Rabbit Hole suggests the kind of intractable reality that the year's movies hint at and then avoid. But no film confronts that reality with the bluntness of 127 HOURS, Danny Boyle's true story of a guy pinned down by a rock. You might try wishing it away, or slipping into a reverie about a sofa, but when you wake up, the rock is still there. Time to make some tough choices. For the Academy, the choice will be a Best Picture nomination for the film and Best Actor for the disarming star of the movie and host of the ceremony, JAMES FRANCO.
Peter's picks
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky [Black Swan]
The Coen Brothers [True Grit]
David Fincher [The Social Network]
Christopher Nolan [Inception]
David O. Russell [The Fighter]
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges [True Grit]
Robert Duvall [Get Low]
Jesse Eisenberg [The Social Network]
Colin Firth [The King's Speech]
James Franco [127 Hours]
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening [The Kids Are All Right]
Nicole Kidman [Rabbit Hole]
Jennifer Lawrence [Winter's Bone]
Natalie Portman [Black Swan]
Hilary Swank [Conviction]
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale [The Fighter]
John Hawkes [Winter's Bone]
Jeremy Renner [The Town]
Mark Ruffalo [The Kids Are All Right]
Geoffrey Rush [The King's Speech]
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams [The Fighter]
Helena Bonham Carter [The King's Speech]
Mila Kunis [Black Swan]
Melissa Leo [The Fighter]
Hailee Steinfeld [True Grit]
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