2013 Oscar picks

These are more of an "if I got a vote" thing than a "my prediction is" thing...

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave
Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine
Best Adapted Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke for Before Midnight
Best Original Score: William Butler and Owen Pallett for Her
Best Production Design: Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler for American Hustle
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins for Prisoners
Best Film Editing: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger for Gravity
Best Visual Effects: Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould for Gravity

2013 in review

Top Ten
1. Before Midnight
2. Much Ado About Nothing
3. This Is the End
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. Blue Jasmine
6. The Place Beyond the Pines
7. Prisoners
8. Don Jon
9. Drinking Buddies
10. American Hustle

Honorable Mentions
Thor: The Dark World, Nebraska, Inside Llweyn Davis, Pacific Rim, Frances Ha, The Wolverine, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Worst of the Year
Side Effects, Getaway, World War Z, Man of Steel, Spring Breakers

Movies I Missed
The Great Gatsby, To the Wonder, The Bling Ring, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, The Fifth Estate, The Counselor, Dallas Buyers Club, Saving Mr. Banks, Mud