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Oscar Oscar: See the 82nd Academy Awards nominees below.  CampChuck predictions will be published March 1. Click the tabs at the top for published movie reviews, film festival related pieces, old Oscar newsletters, and non-movie-related photos. 

THE CampChuck REVIEWER
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Analysis and Predictions

The 82nd Annual
Academy Award
Nominations

Oscar night: Sunday, March 7th

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What is "The CampChuck Reviewer"? It is a 31 year old tradition of Oscar-tuned newsletters plus special travel editions by Charles N. Jaffee.

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Best Picture Best Director 
 Avatar  James Cameron
 Blind Side, The  
 District 9  
 Education, An  
 Hurt Locker, The  Kathryn Bigelow
 Inglourious Basterds  
 Precious  Lee Daniels
 Serious Man, A  Ethan & Joel Coen
 Up  
 Up in the Air  
   
 Best Actor  
 Jeff Bridges  Crazy Heart
 George Clooney  Up in the Air 
 Colin Firth  A Single Man 
 Morgan Freeman  Invictus 
 Jeremy Renner  The Hurt Locker
   
 Best Actress  
 Sandra Bullock  The Blind Side
 Helen Mirren  The Last Station
 Carey Mulligan  An Education
 Gabourey Sidibe  Precious
 Meryl Streep  Julie and Julia
   
 Best Supporting Actor  
 Matt Damon  Invictus
 Woody Harrelson  The Messenger
 Christopher Plummer  The Last Station
 Stanley Tucci  The Lovely Bones
 Christoph Waltz  Inglourious Basterds
   
 Best Supporting Actress  
 Penelope Cruz  Nine
 Vera Farmiga  Up in the Air
 Maggie Gyllenhaal  Crazy Heart
 Anna Kendrick  Up in the Air
 Mo'Nique  Precious

(Underlined nominees on 3/1 will equal CampChuck predictions)

Meryl Streep Cooks
at CampChuck Banquet
(see page 9)


CampChuck
Predictions

Underlined nominees in the list to the left will on 3/1 equal CampChuck predictions. Links to prediction pieces below will be available March 1.

Predicting 1 of 10, Not 1 of 5

Recovery / Re-covery

Top Ten of 2009

Best Picture / Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor

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Awards, Wild & Scenic Film Fest

No, Avatar, the biggest box office movie ever won’t steal the Gold.   The Hurt Locker and director Kathryn Bigelow win best of the year. It’s OK that sentimental favorite Bridges wins Best Actor, beating Colin Firth’s more delicate portrayal in A Single Man. Hoorah for Meryl, tasting her just desserts after 11 also-ran nominations since her last Oscar.  Mo’Nique let ugly pour onto the screen in the surest lock of the year.  Hm. Christoph Waltz’s fresh play at Nazi evil beats Christopher Plummer’s more substantive role as Leo Tolstoy.