The State of the Race: September Edition

It's a tricky thing to predict Oscars. There is no science to it, just guesses. And chances are you're wrong anyway. That's why I don't put predictions on the side until I've seen the film first. But, for fun, let's do an honest to God predictions. I'm not going to stand by these choices for the rest of the year, but as it stands here are the five films I believe have the best shot at being Best Picture nominees come February:

The movies (in order):

1. The Dark Knight
2. Milk
3. The Road
4. Changeling
5. Slumdog Millionaire

The only reason there's no picture for "Slumdog Millionaire" or "Changeling" is because the studios haven't released posters yet (and for the record, the "poster" for "The Road" is actually the book cover). This will likely change in the coming months as we see other potentials at film festivals like "Doubt" and "Reservation Road," but for now here's my wild predictions.