The Las Vegas Film Critics speak up!

And here's what they said:

Best Picture
“The Hurt Locker”

Best Actor
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actress
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, “Inglorious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress
Monique, “Precious”

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“500 Days of Summer”

Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Film Editing
Bob Murawski, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Costume Design
Anna B. Sheppard, “Inglorious Basterds”

Best Art Direction
“Avatar”

Best Visual Effects
“Star Trek”

Best Documentary
“Anvil: The Story of Anvil”

Best Foreign Film
“Red Cliff” (China)

Best Song
“The Weary Kind” (Theme from “Crazy Heart)
Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Score
Michael Giacchino, “Star Trek”

Best Family Film
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”

Best Animated Film
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”

Youth in Film
“Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones”

Best DVD (Packaging, Design, and Content)
“The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition)

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Roger Deakins

-Thoughts?

SAG Nominations Announced!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake - "CRAZY HEART" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

GEORGE CLOONEY / Ryan Bingham - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)

COLIN FIRTH / George Falconer - "A SINGLE MAN" (The Weinstein Company)

MORGAN FREEMAN / Nelson Mandela - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

JEREMY RENNER / Staff Sgt. William James - "THE HURT LOCKER" (Summit Entertainment)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

SANDRA BULLOCK / Leigh Anne Tuohy - "THE BLIND SIDE" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

HELEN MIRREN / Sofya - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)

CAREY MULLIGAN / Jenny - "AN EDUCATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)

GABOUREY SIDIBE / Precious - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)

MERYL STREEP / Julia Child - "JULIE & JULIA" (Columbia Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

MATT DAMON / Francois Pienaar - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

WOODY HARRELSON / Captain Tony Stone - "THE MESSENGER" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Tolstoy - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)

STANLEY TUCCI / George Harvey - "THE LOVELY BONES" (Paramount Pictures)

CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Col. Hans Landa - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Carla - "NINE" (The Weinstein Company)

VERA FARMIGA / Alex Goran - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)

ANNA KENDRICK / Natalie Keener - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)

DIANE KRUGER / Bridget Von Hammersmark - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

MO'NIQUE / Mary - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

AN EDUCATION (Sony Pictures Classics)

DOMINIC COOPER / Danny

ALFRED MOLINA / Jack

CAREY MULLIGAN / Jenny

ROSAMUND PIKE / Helen

PETER SARSGAARD / David

EMMA THOMPSON / Headmistress

OLIVIA WILLIAMS / Miss Stubbs

THE HURT LOCKER (Summit Entertainment)

CHRISTIAN CAMARGO / Col. John Cambridge

BRIAN GERAGHTY / Specialist Owen Eldridge

EVANGELINE LILLY / Connie James

ANTHONY MACKIE / Sgt. J.T. Sanborn

JEREMY RENNER / Staff Sgt. William James

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)

DANIEL BRÜHL / Fredrick Zoller

AUGUST DIEHL / Major Hellstrom

JULIE DREYFUS / Francesca Mondino

MICHAEL FASSBENDER / Lt. Archie Hicox

SYLVESTER GROTH / Joseph Goebbels

JACKY IDO / Marcel

DIANE KRUGER / Bridget Von Hammersmark

MÉLANIE LAURENT / Shosanna

DENIS MENOCHET / Perrier LaPedite

MIKE MYERS / General Ed French

BRAD PITT / Lt. Aldo Raine

ELI ROTH / Sgt. Donny Donowitz

TIL SCHWEIGER / Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz

ROD TAYLOR / Winston Churchill

CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Col. Hans Landa

MARTIN WUTTKE / Hitler

NINE (The Weinstein Company)

MARION COTILLARD / Luisa Contini

PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Carla

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Guido Contini

JUDI DENCH / Lillian

FERGIE / Saraghina

KATE HUDSON / Stephanie

NICOLE KIDMAN / Claudia

SOPHIA LOREN / Mamma

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE (Lionsgate)

