BIG DAY!!

Sunday was a big day for critic awards winners and nomination announcements. We are really getting a feel now for the movies that have the momentum to them to The Academy Awards. Here are all of the announcements from Sunday:

Boston Film Critics Association Awards Winners
Best Picture: THE ARTIST
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for HUGO.
Best Actor: Brad Pitt for MONEYBALL Runners up: George Clooney for THE DESCENDANTS, Michael Fassbender for SHAME
Best Actress (another competitive one!): Michelle Williams for MY WEEK WITH MARILYN.
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for DRIVE
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy for BRIDESMAIDS. Jeannie Berlin: close second for MARGARET


New York Online Film Critics
BEST PICTURE: THE ARTIST
BEST DIRECTOR – MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS for The Artist

BEST ACTOR – MICHAEL SHANNON for Take Shelter

BEST ACTRESS – MERYL STREEP for “The Iron Lady”

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST – BRIDESMAIDS

AFI Top 10

The Descendants

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Help

J. Edgar

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Bridesmaids

LA Film Critics Awards

BEST PICTURE, Winner: The Descendants. Runner-Up: The Tree of Life.

BEST DIRECTOR, Winner: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life. Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, Hugo.

BEST ACTOR, Winner: Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class. Runner-Up:  Michael Shannon, Take Shelter.

BEST ACTRESS, Winner: Yun Jung-hee, Poetry. Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst,  Melancholia.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, Winner: Jessica Chastain, Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help,“Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, Tree of Life  Runner-Up: Janet McTeer,  Albert Nobbs.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Winner: Christopher Plummer, Beginners. Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt,  Young Adult.

Detroit Film Critic Nominees

  BEST PICTURE

  THE ARTIST

  THE DESCENDANTS

   HUGO

   TAKE SHELTER

   THE TREE OF LIFE

   BEST DIRECTOR

   MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS – THE ARTIST

   TERRENCE MALICK – THE TREE OF LIFE

   JEFF NICHOLS – TAKE SHELTER

   MARTIN SCORSESE– HUGO

   NICHOLAS WINDING REFN – DRIVE

   BEST ACTOR

   GEORGE CLOONEY– THE DESCENDANTS

   JEAN DUJARDIN – THE ARTIST

   MICHAEL FASSBENDER – SHAME

   BRAD PITT – MONEYBALL

   MICHAEL SHANNON – TAKE SHELTER

BEST ACTRESS

VIOLA DAVIS – THE HELP

FELICITY JONES – LIKE CRAZY

MERYL STREEP – THE IRON LADY

CHARLIZE THERON – YOUNG ADULT

MICHELLE WILLIAMS – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

San Francisco Film Critics Winners

Best Picture

The Tree of Life

Best Director
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay
J.C. Chandor, “Margin Call”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

Best Actor
Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”                                                         
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton, “We Need to Talk About Kevin”

 Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks, “Drive”

Best Supporting Actress
Vanessa Redgrave, “Coriolanus”