Oscar 2013 Predictions: Top 5 Hot Winners in 2013 Oscar Ceremony

It can be said without exaggeration that Academy Awards to actors is what Nobel Prize to scientists. Although the annual grand event for global filmmakers and actors Oscar is a little bit far away, now the predictions for the 2013 Oscar ceremony is spreading every corner of this world. Obviously, the most thrilling part of 2013 Oscar prediction is that which movie will be the most potential winner. Thus, this post will show you 5 hot possible films that may be in the running for nominations in 2013 Oscar. Read for more! 

1. Les Miserables 

Latest Oscar 2013 predictions show that Les Miserables will become the most possible and biggest winner in 2013 Oscar ceremony. It is all known that Oscar is in favor of those art-oriented movies just like the classic novel based Les Miserables. Although now The Hobbit scores a runaway success at the box office, it is widely believed that Les Miserables will overrun its dominance. As for the nominations, Les Miserables may help Hugh Jackman to become best actor, Annie Hathaway to be best actress and Tom Hooper to become the best director. Certainly, this movie is also a possible winner for Academy Awards involving sound, music, script and costumes.

2. The Hobbits: An Unexpected Journey

It seems like that summer movies in 2012 are targeting at commercial success while December movies are attempting to be the Oscar winner, just like Les Miserables, The Hobbit. So to speak, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is 2012 most successful movie just apart from The Dark Knight Rises. As a new version of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is not only a market winner but an award winner in 2013 Oscar. If The Hobbits has inherited the spirits of The Return of the Kings, it will get great chances to win Academy Awards for Best Picture, Film Editing and Best Costume Design and Best Visual Effects.

3. The Dark Knight Rises 

The Dark Knight Rises puts The Dark Knight franchise up there as one of the best superhero film series ever, thanks to its excellent plot, grand theme, profound meaning, thrilling fighting and surprising ending. As the finale of Batman trilogy, it is indeed a born Oscar winner. Personally, Christopher Nolan fully deserves the title of 2013 Academy Awards Best Director. Besides, The Dark Knight Rises is also the potential winner for Sound Mixing and Sound Editing in 2013 Oscar. 

4. Life of Pi 

Most movies in 2012 fail to fulfill the artistic appetites of Academy Awards judges. Fortunately, Life of Pi is not the one and possibly become a runaway winner. Directed by Ang Lee, this movie is an amazing work that mixes high adventure with some thought-provoking questions about faith and wraps it up with some incredible technical whiz-bang. Lee is likely to get a best director nomination. Furthermore, the visual effect of Life of Pi can be compared to James Cameron’s Avatar, so it will be qualified for a plethora of awards including Music, Best Screen Play, Best Visual Effects, Best picture and Best Cinematography.

5. Lincoln

As an outstanding movie made by Steven Spielberg, I bet no one dare exclude Lincoln from the list of 2013 potential Oscar winners. This movie surprise the world after it released in 2012 and was widely accepted. Obviously Steven Spielberg makes this Lincoln movie the best one in existence. With regards to the 2013 nominations, Steven Spielberg is very likely to get his third Academy Awards for Best Director and Daniel Levis will award for his third Oscar Statuette for Best Actor. Moreover, this movie is a possible winner to win the Best Picture. 

Note: The 85th Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on 24 February 2013. Set your alarm clock and see which film is the biggest winner! 

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10 Best Movies of 2012 – Movie Review

As needing to say goodbye to the year of 2012, time again for us to make some lists again. Today comes the Top 10 Best Movies of 2012. If you love movies, you must find that there are a wealth of memorable films worthy to love on 2012, like The Dark Knight Rises, Argo, Life of Pi, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, etc. Now let us check out the new list of 10 best films of 2012. If your favorites are on the list, just sound off in the comments section below!

1. The Dark Knight Rises 

If someone asks you which one is the real movie in 2012, your answer is surely The Dark Knight Rises. Yes indeed, no other movie could be competitive with it! It is an endless 4-year wait to see the release of this most-anticipated movie after the tremendous success of The Dark Knight. As the ending movie of Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises is proven to never let us down.

In the movie, Bruce Wayne will end his career as Batman in a totally unexpected way. After the death of Harvey Dent, Batman has disappeared in Gotham until the coming of Bane. However, in a fight against Bane, Batman is serious wounded and jailed in a well where he learned the strength of fear. When he is free, he needs to stop Bane and his crazy nuclear plan. Excellent in plot and profound in meaning, this film puts the Dark Knight franchise up there as one of the best superhero film series ever.

2. Argo 

It would be shocking to hear someone who had seen this movie yet say it wasn't good. There are three great and surprisingly suspenseful movies this year about known historical event. Argo is absolutely one of them, just besides Lincoln, Zero Dark. As a terrific, nail-biting thriller, Argo is grounded on the true story of how an extraction specialist from the CIA tried to get U.S. diplomats out from 1970s Iran. Ben Affleck directed this film brilliantly. Truthfully, Argo is the only movie this year that kept me on the edge of my seat from the beginning to the end.

3. Life of Pi 

Personally, I was never a fan of Yann Martel's book. The ending of the book feels too cruel and despair. However, I adore Ang Lee's adaptation for Martel's bestseller, which leaves the film ending more open to interpretation and hope. Possibly you got the same thought as me. From those playful and diorama-like scenes of Pi’s youth in India and his religious awakening, the movie captivates our imagination and never let go. Undeniably it is the best 3D movies in recent history, and even better then Avatar. The flying fish, the crazy island, that whale rising from the sea are giving a feast for our eyes. Its ideas about the power of the mind and the human capacity for survival make us inspiring never before.

