Critics Choice Awards

PICTURE: 12 Years a Slave
DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Her- Spike Jonze
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 12 Years a Slave- John Ridley 
ANIMATED FEATURE: Frozen
DOCUMENTARY: 20 Feet From Stardom
FOREIGN FILM: Blue is the Warmest Color 
ART DIRECTION: The Great Gatsby
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gravity
COSTUME DESIGN: The Great Gatsby
FILM EDITING: Gravity
MAKE-UP/HAIRSTYLING: American Hustle
SCORE: Gravity
SONG: "Let it Go," Frozen
VISUAL EFFECTS: Gravity 
ENSEMBLE CAST: American Hustle
YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS: Adéle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color

ACTION FILM: Lone Survivor
ACTOR IN AN ACTION FILM: Mark Wahlberg, Lone Survivor
ACTRESS IN AN ACTION FILM: Sandra Bullock, Gravity
COMEDY: American Hustle
ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Amy Adams, American Hustle
SCI-FI/HORROR FILM: Gravity

JOEL SIEGEL AWARD: Forest Whitaker
LOUIS VIII GENIUS AWARD: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater

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.

Critics Choice Awards Nominations

The Broadcast Film Critics Association have announced their awards.  The winners-- everyone!

PICTURE
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper, Les Miserables
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight

ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Master
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Sally Field, The Sessions
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Django Unchained- Quentin Tarantino
Flight- John Gatins
Looper- Rian Johnson
The Master- Paul Thomas Andersno
Moonrise Kingdom- Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty- Marc Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo- Chris Terrio
Life of Pi- David Magee
Lincoln- Tony Kushner
The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky
Silver Linings Playbook- David O. Russell

ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Watned
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It-Ralph

DOCUMENTARY
Bully
Central Park Five
The Imposter
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugarman
West of Memphis

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
The Intouchables
A Royal Affair
Rust & Bone

YOUNG ACTOR\ACTRESS
Elle Fanning, Ginger & Rosa
Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland, The Impossible
Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

ACTING ENSEMBLE
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Les Miserables- Danny Cohen
Life of Pi- Claudio Miranda
Lincoln- Janusz Kaminski
The Master- Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Skyfall- Roger Deakins

ART DIRECTION
Anna Karenina- Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey- Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright
Les Miserables- Eve Stewart & Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life of Pi- David Gropman & Anna Pinnock
Lincoln- Rick Carter & Jim Erickson

FILM EDITING
Argo- William Goldenberg
Les Miserables- Melanie Ann Oliver & Chris Dickens
Life of Pi- Tim Squyres
Lincoln- Michael Kahn
Zero Dark Thirty- William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor

COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina- Jacqueline Durran
Cloud Atlas- Kym Barrett & Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey- Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey & Richard Taylor
Les Miserables- Paco Delgado
Lincoln- Joanna Johnson

ORIGINAL SCORE
Argo- Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi- Mychael Danna
Lincoln- John Williams
The Master- Jonny Greenwood
Moonrise Kingdom- Alexandre Desplat

ORIGINAL SONG
"For You," Act of Valor
"Learn Me Right," Brave
"Suddenly," Les Miserables
"Still Alive," Paul Williams Still Alive
"Skyfall," Skyfall 

MAKE-UP
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln

VISUAL EFFECTS
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers

ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Marvel's The Avengers
Skyfall

ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Craig, Skyfall
Robert Downey, Jr., Marvel's The Avengers
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper
Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch

ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt, Looper
Gina Carano, Haywire
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games

COMEDY MOVIE
21 Jump Street
Bernie
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
This is 40 

ACTOR IN A COMEDY MOVIE
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Paul Rudd, This is 40
Channing Tatum, 21 Jump Street
Mark Wahlberg, Ted

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY MOVIE
Mila Kunis, Ted
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Shirley MacLaine, Bernie
Leslie Mann, This is 40
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect

SCI-FI\HORROR MOVIE
The Cabin in the Woods
Looper
Prometheus

Critics Choice Award Nominations

The nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Association-- they are typically a solid (if often irritating) predictor of the Academy Awards:

BEST PICTURE

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

DIRECTOR

• Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Nicolas Welding Refn, Drive
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Steven Spielberg, War Horse

ACTOR

• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Michael Fassbender, Shame
• Ryan Gosling, Drive
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball

ACTRESS

• Viola Davis, The Help
• Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Charlize Theron, Young Adult
• Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
• Albert Brooks, Drive
• Nick Nolte, Warrior
• Patton Oswalt, Young Adult
• Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Berenice Bujo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Carey Mulligan, Shame
• Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• 50/50- Will Reiser
• The Artist- Michel Hazanavicius
• Midnight in Paris- Woody Allen
• Win Win- Tom McCarthy
• Young Adult- Diablo Cody

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• The Descendants- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close- Eric Roth
• The Help- Tate Taylor
• Hugo- John Logan
• Moneyball- Steven Zailian & Aaron Sorkin

ANIMATED FEATURE

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

FOREIGN FILM

• In Darkness
• Le Havre
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In
• Where Do We Go Now?

DOCUMENTARY

• Buck
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
• George Harrison: Living in a Material World
• Page One: Inside the New York Times
• Project Nim
• Undefeated

ART DIRECTION

• The Artist
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Artist
• Drive
• Hugo
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

COSTUME DESIGN

• The Artist
• The Help
• Hugo
• Jane Eyre
• My Week With Marilyn

FILM EDITING

• The Artist
• Drive
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• War Horse

SCORE

• The Artist
• Drive
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Hugo
• War Horse

SONG

• "Hello Hello," Gnomeo & Juliet
• "The Living Proof," The Help
• "Life's a Happy Song," The Muppets
• "Man or Muppet," The Muppets
• "Pictures in My Head," The Muppets

MAKE-UP

• Albert Nobbs
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• The Iron Lady
• J. Edgar
• My Week With Marilyn

SOUND

• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

VISUAL EFFECTS

• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Hugo
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8
• The Tree of Life

YOUNG ACTOR\ACTRESS

• Asa Butterfield, Hugo
• Elle Fanning, Super 8
• Thomas Horn, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Ezra Miller, We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Saoirse Ronan, Hanna
• Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

ACTING ENSEMBLE

• The Artist
• Bridesmaids
• The Descendants
• The Help
• The Ides of March

ACTION FILM

• Drive
• Fast Five
• Hanna
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8

COMEDY FILM

• Bridesmaids
• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Horrible Bosses
• Midnight in Paris
• The Muppets

Broadcast Film Critics Association

The Critics Choices:

PICTURE: The Hurt Locker
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
ACTRESS: (tie) Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side; Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique, Precious
ENSEMBLE: Inglourious Basterds
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Inglourious Basterds- Quentin Tarantino
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Up in the Air- Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
YOUNG ACTOR: Saorsie Ronan, The Lovely Bones
ANIMATED FEATURE: Up
FOREIGN FILM: Broken Embraces
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Avatar- Mauro Fiore
COSTUME DESIGN: The Young Victoria- Sandy Powell
ART DIRECTION: Avatar
SCORE: Up- Michael Giacchino
SONG: "The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart-- Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett
MAKE-UP: District 9
SOUND: Avatar
VISUAL EFFECTS: Avatar
ACTION MOVIE: Avatar
COMEDY: The Hangover

Broadcast Film Critics Association

Yes, Slumdog Millionaire topped the Critics Choice Awards, but the real interesting development was the tie between The Devil Wears Prada co-horts in the best actress race-- the battle begins. Since the Critics Choice Awards like to be Oscar prognosticators more so than a divisive critical organization, I'm curious not about how this benefits Streep, but Hathaway-- could she be a stronger threat for the win than expected?

BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn, Milk
BEST ACTRESS (tie!)
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep, Doubt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST ENSEMBLE: Milk
BEST WRITER: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL-E
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Man on Wire
BEST FOREIGN FILM: Waltz With Bashir
BEST COMPOSER: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire BEST SONG: "The Wrestler," The Wrestler- written by Bruce Springsteen
BEST YOUNG ACTOR: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTION FILM: The Dark Knight
BEST COMEDY FILM:Tropic Thunder

Broadcast Film Critics Association

The Critics Choice Winners are:

BEST PICTURE
No Country For Old Men
BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie, Away From Her
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
BEST WRITER
Diablo Cody, Juno
BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
BEST ENSEMBLE
Hairspray
BEST COMEDY
Juno
BEST FAMILY FILM
Enchanted
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, The Kite Runner
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
BEST SCORE
There Will Be Blood- Jonny Greenwood
BEST SONG
"Falling Slowly," Once
JOEL SIEGEL HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Don Cheadle