The Forecast: Oscars 2011

Sure, it’s still at least eight months away, but the Oscars are back in the news because of the possibility of moving up the telecast to January (which I think is a great idea–and so does Movieline). So, inspired by In Contention (which is the best place for awards and film festival coverage, though /Film still does the best film news and podcasts), here are my extremely early Oscar predictions. Talk about your disagreements, predictions and controversies in the comments.

BEST PICTURE

Conviction

Everything You’ve Got

The Fighter

Inception

The Social Network

Somewhere

Toy Story 3

The Tree of Life

True Grit

The Way Back

BEST DIRECTOR

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

Terence Malick, The Tree of Life

Christopher Nolan, Inception

David O. Russell, The Fighter

Peter Weir, The Way Back


BEST ACTOR

Casey Affleck, The Killer Inside Me

Jeff Bridges, True Grit

George Clooney, The American

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

BEST ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs

Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go

Julia Roberts, Eat Pray Love

Hilary Swank, Conviction

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter

Bill Murray, Get Low

Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

Sam Rockwell, Conviction

Geoffrey Rush, The Way Back

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emily Blunt, The Adjustment Bureau

Elle Fanning, Somewhere

Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go

Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass

Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Shutter Island

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

The Way Back

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Another Year

Conviction

Everything You’ve Got

The Fighter

Somewhere

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3