And so here we are, another Oscar season in full swing. Plenty of critics groups have made their selections and now it’s time for another updated list of our Oscar predictions. We’re adding a couple of categories as well as modifying our format in order to conserve space. Now, you’ll only have a list of the contenders with our selections in tow. Color-coding will continue to highlight our predictions. Enjoy.

KEY:

BEST PICTURE

• 127 Hours (N) (J) (S) (Oc)
• Another Year (Oc)
• Black Swan (New)(D) (O) (New)(D) (N)
• Blue Valentine (New)(D)
• The Fighter (Oc) (O) (S) (O)
• Inception (O) (O) (S) (O)
• The Kids Are All Right (Oc) (J) (N) (J)
• The King’s Speech (Oc) (O) (O) (J)
• Rabbit Hole (New)(D)
• The Social Network (S) (J) (O) (O)
• Toy Story 3 (J) (O) (O)
• True Grit (O) (Oc) (Oc) (S)
• Winter’s Bone (New)(D) (New)(D)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• How to Train Your Dragon (O) (Oc) (S) (O)
• Tangled (O)
• The Illusionist (New)(D) (S) (O)
• Toy Story 3 (O) (S) (S) (O)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan (S) (New)(D) (N)
• Danny Boyle – 127 Hours (New)(D) (J) (S) (Oc)
• David Fincher – The Social Network (S) (S) (S) (O)
• Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech (Oc) (O) (S) (Oc)
• Christopher Nolan – Inception (New)(D) (O)
• David O. Russell – The Fighter (Oc) (J) (N)

BEST ACTOR

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit (O) (Oc) (S) (S)
• Robert Duvall – Get Low (New)(D)
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network (New)(D) (New)(D) (N) (J)
• Colin Firth – The King’s Speech (J) (O) (O) (J)
• James Franco – 127 Hours (Oc) (O) (S) (Oc)
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine (J) (N)
• Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter (S)

BEST ACTRESS

• Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right (O) (O) (O) (J)
• Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole (Oc) (Oc) (O) (Oc)
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone (Oc) (New)(D) (New)(D) (J)
• Lesley Manville – Another Year (N)
• Natalie Portman – Black Swan (Oc) (O) (Oc) (S)
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine (New)(D) (O) (N)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Christian Bale – The Fighter (O) (O) (O) (O)
• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network (Oc) (S) (J)
• Ed Harris – The Way Back (O)
• John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Jeremy Renner – The Town (New)(D)
• Sam Rockwell – Conviction (New)(D)
• Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right (O) (O) (S) (J)
• Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech (S) (O) (S) (Oc)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams – The Fighter (O) (New)(D) (S) (O)
• Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech (Oc) (O) (S) (Oc)
• Mila Kunis – Black Swan (D)
• Melissa Leo – The Fighter (New)(D) (Oc) (N)
• Lesley Manville – Another Year (N)
• Miranda Richardson – Made in Dagenham (Oc)
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit (New)(D) (N)
• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Dianne Wiest – Rabbit Hole (Oc) (J)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Another Year (S) (S) (Oc)
• Black Swan (N)
• Blue Valentine (New)(D) (N)
• The Fighter (N) (J) (S)
• Inception (O) (N) (O)
• The Kids Are All Right (S) (J) (S) (O)
• The King’s Speech (Oc) (J) (S) (Oc)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 127 Hours (Oc) (New)(D) (Oc)
• Rabbit Hole (N) (Oc)
• The Social Network (S) (J) (S) (O)
• The Town (Oc)
• Toy Story 3 (O) (J) (S) (O)
• True Grit (O) (S) (J)
• Winter’s Bone (D) (New)(D) (S)

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Alice in Wonderland (New)(D) (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (New)(D) (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Hereafter (New)(D)
• Inception (New)(D) (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Iron Man 2 (New)(D)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (New)(D)
• TRON Legacy (New)(D) (New)(D) (New)(D)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Biutiful – Mexico (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Dogtooth – Greece (New)(D)
• Nuummioq – Greenland (New)(D)
• Of Gods and Men – France (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Strayed – Kazakhstan (New)(D)
• Street Boys – Georgia (New)(D)
• Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain) – Spain (New)(D)
• Uncle Boonmee… – Thailand (New)(D)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Client 9 (New)(D)
• Exit Through the Gift Shop (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Gasland (New)(D)
• Inside Job (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Precious Life (New)(D)
• Restrepo (New)(D) (New)(D) (New)(D)
• The Tillman Story (New)(D) (New)(D)
• Waiting for “Superman” (New)(D) (New)(D) (New)(D)