Everything has been going
Argo's way so far this season, but it might face a road block at tonight's Screen Actors Guild Awards. Actors make up the largest portion of the Academy's voting membership, and while a Best Ensemble win is not out of the cards for
Argo's excellent cast, it's not favoured to win anything from SAG.
Rather, the two films poised to get the biggest boost from tonight's proceeding are
Argo's stiffest competition for the Best Picture Oscar:
Silver Linings Playbook and
Lincoln. Either of these movies is in good standing to win the Best Ensemble category (with a slight edge to
SLP), and both are first in line to collect a Lead Acting award as well. They'll probably be duking it out in Best Supporting Actor, although that category could go a completely different direction.
The only other film that seems assured of a win is
Les Miserables for Anne Hathaway's Oscar destined performance. Still, Sally Field continues to feel like a legitimate dark horse.
Here's hoping
Skyfall's fearless daredevils can triumph in the Stunt Ensemble category.
My predictions after the cut.
Best Ensemble: Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis,
Lincoln
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence,
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro,
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway,
Les Miserables
Best Stunt Ensemble: Skyfall
As with the Globes, I'll be live-blogging tonight's SAG Awards.
