The movie year 2008 has come to an end, and now that awards season is upon us I'd like to mention some of my favorite performances of the year, selected from those who are not being nominated, toasted and otherwise glorified but nevertheless rocked my movie going experience with their exceptional portrayals and magic moments on screen. Here they are, in no particular order. Got any of your own? If so, I'd love to hear about them.
David Strathairn -Officer Arnie Copeland in "My Blueberry Nights"
Bee Vang - Thao Lor in "Gran Torino"
Jeffrey Wright - Muddy Waters in "Cadillac Records" and Colin Powell in "W." (talk about range!)
James Franco - Scott Smith in "Milk"
Catinca Untaru - Alexandria in "The Fall"
Tannishtha Chatterjee - Nazneen Ahmed in "Brick Lane"
David Gulpilil (Prince George) and Brandon Walters (Nullah) - "Australia"
Christine Baranski - Tanya in "Mamma Mia"
Ben Whishaw - Sebastian Flyte in "Brideshead Revisited"
Toby Kebbell - Johnny Quid in "RocknRolla"
Eddie Alderson - Sanford Clark in "Changeling"
David Kross and Ralph Fiennes- both as Michael Berg in "The Reader"
Dev Patel - Jamal Malik in "Slumdog Millionaire"
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