Making a Trophy Case

Washington Post Critic Ann Hornaday's Oscar Picks

 
 
 
Category Should Win Will Win Should Have Been Nominated
Best Picture
"Milk"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"WALL·E"
Best Director Gus Van Sant,
"Milk"
Danny Boyle,
"Slumdog Millionaire"
Thomas McCarthy,
"The Visitor"
Best Actor Richard Jenkins,
"The Visitor"
Mickey Rourke,
"The Wrestler"
Benicio Del Toro,
"Che"
Best Actress Melissa Leo,
"Frozen River"
Kate Winslet,
"The Reader"
Kristin Scott Thomas,
"I've Loved You So Long"
Best Supporting Actor Robert Downey Jr.,
"Tropic Thunder"
Heath Ledger,
"The Dark Knight"
Michael Sheen,
"Frost/Nixon"
Best Supporting Actress Taraji P. Henson,
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Taraji P. Henson,
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Rosemarie DeWitt,
"Rachel Getting Married"
Best Original Screenplay "Frozen River" "Milk" "Rachel Getting Married"
Best Adapted Screenplay "Frost/Nixon" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "Boy A"
Best Documentary Feature "Man on Wire" "Man on Wire" "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"
 

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