Every year great film- making is celebrated with merit based awards given by the people that take films most serious- ly; people that dedicate their lives to the making and dis- cussion of movies out of love for that dream projector we call big screen. The Oscars have been champi- oning movies for the past 84 years now, and while some years have been fairer then others we can always agree that the best of the best lay within their winners and even more within their nom- inees. Here are those I pre- dict will most likely win,

may have a chance, and have don’t have a shot at that little golden statue.

              I will also mention my personal favorite in the category, if my pick happens to be mentioned in one of the three other sections I will

place an asterisk next to it.

             Best Supporting Actress

              Not A Chance – Julia Roberts for August: Osage County. *Maybe – Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years A Slave.

              Will Win – Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle.

              Best Adapted Screenplay

              Not A Chance – Billy Ray for Captain Phillips Maybe – Terence Winter for The Wolf of Wall Street. Will Win – John Ridley for 12 Years A Slave.

              My Pick – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke for Before Midnight.

              Best Supporting Actor

              Not A Chance – Jonah Hill for The Wolf of Wall Street. Maybe – Barkhad Abdi for Captain Phillips.

              Will Win – Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club. My Pick – Michael Fassbender for 12 Years A Slave.

              Best Leading Actress

              Not A Chance – Sandra Bullock for Gravity. Maybe – Judi Dench for Philomena.

              *Will Win – Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmin.

               Best Original Screenplay

               Not A Chance – Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack

               for Dallas Buyers Club. Maybe – Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell for American Hustle. *Will Win – Spike Jonze for Her.

               Best Leading Actor

               Not A Chance – Christian Bale for American Hustle. Maybe – Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years A Slave.

               Will Win – Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. My Pick – Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street.

               Best Director

                Not A Chance – Alexander Payne for Nebraska. Maybe – Steve McQueen for 12 Years A Slave.

                *Will Win – Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity.

               Best Picture

                  Not A Chance – Philomena.

                  Maybe – Gravity. *Will Win – 12 Years

              A Slave. It may sound likethe loosers’ anthem but every nominee is a winner. It is a shame we must place great movies against great movies because they’re all great movies. To call one better than the other depends on personal taste not crafts- manship because every sin- gle nominee carries the same amount of passion for cine- ma as the winner, they just happen to present it in a dif- ferent way. It’s like crown- ing apples as the best fruits; orange fans may disagree with that opinion. I recom- mend you watch all of the nominees if you get the chance and choose which film is the best of the years to you.