Oscar Forecasts

Just as swallows return each year to that Spanish mission on the California coast, the movie trade journals tell us who will win the Little Gold Man.

Best Film Editing -- Mad Max: Fury Road ...

Best Film Editing -- Star Wars: Episode VII ...

Best Costume Design -- Mad Max: Fury Road (Dark Horse: Cinderella) ...

Best Makeup & Hairstyling -- Mad Max: Fury Road ...

Best Sound Mixing -- The Revenant ...

Best Sound Mixing --- The Revenant (Stands to reason, donnit?) ...

And there are five animated features in the running for "Best Animated Cartoon".

But let's cut to the finish line, shall we? The winner, unless the earth shifts out of its orbit, will be Inside Out.