Advance Warning: Best Actor/Actress Contenders

We're all guilty of Oscar-watching. We anticipate the end-of-the-year releases so we'll know where to put our money on. Since most of the films vying for the golden statue have already released their trailers, it's easier for us to judge the films. Two of my most anticipated categories are Best Actor and Best Actress. Judging by the trailers alone, here are my top five contenders from each category.

Best Actor Contenders:

Michael Fassbender, Shame

Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar

Woody Harrelson, Rampart

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Best Actress Contenders:

Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Meryll Streep, The Iron Lady

Charlize Theron, Young Adult

Michelle Yeoh, The Lady

Advance Warning: We Need To Talk About Kevin

It is but right that I feature my most anticipated film in Advance Warning. When I heard about We Need To Talk About Kevin during this year's Cannes Film Festival, I was immediately hooked. It doesn't hurt that it stars my most favorite actress, Tilda Swinton. Everyone is buzzing about her performance in Lynne Ramsay's adaption of a novel about a fictional school massacre told through the perspective of the killer's mother. The mother, of course, is played by the versatile Tilda Swinton. We Need To Talk About Kevin joins the long list of films about school murders like Elephant, Bowling for Columbine, Polytechnique, and Beautiful Boy. What separates We Need To Talk About Kevin from the rest of the pack is that it is played out like a thriller, a cautionary tale, a horror film.

Aside from the chilling trailer above, the promotional posters of this film are probably some of the best I've seen this year. See below.

Advance Warning: We Need To Talk About Kevin

Director: Lynne Ramsay

Starring: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller