MOB - New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Nothing new, here. Hurt Locker, Bigelow, Clooney, Streep, Mo'Nique, Waltz. Yawn. In the Loop was an interesting screenplay choice, though. Plenty of other critics societies from the Southeast and Indiana and other obscure corners of the United States will be releasing their awards, but don't put much stock in those. The big three for critics are LA, NY and NSFC (National Society of Film Critics). LA and NY both went to The Hurt Locker, let's see if NFSC will follow suit and give it an official sweep.

This site is great for keeping track of all those smaller awards as well as the bigger awards. And it's always fun to follow the eventual progression of the leading contenders per awards season and who eventually is "technically" the most honored. Like, this year, Inglourious Basterds is so far more rewarded than Precious. Hm.

Speaking of, the Broadcast Film Critics, who for some inexplicable reason air their awards on television, released their nominations today. Usually these amount to nothing more than Oscar predictions, but they could prove to be a major help to Inglourious Basterds and Nine who tied for the most nominations from them, with ten each. Especially for Nine, which has a tanking rottentomatoes rating of 36% so far. If it doesn't do well with the Globes tomorrow, then I'd say it's basically out of the running. Here is how the rest of the BFCA nominations went down.

Tomorrow: Golden Globe nominations. Yummy. Predictions later today.