2/20 Thoughts: As we enter the final stretch, is there anything left to say? "The Artist" wins. Nothing is even really nipping at its heels. --Kristopher Tapley

Good Bets

• “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
  1.

Other Possibilities

• "Hugo" (Paramount Pictures)
  2.
• “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  3.

Dark Horses

• "The Help” (Walt Disney Pictures)
  4.
• "Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics)
  5.

The Rest of the field

• "Moneyball" (Columbia Pictures)
  6.
• “War Horse” (Touchstone Pictures)
  7.
• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  8.
• "The Tree of Life" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  9.