MARIAH CAREY / Ms. Weiss

LENNY KRAVITZ / Nurse John

MO'NIQUE / Mary

PAULA PATTON / Ms. Rain

SHERRI SHEPHERD / Cornrows

GABOUREY SIDIBE / Precious

PRIMETIME TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

KEVIN BACON / Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl - "TAKING CHANCE" (HBO)

CUBA GOODING, JR. / Ben Carson - "GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY" (TNT)

JEREMY IRONS / Alfred Stieglitz - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE" (Lifetime)

KEVIN KLINE / Cyrano de Bergerac - "GREAT PERFORMANCES: CYRANO de BERGERAC" (PBS)

TOM WILKINSON / Salter - "A NUMBER" (HBO)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

JOAN ALLEN / Georgia O'Keeffe - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE" (Lifetime)

DREW BARRYMORE / Little Edie - "GREY GARDENS" (HBO)

RUBY DEE / Mrs. Harper - "AMERICA" (Lifetime)

JESSICA LANGE / Big Edie - "GREY GARDENS" (HBO)

SIGOURNEY WEAVER / Mary Griffith - "PRAYERS FOR BOBBY" (Lifetime)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

SIMON BAKER / Patrick Jane - "THE MENTALIST" (CBS)

BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White - "BREAKING BAD" (AMC)

MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - "DEXTER" (Showtime)

JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN" (AMC)

HUGH LAURIE / House - "HOUSE" (FOX)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

PATRICIA ARQUETTE/ Allison Dubois - "MEDIUM" (NBC/CBS)

GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes - "DAMAGES" (FX)

MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson - "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" (NBC)

HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko - "SAVING GRACE" (TNT)

JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick - "THE GOOD WIFE" (CBS)

KYRA SEDGWICK / Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson - "THE CLOSER" (TNT)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - "30 ROCK" (NBC)

STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott - "THE OFFICE" (NBC)

LARRY DAVID / Himself - "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM" (HBO)

TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk - "MONK" (USA NETWORK)

CHARLIE SHEEN / Charlie Harper - "TWO AND A HALF MEN" (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Newly - "SAMANTHA WHO?" (ABC)

TONI COLLETTE / Tara Gregor - "UNITED STATES OF TARA" (Showtime)

EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton - "NURSE JACKIE" (Showtime)

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon - "30 ROCK" (NBC)

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Christine Campbell - "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE" (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

THE CLOSER (TNT)

G.W. BAILEY / Lt. Provenza

MICHAEL PAUL CHAN / Lt. Mike Tao

RAYMOND CRUZ / Det. Julio Sanchez

TONY DENISON / Lt. Andy Flynn

ROBERT GOSSETT / Commander Taylor

PHILLIP P. KEENE / Buzz Watson

COREY REYNOLDS / Sgt. David Gabriel

KYRA SEDGWICK / Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson

J.K. SIMMONS / Asst. Police Chief Will Pope

JON TENNEY / FBI Special Agent Fritz Howard

DEXTER (Showtime)

PRESTON BAILEY / Cody

JULIE BENZ / Rita Bennett

JENNIFER CARPENTER / Debra Morgan

COURTNEY FORD / Christine

MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan

DESMOND HARRINGTON / Joey Quinn

C.S. LEE / Vince Masuka

JOHN LITHGOW / Arthur Mitchell

RICK PETERS / Elliot

JAMES REMAR / Harry Morgan

CHRISTINA ROBINSON / Astor

LAUREN VÉLEZ / Lt. Maria Laguerta

DAVID ZAYAS / Angel Batista

THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)

CHRISTINE BARANSKI / Diane Lockhart

JOSH CHARLES / Will Gardner

MATT CZUCHRY / Cary Agos

JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick

ARCHIE PANJABI / Kalinda Sharma

GRAHAM PHILLIPS / Zach Florrick

MacKENZIE VEGA / Grace Florrick

MAD MEN (AMC)

