The nominations for the Oscars were announced this week. The following were my predictions, with an asterick next to the movie I thought would win in each category, which seemed to be most accurate in the lower categories. The real nominees are good movies in themselves, but my choices were a more eclectic group that welcomed independent films.

Best Picture:
Good Night And Good Luck*
The Squid And The Whale
Three Burials
Broken Flowers
Me And You And Everyone We Know

Best Actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”*
Joaquin Phoenix, “Walk The Line”
Bill Murray, “Broken Flowers”
David Strathairn, “Good Night And Good Luck”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Three Burials”

Best Supporting Actor:
Keanu Reeves, “Thumbsucker”*
Jesse Eisenberg, “The Squid And The Whale”
Jack Black, “King Kong”
Ed Harris, “A History Of Violence”
Peter Dinklage, “The Baxter”

Best Director:
David Cronenberg, “A History Of Violence”*
Jim Jarmusch, “Broken Flowers”
George Clooney, “Good Night And Good Luck”
Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain”
Miranda July, “Me And You And Everyone We Know”

Best Actress:
Laura Linney, “The Squid And The Whale”
Felicity Huffman, “Transamerica”*
Reese Witherspoon, “Walk The Line”
Miranda July, “Me And You And Everyone We Know”
Ziyi Zhang, “Memoirs Of A Geisha”

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, “Junebug”
Catherine Keener, “Capote”
Sandra Bullock, “Crash”
Michelle Williams, “Brokeback Mountain”
Frances McDormand, “North Country”*

Best Foreign Film:
Paradise Now*
Oldboy
Memory Of A Killer
Cache
L’Enfant

Best Documentary:
March Of The Penguins
Murderball*
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Grizzly Man
Gunner Palace

Best Original Screenplay:
The 40-Year Old Virgin*
Crash
Good Night And Good Luck
Walk the Line
Brokeback Mountain

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Constant Gardener
A History Of Violence
Jarhead*
King Kong
Memoirs Of A Geisha

Best Costume:
Memoirs Of A Geisha*
Kingdom Of Heaven
Cinderella Man
Pride And Prejudice
The Brothers Grimm

Best Visual Effects:
War Of The Worlds
King Kong*
The Brothers Grimm
Serenity
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe