Vote in the new Awards Circuit Poll!

The next Poll in our continuing series of Polls on the blog has gone up, and this one asks you to think about what you now feel in terms of the expansion of Best Picture...
-Make your vote known, and make your voice heard in the comments section below!

We at The Awards Circuit give our thoughts on the year in film that was 2006!

Indeed, we each have our top 10 lists for 2006 up, in addition to Clay's complete awards for 2006. It certainly was no slouch of a year, and the top 10 lists can be seen on the Main Page here: http://www.awardscircuit.com/topten06.html

-As a bonus, here are my top 25 for the year 2006(essentially 15 more films to add to the top 10 that is exactly the same here as on the list on the Main Page):

1.The Fountain

2. United 93

3. The Departed

4. Half Nelson

5. Stranger Than Fiction

6. Bobby

7. Little Miss Sunshine

8. Clerks 2

9. Little Children

10. The Last Kiss
11. World Trade Center
12. Children of Men
13. Pan’s Labyrinth
14. Brick
15. Casino Royale
16. Hard Candy
17. Thank You For Smoking
18. V for Vendetta
19. Rocky Balboa
20. Superman Returns
21. Letters from Iwo Jima
22. SherryBaby
23. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
24. Wristcutters: A Love Story
25. Click

-Feel free to post here with your thoughts on the year in film that was 2006...

It's almost halfway through the year already...what's your favorite film of the year so far?

Consider this essentially the "Best of the First Third of the Year" list, more or less...there probably will be another one at the end of the summer, before the Oscar season kicks into gear, and then the "official" one at the end of the year. My top 5 of the year so far are:

1. Adventureland

2. Star Trek

3. I Love You, Man

4. Watchmen

5. Two Lovers

-I'm sure people have other choices, so let me know...what are your favorite films of the year so far?

My Own Top 30

Following up on Joey's lead, I thought I'd publish my top 30 as well. Feel free to comment, applaud my selections, send me hate mail, etc.

Without further ado:

1.     Synecdoche, New York

2.     Milk

3.     The Dark Knight

4.     WALL-E

5.     In Bruges

6.     The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

7.     Slumdog Millionaire

8.     Let The Right One In

9.     The Wrestler

10. Changeling

11. Frost/Nixon

12. Rachel Getting Married

13. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

14. The Visitor

15. Revolutionary Road

16. The Reader

17. Happy Go Lucky

18. Gran Torino

19. Snow Angels

20. Religulous

21. Burn After Reading

22. Tell No One

23. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

24. Iron Man

25. Role Models

26. Stop-Loss

27. Doubt

28. Appaloosa

29. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

30. Pineapple Express

Thoughts? Comments? Questions? Moral debates? Psychological discussions? Parables? Queries? Leave a comment.

This Makes 2008 Look Rather Good Overall...

...for movies at least. This video is up at Awards Daily and In Contention, so I thought it had a place here as well:

-Impressive, right?

2nd Online Community Awards!

Our Full List of Winners:

2nd Online Community Awards
Official Results
(Chosen by our readers)

Best Picture
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

Best Ensemble
No Country for Old Men

Best Cameo/Limited Performance
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild

Best Child/Young Performance
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Breakthrough Performance
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild

Best Screenplay
No Country for Old Men

Best Editing
There Will Be Blood

Best Cinematography
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

Best Costume Design
Sweeney Todd

Best Art Direction
Sweeney Todd

Best Makeup
Hairspray

Best Sound
Transformers

Best Visual Effects
Transformers

Best Score (Original or Pre-Recorded)
Sweeney Todd

Best Song (Original or Pre-Recorded)
"That's How You Know," Enchanted

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly

Best Documentary
No End in Sight

Popcorn Film of the Year
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Comedy
Juno

Best Comedic Performance
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Scene
"The Bathhouse Fight" from Eastern Promises

Best Quote
"What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?" from No Country for Old Men

Best Awards Coverage by a Website
AwardsDaily

Best Awards Coverage by a Blog
And The Winner Is

Click here for our full list of nominees and thank you for voting!

2nd Online Community Awards: Vote Now!

Here at The Oscar® Igloo, we are always encouraging our readers' participation in all our discussions and when it comes to choosing the best films and performances of the year; we are not making any exceptions... Our 2nd Online Community Awards give you the chance to honor the best of 2007 in 30 different categories.

Eligibility: All films released from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007

To vote, you only need to complete our Official Ballot (see below) with 3-5 nominees for each category and send it to administrator@theoscarigloo.com before January 1st.

Nominees will be announced on January 14!

Thank you for being a part of our community and enjoy the holidays!

2nd OCA Ballot

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Ensemble

Best Cameo/Limited Performance (Male or Female)

Best Child/Young Performance

Breakthrough Performance

Best Screenplay

Best Editing

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Art Direction

Best Makeup

Best Sound

Best Visual Effects

Best Score (Original or Pre-Recorded)

Best Song (Original or Pre-Recorded)

Best Animated Film

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Documentary

Popcorn Film of the Year

Best Comedy

Best Comedic Performance

Best Scene

Best Quote

Best Awards Coverage by a Website (We thank your support but we are ineligible)

Best Awards Coverage by a Blog (Personal Site) (We thank your support but we are ineligible)

Vote Now!