This year is going to be extremely hard to call to say the least. There's 4 or 5 films that easily deserve to win many of the big categories so I don't think it's going to come down to a matter of splitting up the awards. That's what happened with last year's weak turnout of films which resulted in a sort of "everyone's a winner!" ceremony which was extremely frustrating. All the results from the many different guild awards and such point to 12 Years a Slave and Gravity vying for Best Director and Picture, but the rest of the categories remain fairly uncertain with awards spread throughout the nominees leading up to the Oscars. This year is especially hard to call because I enjoyed a number of the films so much and would be pleased to see either win the big awards, but sadly, as is somehow my duty as a film critique, I must make precise predictions. So here we go, and as in previous years I shall differentiate between what I think should win and what will win. Sometimes they are the same, sometimes they are not (and when they're different it's more of a way for me to cheat and be able to make two guesses instead one). I shall skip the "Short" nominations because no normal person like myself could ever see those and/or really care that much.
