Gold Rush Gang: National Board of Review Preview and Predictions
The Gold Rush Gang has chosen their picks to win at the National Board of Review tomorrow. We all know about the affinity of the NBR for all things Warner Brothers, George Clooney and Clint Eastwood but how far will that love go? Every GRG member is picking Gravity to take the big win plus a handful of WB films populating the top 10. Will they break from tradition this year? Will they be in Harvey’s pocket or actually make some brave choices this year. Jump over to the forums and make your vote count in our Gold Rush Contest!
Film
*Gravity – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael, Richard
Top Ten Films
*12 Years a Slave – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*American Hustle – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*Her – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Beth, Michael, Richard
*Prisoners – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*The Wolf of Wall Street – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*Captain Phillips – Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*Inside Llewyn Davis – Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Michael
*Lee Daniels’ The Butler – Evan, Kenneth, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*Nebraska – Evan, Kenneth, Dennis, Beth, Michael, Peter
*Saving Mr. Banks – Evan, Erik, Michael, Peter
All is Lost – Erik, Beth
August: Osage County – Kenneth, Michael
Fruitvale Station – Erik
Before Midnight – Erik
Dallas Buyers Club – Dennis
Labor Day – Peter
Philomena – Dennis
Foreign Language Film
*Blue is the Warmest Color – Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Beth, Michael, Richard
Wadjda – Erik, Dennis
Top Five Foreign Language Films
*Gloria – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Dennis, Beth, Peter
*The Great Beauty – Evan, Kenneth, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*The Hunt – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Beth, Michael
*The Past – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael
*Wadjda – Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael
Blue is the Warmest Color – Erik, Dennis
The Grandmaster – Michael
A Hijacking – Erik
A Touch of Sin – Peter
Documentary
*The Act of Killing – Evan, Michael, Kenneth
20 Feet From Stardom – Dennis
Stories We Tell – Erik, Beth
Top Five Documentaries
*After Tiller – Evan, Beth, Michael, Kenneth
*Blackfish – Evan, Erik, Dennis, Beth, Kenneth
*Tim’s Vermeer – Dennis, Michael, Kenneth, Beth
*20 Feet From Stardom – Evan, Michael, Kenneth
*The Act of Killing – Erik, Dennis, Beth
*Stories We Tell – Evan, Dennis, Kenneth
The Armstrong Lie – Beth, Michael
Salinger – Dennis, Michael
The Square – Evan, Erik
At Berkeley – Erik
Bridegroom – Peter
Animated Film
*Frozen – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael, Richard
Actor
*Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club – Erik, Peter, Dennis
*Robert Redford, All is Lost – Beth, Michael, Richard
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave – Evan, Kenneth
Actress
*Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth
Sandra Bullock, Gravity – Evan, Michael
Supporting Actor
*Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave – Erik, Peter, Richard
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street – Evan, Kenneth
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club – Dennis, Beth
Supporting Actress
*June Squibb, Nebraska – Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Richard
Scarlett Johansson, Don Jon – Erik
Breakthrough Performance – Actor
*Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Richard, Michael
Breakthrough Performance – Actress
*Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave – Evan, Kenneth, Dennis, Beth, Michael, Richard
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color – Erik
Brie Larson, Short Term 12 – Peter
Ensemble
*August: Osage County – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Dennis, Beth, Michael, Richard, Peter
Director
*Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity – Evan, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Kenneth, Michael, Richard
Directorial Debut
*Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station – Evan, Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Dennis, Beth, Michael, Richard
Original Screenplay
*Her – Peter, Beth, Michael, Richard
Nebraska – Erik, Dennis, Kenneth
Adapted Screenplay
*12 Years a Slave – Kenneth, Erik, Peter, Beth, Richard
Philomena – Dennis
The Wolf of Wall Street – Michael
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