I was watching "The Simpsons" Sunday night and was just quick enough to change the channel when the special preview clip of "Super 8" began. I read about the 4-night campaign that Paramount is doing to publicize the film, but forgot that it was coming. Fortunately I'm pretty quick when it comes to the TV remote.

I can't believe that the studio is doing this. One of the coolest things about "Super 8" is that we don't know too much about the story. There's already enough buzz about the film, simply because of it's creators: J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg. And most movie fans DO NOT want to know any more about the plot than we already do.

And why is Paramount working with Fox on this (the previews are schedule to run during Fox shows for 4 straight nights)? It's all a bit of a mystery. Maybe that's part of the strategy, but I don't think so.

What has me worried is that Paramount may not think the movie is good enough to stand on it's own and that this clip campaign is necessary to try to ensure a big opening weekend. Let's hope that's not the reason they're giving so much away so early.

But I'll never know what they're giving away, because I won't be watching. There are only a few truly original stories in the group of Summer movies this year I'm not going to let anything spoil this one for me.

Right around this time last year I predicted that "Toy Story 3" would win the 2010 Summer Box Office battle and be the highest-grossing film of the year. Most other critics and box office "experts" disagreed. Well, the rest, as they say, is history - as "TS3" went-on to break records and gross over $415M domestically.

It's a new year and a new summer of contenders for the 2011 $$$ title. The next 3 months will be filled with big-budget blockbusters and highly-anticipated sequels. Here's my list of what I think will be the Top 10 films of the Summer, and their box office totals:

1 - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two" - $325M

2 - "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" - $310

3 - "Cars 2" - $285

4 - "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" - $265

5 - "Kung Fu Panda 2" - $250

6 - "Cowboys and Aliens" - $225

7 - "Captain America: The First Avenger" - $205

8 - "The Hangover: Part II" - $200

9 - "Super 8" - $180

10 - "X-Men: First Class" - $175

In The Summer of the Colon, "HP7:2" will win a very close box office race. Extremely good or bad reviews for any of these films could shake this list up a bit, but I'm pretty confident with my selections. We'll start to see how things begin playing out when "Pirates 4" opens next week.

According to Movieline.com, there is now a reason why Disney/Pixar's "Newt" (which was supposed to open in theaters this summer until they switched the date with "Cars 2") was cancelled last year. One word: "Rio".

John Lasseter (Pixar's Chief Creative Office and the director of the first two "Toy Story" films, "Cars" and "Cars 2") said to IGN.com that the studio never ended-up making the film because "its story was very similar to a film that's  out in theaters right now with a blue parrot. Oh my! Wow, we were like... no, there was no...great minds think alike, I guess. It was pretty similar."

Obviously Lasseter is talking about "Rio", and the two stories are very similar. For those of you who don't already know, "Rio" is about a the last male blue macaw who can't fly, who travels to Rio de Janeiro to meet the last female blue macaw, in hopes that they can repopulate the species.

"Newt" would have told the story of the last two blue-footed newts, that are forced to be together to overcome their challenges and save their species by mating.

"Rio" didn't go deep into the "mating" part, in fact it's hardly mentioned at all, because there are many other subplots that evolve. It would've been interesting to see how deep Pixar dealt with the subject.

Maybe "Newt" will be taken off the shelf someday down the line, but right now Pixar's pretty busy. "Cars 2" opens June 24, "Brave" comes out June 22, 2012, and "Monsters University" (the sequel to "Monsters, Inc.") will be in theaters June 21, 2013.

"Hoodwinked Too!" was shelved for over a year, but was finally released in theaters last weekend. The same could happen to "Newt". Unfortunately the killing of "Newt" ends a nice Pixar streak, as June 20, 2014 now belongs to DreamWorks' "How to Train Your Dragon 2". It could have been four years in a row that Pixar would have had that June weekend same weekend. But the next three should still be pretty good.

The Summer movie season officially kicks off Friday with "Thor" (though "Fast Five" apparently had other ideas). Here's my list of the 5 movies I'm most looking forward to seeing this Summer. It was hard for me to choose only five, since I'll be seeing at least 20 over the next four months, and many of them look great, so I'm including a few honorable mentions.

