of High Society
-Catherine Keener, Anew
-Carrie Ann Moss, Dalmatian
*Maggie Smith, The Price of High Society - winner

Best Actor in a Leading Role
-Casey Affleck, Dalmatian
-Billy Crudup, Batman: Perseverance
-Ben Foster, Cowboys & Indians
-Ed Harris, Anew
*Kal Penn, The House of Bin Laden - winner

Best Actress in a Leading Role
*Judi Dench, The Price of High Society - winner
-Kiera Knightley, The Price oh High Society
-Atossa Leoni, The Shadows in the Night
-Emily Mortimer, Windowpane
-Charlize Theron, Silent Eyes

Best Director
-Hany Abu-Assad, The Shadows in the Night
-Jane Campion, The Price of High Society
*Ryan Fleck, Dalmatian - winner
-Paul Haggis, Anew
-Danis Tanovic, The House of Bin Laden

Best Motion Picture
-Cowboys & Indians
-Dalmatian
-House of Bin Laden
*The Price of High Society - winner
-The Shadows in the Night

Golden Thoughts Nominations

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Chris Cooper in The Price of Prejudice
• Sebastian Koch in Angela's Path
• James McAvoy in Dementia Ascending
• Sam Shepard in The Latent Promise
• Benicio del Toro in 11-M

Golden Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Catherine Deneuve in Angela's Path
• Virginie Ledoyen in Angela's Path
• Marcia Gay Harden in A Final Prayer
• Kathleen Quinlan in Her Journal
• Chandra Wilson in Poz

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Christian Bale in Dementia Ascending
• Ed Harris in The Latent Promise
• Sergi Lopez in 11-M
• Lee Pace in System Shock
• Jeffrey Wright in Poz

Golden Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Shohreh Aghdashloo in The Price of Prejudice
• Penélope Cruz in Angela's Path
• Jacqueline McKenzie in Her Journal
• Radha Mitchell in New York, Illinois
• Charlie Ray in Cut

Achievement in Direction

• Danny Boyle in System Shock
• Jane Campion in Angela's Path
• Alejandro González Iñarritu in 11-M

Golden Screenplay

• Jane Campion and Ronald Harwood for Angela's Path
• Steven Knight for Poz
• Josh Olsen for System Shock

Bait of the Month

• 11-M
• Angela's Path
• Her Journal
• Poz
• System Shock

Congratulations to the winners.

Best Actress Predictions

1. Naomie Harris in The Night Shift

The bait has gotten good reviews and NBR win plus SAG and GG nominations make her the frontrunner.

Never nominated for an Oscar

2. Queen Latifah in I Love Mammy

Festival winner can easily make the shortlist but I doubt she will win. She has won before.

She has 1 nomination and win

3. Kelly MacDonald in Dark Blue

Dark Blue wasn't well received but MacDonald did well in the precursors. I think she could pull of a nomination a not a win. She has won recently in this category.

She has 1 nomination and win

4. Melinda Dillon in Book

Book is one of the best baits this month and a potential BOTM she can ride the wave and get her first nomination.

Never nominated.

5. Do-yeon Jeon in Owner of a Lonely Heart

Her bait was well reviewed and it'll be a nice choice but she can get easily snubbed.

In the running

6. Alexandra Maria Lara in The Blood Countess

7. Charlize Theron in Golden Gate

8. Scarlett Johansson in Here We Are Now

Golden Thoughts Winners!

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Edward Norton in Cloth

Golden Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Meryl Streep in Book

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Cillian Murphy in The Elysium Dream

Golden Performance by an Actress in Leading Role

• Alexandra Maria Lara in The Blood Countess

Golden Direction

• Spike Jonze in Book

Author of the Month

• George (The Blood Countess)

Bait of the Month

• Book

Congratulations to the winners

Golden Thoughts Nominations

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Josh Brolin, I Love Mammy
• John Cusack, The Passion in Pain
• Liam Neeson, The Elysium Dream
• Edward Norton, Cloth
• Jeremy Rennet, The Passion in Pain

Golden Performace by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Emily Blunt, The Elysium Dream
• Geraldine Chaplin, The Blood Countess
• Ellen Page, Cloth
• Elisabeth Shue, The Passion in Pain
• Meryl Streep, Book

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Joe Anderson, Here We Are Now
• Elias Koteas, Sunburn
• Cillian Murphy, The Elysium Dream
• Bill Murray, High
• Jeffrey Wright, Cloth

Golden Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Melinda Dillon, Book
• Do-Yeon Jeon, Owner of a Lonely Heart
• Alexandra Maria Lara, The Blood Countess
• Queen Latifah, I Love Mammy
• Kelly MacDonald, Dark Blue

Golden Direction

• Paul Thomas Anderson, Cloth
• Tim Burton, Sunburn
• Spike Jonze, Book
• Takeshi Kitano, Owner of a Lonely Heart
• Roman Polanski, The Blood Countess

Author of the Month

• George (Sunburn)
• Joshua (The Blood Countess)
• Douglas Reese (Our Family Exactly)
• Tony (The Elysium Dream)
• Kieran Scarlett (Cloth)

Bait of the Month

• The Blood Countess
• Book
• Cloth
• The Elysium Dream
• Sunburn

Winners will be announced April 18th. Good luck everyone.

MARCH WINNERS

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Supporing Role

-Armin Mueller-Stahl, The Hussein Room

Golden Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

-Tilda Swinton, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Golden Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

-Milo Ventimiglia, The Ninth Symphony

Golden Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

-Kate Winslet, The Thirteenth Tale

Golden Directing

-Tim Burton, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Best Author

-James Somerton

Golden Bait of the Month

-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Congratulations to the winners. See you next month.