So this upcoming Sunday will be the Academy Awards.  Unfortunately this week we were unable to get together and record our usual podcast.  We were planning on revealing our predictions for the awards.  So here are our predictions for the awards in written form for you to enjoy.

Best Picture

• Avatar (James Cameron & Jon Landau)
• The Blind Side (Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove & Broderick Johnson)
• District 9 (Peter Jackson & Carolynne Cunningham)
• An Education (Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey)
• The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, Marl Boal, Nicholas Chartier & Greg Shapiro)
  
• Inglorious Basterds (Lawrence Bender)
• Precious (Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness &Gary Magness)
• A Serious Man (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
• Up (Jonas Rivera)
• Up In The Air (Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman & Jason Reitman)

Andrew, Douglas & Damion agree: The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
• George Clooney (Up In The Air)
• Colin Firth (A Single Man)
  
• Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
  
• Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)

Andrew says: Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)

Douglas says: Colin Firth (A Single Man)

Damion says: Morgan Freeman (Invictus)

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon (Invictus)
• Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
• Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
• Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
• Cristoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)

Andrew, Douglas & Damion agrees: Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
  
• Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
• Carey Mulligan (An Education)
  
• Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
• Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

Andrew says: Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Douglas says: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

Damion says: Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penélope Cruz (Nine)
• Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)
  
• Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air)
• Mo’Nique (Precious)

Andrew says: Mo’Nique (Precious)

Douglas says: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)

Damion says: Mo’Nique (Precious)

Animated Feature Film

• Coraline (Henry Selick)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
• The Princess and the Frog (John Musker & Ron Clements)
• The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore)
• Up (Pete Docter)

Andrew, Douglas & Damion agree: Up (Pete Docter)

Art Direction

• Avatar (Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration))
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Dave Warren & Anastasia Masaro (Art Direction); Caroline Smith (Set Decoration))
• Nine (John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration))
• Sherlock Holmes (Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration))
• The Young Victoria (Patrice Vermette (Art Direction); Maggie Gray (Set Decoration))

Andrew says: Avatar

Douglas says: Avatar

Damion says: The Young Victoria

Cinematography

• Avatar (Mauro Fiore)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Bruno Delbonnel)
• The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd)
• Inglorious Basterds (Robert Richardson)
• The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) (Christian Berger)

Andrew says: Inglorious Basterds

Douglas says: Avatar

Damion says: Avatar

Costume Design

• Bright Star (Janet Patterson)
• Coco Before Chanel (Catherine Leterrier)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Monique Prudhomme)
• Nine (Colleen Atwood)
• The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell)

Andrew says: Coco Before Chanel

Douglas says: The Young Victoria

Damion says: The Young Victoria

Directing

• James Cameron (Avatar)
• Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
• Quentin Tarantino (Inglorious Basterds)
• Lee Daniels (Precious)
• Jason Reitman (Up In The Air)

Andrew says: Kathyrn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Douglas says: Lee Daniels (Precious)

Damion says: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Documentary Feature

• Burma VJ (Anders Østergaard & Lise Lense-Møller)
• The Cove (Louie Psihoyos & Fisher Stevens)
• Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner & Elise Pearlstein)
• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith)
• Which Way Home (Rebecca Cammisa)

Andrew, Douglas & Damion agree: The Cove

Documentary Short

• China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (Jon Alpert & Matthew O’Neill)
• The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (Daniel Junge & Henry Ansbacher)
• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert)
• Music by Prudence (Roger Ross Williams & Elinor Burkett)
• Rabbit à la Berlin (Bartek Konopka & Anna Wydra)

Andrew says: Music by Prudence

Douglas says: Rabbit à la Berlin

Damion says: Music by Prudence

Film Editing

• Avatar (Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua & James Cameron)
• District 9 (Julian Clarke)
• The Hurt Locker (Bob Murawski & Chris Innis)
• Inglorious Basterds (Sally Menke)
• Precious (Joe Klotz)

Andrew says: Avatar

Douglas says: Inglorious Basterds

Damion says: Avatar

Foreign Language Film

• Ajami (Isreal) (dir. Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani)
• The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) (Peru) (dir. Claudia Llosa)
• A Prophet (Un Prophète) (France) (dir. Jacques Audiard)
• The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (Argentina) (dir. Juan José Campanella)
• The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) (Germany) (dir. Michael Haneke)

Andrew, Douglas & Damion agree: A Prophet (Un Prophète)

Makeup

• Il Divo (Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano)
• Star Trek (Barney Burman, Mindy Hall & Joel Harlow)
• The Young Victoria (Joe Henry Gordon & Jenny Shircore)

Andrew says: Star Trek

Douglas says: The Young Victoria

Damion says: Star Trek

Music (Original Score)

• Avatar (James Horner)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (Alexandre Desplat)
• The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders)
• Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer)
• Up (Michael Giacchino)

Andrew says: Up (Michael Giacchino)

Douglas says: Up (Michael Giacchino)

Damion says: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Alexandre Desplat)

Music (Original Song)

• The Princess and the Frog – “Almost There” (Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman)
• The Princess and the Frog – “Down in New Orleans” (Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman)
• Paris 36 – “Loin de Paname” (Music by Reinhardy Wagner, Lyrics by Frank Thomas)
• Nine – “Take it All” (Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston)
• Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” (Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bungham & T Bone Burnett)

Andrew, Douglas & Damion agree: Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind”

Short Film (Animated)

• French Roast (Fabrice O. Joubert)
• Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (Nicky Phelan & Darragh O’Connell)
• The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) (Javier Recio Gracia)
• Logorama (Nicolas Schmerkin)
• A Matter of Loaf and Death (Nick Park)

Andrew says: Logorama

Douglas says: Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty

Damion says: Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty

Short Film (Live Action)

• The Door (Juanita Wilson & James Flynn)
• Instead of Abracadabra (Patrik Eklund & Mathias Fjellström)
• Kavi (Gregg Helvey)
• Miracle Fish (Luke Doolan & Drew Bailey)
• The New Tenants (Joachim Back & Tivi Manusson)

Andrew says: The Door

Douglas says: Instead of Abracadabra

Damion says: Kavi

Sound Editing

• Avatar (Christopher Boyes & Gweldolyn Yates Whittle)
• The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson)
• Inglorious Basterds (Wylie Stateman)
• Star Trek (Mark Stoeckinger & Alan Rankin)
• Up (Michael Silvers & Tom Myers)

Andrew says: Star Trek

Douglas says: Avatar

Damion says: Star Trek

Sound Mixing

• Avatar (Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson & Tony Johnson)
• The Hurt Locker (Paul N. J. Ottosson & Ray Beckett)
• Inglorious Basterds (Michael Minker, Tony Lamberti & Mark Ulano)
• Star Trek (Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson & Peter J. Delvin)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers & Geoffrey Patterson)

Andrew says: Star Trek

Douglas says: Avatar

Damion says: Star Trek

Visual Effects

• Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham & Andrew R. Jones)
• District 9 (Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros & Matt Aitken)
• Star Trek (Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh & Burt Dalton)

Andrew says: Avatar

Douglas says: Avatar

Damion says: District 9

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• District 9 (Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell)
• An Education (Nick Hornby)
• In The Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche)
• Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)
• Up In The Air (Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner)

Andrew, Douglas & Damion agree: Up In The Air (Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner)

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
• Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
• The Messenger (Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman)
• A Serious Man (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
• Up (Screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson & Tom McCarthy)

Andrew says: The Messenger

Douglas says: Inglorious Basterds

Damion says: The Hurt Locker