Oscar Talk - National Board of Review, AFI and Boston announce!!

National Board of Review Announces, if you can call these awards deserving of an announcement as they mean nothing during awards season.

Best Film: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Best Director: MARTIN SCORSESE, The Departed
Best Actor: FOREST WHITAKER, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: HELEN MIRREN
Best Supporting Actor: DJIMON HOUNSOU, Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress: CATHERINE O'HARA, For Your Consideration
Best Foreign Film: VOLVER
Best Documentary: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Best Animated Feature: CARS
Best Ensemble Cast: THE DEPARTED
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: RYAN GOSLING, Half Nelson
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: (2) JENNIFER HUDSON, Dreamgirls and RINKO KIKUCHI, Babel - YAY!!!!
Best Directorial Debut: JASON REITMAN, Thank You for Smoking
Best Original Screenplay: ZACH HELM, Stranger Than Fiction
Best Adapted Screenplay: RON NYSWANER, The Painted Veil

The top 10 from the National Board of Review:
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
"Babel"
"Blood Diamond"
"The Departed"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Flags Of Our Fathers"
"The History Boys"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Notes on a Scandal"
"The Painted Veil"

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American Film Institute.

These guys have announced their top 10 movies of the year. Comments below.

BABEL
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
HALF NELSON
HAPPY FEET
INSIDE MAN
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
UNITED 93
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Boston Film Critics.

Best Picture: The Departed (United 93, runner-up)

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed (Paul Greengrass, United 93, runner-up)

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland (Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson, runner-up)

Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen (Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal, runner-up)

Best Supporting Actor: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed (TIE: Michael Sheen, The Queen; Alec Baldwin, The Departed/Running with Scissors/The Good Shepherd, runners-up)

Best Supporting Actress: Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson (Meryl Streep, The Devil Wore Prada, runner-up)