Honorable Mentions:

"Super 8" - (June 10) An interesting story though we don't know much about the plot. Directed by J.J. Abrams (the creator of "Lost"). Could be a surprise hit.

"Cowboys & Aliens" (July 29) - Directed by "Iron Man"'s Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford. A classic western/alien invasion story - very original. Looks like tons of action and excitement.

Top 5:

#5:

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (July 15) - A grand finale that looks like it'll be an all-out action film. I hope that's the case, considering "Part 1" had hardly any action. No, I'm not going back and watching all the other films, but maybe diehards will.

#4:

"Winnie the Pooh" (July 15) - Everyone's back! The animation looks terrific and the trailer sets it up to be not only funny (with lots of honey), but also emotional. Every time I see a clip for "Winnie the Pooh", it puts a smile on my face, and I hope that occurs througout the entire film.

#3:

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (May 20) - Johnny Depp returns (after a long 4 years) as Jack Sparrow, along with Geoffrey Rush. Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane join the cast. The story is intriguing, and "Pirates 4" looks to have loads of action and the charm we always get from Capt. Jack.

#2:

"Kung Fu Panda 2" (May 26) - Po and the Furious Five have to save Kung Fu. Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and company are joined by Gary Oldman. The animation looks fantastic and the action looks even better than in the original. I'm ready for more laughs and more Kung Fu!

#1:

"Cars 2" (June 24) - Lighning McQueen and Mater are going international. McQueen is taking part in the World Grand Prix, and Mater may be a spy. Exotic locations with fancy and detailed new cars. Mater is now the star, so there should be lots of laughs. But with Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer voicing British agents, you can also expect tons of action. The Paul Newman tribute should be nice as well.

Hopefully it's going to be a record-breaking summer at the box office and that most of these films are actually worth spending your money to see.

I went to see "African Cats" on Earth Day, and it may have been the worst experience I've had in a theater in the 5 year that I've been a critic. Dozens of people, kids and adults,  talking, texting, getting-up and walking around. There were crying babies, and little kids talking non-stop (including one sitting on his father's lap in the seat next to me who about every five seconds kept asking his father "Daddy, what animal is that?").

Just because this was a nature documentary, that doesn't mean that audience members should think they can treat it differently than a "regular film", with real actors. What, it's o.k. to be disrespectful because it's only animals on the screen? I don't think so. And what about the other people in the theater, who came there because they wanted to see this documentary and paid good money for tickets? 

And, frankly parents and grandparents shouldn't be bringing little ones to see "African Cats" because of all the killing and deaths with the animals. Would you let your three year old watch a Discovery Channel or Animal Planet show about lions attacking and eating antelope? Then why would you bring them to a theater, with a huge screen, to let them see that? Kids five and under don't know how to properly behave in a theater. Being scared by large animals makes things even worse.

Sadly, it's the parents are to blame for kids misbehaving in theaters. Many of them don't have a clue as to how to act. And at movies like "Born to be Wild" and "African Cats" they think it is like being at home, so that it's o.k. to talk and text and make noise. And they are setting terrible examples for their children.

I'm thinking of making a documentary about people who don't know how to behave at movies. And then make them all sit quietly and watch it.

It can take years for a sequel to finally be made and released in theaters. "Tron: Legacy" was nearly 30 years after the original. However, sometimes you can expect the sequel of a film series to open less than one year after the latest enstallment, as in the case of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" to "Eclipse" (just over 7 months). With "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil" finally coming to theaters next Friday five years after the original, let's take a look at some example of lengths of time between #1's and #2's:

 Quick turn-arounds:

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" - March 19, 2010; "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" - March 25, 2011; Barely one year apart.

"Iron Man" - May 2, 2008; "Iron Man 2" - May 7, 2010; Just over 2 years. "IM3" however will open in 2013, 3 years since "IM2".

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" - July 7, 2006; "At World's End" - May 25, 2007; About 10 and a half months apart, because they were filmed back-to-back due to the success of the first enstallment, which came out in 2003. This also happened with the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" series'.  However, "On Stranger Tides" opens 4 years after "At World's End", this May 20th.

