Gold Standard: Can a boyhood streak remain unbroken?

Award consultants have finished their scouting reports. The movies have been set and ranked. Traditional powerhouses (looking at you, Weinstein U.) are ready to clash with the Cinderella teams. (Please stop hassling “Inherent Vice’s” hippie mascot, man!) Who will prevail when the dust settles, the last chicken dinner has been ignored and the Oscar is handed out Feb. 22? Our early predictions.