Oscar Predictions and Picks

The 84th Academy Awards will kick off at 7 p.m. on ABC this Sunday.

Check out Douglaston Patch’s editor’s picks for which movies he believes will win the Oscar as well as the ones he thinks should win.

Please post your comments in the section provided below and stop by the site tomorrow morning to vote in Patch’s Best Picture poll.

Best Picture

Nominees: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, War Horse

Will Win: The Artist

Should Win: The Tree of Life

Best Director

Nominees: Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Alexander Payne (The Descendants), Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Will Win: Martin Scorsese

Should Win: Terrence Malick

Best Actor

Nominees: Demian Bichir (A Better Life), George Clooney (The Descendants), Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Will Win: Brad Pitt

Should Win: Jean Dujardin

Best Actress

Nominees: Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Viola Davis (The Help), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Will Win: Viola Davis

Should Win: Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor

Nominees: Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn), Jonah Hill (Moneyball), Nick Nolte (Warrior), Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

Will Win: Christopher Plummer

Should Win: Christopher Plummer

Best Supporting Actress

Nominees: Berenice Bejo (The Artist), Jessica Chastain (The Help), Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs), Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Will Win: Octavia Spencer

Should Win: Jessica Chastain (for an all-around outstanding year, including work in “The Tree of Life” and “Take Shelter”)

Best Original Screenplay

Nominees: The Artist, Bridesmaids, Margin Call, Midnight in Paris, A Separation

Will Win: Midnight in Paris

Should Win: Midnight in Paris

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nominees: The Descendants, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Will Win: The Descendants

Should Win: The Descendants

Best Foreign Film

Nominees: Bullhead (Belgium), Monsieur Lazhar (Canada), A Separation (Iran), Footnote (Israel), In Darkness (Poland)

Will Win: A Separation

Should Win: A Separation

Best Documentary

Nominees: Hell and Back Again, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Pina, Undefeated

Will Win: Pina

Should Win: Pina

Best Animated Film

Nominees: A Cat in Paris, Chico and Rita, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Rango

Will Win: Rango

Should Win: Rango

Best Cinematography

Nominees: The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, The Tree of Life, War Horse

Will Win: The Tree of Life

Should Win: The Tree of Life

Best Editing

Nominees: The Artist, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Moneyball

Will Win: The Artist

Should Win: Hugo

Best Art Direction

Nominees: The Artist, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, War Horse

Will Win: Hugo

Should Win: Hugo

Best Makeup

Nominees: Albert Nobbs, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, The Iron Lady

Will Win: The Iron Lady
Should Win: The Iron Lady

Best Costume Design

Nominees: Anonymous, The Artist, Hugo, Jane Eyre, W.E.

Will Win: Hugo

Should Win: Hugo

Best Sound Editing

Nominees: Drive, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, War Horse

Will Win: Hugo

Should Win: Drive

Best Sound Mixing

Nominees: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, Moneyball, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, War Horse

Will Win: Hugo

Should Win: Hugo

Best Score

Nominees: The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, Hugo, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, War Horse

Will Win: The Artist

Should Win: The Artist

Best Song

Nominees: “Man or Muppet” (The Muppets), “Real in Rio” (Rio)

Will Win: “Man or Muppet”

Should Win: “Man or Muppet”

Best Visual Effects

Nominees: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, Hugo, Real Steel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Will Win: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Should Win: Hugo

Those Who Should Have Been Nominated This Year, But Were Not:

Best Actor: Michael Fassbender (Shame), Michael Shannon (Take Shelter), Ryan Gosling (Drive)

Best Actress: Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method), Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks (Drive), Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life)

Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life)

Best Foreign Film: Le Havre

Best Documentary: The Interrupters, Project Nim

Best Score: Drive