Examples of what I would call "normal" lengths:

"Shrek the Third" - May 18, 2007; "Shrek Forever After" - May 21, 2010; Animated films take a long time, so 3 years is an appropriate time, and a "Shrek" film has opened every 3 years.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" - December 9, 2005; "Prince Caspian" - May 16, 2008; "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" - December 10, 2010; This series has also kept a pattern of a new film every 2 and a half years, even under new distribution.

 Long awaited sequels:

"Toy Story 2" -  November 19, 1999; "Toy Story 3" - June 18, 2010; It wasn't until the second decade of the 21st century that there would be a new "Toy Story", but it was worth the wait, as "TS3" became 2010's biggest film, and the biggest animated film of all-time.

"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" - May 24, 1989; "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" - May 22, 2008; "The Last Crusade" didn't turn out to be the last "Indiana Jones" film, and even though #4 came almost 20 years later, it still pulled in a whopping $787 million worldwide.

Sometimes studios decide to make a sequel after the original does very well at the box office opening weekend (as in the case of "Despicable Me"). Other times it's takes awhile, but the goal is always to make money off the success of the previous film.

After nearly 4 years, and long countless hours of discussions and debate, a decision has been reached to change The Official Kid Critic Report Grading System.

I have decided to add minus grades to my system. A-, B-, C-, and D- will be in effect beginning Friday April 22nd.

The reason for this dramatic development is that there have been many films I've reviewed in recent months that fell between the grades in my current system. The latest was "Hop", which I would've given a C- if I had the opportunity to do so.

This change is not retroactive, so I won't be going back and changing any of my previous grades.

I look forward to using my minuses when they're appropriate, and I hope that you will embrace this new policy.

Yours Truly,

Lights Camera Jackson

There's a major issue concerning the upcoming release of "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil". And it's not whether or not the Weinstein Co. might pull the film at the last minute and make us wait even longer to see it  or if movie is going to be as good as the original. No, the big question is: Is Burger King going to re-release their "Hoodwinked Too!" toys?

If you remember, the film was originally schedule to come out in January of 2010, but then the date was changed and "HT!" disappeared for awhile. But Burger King still decided to give out the character toys, in Jan. '10, which didn't make a lot of sense. Of course fans and collectors (including yours truly) picked-up all 6 toys, hoping that someday we'd actually get to see the movie.

Well that day is about to come - April 29 - but now that the movie is actually coming to theaters, will B.K. bring back the toys? It would be great if they did. I'm sure a lot of people didn't take them the first time because they didn't know anything about the movie. I bet there's a warehouse somewhere filled with the 6 characters:

Wheelie Ridin' Wolf

Fast Talkin' Twitchy

Beam Hoppin' Granny

Cart Wheelin' Woodsman

Power Kick Red

and Hansel and Gretel

Right now Burger King is wrapping-up their "Hop" toys campaign, just in time to bring back "HT!" Come on, B.K., find the toys and bring them back. Kids everywhere deserve them. I'll even buy a second set!

I had a great time at Sunday night's NY Emmy Awards in NYC. No, I didn't win my second Emmy, but I was nominated in two categories so it was exciting both times waiting to hear my name called. It's a fun party, with a lot of celebs. Here were some of my highlights:

- Actor Dominic Chianese ("Uncle Junior" from The Sopranos) told me the story of how he saw "The Wizard of Oz" with his mom when it first came out in 1939.

- Got to talk with Abe Vigoda about the Snickers commercial he did with Betty White.

- Got to see my "Early Show" colleague Chris Wragge for the first time since his promotion. Unfortunately he had to go home to get some sleep before he won two Emmys.

- One of the waiters snuck me chicken fingers and fries while everyone else was eating filet mignon.

- Got free passes to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in the goodie bag. I never been to the NYC edition - the LA one is great. Can't wait to go the next time I'm in the city.

I also got to meet Joan Lunden and see many friends from other TV stations around the NY area.

I had a funny speech prepared, but what can you do. It is an honor just to be nominated, and it's get you invited to the party, which is the best part!

George Lucas did amazing things "in a galaxy far, far away". But when it comes to his ideas on 3-D, he's way, way off.

The "Star Wars" creator has predicted that 3-D will take-over movie making the way color took-over black and white. And he's happy about it.

