The Broadcast Critics Association Announce Nominees

My comments are in italics


Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Pretty by the numbers Top 10. The omission of “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead raises eyebrows for this blogger, and how sad “Once” is not showing up here. Guess Best Song it is.

Best Actor
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Ryan and Emile are serious contenders again. A shame it comes at the expense of James McAvoy. It seems Denzel is no longer a safish bet anymore. Wonderful to see Viggo showing up FINALLY

Best Actress
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page - Juno

Oh Dear. From the reviews I figured Keira would be here. It seems “Atonement” is being made to suffer from advanced buzz. Must say I am a little surprised to see Cate here, especially over Knightly, and Foster. The most glaring omission is of course Laura Linney. The poor lamb.

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Was seriously hoping Max Von Sydow would show up here given the love for “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”.


Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

So happy for Redgrave and surprised to see Keener here, guess she bumped off Saoirse Ronan. Ronan should win in her other category though

Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

The omission of “Atonement” is glaring.

Best Director
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement

”Could there be major differences in Best Picture and Director come Oscar time?

Best Writer
Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

Another fine example of the “Atonement” backlash (which is unwarranted)


Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

”We all know the Rat will win this. Unless “Persepolis” pulls a steal.


Best Young Actor
Michael Cera - Juno
Michael Cera - Superbad
Freddie Highmore - August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd

This could go to Cera, but I am thinking Mahmoodzada will take it.


Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

If Saoirse does not win this, then I have lost all faith in justice.


Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad

This has gotta go to “Juno” as the only comedy up for Best Picture.


Best Family Film
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

This is a very tricky category, but I think “Hairspray” should take this.

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

Wonderful to see “The Orphanage” show up here, but this is going to “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

Best Song
"Come So Far", Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
"Do You Feel Me", Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
"Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Jesse L. Martin and Cast - Once
"Guaranteed", Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
"That's How You Know", Amy Adams - Enchanted

This is where “Once” will clean up….sadly.


Best Composer
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted

Jonny and Dario will battle this one out.

Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko

What a strong line up! Gotta love those documentaries.