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Looking at potential Best Picture contenders

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We’re coming to the very end of June folks. Much like I said last year at the start of July, it’s one thing to read early Academy Award predictions to see what folks like myself think will happen at the end of the year, but it’s another thing entirely to actually know which films will be in contention. To that end, once a week (or maybe twice a week in certain situations) for the next month or so I’ll be running down some of the major contenders in each Oscar category. Basically, the format will have me saying a few words about what/who I feel are the top tier contenders right now in said categories, along with a longer list afterwards of many of the other hopefuls. Consider this a sort of pre awards season cheat sheet for you all. Today I’m beginning with the big one, of course…Best Picture. Here are the ten films that I have right now cracking the Best Picture lineup: 1. La La Land – At this point, more or less any fall/winter release is a viable Best Picture winner, but something has me thinking that this modern musical could be the one to beat. Writer/director Damien Chazelle, along with stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone seem like a tremendous team, so I’d watch them in anything, but this sort of tribute to a time in Hollywood gone by? I’m all in, and if the early word turns out as positive as I think it might, we might have a juggernaut on our hands. It’s just a hunch, but this is as good as any to label a frontrunner. 2. Silence – Easily the most widely predicted early winner, this passion project from Martin Scorsese has plenty going in its favor. A juicy role for Liam Neeson, plum ones for Adam Driver and Andrew Garfield as well, along with Scorsese scratching an itch to finally put this project before cameras. It’s easily the classiest player in 2016, so it’s hard to argue with, and certainly could be a huge contender. Watch out for this one, obviously. 3. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk – Ever since I read the book, I saw lots of potential in Ang Lee adapting this novel, but the early Trailer makes it seem like he’s outdone himself. Newcomer Joe Alwyn, Steve Martin, and Kristen Stewart have baity roles, while Lee shooting war in a whole new [...]

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