First of all, it won't happen. But if it does, NO ONE will be happy, except the studios, who will be making tons more money forcing people to see 3-D versions of movies that should be in 2-D. But the comparison Lucas makes doesn't make sense. Color became popular because it was real life, and movie-goers wanted to see people and stories that looked like real life. 3-D in movies doesn't look like what we see with our eyes in the real world. It's phony.

And can you imagine a film like "The King's Speech" in 3-D? That would be foolish. And the same for all of the other Oscar-nominated Best Picture films from last year (except, of course, "Toy Story 3", where it worked). I've been saying for years that there are only two genres where 3-D should be used: animation and fantasy/sci fi, because they aren't real life.

And, when 3-D rules the world, what happens to the independent movie theaters (and independent films)? The cost would put them all out of business.

Of course Lucas cares about the success of 3-D because he's re-releasing all of his "Star Wars" films in 3-D, and I'm sure wants to draw fans back to see them. We can blame James Cameron and the popularity of "Avatar" for the current 3-D craze, but there are signs that 2-D isn't dead yet. "Rango", the biggest movie of the year so far, is also the best looking film of the year in spectacular 2-D. And 2-D didn't hurt "Harry Potter 7 Pt. 1" (those boring camping scenes did).

And, theater GM's I've spoken with are worried that families are not going to be able to afford to go to 3-D movies, because they're so much more expensive. And if the studios stop making 2-D versions of films, people will stop going to the movies as often and the studios will start losing money. That's when the 3-D craze will officially come to an end.

"The Smurfs" was originally scheduled to be released on December 17th, 2010, then it was moved to July 29th, 2011. It was then switched to Wednesday August 3rd, 2011, and is now back to Friday July 29th, 2011. What the Smurf is going on? Apparently, after Fox moved it's release of "Rise of the Apes" to August 5th, the folks at Columbia Pictures decided they didn't want their little blue friends to have to fight that battle, knowing they would lose the 3-day box office weekend.

But here's the thing I don't understand: "The Smurfs" will now be going up against "Cowboys & Aliens", which will likely be a tougher foe at the box office than "Apes". "The Smurfs" could now be an automatic lock for second place that weekend. I wish the studio had stuck with the August 3rd release, or had moved the opening to the middle of August to give kids a good, last-minute movie option before going back to school.

But the good news from all of this is that we'll get to see "The Smurfs" sooner than expected. The live action/animated comedy stars Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, and features the voices of Katy Perry, Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Jeff Foxworthy, Paul Reubens and many more. I only hope all of this date shifting isn't because the Columbia isn't happy with the finished product.

A British screenwriter - Jake Mandeville-Anthony - is suing Disney/Pixar for stealing his idea for the movie "Cars". He claims he came up with the idea for the talking cars movie way back in the early 90's and sent it, along with descriptions and sketches of animated cars and marketing and merchandising plans to several studios, including Disney. In fact, he claims he met in person with Jim Morris, who at the time was an executive with Lucasfilm. Morris joined Pixar in 2005 and "Cars" was released a year later.

While all of this may sound suspicious, don't you wonder why Mandeville-Anthony didn't file this lawsuit sooner, instead of waiting until a few months before the scheduled release of "Cars 2" (which he is trying to stop, by the way).

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the writer and Pixar have been in a private legal battle for some time. Maybe that is about this, and Mandeville-Anthony decided to take it public.

It all sounds a little crazy, after all, talking cars have been around for a long time. And didn't someone sue DreamWorks awhile ago claiming the studio stole his idea for "Kung Fu Panda"?

Good luck trying to keep "Cars 2" from being released. Not even if he had Mater as his lawyer could Mandeville-Anthony get that done.

The upcoming animated comedy "Rio" was originally rated PG for "some off color humor". Now we're just a month away from the film's release, and the rating has been changed to G. There has been no official statement on why the change was made but I have foung a few clues.

On Film Ratings.com, it lists "Rio" as G, and that the MPAA and CARA re-screened the film. And on the movie's own U.S. site, the original Trailer #2 has been changed, and shows a lot more of the different characters, including some never-before-seen clips. The original Trailer #2 had the celebrity's name and a brief clip of each character.

