2005-6 GOLDEN GLOBES THE F&SN CRITIC PREDICTS… Every year the Golden Globes (aka “the pre-Oscars”) always get the drop on me.  I never post my predictions in time.  But this year is going to be different.  This year my predictions will be up in time for the announcement of the nominees.  As that announcement is tomorrow at 5 am, you’ll have to excuse the complete inaccuracy of all my predictions, due to my frantic haste.  Predicting the Golden Globes is, of course, always damn near impossible, considering few of the contenders have even seen theatrical release. December 13th, 2005: Correct predictions are highlighted in GOLD. Nominations that I could not predict are added in GREEN and prefaced by OOOPS.  (I predicted Felicity Huffman for Actress in a Comedy and Keira Knightley for Actress in a Drama...as it turns out, I had the predictions correct, but put had comedy and drama mixed up.  I'm still counting that as right!)  True to my word, my predictions were pretty shabby, except I got 4 out 5 for Best Director (go me!) and didn't do half bad with the actresses, although I had them scattered all over the wrong categories.
	Best Drama Brokeback Mountain Good Night, and Good Luck Match Point Munich Syriana OOPS!  A History of Violence MAYBE The New World Long shots: The Constant Gardener All the King’s Men Capote Cinderella Man Crash King Kong North Country Pride and Prejudice (comedy) Three Burials… Best Comedy/Musical In Her Shoes Rent Shopgirl *Walk the Line Weather Man, The OOPS!  Mrs. Henderson Presents Pride and Prejudice The Producers The Squid and the Whale MAYBES: Elizabethtown Upside of Anger, The Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Best Director Woody Allen, Match Point George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck Stephen Gaghan, Syriana Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Steven Spielberg, Munich OOOPS!  Peter Jackson, King Kong MAYBE:  Tommy Lee Jones, Three Burials Terence Malick, The New World James Mangold, Walk the Line Best Actor (Drama) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Tommy Lee Jones, Three Burials Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain Sean Penn, All the King’s Men David Strathairn, Good Night and Good Luck OOPS!  Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow MAYBES: George Clooney, Syriana Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Match Point “The Guy who showed his Wang in The Dreamers,” Last Days		Best Actress (Drama) Scartlet Johansson, Match Point (supporting actress) Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice (comedy) Charlize Theron, North Country Renee Zellweger, Cinderella Man “Some Lady,” “Some Art Movie I Never Got Around to Seeing” OOPS!  Maria Bello, History of Violence Felicity Huffman, Transamerica Gwyneth Paltrow, Proof Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha MAYBES:  “Pocahontas,” The New World (don’t ask me to try spelling that!) Jodie Foster, Flightplan Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener (supporting actress) Joan Allen, Yes Naomi Watts, King Kong Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) Nicholas Cage, The Weather Man Johnny Depp, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Steve Martin, Shopgirl Bill Murray, Broken Flowers *Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line OOPS!  Pierce Brosnan, The Matador Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale Nathan Lane, The Producers Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto MAYBES: “Some Poof,” Rent Kevin Costner, The Upside of Anger Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger Toni Collette, In Her Shoes Claire Danes, Shopgirl Felicity Huffmann, Transamerica (drama) *Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line OOPS!  Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale Sarah Jessica Parker, The Family Stone MAYBES:  Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown Best Supporting Actor Michael Caine, The Weather Man George Clooney, Syriana (oops...Good Night and Good Luck) Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, or Chris Cooper, Jarhead Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man Jeffrey Wright, Syriana OOOPS!  Matt Dillon, Crash Will Ferrell, The Producers Bob Hoskins, Mrs. Henderson Presents MAYBE:  Jude Law, All the King’s Men Jack Black, King Kong Tim Blake Nelson, Syriana Jason Schwartzman, Shopgirl Best Supporting Actress Catherine Keener, Capote Shirley Maclaine, In Her Shoes Frances McDormand, North Country Emily Mortimer, Match Point Someone Obscure, “Something Obscure” (Junebug?) OOOPS!  Scarlett Johansson, Match Point Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener MAYBE:  Tilda Swinton, Narnia The woman who isn’t Anne Hathaway, Brokeback Mountain (Michelle Williams)
					Best Screenplay Woody Allen, Match Point George Clooney and “Writer,” Good Night and Good Luck Stephan Gaghan, Syriana “Writer,” Brokeback Mountain “Writer,” Capote MAYBES:  Paul Haggis, Crash Terry Malick, The New World “Writer,” Constant Gardener, The “Writer,” Walk the Line “Writer,” Munich “Writer,” Three Burials… Steve Martin, Shopgirl Best Foreign Film Uh…Saraband? Best Score (This is the sound of me reaching) King Kong Munich New World, The Oh, I give up. OOOPS!  Brokeback Mountain Narnia Geisha Syriana Best Song Award-winning songs in movies tend to be crap.  So I predict one of those wavy-gravy ethereal Enya knockoffs from “Chronicles of Narnia.” If we’re lucky, The Elfman will be up for one of his charming ditties from “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” or “Corpse Bride.” OOPS!  Brokeback Mountain Christmas in Love The Producers Transamerica