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Still not sure who to pick in the Oscar pool? Here’s what Kenneth Turan and Kevin Thomas think.

March 25, 2001

THE BIG 8 Picture Kenneth Turan: Titanic Kevin Thomas: Titanic Actress Kenneth Turan: Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets) Kevin Thomas: Hunt Actor Kenneth Turan: Robert Duvall (The Apostle) Kevin Thomas: Peter Fonda (Ulee’s Gold) Supporting Actress Kenneth Turan: Gloria Stuart (Titanic) Kevin Thomas: Gloria Stuart Supporting Actor Kenneth Turan: Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting) Kevin Thomas: Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights) Director Kenneth Turan: James Cameron (Titanic) Kevin Thomas: Cameron Original Screenplay Kenneth Turan: Good Will Hunting (Ben Affleck & Matt Damon) Kevin Thomas: As Good As It Gets (Mark Andrus & James L.

March 22, 1998

THE BIG 8 Picture Kenneth Turan: Apollo 13 Kevin Thomas: Apollo 13 Hollywood Consensus: Apollo 13 Actress Kenneth Turan: Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) Kevin Thomas: Susan Sarandon Hollywood Consensus: Susan Sarandon Actor Kenneth Turan: Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) Kevin Thomas: Nicolas Cage Hollywood Consensus: Nicolas Cage Supporting Actress Kenneth Turan: Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility) Kevin Thomas: Joan Allen (Nixon) Hollywood Consensus: Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) Supporting Actor Kenneth Turan: Ed Harris (Apollo 13) Kevin Thomas: Ed Harris Hollywood Consensus: Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) Director Kenneth Turan: Mel Gibson (Braveheart) Kevin Thomas: Mel Gibson Hollywood Consensus: Mel Gibson Original Screenplay Kenneth Turan: The Usual Suspects (Christopher McQuarrie) Kevin Thomas: The Usual Suspects Hollywood Consensus: Braveheart (Randall Wallace) Adapted Screenplay Kenneth Turan: Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson) Kevin Thomas: Sense and Sensibility Hollywood Consensus: Sense and Sensibility THE REST Foreign-Language Film Kenneth Turan: Antonia’s Line (the Netherlands) Kevin Thomas: Antonia’s Line Art Direction Kenneth Turan: Restoration (Eugenio Zanetti) Kevin Thomas: Little Princess (Bo Welch, art direction; Cheryl Carasik, set decoration) Cinematography Kenneth Turan: Braveheart (John Toll) Kevin Thomas: Braveheart Costume Design Kenneth Turan: Sense and Sensibility (Jenny Beavan and John Bright) Kevin Thomas: Richard III (Shuna Harwood) Documentary Feature Kenneth Turan: Anne Frank Remembered (Jon Blair) Kevin Thomas: Anne Frank Remembered Documentary Short Subject Kenneth Turan: Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper (Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock) Kevin Thomas: The Shadow of Hate (Charles Guggenheim) Film Editing Kenneth Turan: Apollo 13 (Mike Hill and Dan Hanley) Kevin Thomas: Seven (William Hoy) Makeup Kenneth Turan: Braveheart (Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison and Lois Burwell) Kevin Thomas: Braveheart Original Musical or Comedy Score Kenneth Turan: Pocahontas (Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz) Kevin Thomas: Pocahontas Original Dramatic Score Kenneth Turan: The Postman (Il Postino), Luis Bacalov Kevin Thomas: Braveheart (James Horner) Original Song Kenneth Turan: Colors of the Wind (Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, “Pocahontas”) Kevin Thomas: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman (Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams and Robert John “Mutt” Lange, “Don Juan DeMarco”) Animated Short Kenneth Turan: A Close Shave (Nick Park) Kevin Thomas: A Close Shave Live-Action Short Kenneth Turan: Tuesday Morning Ride (Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan) Kevin Thomas: Little Surprises (Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg) Sound Kenneth Turan: Apollo 13 (Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan and David MacMillan) Kevin Thomas: Batman Forever (Donald O.

