It's competition time again and - leaping over the BAFTAS for a moment - the Oscar list is out today so Nationwide is going to predict who will get what and not change it between now and tears-on-stage day. Here we go....
Best actress in a supporting role
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist.
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help : she stole the film
Best actor in a supporting role
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners: Support? He is the movie!
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best actress in a leading role
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady. If you haven't seen it yet, then you must know by now what you're missing. A masterclass by an actress at the very peak of her powers. Sensational. The others need only show up to applaud politely.
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Best actor in a leading role
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants. Surprise!! In the hands of Alexander Payne we find yet another Clooney to love. Brilliant performance.
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best director
All five should win a competition somewhere, but......
Michel Hazavanicius, The Artist He's done a brilliant job with a novelty film that loves Hollywood.
Alexander Payne, The Descendants (sensational)
Martin Scorsese, Hugo (terrific but I'm not impressed with Sacha Baron Cohen's "comedy" performance)
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Return to form, brilliantly executed.
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life. Stunning but too obscure for the Academy.
Best original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris. Moments of wit, charm and a clever idea.
Best adapted screenplay
The Descendants
Hugo
Ides of March. Shows you what you can do with a great screenplay. Fingers crossed.
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best foreign language film
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation
Best animated film
Best picture
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Art direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo Sen-sational.
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo INCREDIBLY CLEVER.
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Costume design
The Artist PERFECT.
Hugo
Documentary feature
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
Documentary short subject
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsumani and the Cherry Blossom
Film editing
The Artist
The Descendants A superb edit. (good direction helps!)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Sound editing
Drive Yes! clever nomination.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (why is this not best film??)
War Horse
Sound mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Duh - I bet it goes to Spielberg.
War Horse
Visual effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon This just HAS to win!
Make up
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
The Iron Lady YES!
Music (original score)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Artist YES!
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
