• Patrick Goldstein waxes on about why he thinks “WALL-E,” “The Reader” and “The Wrestler” will be Oscar losers (for Best Pic). [The Big Picture]

• Peter Bart observes Oscar campaign “combat fatigue” at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. [Peter Bart]

• Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard talk to KCRW’s Jason Bentley. [KCRW]

• David Carr does some pre-DGA speculating. [The Carpetbagger]

• Tom O’Neil takes a stab at predicting tonight’s Critics’ Choice Awards. [Gold Derby]

• While a few online mag staffers take a stab at the Globes. [Premiere]

• In praise of Clint Eastwood’s…face. [Slate]

• Xan Brooks wonders what the point of the People’s Choice Awards is. [The Guardian]

• Rebecca Hall gets some much-deserved ink across the pond for popping up on the BAFTA Best Newcomer shortlist. [Daily Telegraph]

• Howard Feinstein talks to “Man on Wire” director James Marsh. [indieWIRE]

• John Horn on the perils of high-brow cinema in the marketplace. [Los Angeles Times]

• Esther Walker says “Revolutionary Road” will change the obscurity of Richard Yates. [The Independent]

• Kevin Maher talks to Liev Schreiber about the action hero redefining of his career as of late. [The Times]