2013 Oscar Predictions

The 2013 Academy Awards arrive with the usual red-carpet pomp on Sunday and the year’s best films. Our film reviewers, who caught most of the films during review screenings throughout the year, share predictions on who will win and who should win.

Best Picture
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Amour, Django Unchained, Argo

Martin Malloy
Should Win: Django Unchained
Will Win: Argo

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Lincoln
Will Win: Argo

Best Director
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook; Ang Lee, Life of Pi; Steven Spielberg, Lincoln; Michael Haneke, Amour; Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Martin Malloy
Should Win: David O. Russell
Will Win: Steven Speilberg

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Steven Spielberg
Will Win: Steven Spielberg

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln; Denzel Washington, Flight; Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables; Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Martin Malloy
Should Win: Joaquin Phoenix
Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Joaquin Phoenix
Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Actress
Naomi Watts, The Impossible; Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty; Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour; Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Martin Malloy
Should Win: Jennifer Lawrence
Will Win: Emmanuelle Riva

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Naomi Watts
Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained; Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master; Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook; Alan Arkin, Argo; Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Martin Malloy
Should Win: Philip Seymour-Hoffman
Will Win: Christoph Waltz

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Will Win: Tommy Lee Jones

Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field, Lincoln; Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables; Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook; Helen Hunt, The Sessions; Amy Adams, The Master

Martin Malloy
Should Win: Amy Adams
Will Win: Anne Hathaway

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Amy Adams
Will Win: Anne Hathaway

Best Adapted Screenplay
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Chris Terrio, Argo; Tony Kushner, Lincoln; David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook; David Magee, Life of Pi

Martin Malloy
Should Win: Silver Linings Playbook
Will Win: Lincoln

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Lincoln
Will Win: Argo

Best Original Screenplay
John Gatins, Flight; Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty; Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained; Michael Haneke, Amour; Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom

Martin Malloy
Should Win: Moonrise Kingdom
Will Win: Zero Dark Thirty

Mel Valentin
Should Win: Moonrise Kingdom
Will Win: Zero Dark Thirty

Matt Crawford is content director for Boulevards New Media, Inc. and Metro Newspaper and managing editor of SF Station. Follow him @Metro_Matt.