MY ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS PREDICTIONS

Best Picture

Will win: Brokeback Mountain
Should win: Munich
Honorary mention: Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actor

Will win: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Should win: Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
Honorary mention: David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress

Will/should win: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor

Will win: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Should win: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Honorary mention: George Clooney, Syriana

Best Supporting Actress

Will/should win: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Honorary mention: Amy Adams, Junebug

Best Director

Will win: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Should win: George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Honorary mention: Steven Spielberg, Munich

Best Original Screenplay

Will win: Crash
Should win: Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Adapted Screenplay

Will win: Brokeback Mountain
Should win: Munich

Best Animated Feature

Will win: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Should win: Howl's Moving Castle
Honorary mention: Corpse Bride

Best Cinematography

Will win: Brokeback Mountain
Should win: Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Film Editing

Will win: Crash
Should win: Munich
Honorary mention: Walk the Line

Best Art Direction

Will win: Memoirs of a Geisha
Should win: King Kong
Honorary mention: Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Costume Design

Will/should win: Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Original Score

Will win: Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain
Should win: John Williams, Munich

Best Original Song

Will/should win: "Travelin' Thru", Transamerica

Best Makeup

Will/should win: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Honorary mention: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Best Sound Mixing

Will win: King Kong
Should win: War of the Worlds
Honorary mention: Walk the Line

Best Sound Editing

Will win: King Kong
Should win: War of the Worlds

Best Visual Effects

Will/should win: King Kong
Honorary mention: War of the Worlds

Best Foreign Language Film

Will win: Paradise Now, Palestine
Should win: Tsotsi, South Africa

Best Documentary Feature

Will win: March of the Penguins
Should win: Murderball