L.A. Film Critics Awards: Picture: “Wall-E”
Runner-up: “The Dark Knight”
Director: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”
Actor: Sean Penn, “Milk”
Runner-up: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Actress: Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Runner-up: Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Runner-up: Eddie Marsan, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Supporting actress: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Elegy”
Runner-up: Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Screenplay: Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York”
Foreign-language film: “Still Life”
Runner-up: “The Class”
Documentary: “Man on Wire”
Runner-up: “Waltz With Bashir”
Animation: “Waltz With Bashir”
Cinematography: Yu Lik Wai, “Still Life”
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Production design: Mark Friedberg, “Synecdoche, New York”
Runner-up: Nathan Crowley, “The Dark Knight”
Music/score: A.R. Rahman, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
New Generation: Steve McQueen, “Hunger”
Okay so I was so tough on The National BORE of Review because their selections were, you know, boring as hell. The LA Film Critics, on the other hand, released their nominations today and they were an absolute thrill, with shock of all shocks, WALL E winning Best Picture and The Dark Knight being declared the runner up. I am thrilled for three of the four VERY deserving acting winners (Penn, Hawkins, Ledger). The Best Actress race, which once looked like a race between Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep, now seems completely up in the air. I love the choice of Hawkins, in a truly outstanding performance. And I love Melissa Leo as the runner up because she needs this attention.
I commend LA for picking award winners who are very deserving and who needed that extra push to get them into their respective categories' top five.
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