Critics Choice Awards

The winners of the 18th Annual Broadcast Film Critics Association:

PICTURE: Argo
DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck, Argo
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Django Unchained- Quentin Tarantino
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Lincoln- Tony Kushner
ANIMATED FEATURE: Wreck-It-Ralph
DOCUMENTARY: Searching for Sugar Man
FOREIGN FILM: Amour
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi
ART DIRECTION: Anna Karenina
COSTUME DESIGN: Anna Karenina
FILM EDITING: Zero Dark Thirty
SCORE: Lincoln
SONG: "Skyfall," Skyfall
MAKE-UP: Cloud Atlas
VISUAL EFFECTS: Life of Pi
ENSEMBLE: Silver Linings Playbook
YOUNG ACTOR/RESS: Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

THE OTHER STUFF

BEST ACTION MOVIE: Skyfall

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Daniel Craig, Skyfall

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games

BEST COMEDY: Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

BEST SCI/FI OR HORROR MOVIE: Looper

It was a good news/bad news scenario for Ben Affleck and the Argo team as the big wins at the Critics Choice are healthy bellwethers for eventual Academy love.  Then again, Ben Affleck's shocking snub from the Best Director Oscar line-up may just have a put a wrench in that.  Oscar history dictates that a Best Director snub (Kathryn Bigelow fell victim to the same sort for Zero Dark Thirty) hurts-- no film has taken Best Picture without one since Driving Miss Daisy's victory back in 1989.