Oscar picks 2007

Oscars weekend. Ho hum. Another chance to suck down cocktails while we second-guess the Academy, critique the speeches, ogle the cleavage.

Close heat this year — hard choices to make (except for Reese Witherspoon), and somewhat empty choices at that, as the year's best movies weren't even nominated. (Having not yet seen Munich, I reserve the right to reverse that claim should a blowing-off-of-socks occur.)

So instead, let me look forward rather than back, and give you my predictions for next year's Oscars:

2007 Best Documentary — Bowling for Cheney

2007 Best Animated Feature — My Pet Scapegoat: Brownie and the Fudge-Up Factory

2007 Best Actor — Timothy Bottoms as “G.W. Bush” in Downfall II

2007 Best Actress — Judi Dench as “Judi Dench” in The 2006 Academy Awards

2007 Best Director — Peter Jackson, King of the Ring: Kong vs. Mechasauron

2007 Best Picture — Rosebud: The Wrath of Kane