Washington DC Area Film Critics Nominations

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Winners, per Tapley:

(Apparently I was wrong. NBR did have to rush it to be first this year)

Film: Social Network
Director: David Fincher
Ad. Screenplay: Social Network
Orig. Screenplay: Inception

Actor: Colin Firth
Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Sup. Actor: Christian Bale
Sup. Actress: Melissa Leo
Ensemble: The Town

Cinematography, Art Direction & Score: Inception
Animated: Toy Story 3
Documntary: Exit Through the Gift Shop
Foreign Film: Biutiful
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If John Hawkes gets nominated for Winter's Bone, it will make me very happy.
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When I first read these nominations, they looked like a set of Oscar predictions.
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OscarGuy wrote:And The Kids Are All Right has one of the year's best ensemble, but only Annette Bening was worth nominating?
They nominated Julianne Moore for A Single Mn last year when few other groups did.

On the surface, these appear to be decent nods. No Best Picture or Director nominations for The King's Speech is a little surprising as is the lack of notice for Rabbit Hole aside from Nicole Kidman and the complete shut-out of Blue Valentine.

I wonder what's behind Anne Hathaway's nomination. Did they really like her, or is it spillover for her being tapped to co-host the Oscars?
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No nomination for Lesley Manville? That's a surprise from a critics group.
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And The Kids Are All Right has one of the year's best ensemble, but only Annette Bening was worth nominating?
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And they call themselves film critics. I find it very hard to believe that anyone who is serious about cinema could not find at least one foreign language performance to nominate.

Maybe theses should be called the Washington DC Area Mainstream Movie Reviewer's Nominations.
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Best Film:
Black Swan
Inception
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3

Best Director:
Daren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Danny Boyle (127 Hours)
Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Robert Duvall (Get Low)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)

Best Actress:
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Anne Hathaway (Love & Other Drugs)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)


Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
Sam Rockwell (Conviction)
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

Best Acting Ensemble:
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network
The Town

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours)
Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3)
Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Debra Granik and Anne Rossellini (Winter’s Bone)

Best Original Screenplay:
Mike Leigh (Another Year)
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin (Black Swan)
Christopher Nolan (Inception)
Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right)
David Seidler (The King’s Speech)

Best Animated Feature:
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Megamind
Tangled
Toy Story 3

Best Documentary:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
The Tillman Story
Waiting for ‘Superman’

Best Foreign Language Film:
Biutiful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I Am Love
Mother
White Material

Best Art Direction:
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Inception True Grit

Best Cinematography:
Black Swan
Inception
127 Hours
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Score:
Black Swan
Inception
127 Hours
The Social Network
True Grit
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