Comments on: Oscars: Can Anyone Beat Philip Seymour Hoffman To Best Supporting Actor?

By: Thais Andrade

Thais Andrade — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I think all these names are likely to appear but Matthew McConaughey for Magic Mike is just such a long shot.

By: Tino

Tino — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

Tommy Lee Jones plays Thaddeus Stevens not Ulysses S Grant.

By: anna

anna — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I agree with the list but in my opinion Matthew McConaughey deserves a nomination for Killer Joe instead of Magic Mike. He was excelent in both but his performance in Killer Joe is probably one of the best of the year.

By: J.T.Galloway

J.T.Galloway — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

Frank Grillo in The Grey. That's the problem with award season, all the Oscar baiting films are released and the years early, great performances are forgotten. Neeson for best actor too for The Grey.

By: d

Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I really don't get why he'll be in the supporting category. Besides the fact that he has a better chance at winning.

By: shark

shark — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I think Bruce Willis was brilliant in Moonrise Kingdom, and I hope Focus Features campaigns for him, HARD.

By: Manuela Ferreira

Manuela Ferreira — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I think itÂ´s time for Leonardo DiCaprio to win something after so many great performances.It seams the critics each year decide to postpone to the next occasion.Is it because they know he will be nominated again and again and again?And the Academy always follows the trend of each Award season.How unfair is this?

By: jimmiescoffee

jimmiescoffee — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

since you mentioned it, dammit if 'Lawless' hasn't been underrated and unfairly dismissed

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

That would be an extraordinary supporting actor category with all five of them being typically leading men.

By: Prize

Prize — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I can see de Niro stealing it from psh. Having seen spb at tiff he is very good and it is like others have said his most engaged performance in a decade but not as transformative as psh.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

Phillip Seymour Hoffman is superbly phenomenal, a truly hypnotic charismatic in "The Master." And I wouldn't necessarily exclude Phoenix from attaining the coveted Best Actor. Watch "The Master" what a performance of feral magnetism and deranged lunacy. I'm straying towards P.T.A in the acting categories this year.

By: Lezlie

Lezlie — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I would vote for DiCaprio. He's an excellent actor, and I really think he should have won for The Aviator. And, he wasn't nominated for his work in The Departed, which in my opinion is superior to his (also great) performance in Blood Diamond. If there wasn't that stupid rule that a person can't get nominated more than once in the same category in a year, he might as well would have benn nominated for both (although, I would still give Withaker the win that year). So yes, I'm really hoping for Leonardo.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I know these performances have no chance, but Valeriu Andriuta in 'Beyond the Hills', Tadashi Okuno in 'Like Someone in Love', Thomas Haden Church in 'Killer Joe' and Niels Arestrup in 'Our Children' were all phenomenal. Of the supporting performances I have seen this year, these were the most impressive, with Okuno and Church being range and nuance to potentially one-note roles. Then again, I don't quite get what was all that impressive about Dwight Henry and William H. Macy in their performances, despite their critical accolades: they were fine, but let down by the limitations of their roles (the former seemingly being told to SHOUT 'HUSHPUPPY' every five seconds, and the later an obvious audience surrogate, just there to ask all the right questions in a sloppy screenplay).

By: Frencheagermoviebuff

Frencheagermoviebuff — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

It's of course too early to hope anything for Leo DiCaprio's performance, because the movie hasn't been seen yet, but I really wish him on the final list. I mean, he's one of the best in the business, not only right now but for a long time and since his first roles. Some think he's overrated, I would'nt say so (even if I wasn't that impressed by his turns in "The Departed" and "Inception"). But he's still a magnificent comedian, who really needed a change after all that depressing and dead wives' movies. So we'll see, "Django Unchained"'s villain could give him some new credit.

I'm french, but that doesn't stop me to think giving Jujardin an award, despite his relatively limited talent and poor career before "The Artist" and over men like Leo or Gary Oldman, makes me want to puke !

Leo is, as he said someday, a "lucky bastard", with extraordinary range and charming I would add. Well, not lucky in the world of the Academy Awards. He was not even nominated last year, when the lead group was not that great (I confess I didn't see the Demian Bachir's film, but Oldman deserved a oscar, by far in my opinion). And he should have won in 1994 for "What's eating Gilbert Grape?" in the supporting actors' category, which additional was one of the most tremendous list of the all AA's history : Malkovitch, Postlethwaite, Fiennes… What he did before his 18 is miraculous and one of the most beautiful things that I saw done by an actor !

I doubt he will win over PSH, who I also adore, or De Niro, but who knows in the time of the year ! Sorry it was long, kiss from France.

By: frencheagermoviebuff

frencheagermoviebuff — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

Sorry, three mistakes : "Too early to hope someting", "I wouldn't say so", "who knows in this time of year".

By: kim

kim — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

Jude Law in Anna Karenina his mild mannered and restrained performance is simply incredible.

By: Sean C.

Sean C. — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I think Russell Crowe is one to watch. If he impresses sufficiently in the singing department, the novelty will get him a lot of notice.

By: eduardo

eduardo — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

not sure on McCounaghey yet… it's the kind of performance that Globes and maybe even SAG could end up loving, but AMPAS? =/

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

I know the voters would not probably think about the distributor studios when they voted, but will they nominate three supporting actors from one studio, The Weinstein Company: De Niro, DiCaprio, and Hoffman.

Regarding De Niro, I might be biased because I don't really like him and I haven't seen him in Silver Linings Playbook, but I just hope that he earns his nomination because he's that good not just because he's everyone's favorite actor and tailgating in an Oscar contender movie.

By: randall gerber

randall gerber — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:22:26 +0000

no one can beat philip seymour hoffman ,maybe leonardo dicaprio but he'a(hoffman) too damn good.best supporting nominees are:arkin,crowe,deniro,dicaprio,hoffman.