Who Will Feature Amongst the Oscar Nominees?

With the Academy set to reveal their nominations in less than a week, I am going to update my predictions: The only films I am yet to see that figure to be prominent are 127 Hours, True Grit, Another Year and Get Low. But these predictions are a mix of both the hype surrounding the ceremony and my own personal selections.

Best Picture

The Social Network
Black Swan
Inception
Toy Story 3
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Fighter
True Grit
127 Hours
Winter's Bone 


Missing Out: The Town, Another Year, Shutter Island, How to Train Your Dragon


Best Actor

Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Missing Out:  Robert Duvall, Get Low and Javier Bardem, Biutiful.

Best Actress

Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine 

Missing Out: Lesley Manville, Another Year and Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale, The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone

Missing Out: Bill Murray, Get Low, Jeremy Renner, The Town

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Missing Out: Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech and Dianne Wiest, Rabbit Hole 

Best Director

David Fincher, The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech


Missing Out: Danny Boyle, 127 Hours, Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit and Mike Leigh, Another Year

Best Adapted Screenplay 

The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone 

The Ghost Writer

Missing Out: Rabbit Hole, How to Train Your Dragon and 127 Hours

Best Original Screenplay

Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Kids Are All Right
Another Year


Missing Out: The Fighter and Blue Valentine 

Best Editing

The Social Network
Inception
Black Swan
True Grit
The Fighter


Best Art Direction

Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Shutter Island
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

Best Cinematography  

True Grit
Inception
Black Swan
The Social Network
Shutter Island

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland
The King's Speech
True Grit
Black Swan
Made in Dagenham

Best Makeup

Alice in Wonderland
True Grit
The Wolfman

Best Original Score

Inception
The Social Network
The King's Speech
127 Hours

How to Train Your Dragon

Best Original Song (I have no idea here)

"I See the Light", Tangled
"You Haven't Heard The Last of Me", Burlesque
"We Belong Together", Toy Story 3
"If I Rise", 127 Hours
"Coming Home", Country Song

Best Sound Editing 

Inception
Tron: Legacy
How to Train Your Dragon
Iron Man 2
Black Swan

Best Sound Mixing

Inception
Black Swan
Tron: Legacy
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Visual Effects

Tron: Legacy
Inception
Alice in Wonderland
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Iron Man 2

Best Animated Feature

Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
Tangled

Missing Out: The Illusionist

Best Documentary Feature

Waiting for Superman
The Tillman Story
Inside Job
Restrepo
Exit Through the Gift Shop

Best Foreign Language Film

In a Better World, Denmark
Outside the Law, Algeria
Incendies, Canada
Biutiful, Mexico
Life, Above All, South Africa


Leading Nominees 

Black Swan - 10
Inception - 10
True Grit - 10
The Social Network - 9
The King's Speech - 8
The Fighter -6
127 Hours - 4
Toy Story 3 - 4
Winter's Bone - 4
The Kids Are All Right - 4
How to Train Your Dragon - 3
Tron: Legacy - 3
Shutter Island - 2
Blue Valentine - 2
Alice in Wonderland - 2
Tangled - 2


Thoughts?