March 24, 1996

Picture Kenneth Turan: The English Patient Kevin Thomas: The English Patient Hollywood Consensus * : The English Patient * ACTRESS Kenneth Turan: Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) Kevin Thomas: Brenda Blethyn Hollywood Consensus: Frances McDormand (Fargo) * ACTOR Kenneth Turan: Geoffrey Rush (Shine) Kevin Thomas: Geoffrey Rush Hollywood Consensus: Geoffrey Rush * SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kenneth Turan: Lauren Bacall (The Mirror Has Two Faces) Kevin Thomas: Lauren Bacall Hollywood Consensus: Lauren Bacall * SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Turan: Cuba Gooding Jr.

March 23, 1997

The Big 6 PICTURE Kenneth Turan: “Schindler’s List” Peter Rainer: “Schindler’s List” Kevin Thomas: “Schindler’s List” Hollywood consensus: “Schindler’s List” ACTOR Kenneth Turan: Tom Hanks, “Philadelphia” Peter Rainer: Daniel Day-Lewis, “In the Name of the Father” Kevin Thomas: Tom Hanks, “Philadelphia” Hollywood consensus: Tom Hanks, “Philadelphia” ACTRESS Kenneth Turan: Holly Hunter, “The Piano” Peter Rainer: Stockard Channing, “Six Degrees of Separation” Kevin Thomas: Holly Hunter, “The Piano” Hollywood consensus: Holly Hunter, “The Piano” SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Turan: Ralph Fiennes, “Schindler’s List” Peter Rainer: Pete Postlethwaite, “In the Name of the Father” Kevin Thomas: Tommy Lee Jones, “The Fugitive” Hollywood consensus: Tommy Lee Jones, “The Fugitive” SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kenneth Turan: Anna Paquin, “The Piano” Peter Rainer: Rosie Perez, “Fearless” Kevin Thomas: Anna Paquin, “The Piano” Hollywood consensus: Winona Ryder, “The Age of Innocence” DIRECTOR Kenneth Turan: Steven Spielberg, “Schindler’s List” Peter Rainer: Steven Spielberg, “Schindler’s List” Kevin Thomas: Steven Spielberg, “Schindler’s List” Hollywood consensus: Steven Spielberg, “Schindler’s List” The Rest ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Kenneth Turan: Jane Campion, “The Piano” Peter Rainer: Jeff Maguire, “In the Line of Fire” Kevin Thomas: Jane Campion, “The Piano” ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Kenneth Turan: Steven Zaillian, “Schindler’s List” Peter Rainer: Terry George and Jim Sheridan, “In the Name of the Father” Kevin Thomas: Steven Zaillian, “Schindler’s List” FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Kenneth Turan: “Belle Epoque” (Spain) Peter Rainer: “Farewell My Concubine” (Hong Kong) Kevin Thomas: “Farewell My Concubine” (Hong Kong) ART DIRECTION Kenneth Turan: “The Age of Innocence” (Dante Ferretti--art, Robert J.

March 20, 1994

THE BIG 6 Picture Kenneth Turan: Forrest Gump Kevin Thomas: Forrest Gump Peter Rainer: Forrest Gump TimesLink consensus: Forrest Gump Hollywood consensus: Forrest Gump Actor Kenneth Turan: Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) Kevin Thomas: Tom Hanks Peter Rainer: Tom Hanks TimesLink consensus: Tom Hanks Hollywood consensus: Tom Hanks Supporting Actor Kenneth Turan: Martin Landau (Ed Wood) Kevin Thomas: Martin Landau Peter Rainer: Martin Landau TimesLink consensus: Martin Landau Hollywood consensus: Martin Landau Actress Kenneth Turan: Jessica Lange (Blue Sky) Kevin Thomas: Jessica Lange Peter Rainer: Jessica Lange TimesLink consensus: Jodie Foster (Nell) Hollywood consensus: Jessica Lange Supporting Actress Kenneth Turan: Dianne Wiest (Bullets Over Broadway) Kevin Thomas: Dianne Wiest Peter Rainer: Dianne Wiest TimesLink consensus: Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction) Hollywood consensus: Dianne Wiest Director Kenneth Turan: Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) Kevin Thomas: Robert Zemeckis Peter Rainer: Robert Zemeckis Hollywood consensus: Robert Zemeckis * TimesLine consensus is a poll of on-line subscribers; 869 voted their Oscar picks in the top five categories.

March 26, 1995

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Dec. 22, 2011

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Jan. 4, 2012