1 of 2

The Academy Awards are on tap for Sunday night (ABC, 8 p.m. ET), and like everybody else who follows movies, we're anxious to see who wins all those little golden statuettes.

We've already weighed in with a couple of year-end lists, our Critics' Choice Awards and our Most Redeeming Films of 2004. And now we're going to make a few Oscar predictions.

We asked five of our critics to make their picks in a number of Oscar categories. First, we asked each critic who they think will win the category, and then we asked who they want to win. (And of course, in some cases, the one they wanted to win wasn't even among the nominees, but there's not much we can do about that.)

Not surprisingly, there was very little consensus among our panel of critics—Russ Breimeier, Peter T. Chattaway Lisa Ann Cockrel, Jeffrey Overstreet, and Ron Reed. The only unanimity came in three categories: Best Actress (they all think Hilary Swank will win for her role in Million Dollar Baby), Best Animated Film (where they all believe The Incredibles will win), and Best Original Screenplay (they all predict Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind will win).

Check out all of their votes below. (Note: Ron Reed chose to abstain from a number of the votes.)

Nominees: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Sideways

Who I think will win: Breimeier, Chattaway: The Aviator; Cockrel, Overstreet: Million Dollar Baby
Who I want to win: Breimeier, Chattaway, Cockrel: The Aviator; Overstreet, Reed: Million Dollar Baby

Nominees: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator; Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby; Taylor Hackford, Ray; Alexander Payne, Sideways; Mike Leigh, Vera Drake

Who I think will win: Overstreet: Scorsese; Breimeier, Chattaway, Cockrel: Eastwood
Who I want to win: Breimeier, Cockrel: Scorsese; Chattaway, Overstreet, Reed: Leigh

Nominees: Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda; Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland; Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator; Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby; Jamie Foxx, Ray

Who I think will win: Breimeier, Chattaway, Cockrel, Overstreet: Foxx
Who I want to win: Chattaway, Reed: Cheadle; Breimeier, Cockrel: Foxx; Overstreet: DiCaprio

Nominees: Annette Bening, Being Julia; Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace; Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake; Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby; Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Who I think will win: Breimeier, Chattaway, Cockrel, Overstreet: Swank
Who I want to win: Chattaway: Moreno; Cockrel, Overstreet: Winslet; Breimeier, Reed: Swank

Nominees: Alan Alda, The Aviator; Thomas Haden Church, Sideways; Jamie Foxx, Collateral; Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby; Clive Owen, Closer

Who I think will win: Breimeier: Church; Chattaway, Cockrel: Owen; Overstreet: Freeman
Who I want to win: Breimeier, Chattaway: Freeman; Cockrel: Foxx; Overstreet: Owen

Nominees: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator; Laura Linney, Kinsey; Virginia Madsen, Sideways; Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda; Natalie Portman, Closer

next page... |  1 of 2 | last page

Rate and Comment on this Article:

Choose star rating:   1 2 3 4       Be sure to click Submit when finished
Name:
Comments:	1000 character limit
Verification (needed to reduce spam):

Browse More Movies
CT Movies Home Page | Now Showing | New on Video | All Reviews
Coming Soon | Discussion Guides | Interviews | Commentary
News & Misc. | Special Sections | About Us
Your Feedback | About Us | CT Mag Home Page

				Try 3 Issues of Christianity Today FREE! Name Street Address City/State/Zip E-mail Address No credit card required. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only. Click here for International orders. If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The trial issue is yours to keep, regardless. Give Christianity Today as a gift Buy 1 gift subscription, get 1 FREE!

Subscribe to the FREE CT at the Movies Newsletter:    RSS Feed   RSS Help