I think the studio felt that being G would bring a larger audience, and that parents wouldn't like watching an animated film with their kids that had "off-color humor". It good to see that this move was made. It shows that the studio, "Blue Sky", cared enough to make the last minute changes necessary for the film to reach the widest possible audience. Now let's just hope it's a great movie.

"Rio" opens April 15th.

DreamWorks Animation is planning out releases for their films all the way to Summer 2014. Some of you might think that's crazy, but animated films take a long time to make. Here's their lineup:

2011

"Kung Fu Panda 2" - May 26

Po and the gang return and try to save Kung Fu.

"Puss in Boots" - November 4

The origin story of the heroic cat from the "Shrek films".

2012

"Madagascar 3" - June 8

The zoo animals travel to Europe and join in a circus. Written by Noah Baumbach ("Fantastic Mr. Fox"), so this edition could be a little quirkier.

"Rise of the Guardians" - November 21

No, this isn't another owl movie. Instead it features Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and more fighting against the Boogeyman.

2013 (featuring 3 movies, just like last year)

"The Croods" - March 1

of Written by Chris Sanders ("How to Train Your Dragon") and starring Nicolas Cage, tells the story a caveman family that ventures out of their cave.

"Turbo" - June 7

A garden snail wants to become the fastest snail in the world. Funny idea coming from the film's director David Soren, who also worked on "Merry Madagascar".

"Me and My Shadow" - November 8

The first live action/animated film for the studio, about a shadow who gets bored and wants to take over his master.

2014

"Mr. Peabody & Sherman" - March 21

Based on the cartoon, directed by "The Lion King's" Rob Minkoff, from the writers of "Yogi Bear", and starring Robert Downey, Jr. What more can you ask for?

"How to Train Your Dragon 2" - June 20

The (by that time) highly anticpated sequel to the Oscar-nominated hit.

DreamWorks Animation is planning out releases for their films all the way to Summer 2014. Some of you might think that's crazy, but animated films take a long time to make. Here's their lineup:

2011

"Kung Fu Panda 2" - May 26

Po and the gang return and try to save Kung Fu.

"Puss in Boots" - November 4

The origin story of the heroic cat from the "Shrek films".

2012

"Madagascar 3" - June 8

The zoo animals travel to Europe and join in a circus. Written by Noah Baumbach ("Fantastic Mr. Fox"), so this edition could be a little quirkier.

"Rise of the Guardians" - November 21

No, this isn't another owl movie. Instead it features Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and more fighting against the Boogeyman.

2013 (featuring 3 movies, just like last year)

"The Croods" - March 1

of Written by Chris Sanders ("How to Train Your Dragon") and starring Nicolas Cage, tells the story a caveman family that ventures out of their cave.

"Turbo" - June 7

A garden snail wants to become the fastest snail in the world. Funny idea coming from the film's director David Soren, who also worked on "Merry Madagascar".

"Me and My Shadow" - November 8

The first live action/animated film for the studio, about a shadow who gets bored and wants to take over his master.

2014

"Mr. Peabody & Sherman" - March 21

Based on the cartoon, directed by "The Lion King's" Rob Minkoff, from the writers of "Yogi Bear", and starring Robert Downey, Jr. What more can you ask for?

"How to Train Your Dragon 2" - June 20

The (by that time) highly anticpated sequel to the Oscar-nominated hit.

The two largest movie theater companies (Regal and AMC) are forming their own movie distribution company called Open Road Films, that will release 8-10 wide-release films a year, with the first hopefully to come out later this year.

These films won't just be shown in their own movie theaters. Tom Ortenberg is the new CEO. He used to work for The Weinstein Company and Lionsgate. According to Ortenberg Open Road will go after independent movies which often have a tough time finding a distributor. The goal of the new company is to get more of these stories to a larger audience. 

What I find surprising is that, as theater chains, AMC and Regal are big rivals. In Times Square their theaters are right across the street from each other. Nice to see them coming together for this.

One group that isn't happy about this is the Hollywood Studios. Having theaters buying and distributing films directly takes them out of the mix. And they could lose screen space at AMC and Regal theaters and others as well.

This is a interesting move. If it works we could see more theater chains buying films directly and this could hurt small studios such as Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment who are also competiting for the top independent films each year.

