The Academy Awards

It’s one of the best times of the year: awards season!!! The Oscars are tomorrow night, and some pretty great movies were released in 2012. How does the Academy choose from so many fantastic options? Here are my favorites of the nominees in the top categories. I have only ranked what I have seen. 

Best picture:

1. Zero Dark Thirty

2. Lincoln

3. Django Unchained

4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. Argo

6. Beasts of the Southern Wild

Actor in a leading role:

1. Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln

2. Denzel Washington in Flight

3. Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook

Actress in a leading role:

1. Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty

2. Quvenzhane Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild (amazing)

3. Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook

Actor in a supporting role:

1. Christopher Waltz in Django Unchained

2. Robert de Niro in Silver Linings Playbook

3. Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln
4. Alan Arkin in Argo

Actress in a supporting role:

1. Sally Field in Lincoln

2. Jacki Weaver in Silver Linings Playbook

BBC published an interesting article this week about film-makers "courting" the Oscars voters. Check it out here if you're interested.

Did you catch any of the Oscar-nominated films? What are your picks?