hitchcock
The Best Makeup and Hairstyling award has been one of the most unpredictable awards to date, as there are barely any precursor awards. The academy usually picks the best makeup based on how much prosthetics are used throughout film and they never go for subtle makeup. The category also remains the only race in the awards to only chose three nominees. Previous winners include "The Iron Lady," "The Wolfman," "Star Trek," and "The Curious case of Benjamin Button."
The Screen Actors Guild Awards have always been a good indicator of who the acting awards will go to at the Oscars. This year, however, only 14 out of 20 SAG nominees matched the corresponding Oscar categories. Still the actors who are currently frontrunners for their respective categories were nominated and should continue to get a huge boost from a SAG win.
Ultimately, "Hitchcock" proves entertaining, but hardly satisfying. Helen Mirren's performance is engrossing and heartfelt, but the treatment of the film's central icon feels superficially handled by the script and filmmakers. Some fans of the historic director will surely get a laugh out of the scarce nods and hints toward his movies, but this film is not likely to linger long afterward.