Peter Bradshaw
Best picture
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best director
Will win: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Should win: Michel Hazanavicius
Shoulda been a contender: Steve McQueen (Shame)
Best actor
Will win: Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Should win: Jean Dujardin
Shoulda been a contender: Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Best supporting actor
Will win: Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
Should win: Kenneth Branagh
Shoulda been a contender: Bruce Greenwood (Meek's Cutoff)
Best actress
Will win: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Should win: Meryl Streep
Shoulda been a contender: Anna Paquin (Margaret)
Best supporting actress
Will win: Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Should win: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Shoulda been a contender: Elle Fanning (Super 8)
Best foreign-language film
Will win: A Separation
Should win: A Separation
Shoulda been a contender: Poetry
Best documentary
Will win: Hell And Back Again
Should win: Pina
Shoulda been a contender: Senna
Best original screenplay
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: Moneyball
Andrew Pulver
Best picture
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: Drive
Best director
Will win: Michel Hazanavicius
Should win: Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Shoulda been a contender: Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best actor
Will win: George Clooney (The Descendants)
Should win: Jean Dujardin
Shoulda been a contender: Ryan Gosling (Drive)
Best actress
Will win: Meryl Streep
Should win: Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
Shoulda been a contender: Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best supporting actor
Will win: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Should win: Kenneth Branagh
Shoulda been a contender: John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Best supporting actress
Will win: Octavia Spencer
Should win: Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
Shoulda been a contender: Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life)
Best foreign-language film
Will win: A Separation
Should win: A Separation
Shoulda been a contender: The Salt of Life
Best documentary
Will win: Pina
Should win: Hell and Back Again
Shoulda been a contender: Dreams of a Life
Best original screenplay
Will win: Midnight in Paris
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: The Tree of Life
Xan Brooks
Best picture
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Tree of Life
Shoulda been a contender: Margaret
Best director
Will win: Michel Hazanavicius
Should win: Terrence Malick
Shoulda been a contender: Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Best actor
Will win: Jean Dujardin
Should win: Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Shoulda been a contender: Daniel Henshall (Snowtown)
Best actress
Will win: Viola Davis (The Help)
Should win: Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Shoulda been a contender: Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best supporting actor
Will win: Christopher Plummer
Should win: Christopher Plummer
Shoulda been a contender: Hunter McCracken (The Tree of Life)
Best supporting actress
Will win: Octavia Spencer
Should win: Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Shoulda been a contender: Sarina Farhadi (A Separation)
Best foreign-language film
Will win: A Separation
Should win: A Separation
Shoulda been a contender: Le Quattro Volte
Best documentary
Will win: Undefeated
Should win: Pina
Shoulda been a contender: Bombay Beach
Best original screenplay
Will win: Midnight in Paris
Should win: A Separation
Shoulda been a contender: Margaret
Henry Barnes
Best picture
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best director
Will win: Michel Hazanavicius
Should win: Michel Hazanavicius
Should have been nominated: Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best actor
Will win: Jean Dujardin
Should win: Gary Oldman
Shoulda been a contender: Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
Best actress
Will win: Meryl Streep
Should win: Meryl Streep
Shoulda been a contender: Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
Best supporting actor
Will win: Christopher Plummer
Should win: Christopher Plummer
Shoulda been a contender: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti (The Ides of March)
Best supporting actress
Will win: Octavia Spencer
Should win: Bérénice Bejo
Shoulda been a contender: J Smith Cameron (Margaret)
Best foreign-language film
Will win: A Separation
Should win: A Separation
Shoulda been a contender: Poetry
Best documentary
Will win: Hell and Back Again
Should win: Pina
Shoulda been a contender: The Interrupters
Best original screenplay
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: Contagion
Catherine Shoard
Best picture
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: Drive
Best director
Will win: Michel Hazanavicius
Should win: Michel Hazanavicius
Shoulda been a contender: Nicolas Winding Refn
Best actor
Will win: Jean Dujardin
Should win: Gary Oldman
Shoulda been a contender: Daniel Henshall
Best actress
Will win: Meryl Streep
Should win: Meryl Streep
Shoulda been a contender:Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur)
Best supporting actor
Will win: Christopher Plummer
Should win: Christopher Plummer
Shoulda been a contender: Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Best supporting actress
Will win: Octavia Spencer
Should win: Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Shoulda been a contender: Olivia Colman (The Iron Lady)
Best foreign-language film
Will win: A Separation
Should win: A Separation
Shoulda been a contender: Poetry
Best documentary
Will win: Hell and Back Again
Should win: Hell and Back Again
Shoulda been a contender: This is Not a Film
Best original screenplay
Will win: The Artist
Should win: The Artist
Shoulda been a contender: Young Adult
