Oscars 2013: My picks

Oscars 2013: My picks

It's Oscar nomination time tomorrow - and I'm guessing it'll follow most of the patterns of the recent slew of nominations.

Here's my picks for the Oscars 2013 nominations:

Best Picture:

Les Miserables
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln

Potentials - Life of Pi, The Silver Linings Playbook (the latter based on the fact a lot of buzz has generated around it)

Best director

Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
Ben Affleck (Argo)

Best actor

Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
John Hawkes (The Sessions)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)

Best actress

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Amy Adams (The Master)

The rest of the field is slightly wide open - convention has it potentially Jennifer Lawrence and Naomi Watts may score for their latest, but as I've not seen these films, it's hard to judge.

Best supporting actress

Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Ann Dowd (Compliance)
Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall)

Ann Dowd would be an interesting nomination - she's built up buzz for the role but it could be a little too controversial for the ballot.

Best supporting actor

Alan Arkin (Argo)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Leonardo di Caprio (Django Unchained)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) (maybe)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)


I'd also like to see nods for The Imposter, Searching for Sugarman, West of Memphis and maybe some technical merit for the 48FPS with The Hobbit and also the technical work done in Life of Pi for Richard Parker, the tiger is incredible. I'd also like to see Looper take some nominations for screenplay; and The Hunt potentially for foreign film.

See you tomorrow to find out more when Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone reveal all!