Critics' Choice Awards Nominees

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the group behind The Critics' Choice Awards, which will be televised on January 8th. It's always fascinating to see who shows up at this show, because it's usually the same bunch of people who say they never read reviews and don't make movies for critics. Be that as it may, we've got the comprehensive list of nominees, which includes a none-too-surprising field of Best Picture nominees: Avatar, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, Nine, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air. As the critics' lists roll in between now and the end of the year, we'll get a pretty good indication as to what film has the most momentum for The Golden Shalits. I would speculate - and no, they don't call them The Golden Shalits - that it's The Hurt Locker. In the past 24 hours or so, Kathryn Bigelow's film has taken top honors in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles, and that will be a tough trio to overcome. It also has the pull of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists behind it in this young awards season. The Hurt Locker is not done winning those local/regional awards, by the way, so this could be a foregone conclusion by January 8th. The Oscars are a different kettle of fish, and I would venture to guess Up in the Air has the most voters swooning for the biggest prize of all. Here's the list of Critics' Choice nominees: Best Picture
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Nine
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air Best Directing
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker Best Actress
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Alfred Molina, An Education
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Samantha Morton, The Messenger Best Young Actor/Actress
Jae Head, The Blind Side
Bailee Madison, Brothers
Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road Best Acting Ensemble
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Precious
Star Trek
Up in the Air Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Single Man
Up in the Air Best Original Screenplay
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up Best Animated Feature
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
Up Best Art Direction
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
The Lovely Bones
Nine
A Single Man Best Cinematography
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Lovely Bones
Nine Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Where the Wild Things Are
The Young Victoria Best Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Up in the Air Best Makeup
Avatar
District 9
Nine
The Road
Star Trek Best Score
The Informant!
The Princess and the Frog
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Where the Wild Things Are Best Song
"The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
"(I Want To) Come Home" from Everybody’s Fine
"Cinema Italiano" from Nine
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog
"All is Love" from Where the Wild Things Are Best Sound
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Nine
Star Trek Best Visual Effects
2012
Avatar
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Star Trek Best Action Movie
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek Best Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
The Proposal
Zombieland Best Picture Made for Television
Gifted Hands
Grey Gardens
Into the Storm
Taking Chance Best Foreign Language Film
Broken Embraces
Coco Before Chanel
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
The White Ribbon Best Documentary Feature
Anvil!: The Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It

Comments

[SEAN]

Very concise & intelligent, looking forward to seeing who wins...The Critics Choice Awards never seem to disappoint