ALEXA ALEMANNI / Allison

BRYAN BATT / Salvatore Romano

JARED S. GILMORE / Bobby Draper

MICHAEL GLADIS / Paul Linsey

JON HAMM / Don Draper

JARED HARRIS / Lane Pryce

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS / Joan Holloway (Harris)

JANUARY JONES / Betty Draper

VINCENT KARTHEISER / Peter Campbell

ROBERT MORSE / Bertram Cooper

ELISABETH MOSS / Peggy Olson

KIERNAN SHIPKA / Sally Draper

JOHN SLATTERY / Roger Sterling

RICH SOMMER / Harry Crane

CHRISTOPHER STANLEY / Henry Francis

AARON STATON / Ken Cosgrove

TRUE BLOOD (HBO)

CHRIS BAUER / Andy Bellefleur

MEHCAD BROOKS / Eggs

ANNA CAMP / Sarah Newlin

NELSAN ELLIS / Lafayette Reynolds

MICHELLE FORBES / Maryann Forrester

MARIANA KLAVENO / Lorena

RYAN KWANTEN / Jason Stackhouse

TODD LOWE / Terry Bellefleur

MICHAEL McMILLIAN / Steve Newlin

STEPHEN MOYER / Bill Compton

ANNA PAQUIN / Sookie Stackhouse

JIM PARRACK / Hoyt Fortenberry

CARRIE PRESTON / Arlene Fowler

WILLIAM SANDERSON / Bud Dearborne

ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD / Eric Northman

SAM TRAMMELL / Sam Merlotte

RUTINA WESLEY / Tara Thornton

DEBORAH ANN WOLL / Jessica Hamby

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 ROCK (NBC)

SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger

ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy

KATRINA BOWDEN / Cerie

KEVIN BROWN / Dot Com

GRIZZ CHAPMAN / Grizz

TINA FEY / Liz Lemon

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano

JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney

JOHN LUTZ / Lutz

JACK McBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell

TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan

KEITH POWELL / Toofer

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO)

LARRY DAVID / Himself

SUSIE ESSMAN / Susie Greene

JEFF GARLIN / Jeff Greene

CHERYL HINES / Cheryl David

GLEE (FOX)

DIANA AGRON / Quinn Fabray

CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel

PATRICK GALLAGHER / Ken Tanaka

JESSALYN GILSIG / Terri Schuester

JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester

JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury

KEVIN McHALE / Arty Abrams

LEA MICHELE / Rachel Berry

CORY MONTEITH / Finn Hudson

HEATHER MORRIS / Brittany

MATTHEW MORRISON / Will Schuester

AMBER RILEY / Mercedes

NAYA RIVERA / Santana Lopez

MARK SALLING / Puck

HARRY SHUM JR. / Mike Chang

JOSH SUSSMAN / Jacob Ben Israel

DIJON TALTON / Matt Rutherford

IQBAL THEBA / Principal Figgins

JENNA USHKOWITZ / Tina

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)

JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy

TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy

JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell Pritchett

NOLAN GOULD / Luke Dunphy

SARAH HYLAND / Haley Dunphy

ED O'NEILL / Jay Pritchett

RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny Delgado

ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron

SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett

ARIEL WINTER / Alex Dunphy

THE OFFICE (NBC)

LESLIE DAVID BAKER / Stanley Hudson

BRIAN BAUMGARTNER / Kevin Malone

CREED BRATTON / Creed Bratton

STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott

JENNA FISCHER / Pam Beesly

KATE FLANNERY / Meredith Palmer

ED HELMS/ Andy Bernard

MINDY KALING / Kelly Kapoor

ELLIE KEMPER / Kellie Erin Hannon

ANGELA KINSEY / Angela Martin

JOHN KRASINSKI / Jim Halpert

PAUL LIEBERSTEIN / Toby Flenderson

B.J. NOVAK / Ryan Howard

OSCAR NUÑEZ / Oscar Martinez

CRAIG ROBINSON / Darryl Philbin

PHYLLIS SMITH / Phillis Lapin-Vance

RAINN WILSON / Dwight Schrute

SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

PUBLIC ENEMIES (Universal Pictures)

