Julie's Predictions for the 80th Annual Academy Award Nominations

It happens every year: You hear about all the prestige pictures that will be released in December, and you’re sure they’ll gobble up all the Oscar nominations. Atonement, a swanky literary adaptation from the creators of Pride and Prejudice; Oooooh! Charlie Wilson’s War, a political satire from Oscar magnet Mike Nichols and Emmy magnet Aaron Sorkin; Aaaaah! Sweeney Todd, the marriage of the Burton/Depp powerhouse and the music of Sondheim; Oooohaaaaah! And yet all three of these films were completely shut out by the Guild nominations, the surest indicator that Academy members (a subset of the guilds) will turn up their noses at these offerings come Oscar time.

So who does the industry like instead? Let’s take a peek…