For the past seven years, the Daynas has persevered in its steadfast mission to weasel out of potentially embarrassing Oscar predictions by instead honoring those overlooked (and, in a few snarky cases, deservedly so) by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And in light of the LA Times' recent non-shocking survey showing that AMPAS consists predominantly of middle-aged white men, you can rest assured that our voting committee remains under 50 and female, though she is awfully pale this time of year.

Coming to you live-ish from muddy Corn Hill, it's the 2012 Daynas!

Best Film: "Drive" Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn revamped the noir genre with this meditative pulp about an honorable criminal trying to protect the woman he loves. Sounds familiar, but it felt bracingly fresh.

Best Worst Film: "Fast Five" Possibly the most (shameful) fun I had at the movies in 2011. Hammy acting, plotholes galore, and ridiculous stuntwork, yet the F&F flicks are getting better now that Diesel & Co. seem to be in on the joke.

Worst Worst Film: "The Hangover, Part 2" The successful sequel wasn't the profane laugh-o-rama we all hoped for; instead our summer began with bleak filmmaking about angry, disturbed men that will unfortunately yield a Part 3.

Best Director: Brad Bird, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" So what if Bird has only directed Pixar cartoons? Give the man $150 million, let him dangle Tom Cruise from the tallest building in the world, and then hold your breath.

Best Actress: Charlize Theron, "Young Adult" Theron should have received her third Oscar nomination for her unflinching performance as a deluded 30something who never grew out of her high-school-bitch sense of entitlement, even in the throes of a depressing reality.

Best Actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "50/50" Gordon-Levitt's affecting portrayal of a young cancer patient never succumbs to the histrionics another actor might have employed, opting instead for a thoughtful, disciplined approach that was undoubtedly informed by Will Reiser's knowing screenplay.

Best Supporting Actresses: Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg "Melancholia" Lars von Trier's idiotic provocations at Cannes completely undermined one of the year's best films, in which the surprisingly well-matched Dunst and Gainsbourg brilliantly play off each other as sisters coping in their own ways with the restrictions of life and the freedom of death.

Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, "Drive" The season's most outrageous Oscar snub; Brooks oozed benevolent menace as the movie-producer-turned-ruthless-gangster who was unafraid to get his hands dirty (read: very, very bloody).

Best Ensemble: "Contagion" A skillfully crafted thriller all around, from the ambitious screenplay to Steven Soderbergh's deft narrative juggling to the crackerjack cast, especially Jude Law, the underused Jennifer Ehle, and the superb Laurence Fishburne.

Best Foreign Language Film: "13 Assassins" Japanese national treasure Kôji Yakusho stars for auteur Takashi Miike in this breathtaking remake of a 60's samurai flick, which takes that reliable but often old-fashioned genre and drags into the 21st century atop a wagonload of guts and gore.

Best Documentary: "Louder Than A Bomb" This inspiring film followed a few passionate teens on their respective roads to a showdown at a 2008 poetry slam for Chicago high school students. And as you're cheering for them, these alleged opponents are rooting for each other. Beautiful.

Best Use of 3D: "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas" Action flicks can't seem to harness the power of 3D, yet comedic larks like "Jackass 3D" and the latest H&K nonsensery are getting it right. Floating marijuana smoke, claymation genitals, and the reliably in-your-face Neil Patrick Harris all added up to perhaps 2011's funniest movie.

Most Disappointing Use of 3D: "Immortals" Anyone who drank in the mesmerizing visuals of Tarsem Singh's "The Fall" couldn't help but be curious about the possibilities of Tarsem working in extra dimensions. Unfortunately, due to the gloomy murk of post-production 3D, you couldn't actually see it.

The Jennifer Aniston Award for Overexposure: Michael Fassbender No pun intended; besides baring all in Steve McQueen's "Shame," Fassbender had starring roles in three other films. Good films, too. I'm just a little sick of his face.

Remember: The 84th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal - yes, again - airs this Sunday, February 26, at 7 p.m. on ABC.