NBR Predictions

Many of the Oscar prognosticators or beginning to predict what the National Board of Review will name as the best film. They announce on Wednesday and are considered by many as the first of the precursors. Here are my predictions:

BEST FILM
"There Will Be Blood"
Alt: "No Country for Old Men"

TOP TEN FILMS(in no particular order)
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Atonement"
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Gone, Baby Gone"
"Juno"
"Into the Wild"
"American Gangster"
"Sweeny Todd"
"Michael Clayton"

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Alt: Johnny Depp, "Sweeny Todd"

BEST ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
Alt: Amy Adams, "Enchanted'

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Alt: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Alt: Marisa Tomei, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"

BEST ACTING BY AN ENSEMBLE
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Alt: "I'm Not There"

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE-MALE
Emile Hirsch, "Into the Wild"
Alt: James McAvoy, "Atonement"

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE-FEMALE
Ellen Page, "Juno"
Alt: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Alt: Sean Penn, "Into the Wild"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Atonement"
Alt: "No Country for Old Men"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Juno"
Alt: "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"

BEST FOREIGN FILM
"4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"
Alt: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Ratatouille"
Alt: "The Simpsons Movie"

BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Sicko"
Alt: "No End in Sight"