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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

- NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 82ND AWARDS -

Best motion picture of the year

• "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) A Lightstorm Entertainment Production

  James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

• "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.) An Alcon Entertainment Production

  Nominees to be determined

• "District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Block/Hanson Production

  Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers

• "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production

  Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers

• "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) A Voltage Pictures Production

  Nominees to be determined

• "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company) A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production

  Lawrence Bender, Producer

• "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate) A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production

  Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers

• "A Serious Man" (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production

  Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers

• "Up" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production

  Jonas Rivera, Producer

• "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) A Montecito Picture Company Production

  Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
• George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Colin Firth in "A Single Man" (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
• Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Matt Damon in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
• Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
• Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
• Helen Mirren in "The Last Station" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)
• Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Penélope Cruz in "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)
• Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
• Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
• Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year

• "Coraline" (Focus Features)

  Henry Selick

• "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox)

  Wes Anderson

  "The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney)

  John Musker and Ron Clements

• "The Secret of Kells" (GKIDS)

  Tomm Moore

• "Up" (Walt Disney)

  Pete Docter

Achievement in art direction

• "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)

  Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

• "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro Set Decoration: Caroline Smith

• "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)

  Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Gordon Sim

• "Sherlock Holmes" (Warner Bros.)

  Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

• "The Young Victoria" (Apparition)

  Art Direction: Patrice Vermette Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Achievement in cinematography

• "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)

  Mauro Fiore

• "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (Warner Bros.)

  Bruno Delbonnel

• "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

  Barry Ackroyd

• "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

  Robert Richardson

• "The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Christian Berger

Achievement in costume design

• "Bright Star" (Apparition)

  Janet Patterson

• "Coco before Chanel" (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Catherine Leterrier

• "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Monique Prudhomme

• "Nine" (The Weinstein Company)

  Colleen Atwood

• "The Young Victoria" (Apparition)

  Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing

• "Avatar" (20th Century Fox)

  James Cameron

• "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment)

  Kathryn Bigelow

• "Inglourious Basterds" (The Weinstein Company)

  Quentin Tarantino

• "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (Lionsgate)

  Lee Daniels

• "Up in the Air" (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)

December is the run to the Oscar.  We have enough movies in December to take us through the cold weeks of January.

Check out our latest reviews and remember, money talks.  Current Reviews

The Washington Area Film Critics Association are proud to announce their picks for the 2009 Oscars.  Critics in Washington make every effort to see every film that is out and is yet to come out in order to be the first in the nation to announce what they think will be big winners this year at the Oscars.  We hope you make every effort to see these film at your local movie theater, where movies should be enjoyed.  And here they are:

Best Film: Up in the Air | Paramount Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) Best Actor: George Clooney (Up in the Air) Best Actress: Carey Mulligan (An Education) Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique (Precious) Best Ensemble: The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment Best Breakthrough Performance: Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) Best Screenplay, Adapted: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) Best Screenplay, Original: Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) Best Animated Film: Up | Walt Disney & Pixar Best Foreign Film: Sin Nombre | Focus Features Best Documentary: Food, Inc. | Magnolia Best Art Direction: Nine | The Weinstein Company ### The 2009 WAFCA Award Nominees Were: Best Actor George Clooney | Up in the Air Colin Firth | A Single Man Morgan Freeman | Invictus Viggo Mortensen | The Road Jeremy Renner | The Hurt Locker Best Actress Sandra Bullock | The Blind Side Carey Mulligan | An Education Maya Rudolph | Away We Go Gabourey Sidibe | Precious Meryl Streep | Julie & Julia Best Supporting Actor Woody Harrelson | The Messenger Anthony Mackie | The Hurt Locker Alfred Molina | An Education Stanley Tucci | The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress Vera Farmiga | Up in the Air Anna Kendrick | Up in the Air Mo'Nique | Precious Julianne Moore | A Single Man Samantha Morton | The Messenger Best Director Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker Lee Daniels | Precious Clint Eastwood | Invictus Jason Reitman | Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino | Inglourious Basterds Best Screenplay, Adapted The Blind Side | Warner Bros. An Education | Sony Picture Classics Precious | Lionsgate The Road | Dimension Up in the Air | Paramount Best Screenplay, Original (500) Days of Summer | Fox Searchlight The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment Inglourious Basterds | Weinstein Company A Serious Man | Focus Features Up | Walt Disney Best Film The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment Inglourious Basterds | Weinstein Company Precious | Lionsgate Up | Walt Disney Up in the Air | Paramount Best Breakthrough Performance Anna Kendrick | Up in The Air Christian McKay | Me and Orson Welles Carey Mulligan | An Education Jeremy Renner | The Hurt Locker Gabourey Sidibe | Precious Best Ensemble The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment Nine | The Weinstein Company Precious | Lionsgate Star Trek | Paramount Up in the Air | Paramount Best Animated Film Coraline | Focus Features Fantastic Mr. Fox | Fox Searchlight 9 | Focus Features Ponyo | Walt Disney Up | Walt Disney Best Foreign Film Broken Embraces | Sony Picture Classics Red Cliff | Magnet / Magnolia Sin Nombre | Focus Features Summer Hours | IFC Features The White Ribbon | Sony Picture Classics Best Art Direction The Lovely Bones | Paramount Nine | The Weinstein Company Star Trek | Paramount Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. The Young Victoria | Apparition Best Documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil | Abramorama Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture The Cove | Lionsgate Food, Inc. | Magnolia Good Hair | Roadside Attractions

Check out how WAFCA has done in years gone by. Awards Archive 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sadibe, Precious

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Meryl Streep, It's Complicated
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia
Julia Roberts, Duplicity

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Joseph Gordon Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mo-Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz, Nine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Christopher Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Animated Feature Film
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog
Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Barria
Broken Embraces
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
The Maid

Best Director - Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Up in the Air
It's Complicated
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, Up
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski, A Single Man
Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"I Will See You," Avatar
"The Weary Kind," The Crazy Heart
"Winter," Brothers
"Cinema Italiano," Nine
"I Want to Come Home," Everybody's Fine

G. I. Joe
This summer's movie just didn't make it. 
So...what do grown men do with their G.I.Joe dolls now? 
Check the photo.

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