Anne Hathaway and James Franco host the Academy Awards on Sunday night, where “The King’s Speech” is set to collect the most trophies. Does “The Social Network,” or anything else for that matter, still have a chance at the big prize?

Here are my best educated guesses as to who will win, as well as the nominees for which I’d cast a vote.

Best Picture
“The King’s Speech” won the Screen Actors, Producers and Directors Guild awards. That means it’s all but guaranteed to win the big one. If there’s any surprise, it will be “The Social Network,” the year’s critical darling. Will Win: “The King’s Speech”
Should win: My favorite of the year is still “127 Hours,” but a win for “Toy Story 3” would be an award for the previous installments and the entire Pixar library. (more…)

First, the bad news: Liam Neeson beats up fewer people in “Unknown” than he did in his 2009 hit “Taken.”

Even with the smaller bodycount, the 58-year-old Neeson proves his unlikely stint as action hero is no fluke. “Unknown” may borrow heavily from better thrillers, but it has enough suspense and smarts to keep an audience entertained during these winter movie doldrums.

Neeson plays Dr. Martin Harris, a researcher visiting Berlin with his wife (January Jones) to attend an important conference. About to check into the hotel, Harris forgets his briefcase in the cab. He rushes into another cab to pursue it, then gets into a terrible accident. (more…)