As the film awards season winds down, anticipation builds with the approach of the Academy Award nominations. The Academy will announce the nominations Tuesday, January 25. Dan Krovich, Reagen Sulewski and David Mumpower have peered into their crystal balls and have issued the following prognostications:

Category	Dan Krovich	Reagen Sulewski	David Mumpower
Best Picture	The Aviator Finding Neverland Hotel Rwanda Million Dollar Baby Sideways	The Aviator Hotel Rwanda Million Dollar Baby Ray Sideways	The Aviator Sideways Million Dollar Baby Finding Neverland Hotel Rwanda
Best Director	Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby Marc Forster - Finding Neverland Taylor Hackford - Ray Alexander Payne - Sideways Martin Scorsese - The Aviator	The Aviator - Martin Scorsese Finding Neverland - Marc Forster Hotel Rwanda - Terry George Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood Sideways - Alexander Payne	Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby Terry George - Hotel Rwanda Marc Forster - Finding Neverland Martin scorcese - The Aviator Alexander Payne - Sideways
Best Actor	Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator Jamie Foxx - Ray Paul Giamatti - Sideways	The Aviator - Leonardo DiCaprio Bad Education - Gael Garcia Bernal Hotel Rwanda - Don Cheadle (yeah!) Ray - Jamie Foxx Sideways - Paul Giamatti	Paul Giamatti - Sideways Jamie Foxx - Ray Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda Leonardo Dicaprio - The Aviator Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress	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	Before Sunset - Julie Delpy Being Julia - Annette Bening Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Kate Winslet Million Dollar Baby - Hilary Swank Vera Drake - Imelda Swanton	Annette Bening - Being Julia Julie Delpy - Before Sunset Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Best Supporting Actor	Thomas Haden Church - Sideways Jamie Foxx - Collateral Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland Clive Owen - Closer	Collateral - Jamie Foxx Closer - Clive Owen Finding Neverland - Freddie Highmore Million Dollar Baby - Morgan Freeman Sideways - Thomas Haden Church	Clive Owen - Close Jamie Foxx - Collateral Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby Thomas Haden Church - Sideways Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
Best Supporting Actress	Cate Blanchett - The Aviator Laura Linney - Kinsey Virginia Madsen - Sideways Meryl Streep - The Manchurian Candidate Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland	The Aviator - Cate Blanchett Closer - Natalie Portman Kinsey - Laura Linney The Manchurian Candidate - Meryl Streep Sideways - Virginia Madsen	Natalie Portman - Closer Laura Linney - Kinsey Virginia Madsen - Sideways Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Best Original Screenplay	Bill Condon - Kinsey Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind John Logan - The Aviator Joshua Marsten - Maria Full of Grace Keir Pearson & Terry George - Hotel Rwanda	The Aviator Bad Education Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Hotel Rwanda Ray	The Aviator Hotel Rwanda Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Ray Kinsey
Best Adapted Screenplay	Paul Haggis - Million Dollar Baby Richard Linklater & Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy - Before Sunset Partick Marber - Closer Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor - Sideways Jose Rivera - The Motorcycle Diaries	Before Sunset Closer Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Sideways	Sideways Closer Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Before Sunset
Best Animated Film	The Incredibles The Polar Express Shrek 2	The Incredibles Shrek 2 The Polar Express	Incredibles The Polar Express Shrek 2
Best Documentary	Born into Brothels The Ritchie Boys Tell Them Who You Are Touching the Void Twist of Faith	Born Into Brothels Home of the Brave The Story of the Weeping Camel (*shudder*) Super Size Me Touching the Void	Touching the Void Super Size Me Born into Brothels Story of the Weeping Camel The Ritchie Boys
Best Art Direction	The Aviator Finding Neverland House of Flying Daggers Million Dollar Baby The Phantom of the Opera	The Aviator Finding Neverland The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Terminal	Finding Neverland Life Aqautic House of Flying Daggers A Very Long Engagement Aviator
Best Cinematography	The Aviator Collateral House of Flying Daggers The Passion of the Christ Ray	The Aviator Collateral Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Passion of the Christ Ray	Collateral House of Flying Daggers Aviator Passion of the Chris Ray
Best Costume Design	The Aviator Finding Neverland House of Flying Daggers Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Phantom of the Opera	The Aviator Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Hosue of Flying Daggers The Passion of the Christ The Phantom of the Opera	Phantom of the Opera Finding Neverland House of Flying Daggers Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Aviator
Best Film Editing	The Aviator Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Million Dollar Baby Ray Sideways	The Aviator Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Fahrenheit 9/11 Million Dollar Baby Sideways	Eternal Sunshine Ray The Aviator Fahrenheit 9/11 Sideways
Best Foreign Language Film	Les Choristes House of Flying Daggers Nobody Knows The Sea Inside Yesterday	The Chorus - France Downfall - Germany House of Flying Daggers - China Innocent Voices - Mexico The Sea Inside - Spain	House of Flying Daggers The Sea Inside The Chorus Nobody Knows Innocent Voices
Best Makeup	The Aviator Hellboy Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Passion of the Christ The Sea Inside	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Passion of the Christ The Aviator
Best Original Score	Birth The Incredibles Finding Neverland Sideways The Terminal	Finding Neverland The Incredibles Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Passion of the Christ Sideways	The Incredibles Finding Neverland The Terminal Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events House of Flying Daggers
Best Original Song	Alfie - "Old Habits Die Hard" Hotel Rwanda - "Million Voices" The Phantom of the Opera - "Learn to be Lonely" The Polar Express - "Believe" Shrek 2 - "Accidentally in Love"	Alfie - "Old Habits Die Hard" Before Sunset - "Waltz For a Night" Hotel Rwanda - "Million Voices" The Phantom of the Opera - "Learn to Be Lonely" The Polar Express - "Believe"	Shrek 2 -"Accidentally in Love" Polar Express - "Believe" Hotel Rwanda - "Million Voices" Phantom of the Opera - "Learn to Be Lonely" Before Sunset - "Waltz for a Night"
Best Sound	The Aviator Collateral Million Dollar Baby Ray Spider-Man 2	The Aviator Collateral Finding Neverland Ray Spider-Man 2	Collateral House of Flying Daggers Ray Finding Neverland The Aviator
Best Sound Editing	The Aviator The Incredibles Spider-Man 2	The Aviator The Incredibles Ray	Ray The Aviator The Incredibles
Best Visual Effects	The Aviator Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Spider-Man 2	I, Robot Spider-Man 2 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Spider-Man 2 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (hi Tony!) I, Robot