BFCA Predictions and Announcement

In a few hours, the Broadcast Film Critics Association will announce their nominees with some new categories added. The organization has been doing ten Best Picture nominees for years now, so it will crucial as ever to see what films they choose. Their top ten rated films of this year are:
100 – Me and Orson Welles
100 – Up
97 – Up in the Air
95 – An Education
93 – The Hurt Locker
93 – Star Trek
92 – (500) Days of Summer
91 – Inglourious Basterds
91 – Fantastic Mr Fox
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89 – Avatar
89 – Precious

Are these ten the Best Picture nominees? I think not. The locks seem to be Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker. It's hard to determine where certain critics' loyalty lies. It'll be interesting to see what's changed their minds. Me & Orson Welles at 100 speaks more for Christian McKay then it does for the film itself. There are more possibilities and this is all a guessing game. Here they are...

Predictions are:
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
Avatar
Nine
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

Alternate: Invictus

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow-The Hurt Locker
James Cameron-Avatar
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen-A Serious Man
Clint Eastwood-Invictus
Quentin Tarantino-Inglourious Basterds

Alternate: Lee Daniels-Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges-Crazy Heart
George Clooney-Up in the Air
Colin Firth-A Single Man
Morgan Freeman-Invictus
Jeremy Renner-The Hurt Locker

Alternate: Michael Stuhlbarg-A Serious Man

BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish-Bright Star
Helen Mirren-The Last Station
Carey Mulligan-An Education
Gabourey Sidibe-Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Meryl Streep-Julie & Julia

Alternate: Sandra Bullock-The Blind Side

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz-Inglourious Basterds
Christian McKay-Me & Orson Welles
Alfred Molina-An Education
Christopher Plummer-The Last Station
Anthony Mackie-The Hurt Locker

Alternate: Stanley Tucci-The Lovely Bones

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique-Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Julianne Moore-A Single Man
Anne Kendrick-Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga-Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz-Nine

Alternate: Marion Cotillard-Public Enemies

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A Serious Man
The Hurt Locker
Up
Inglourious Basterds
(500) Days of Summer

Alternate: The Messenger

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air
An Education
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
In the Loop
Invictus

Alternate: The Last Station

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Max Records-Where the Wild Things Are
Saoirse Ronan-The Lovely Bones
Jae Head-The Blind Side
Abigail Breslin-My Sister's Keeper
Dakota Fanning-Coraline

Alternate: Martha West-Creation

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
Nine
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
An Education

Alternate: Inglourious Basterds

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nine
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Bright Star
Avatar

Alternate: The Lovely Bones

BEST ART DIRECTION
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
The Last Station
A Serious Man
Where the Wild Things Are

Alternate: Avatar

BEST FILM EDITING
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Star Trek

Alternate: Up in the Air

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Nine
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
The Young Victoria
The Last Station

Alternate: Public Enemies

BEST MAKEUP
Star Trek
The Imagainarium of Dr. Parnassus
District 9

Alternate: Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
Star Trek
District 9

Alternate: The Lovely Bones

BEST SOUND
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Nine
Star Trek

Alternate: District 9

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Up
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess & the Frog

Alternate: Ponyo

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Avatar
Star Trek
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Alternate: Terminator: Salvation

BEST COMEDY
The Hangover
Up in the Air
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
(500) Days of Summer

Alternate: In the Loop

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon
A Prophet
Broken Embraces
Coco avant Chanel
Mother

Alternate: Samson & Delilah

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Cove
Food Inc.
Under our Skin
Capitalism: A Love Story
Valentino: The Last Emperor

Alternate: Tyson

BEST SONG
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart
"Cinema Italiano" - Nine
"Take It All" - Nine
"All is Love" - Where the Wild Things Are
"(I Want to) Come Home" - Everybody's Fine

Alternate: "I Can See in Color" - Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

BEST SCORE
Avatar
Up
The Lovely Bones
Crazy Heart
Where the Wild Things Are

Alternate: The Last Station