Oscar Nomination Predictions

Here are my predictions as to who will be getting an Oscar nomination this year. Oh, and I don’t predict the shorts (live, animated or documentary). The official announcement is on Tuesday, January 25.

BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
Blue Valentine
The Fighter Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Robert Duvall (Get Low)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)

BEST ACTRESS
Annettte Bening (The Kids are All Right)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
Julianne Moore (The Kids are All Right)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Bill Murray (Get Low)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Danny Boyle (127 Hours)
Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours
Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids are All Right
The King’s Speech

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Life above All

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer
Exit through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
The Lottery
Waiting for Superman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

BEST FILM EDITING
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

BEST ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
Shutter Island

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Burlesque
The King’s Speech
True Grit 

BEST MAKEUP
Alice in Wonderland
Jonah Hex
The Wolfman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
127 Hours
Alice in Wonderland
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

BEST SONG
Coming Home (Country Strong)
If I Rise (127 Hours)
There’s a Place for Us (Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
We Belong Together (Toy Story 3)
You Haven’t See the Last of Me (Burlesque)

BEST SOUND EDITING
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network
True Grit

BEST SOUND
Inception
Iron Man 2
Tron: Legacy

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I
Inception
Iron Man 2
Tron: Legacy

UPCOMING REVIEWS: True Grit