Updated Oscar Picks

This year has been a bitch to figure this out. Aside from the new 5-10 Best Picture nominees rule, several notable films have yet to come and even before that the field is already crowded. So instead of sticking to a finite number of slots and an alternate as I did last year, I'll mention all the films I think can possibly be nominated.

BEST PICTURE (5-10 slots, 13 picks)

-The Artist

-The Descendants

-Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

-The Help

-The Ides of March

-J. Edgar

-Midnight in Paris

-Moneyball

-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

-The Tree of Life

-War Horse

-Young Adult

DIRECTOR (5 slots, 10 picks)

-Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

-George Clooney (The Ides of March)

-Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

-Clint Eastwood (J. Edgar)

-David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

-Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

-Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

-Alexander Payne (The Descendants)

-Jason Reitman (Young Adult)

-Steven Spielberg (War Horse)

ACTOR (5 slots, 9 picks)

-Demian Bechir (A Better Life)

-George Clooney (The Descendants)

-Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo)

-Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)

-Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

-Michael Fassbender (Shame)

-Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)

-Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

-Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)

ACTRESS (5 slots, 9 picks)

-Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)

-Viola Davis (The Help)

-Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)

-Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

-Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

-Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

-Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

-Charlize Theron (Young Adult)

-Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

SUPPORTING ACTOR (5 slots, 7 picks)

-Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)

-Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady)

-Armie Hammer (J. Edgar)

-Nick Nolte (Warrior)

-Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)

-Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

-Max Von Sydow (Extremly Loud and Incredibly Close)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (5 slots, 7 picks)

-Berenice Bejo (The Artist)

-Sandra Bullock (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

-Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)

-Carey Mulligan (Shame)

-Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus)

-Octavia Spencer (The Help)

-Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)