Final Oscar predictions and some commentary is up on the main indieWIRE website. My "if i could choose who i want to win" are included here after the jump.

I fear this blog might be facing a bit of an identity crisis once this weekend's over...

Best Picture: There Will Be Blood
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Best Original Screenplay: Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Best Foreign-Language Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (I know)
Best Documentary Feature: No End In Sight
Best Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Best Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
Best Costume Design: Atonement
Best Original Score: There Will Be Blood (I know)
Best Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from Once
Best Sound Mixing: No Country For Old Men
Best Sound Editing: No Country For Old Men
Best Visual Effects: Transformers
Best Makeup: La Vie En Rose
Best Documentary Short: Freeheld (only one I've seen, mind you)
Best Animated Short: I Met The Walrus
Best Live Action Short: ? (seen none)