STAR TREK (Paramount Pictures)

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (Paramount Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

24 (FOX)

THE CLOSER (TNT)

DEXTER (Showtime)

HEROES (NBC)

THE UNIT (CBS)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Screen Actors Guild Awards 46th Annual Life Achievement Award

Betty White

The Academy settles on 63 songs to duke it out for the Best Original Song nominations!

Some expected contenders were left out (the song from Precious, as well as additional songs from Crazy Heart and The Princess and the Frog), but overall, they sure have a varied list to choose from. Here they are:

• “All Is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
• “Almost Over You” from “My One and Only”
• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “AyAyAyAy” from “The Maid”
• “Back to Tennessee” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
• “Being Bad” from “Duplicity”
• “Blanco” from “Fast & Furious”
• “Brothers in Arms” from “Brothers at War”
• “Butterfly Fly Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
• “Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
• “Colorblind” from “Invictus”
• “Depression Era” from “That Evening Sun”
• “Don’t Walk Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
• “Dove of Peace” from “Bruno”
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “Fly Farm Blues” from “It Might Get Loud”
• “Forget Me” from “I Love You, Beth Cooper”
• “God Bless Us Everyone” from “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
• “Here” from “Shrink”
• “Hideaway” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
• “Hoedown Throwdown” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
• “I Bring What I Love” from “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love”
• “I See You” from “Avatar”
• “(I Want to) Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
• “If You’re Wondering” from “The Lightkeepers”
• “Impossible Fantasy” from “Adventures of Power”
• “Innocent Child” from “Skin”
• “Invictus 9,000 Days” from “Invictus”
• “Legendary” from “Tyson”
• “Let Freedom Reign” from “Skin”
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”
• “Ma Belle Evangeline” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “My One and Only” from “My One and Only”
• “Na Na” from “Couples Retreat”
• “Never Knew I Needed” from “The Princess and the Frog”
• “New Divide” from “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
• “New Jersey Nights” from “Adventures of Power”
• “New York Is Where I Live” from “Did You Hear about the Morgans?”
• “No Time for Love” from “Simon & Malou”
• “One Day” from “Post Grad”
• “Only You” from “The Young Victoria”
• “Other Father Song” from “Coraline”
• “Petey’s Song” from “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” from “Ponyo”“
• Possibility” from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
• “Raining Sunshine” from “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
• “Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)” from “Lymelife”
• “Smoke without Fire” from “An Education”
• “Somebody Else” from “Crazy Heart”
• “Stu’s Song” from “The Hangover”
• “Take It All” from “Nine”
• “Through the Trees” from “Jennifer’s Body”
• “Trust Me” from “The Informant!”
• “Un Bouquet des Violettes” from “New York, I Love You”
• “We Are the Children of the World” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “We Love Violence” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart”
• “When You Find Me” from “Adam”
• “Winter” from “Brothers”
• “The Word Is Love” from “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!”
• “You Got Me Wrapped around Your Little Finger” from “An Education”
• “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
• “You’ve Been a Friend to Me” from “Old Dogs”

-Thoughts on which songs have the best chances?

The Trailer for 'Iron Man 2' hits...

Behold:

-I think an accurate response would be "holy crap"...thoughts?

Today we also have the nominations from the Chicago Critics!