Here's the 2nd part of my Tonight Show interview. Can't believe it's been a week already since I was on the show. There's a very funny "Backstage with Bryan" video on The Tonight Show website if you're interested. He starts by asking Emily Blunt about me and she's very funny. Then he asks me a few things as well.

Here's the link: http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/backstage-with-bryan/emily-blunt-12-year-old-film-critic-jackson-murphy-and-chris-medina---backstage/

My next national TV appearance is coming-up in a few weeks. Any guesses?

Finally getting used to being back home. Hollywood Week (I sound like I was on American Idol) was fantastic. Too many highlights to write about but, obviously, the biggie was being on "The Tonight Show". So many of you have e-mailed, Tweeted and written me on Facebook congratulating me. I wish I can think you all individually, but then I'd never get all caught-up with my homework in time to see "Rango" Friday night. So I want to THANK YOU all together. It's great to know so many people were watching and that most of you thought I did a good job.

I have heard from many people who fell asleep or didn't know I was going to be on until they read about it the next day. And so here is a clip of the first part of the segment. I'll put the second part up on Friday.

"The King's Speech" was the big winner at the Academy Awards, but there were some surprises. And they didn't just come from the movies.

I wasn't certain that the idea of James Franco and Anne Hathaway as co-hosts was going to be a success, and it really wasn't. James was a bit weak, and Anne was a little over the top, and the monologue was awkward. I've got three choices for next year's hosts: Kirk Douglas, Kevin Spacey, and Billy Crystal. They were all funny, charming and confident when they were onstage. Exactly what you need in a host.

The first big win was Melissa Leo for Best Supporting Actress, and one of the first big surprises of the evening was her F-Bomb.

I was glad "Toy Story 3" won Best Animated Feature, but disappointed that the Best Original Song award went to the film's "We Belong Together". It's not a bad song, just not the one I would've chosen. But I'm glad he and the other performers nominated got to sing live on stage for at least a minute. Great to get back to traditions.

The "In Memoriam" segment was well-made, and not having a 10 to 15-minute long icon tribute helped speed along the show.

I thought it was interesting that the award for Best Director came before Best Actor and Best Actress because it killed a more lot of the suspense, than if it had come right before Best Picture as it usually does.

Some of the presenters were oddly chosen. For example, Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis presenting Best Animated Feature. JT voiced in "Shrek the Third" and "Yogi Bear" and Mila is a regular on TV's "Family Guy", but they weren't the ideal to present this category.

I also liked the big set design and tributes to classic films like "Titanic" and the old Oscar shows hosted by Bob Hope.

Overall the Academy may not have hit the mark with the hosts, but they got it right by choosing the correct film to win Best Picture. Geoffrey Rush says to King George VI that he has a voice, and so do his film.

Here are my Official Picks for tonight's Academy Awards:

Best Supporting Actress
Should Win: Hailee Steinfeld "True Grit"
Will Win: Melissa Leo "The Fighter"
Steinfeld was fantastic, and she's only 14. Could be the night's big upset.

Best Supporting Actor
Should Win: Geoffrey Rush "The King's Speech"
Will Win: Christian Bale "The Fighter"
Both great. Rush's role was more crucial to the movie but Bale is practically a lock.

Best Director
Should Win: Tom Hooper "The King's Speech"
Will Win: Hooper
If it's a "King's Speech" sweep, then it's Hooper for sure.

Best Actress
Should Win: Annette Bening "The Kids Are All Right"
Will Win: Natalie Portman "Black Swan"
It's Portman's year, but Bening could steal it with a "career" award.

Best Actor
Should Win: Colin Firth "The King's Speech"
Will Win: Firth
Would be biggest shocker of all if Firth doesn't win.

Best Animated Short Film
Should Win: "Let's Pollute"
Will Win: "The Gruffalo"
"The Gruffalo" as the star power.

Best Animated Feature
Should and Will Win: "Toy Story 3"
A no brainer, but wish it had a real shot at the biggie.

Best Picture
Should Win: "Toy Story 3"
Will Win: "The King's Speech"
Tough call over "The Social Network" (which most liked a lot more than me), but the best bet.

I'll be Tweeting throughout the show - live from Hollywood - so follow along if you can.