4. The Avengers 

If you are a fan of comic book characters, The Avengers is a no-brainer. This all-star movie put the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow and Captain America together, making up a dream team called The Avengers to against the alien army troops. As an innovative superhero movie, it won over 1.5 billion dollars in worldwide box office and broke the records created by The The Dark Knight, The Avatar and Harry Potter. Absolutely, it is the best movie of 2012 and set a model for all other superhero movies.

5. Moonrise Kingdom 

Moonrise Kingdom is also a quite impressive film in 2012. This film is completely different from the other movies in my list here. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. Director Anderson is trying to return us to a simpler life and leaves us away from the inner battle between the fantasy we wish we lived in and the reality we can't escape.

6. The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey 

Though it is only been in theaters for less than two weeks, director Peter Jackson's The hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has already crossed the $500 million mark worldwide at the box office. It is widely seen the most expected film at the end of 2012. The film was truly spectacular in many cases, it brought many of the scenes that I has imagined in the book to life and even refined my perspective on them. The film atmosphere was spot on, the acting was excellent, the visuals are stunning and Bilbo was done excellently by Martin Freeman. So to speak, Peter Jackson has done a great job in capturing the soul of the Hobbit.

7. Les Miserables 

I am pretty sure you will soon stand up and applaud Les Miserables after watching it on the theatre. Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper is attempting to breathe new life and perspective into this Victor's classic 1862 novel. Set in the tumultuous era of nineteenth century France , this movie tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption-a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. It is completely a perfect vision of the epic tale and lives up to its title one of the best movies at the end of 2012.

8. Skyfall 

James Bond made a vibrant return after taking years off. After being abandoned in a secret mission, James Bond shows his loyalty to Madame M by voluntarily taking the mission to save the world from another conspiracy. As the latest member of the most successful spy movie series ever, Skyfall comes with great cinematography and an entertaining villain. There are so many highlights in the highly acclaimed movies, like the innovative and cool hi-tech products, the background of James Bond, all of which make this 007 movie become a classic of all time.

9. Lincoln 

The first time Lincoln comes out on the big screen. This film is Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner's warm, literate portrait of the 16th president in the last few months of the Civil War and of his life. Daniel Day Lewis is Abraham Lincoln, who gives an unbelievable performance. Sally Field's performance as Mary Todd Lincoln was incredibly emotional and also fully realized. This movie highlights the flaws and beauty of democracy and prove that with strong leadership and a passionate people, we can make change. Great movie to help us realize who we are!

10. The Hunger Games 

It is generally known that the success of The Hunger Games is totally out of expectations. Being a low-budget movie, it soon enjoy great popularity after released on March and wins over 408 million dollars in domestic box office. Based on the novel written by Susan Collins, The Hunger games mainly deals with the suffering of a girl name Katniss and a boy name Peeta in a fighting to death match. The victory of the movie also boosts the great selling of original books. It is a wonderful movie that should top on the year's best movie list.

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Movie Review: Argo

Believe it or not, Ben Affleck's Argo is the best movie of this year, at least it was to me. Just a matter of personal preference, I love those movies that make me think lots after I watch them on the movie theater. When I go out of the cinema, I still cannot believe the full satisfactions Argo offers to me. Its exciting and engrossing story really impresses me lots.

It seems that every year a crop of Hollywood buzz movies are trying to reflect and refract the real world just around us. In an era full of all kinds of political battles, political films also abound just like the Zero Dark Thirty, Lincon. To be sure, Argo is as a member of those serious political films.

Argo just tells a real story that happens in Iran in 1979. That time, the Iranian Revolution was sweeping the whole country. Angry people invaded the United States Embassy and took embassy staffs as the hostages. In the chaos, six American luckily escaped from the embassy and tried to look for the protections from the Canadian ambassador. They hide in the home of the ambassador for months and dare not step outside for fear of capture.

In order to rescue the trapped Americans, CIA is taking this case. Within the terrible situation that they could not figure out any way to save the trappers, CIA have no choice but adopt the idea providing by Tony Mendez (staring by Ben Affleck): posing as a filmmaker to smuggle the six escaped Americans out of chaotic yet tense Iran. Without doubt, the rescue adventure is quite difficult and full of thrills, close escapes and killer dangerous. If you have already went to the movie house for seeing Argo, I pretty sure you are feeling anxious about the fate of those six Americans until the ending of the movie.

It is widely believe that Ben Affleck performs quite great jobs both on director and actor. Talking about Argo itself, this rapid pace movie keeps viewers on the edges of their seats and always wondering what will happen next. Besides, Argo is struggling to stay close to reality and pay more attention to the details. Personally, this is the brightest spot in Argo. Nowadays, it is rare to see that one movie is making big push to preserve the actuality and give the film a realistic feeling. So to speak, Ben Affleck's genius on director brings up the success of Argo. Of course, Affleck also shows his charm and perfect performance on the big screen.

At this point, if you are seeking for a movie that makes you feel nervous and thrilling, Argo is no doubt the solid choice. Facing such a great film mixing of thrills, comedy and reality, I do believe you won't want to miss out on November. So why not go to movie theatre now? Argo is sure to fit your bill!