Here's what they nominated:

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow (-) The Hurt Locker
Joel & Ethan Coen (-) A Serious Man
Spike Jonze (-) Where the Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman (-) Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino (-) Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges (-) Crazy Heart
George Clooney (-) Up in the Air
Matt Damon (-) The Informant!
Jeremy Renner (-) The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg (-) A Serious Man

BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish (-) Bright Star
Carey Mulligan (-) An Education
Maya Rudolph (-) Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe (-) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep (-) Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi (-) In the Loop
Woody Harrelson (-) The Messenger
Christian McKay (-) Me and Orson Welles
Stanley Tucci (-) The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz (-) Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vera Farmiga (-) Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick (-) Up in the Air
Mo’Nique (-) Precious
Julianne Moore (-) A Single Man
Natalie Portman (-) Brothers

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Away We Go (-) Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
The Hurt Locker (-) Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (-) Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man (-) Joel & Ethan Coen
Up (-) Bob Peterson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education (-) Nick Hornby
In the Loop (-) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
The Informant! (-) Scott Z. Burns
Up in the Air (-) Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil!: The True Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar (-) Mauro Fiore
Bright Star (-) Greig Fraser
The Hurt Locker (-) Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds (-) Robert Richardson
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Lance Acord

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar (-) James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox (-) Alexandre Desplat
The Informant! (-) Marvin Hamlisch
Up (-) Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Sharlto Copley (-) District 9
Christian McKay (-) Me and Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan (-) An Education
Max Records (-) Where the Wild Things Are
Gabourey Sidibe (-) Precious

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Neill Blomkamp (-) District 9
Scott Cooper (-) Crazy Heart
Cary Fukunaga (-) Sin Nombre
Duncan Jones (-) Moon
Marc Webb (-) (500) Days of Summer

-Where the Wild Things Are and Up in the Air both tied for the most nominations with 6...thoughts?

The critics from the Dallas-Fort Worth area speak up today too...

...and announce the following awards:

Best Picture: Up in the Air
Best Director: Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Screenplay: Up in the Air
Best Foreign-Language Film: Sin Nombre
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Cinematography: The Lovely Bones

Top Ten:
1. Up in the Air
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Precious
4. Up
5. An Education
6. A Serious Man
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Avatar
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Russell Smith Award: Precious

-Thoughts?

Behold the Toronto Film Critics Awards

Here they are:

• Best Picture: “Hunger”, “Inglourious Basterds” (tie)
• Best Performance, Male: Nicolas Cage, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”
• Best Performance, Female: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
• Best Supporting Performance, Male: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
• Best Supporting Performance, Female: Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
• Best Screenplay: “Inglourious Basterds” written by Quentin Tarantino, and “Up in the Air” written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner based on the novel by Walter Kirn (tie)
• Best First Feature: Steve McQueen, “Hunger”
• Best Animated Feature: “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• Best Foreign-Language Film: “The White Ribbon”
• Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”

-Thoughts?

The African-American Film Critics Association hands out its awards

They went as follows, starting with their top 10 of 2009:

1. Precious
2. The Princess and The Frog
3. Up In The Air
4. The Hurt Locker
5. This Is It
6. American Violet
7. Goodbye Solo
8. Medicine for Melancholy
9. Good Hair
10. Up

Best Actor- Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”

Best Actress- Nicole Beharie, “American Violet”

Best Supporting Actress- Mo’Nique, “Precious”

Best Supporting Actor- Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Director- Lee Daniels, “Precious”

Best Screenplay (tie)- Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious” and R. Clements, R. Edwards, J. Musker, “The Princess and the Frog”

Special Achievement- Michael Jackson, “This Is It”

-Thoughts?

A tease of a look at the Trailer for Iron Man 2

Behold:



-Ready for the actual trailer?

The Indiana Film Critics Awards come through...

...better late than never, I always say. Here they are:

Best Film
Up in the Air
Runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Foreign Language Film
Sin Nombre
Runner-up: Welcome

Best Documentary
The Cove
Runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Animated Film
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-up: Up

Best Director
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Runner-up: Wes Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Actor
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Runner-up: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Runner-up: Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Runner-up: Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones and Julie & Julia

Best Screenplay
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, Where the Wild Things Are

Original Vision Award
Where the Wild Things Are
Runner-up: District 9

-Thoughts?

