Idea's where the Oscar's might be leaning

Well... I guess if you have been under a rock and know nothing about the awards season, we are getting a pretty good idea at what film's and performances Oscar may take a gander at. Here are the front runners and some possibles. In the parenthesis, that shows how many pre-Oscar critic award wins they had.

Picture

Che ( 1 )
The Curious Case Of Benjami Button ( 2 )
The Dark Knight ( 3 )
Frost/Nixon ( 1 )
Grand Torino
Milk ( 3 )
The Reader ( 1 )
Slumdog Millionaire ( 13 )
Wall-E ( 3)
The Wrestler ( 2 )

Actor

Josh Brolin
Benicio Del Toro ( 1 )
Clint Eastwood ( 1 )
Richard Jenkins ( 1 )
Frank Langella ( 2 )
Sean Penn ( 13 )
Brad Pitt
Mickey Rourke ( 11 )

Actress

Kate Beckinsale
Anne Hathaway ( 7 )
Sally Hawkins (9 )
Angelina Jolie ( 2 )
Keira Knightley
Melissa Leo ( 2 )
Meryl Streep ( 3 )
Kate Winslet ( 6 )
Michelle Williams ( 1 )


Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin ( 2 )
Robert Downey Jr.
Ralph Fiennes
James Franco
Heath Ledger ( 22 )
Dev Patel
Michael Shannon ( 1 )
Eddie Marsan ( 1 )

Supporting Actress

Amy Adams
Penelope Cruz ( 7 )
Viloa Davis ( 4 )
Rosemarie DeWitt ( 4 )
Taraji P. Henson ( 1 )
Kate Winslet ( 3 )
Marisa Tomei ( 7 )

Director

Darren Aronofsky ( 1 )
Danny Boyle ( 16 )
Jonathan Demme ( 1 )
Clint Eastwood ( 1 )
David Fincher ( 1 )
Ron Howard ( 1 )
Mike Leigh ( 3 )
Christopher Nolan ( 1 )
Gus Van Sant ( 2 )

I guess we can kind of see where things are headed.