So how many of you were rooting for Julianne Moore to win the Oscar?

She’s been nominated a number of times, but never won. In 2002, she was nominated for two Academy awards in the same year (Far from Heaven, and the Hours). Her choices are so varied, and so brave.  But the two films I love her the most in are “Trust the Man”, directed by her husband Bart Freundlich – a funny, sad, and entertaining movie with her character married to David Duchovny, who’s having an affair, and Maggie Gyllenhaal with Billy Crudup, as the perpetual child who won’t commit. The dinner scene where he meets Maggie’s new German boyfriend is hilarious.

But the movie I like her best in is “What Maisie Knew” – a beautiful independent film with Julianne Moore as a rock n roll singer, devoted to her child, going through a break up and custody battle with her partner (Steve Coogan). Maisie is a perceptive little girl who relies on her nanny and her mother’s new husband to gain stability in her life, while still loving her flawed parents.  Julianne’s scene as the mother who realizes what’s best for her child is amazing. Click here for the trailer…available on Netflix!