Austin Film Critics

Best Film-The Hurt Locker
Best Director-Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor-Colin Firth, A Single Man
Best Actress-Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor-Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress-Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay-Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay-Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Cinematography-The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
Best Original Score-Up, Michael Glacchino
Best Foreign Language Film-Sin Nombre, Cary Fukunaga
Best Documentary-Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Animated Feature-Up
Best First Film-District 9, Neill Blomkamp
Breakthrough Artist Award-Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles
Austin Film Award-Me & Orson Welles

Top 10 Films:

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Star Trek
3. Up
4. A Serious Man
5. Up in the Air
6. Avatar
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. (tie) Moon, The Messenger

Top 10 Films of the Decade:

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
3. The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
6. Kill Bill (2003/4)
7. No Country for Old Men (2007)
8. The Incredibles (2004)
9. Children of Men (2006)
10. (tie) Memento (2000), The Departed (2006)

Inception gets a Poster!

Thoughts? (Yes, it's obviously working off of the format for 'The Dark Knight', but it's a winning formula, so why not?)

The San Diego Film Critics announce their awards and mix things up!

Here they are:

Best Film: Inglourious Basterds
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress: Michelle Monaghan, Trucker
Best Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man
Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Morton, The Messenger
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best Foreign Language Film: Il Divo
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Cinematography: The Road
Best Editing: (500) Days of Summer
Best Production Design: Inglourious Basterds
Best Score: A Single Man
Bets Ensemble Performance: Inglourious Basterds
Body of Work award: Woody Harrelson for The Messenger, Zombieland, and 2012.

-I like precursors that go against the grain, and this one certainly did...thoughts?

Robin Hood gets a Trailer

No, this isn't a sequel to Gladiator:

-Thoughts?

The 2009 Golden Globe Nominations are announced!

The wait is over...here they are:

Motion Picture, Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Actress, Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabby Sidibe, Precious

Actor, Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Actor Comedy/Musical
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon Levitt, 500 Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Actress, Comedy/Musical
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated

Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Screenplay
Neill Blomkampt & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers, It’s Complicated
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are

Foreign Language Film
Baria
Broken Embraces
The Maid
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon

Original Song
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want To Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
“I See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart
“Winter,” Brothers

-'Up in the Air' led the field with 6 nods...thoughts?

You'd have to be a Basterd not to love the big release this week on DVD!

Of course, it's fine if you didn't like the film I'm referencing in the title, but I couldn't help myself when I was choosing a title for this week's column. Let's not bury the lead though, as my PICK OF THE WEEK is one of the more popular films of the year. It's:
Inglourious Basterds
Critics and audiences alike embraced Quentin Tarantino's long awaited WW2 epic with open arms, and on DVD the trend should continue. This is one of my favorite films of the year, featuring one of the best performances of the year, namely Christoph Waltz (though Melanie Laurent is no slouch). There's nothing I can say about this film to sell it anymore than its high quality has already, so I'll just say that this one is definitely worth your money this week.
-Also out this week worthy of a recommendation from me is The Hangover and Taking Woodstock. Both fell a little below my expectations, but both are above average films that have their cheerleaders (the former more than the latter). If you dug these films, now's your chance to pick them up on DVD.
-Two other flicks both hit shelves today, but neither are much to write home about. The Other Man is a melodrama that isn't bad, but isn't good either. Then we have G-Force, which was just plain bad, and the less said about it, the better.
-My Vintage pick is, in honor of the long awaited release of Avatar, a group of films that I think will combine to prepare you well for James Cameron's latest. They are (in alphabetical order) Aliens, Dances with Wolves, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, and Return of the Jedi. Watch them as a marathon, and you'll be ready for Thursday and Avatar!
-What will you be watching on DVD this week?

Ever asked yourself what Quentin Tarantino's favorite films of 2009 were?

I know I have, and now we know:

-Thoughts on his picks?