Oscar Nominations - Predictions

For your consideration for Best Picture:
ANNA KARENINA

So this is my yearly attempt at guessing the nominations for the Academy Awards. I like to think I usually do pretty damn good. The Best Picture nods can range from 5-10 possible nominees, and this year I believe it's going to have a full 10.

BEST PICTURE
AMOUR
ARGO
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
LES MISERABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
THE MASTER
MOONRISE KINGDOM
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
ZERO DARK THIRTY

For your consideration: ANNA KARENINA for it's ingenious take on the theatrical in a film.

FYC: Paul Thomas Anderson for
THE MASTER

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck for ARGO
Kathryn Bigelow for ZERO DARK THIRTY
Michael Haneke for AMOUR
Tom Hooper for LES MISERABLES
Stephen Spielberg for LINCOLN

For your consideration: Paul Thomas Anderson for THE MASTER for his sighs and growls, his calm and his rage. 

FYC: Omar Sy in THE INTOUCHABLES

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Daniel Day-Lewis in LINCOLN
Hugh Jackman in LES MISERABLES
Joaquin Phoenix in THE MASTER
Denzel Washington in FLIGHT

For your consideration: Omar Sy in THE INTOUCHABLES for his humor, kindness, and providing the most charisma of any actor in the last few years.

FYC: Keira Knightley in
ANNA KARENINA

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain in ZERO DARK THIRTY
Marion Cotillard in RUST & BONE
Jennifer Lawrence in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Emmanuelle Riva in AMOUR
Quvenzhane Wallis in BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

For your consideration: Keira Knightley in ANNA KARENINA for bringing depth, darkness, and originality to classic period pieces.

FYC: Ezra Miller in
THE PERKS OF BEING
A WALLFLOWER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin in ARGO
Javier Bardem in SKYFALL
Robert De Niro in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Philip Seymour Hoffman in THE MASTER
Tommy Lee Jones in LINCOLN

For your consideration: Ezra Miller in THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER for finally allowing a comedic gay role to not be overcome by stereotypes or generalizations.

FYC: Samantha Barks
in LES MISERABLES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams in THE MASTER
Sally Field in LINCOLN
Anne Hathaway in LES MISERABLES
Helen Hunt in THE SESSIONS
Nicole Kidman in THE PAPERBOY

For your consideration: Samantha Barks in LES MISERABLES for delivering a spotless "On My Own" and trumping many of the big Hollywood names in the film... I mean, besides Hathaway.