Oscar Predictions and Picks for the 85th Academy Awards

The 85th Academy Awards ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. on Feb. 24 on ABC.

Bayside Douglaston Patch’s editor has provided a rundown below of the nominees as well as which films he believes will win and which he thinks should win.

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And the nominees are…

Best Picture

Nominees: Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Will Win: Argo

Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

Nominees: Michael Haneke (Amour), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Will Win: Steven Spielberg

Should Win: Michael Haneke

Best Actor

Nominees: Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables) Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln), Joaquin Phoenix (The Master), Denzel Washington (Flight)

Will Win: Daniel Day Lewis

Should Win: Joaquin Phoenix

Best Actress

Nominees: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence

Should Win: Jessica Chastain

Best Supporting Actor

Nominees: Alan Arkin (Argo), Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Will Win: Tommy Lee Jones

Should Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Best Supporting Actress

Nominees: Amy Adams (The Master), Sally Field (Lincoln), Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Helen Hunt (The Sessions), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)

Will Win: Anne Hathaway

Should Win: Anne Hathaway

Best Animated Film

Nominees: Brave, Frankenweenie, ParaNorman, The Pirates: Band of Misfits, Wreck It Ralph

Will Win: Frankenweenie

Should Win: Brave

Cinematography

Nominees: Anna Karenina, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Skyfall

Will Win: Life of Pi

Should Win: Life of Pi

Costume Design

Nominees: Anna Karenina, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Mirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman

Will Win: Anna Karenina

Should Win: Les Miserables

Documentary

Nominees: 5 Broken Cameras, The Gatekeepers, How to Survive a Plague, The Invisible War, Searching for Sugar Man

Will Win: Searching for Sugar Man

Should Win: Searching for Sugar Man

Editing

Nominees: Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty

Will Win: Argo

Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty

Foreign Language Film

Nominees: Amour, Kon Tiki, No, A Royal Affair, War Witch

Will Win: Amour

Should Win: Amour

Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees: Hitchcock, The Hobbit, Les Miserables

Will Win: Les Miserables

Should Win: Les Miserables

Original Score

Nominees: Anna Karenina, Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Skyfall

Will Win: Life of Pi

Should Win: Lincoln 

Original Song

Nominees: Before My Time (from “Chasing Ice), Everybody Needs a Best Friend (from “Ted”), Pi’s Lullaby (from “Life of Pi”), Skyfall (from “Skyfall”), Suddenly (from “Les Miserables”)

Will Win: Skyfall

Should Win: Skyfall

Production Design

Nominees: Anna Karenina, The Hobbit, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln

Will Win: Life of Pi

Should Win: Life of Pi

Sound Editing

Nominees: Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty

Will Win: Skyfall

Should Win: Zero Dark Thirty

Sound Mixing

Nominees: Argo, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Skyfall

Will Win: Les Miserables

Should Win: Les Miserables

Visual Effects

Nominees: The Hobbit, Life of Pi, The Avengers, Prometheus, Snow White and the Huntsman

Will Win: Life of Pi

Should Win: Life of Pi

Original Screenplay

Nominees: Amour, Django Unchained, Flight, Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty

Will Win: Django Unchained

Should Win: Django Unchained

Adapted Screenplay

Nominees: Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook

Will Win: Lincoln

Should Win: Lincoln