FILM OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Milk (Momentum)
Wall-E (Disney)
The Wrestler (Optimum)

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Hunger (Pathe)
In Bruges (Universal)
Man on Wire (Icon)
Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Gomorrah (Optimum)
I’ve Loved You So Long (Lionsgate)
The Orphanage (Optimum)
Persepolis (Optimum)
Waltz With Bashir (Artificial Eye)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler (Optimum)
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Clint Eastwood - Changeling (Universal)
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Gus Van Sant - Milk (Momentum)

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Terence Davies - Of Time and the City (BFI)
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Steve McQueen - Hunger (Pathe)
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight (Warner)

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Josh Brolin - W. (Lionsgate)
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner)
Sean Penn - Milk (Momentum)
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (Optimum)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Optimum)
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married (Sony)
Angelina Jolie - Changeling (Universal)
Meryl Streep - Doubt (Miramax)
Kate Winslet - The Reader (Entertainment) and Revolutionary Road (Paramount)

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Fassbender - Hunger (Pathe)
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess (Pathe)
Ben Kingsley - Elegy (Entertainment)
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon (Universal)

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Optimum)
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long (Lionsgate)
Tilda Swinton - Julia (Chelsea)
Kate Winslet - The Reader (Entertainment) and Revolutionary Road (Paramount)

BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Liam Cunningham - Hunger (Pathe)
Toby Jones - Frost/Nixon (Universal) and W. (Lionsgate)
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Peter O’Toole - Dean Spanley (Icon)
Mark Strong - Body of Lies (Warner)

BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hayley Atwell - The Duchess (Pathe)
Kristin Scott Thomas - Easy Virtue (Pathe)
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Emma Thompson - Brideshead Revisited (Miramax)
Alexis Zegerman - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
David Hare - The Reader (Entertainment)
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges (Universal)
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)

THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Asa Butterfield - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Miramax)
Georgia Groome - Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Paramount)
Bill Milner - Son of Rambow (Optimum)
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Will Poulter - Son of Rambow (Optimum)
Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town (Optimum) and Eden Lake (Optimum)

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Joanna Hogg - writer-director: Unrelated (New Wave)
Martin McDonagh - writer-director: In Bruges (Universal)
Steve McQueen - writer-director: Hunger (Pathe)
James Watkins - writer-director: Eden Lake (Optimum)
Rupert Wyatt - director: The Escapist (Vertigo)

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Dame Judi Dench

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Congrats to Peter O'Toole! I'm glad to see that he is nominated for Dean Spanley!

Also Kate Winslet.

Hooray for Kate Winslet!! Double nominations in 2 categories!! LOL...i love it!! Not a bad list of nominess overall..but once again Blanchett is grossly missing.

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Hooray for Kate Winslet!! Double nominations in 2 categories!! LOL...i love it!! Not a bad list of nominess overall..but once again Blanchett is grossly missing.

If Blanchett is missing everywhere I think it becomes hard to say that she is missing at all.

P.S.
(Though maybe I will think differently after seeing the movie.)

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Originally posted by pacinofan:

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Originally posted by Blanchett/Winslet Fan:
Hooray for Kate Winslet!! Double nominations in 2 categories!! LOL...i love it!! Not a bad list of nominess overall..but once again Blanchett is grossly missing.

If Blanchett is missing everywhere I think it becomes hard to say that she is missing at all.

P.S.
Though maybe I will think differently after seeing the movie.)

I just dont understand all these snubs to her though. For the most part(of what i read so far and the clips i have seen)..she outacted Pitt and had the more emotional scenes in Benjamin Button. I think she is constantly being overlooked is because she was a double nominee earlier this year at the Oscars..as well as with the other 4 major awards groups...and she won or was nominated in every other critic awards group. I seriousely think it is all bull**** with this snubbing!!

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No winners announced for this group yet?

Here are the winners...
Yeeayy for Tilda..

Winners for the 29th Critics’ Circle Film Awards

FILM OF THE YEAR
"The Wrestler" - Darren Aronofsky

ATTENBOROUGH FILM OF THE YEAR
"Slumdog Millionaire" - Danny Boyle

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
David Fincher - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Danny Boyle - "Slumdog Millionaire"

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler"

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Kate Winslet - "The Reader" / "Revolutionary Road"

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Fassbender - "Hunger"

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Kristin Scott-Thomas - "I’ve Loved You So Long"

BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Eddie Marsan - "Happy-Go-Lucky"

BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tilda Swinton - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Simon Beaufoy - "Slumdog Millionaire"

THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Thomas Turgoose - "Somers Town" / "Eden Lake"

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Steve McQueen - "Hunger

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
"Waltz With Bashir - Ari Folman

THE DILYS POWELL AWARD
Dame Judi Dench

Once again, the Brits show again how wonderful they are with taste.

One of the GREAT tragedies this awards season was how the American film critics awards rallied around the overrated Sally Hawkins in near uniformity at the expense of the wonderful Kristen Scott Thomas.

Hawkins who won nearly every major American film critics award wasnt even a BAFTA nominee in her own country and was rightfully beaten by Kristen Scott Thomas here and at the BAFTA noms and European Film Awards.

Just another example how Mike Leigh has cast a spell over American critics.

Kate gets another win to continue her momentum and HOORAY to Tilda who was the ONLY thing about Benjamin Button I could like.

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Hooray for Kate Winslet and Tilda Swinton. Pretty much all the winners here are good. I wonder if the BAFTA's will follow this lineup?

Hold on....David Fincher wins over Danny Boyle? Congratulations!
Congrats to Tilda Swinton, one of the MANY wonderful things about TCCoBB!
Congrats to Eddie Marsan! And a big congrats to Kristin Scott Thomas! Way to go Mickey Rourke!
Wow. I agree with these awards more than most of the others I've seen this year.

Kristen Scott-Thomas
Tilda Swinton

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Hold on....David Fincher wins over Danny Boyle? Congratulations!
Congrats to Tilda Swinton, one of the MANY wonderful things about TCCoBB!
Congrats to Eddie Marsan! And a big congrats to Kristin Scott Thomas! Way to go Mickey Rourke!
Wow. I agree with these awards more than most of the others I've seen this year.

Hey girl....i am happy with the David Fincher win too. It is the 2nd BEST thing out of these winners...next to Kate. :-)