Submitted by Tom Batten on January 8, 2012 - 1:25pm
Hey Velocipedes! Award season is right around the corner, so I thought maybe it would be fun to share some of Velocity Comic's official Oscar predictions with you all! I can say with a high, high, high degree of certainty that this years big winner will be one of the following:
Paul
Red Riding Hood
The Green Hornet
The Beaver
The Lincoln Lawyer
Sucker Punch
Hop
Arthur
Scream 4
Water For Elephants
Fast Five
Hanna
Soul Surfer
Thor
Source Code
Bridesmaids
The Hangover: Part 2
Jumping the Broom
Tree of Life
Priest
Bad Teacher
Super 8
X-Men First Class
Green Lantern
Cars 2
Larry Crowne
Winnie the Pooh
Friends With Benefits
Captain America
The Smurfs
The Sitter
The Help
Mr. Popper's Penguins
War Horse
The Artist
The Change-Up
Conan the Barbarian
Fright Nght
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Abduction
Moneyball
Drive
Johnny English
Dolphin Tale
Real Steel
Footloose
Contagion
Puss in Boots
Tower Heist
Jack and Jill
Happy Feet 2
The Muppets
Hugo
Arthur Christmas
New Years Eve
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The Adventures of Tin Tin
We Bought a Zoo
Young Adult
Trust me, it's going to be one of those. Most anticipated film of 2012? You'll be shocked when tell you it's not Dark Knight Rises, Avengers, or Prometheus...It's Larry Crowne 2: Ghost Participation! Larry Crowne get's a job teaching unruly teenage ghosts in the ghetto how to spook on their own terms. March 2012.
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It's all part of the process...
Tom Batten
