Posts Tagged ‘The Road’

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Scott Foundas
LA Weekly

1 The White Ribbon
2 Inglourious Basterds | Police, Adjective
3 The Hurt Locker
4 Public Enemies
5 Avatar
6 District 9 | Invictus
7 24 City | Up in the Air
8 Fantastic Mr. Fox | Where the Wild Things Are
9 The Headless Woman
10 Beaches of Agnes | Passing Strange | Tyson
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Kyle Buchanan
Movieline

1 Coraline
2 Where the Wild Things Are
3 Antichrist
4 A Prophet
5 Humpday
6 Funny People
7 Precious
8 A Single Man
9 The Hurt Locker
10 The Messenger
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Eugene Hernandez
IndieWIRE

1 The Beaches of Agnes
2 Broken Embraces
3 Frontier of Dawn
4 Fados
5 I’m Gonna Explode
6 La Danse
7 A Single Man
8 Still Walking
9 Summer Hours
10 Throw Down Your Heart
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Bruce Ingram
Pioneer Press

1 Avatar
2 Coraline
3 Fantastic Mr. Fox
4 The Hurt Locker
5 In the Loop
6 Moon
7 Public Enemies
8 Star Trek
9 Up
10 Up in the Air
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Brian Brooks
IndieWIRE

1 The Hurt Locker
2 A Serious Man
3 The Beaches of Agnes
4 Precious
5 Antichrist
6 A Single Man
7 Burma VJ
8 The Cove
9 Broken Embraces
10 Inglourious Basterds
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Peter Knegt
IndieWIRE

1 Bright Star
2 Summer Hours
3 Up
4 A Serious Man
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 Inglourious Basterds
7 The Hurt Locker
8 Julia
9 A Single Man
10 In the Loop
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Rick Kaplan
National Posts

1 Fantastic Mr. Fox
2 Up in the Air
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 A Serious Man
5 Funny People
6 The Informant!
7 Bruno
8 Tyson
9 Zombieland
10 Away We Go
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Bob Mondello
All Things Considered

1 The Hurt Locker
2 The Messenger
3 In the Loop
4 Precious
5 The Cove
6 Up
7 Up in the Air
8 Seraphine
9 Summer Hours
10 A Single Man
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Kyle Smith
The Dispatch

1 Antichrist
2 Still Walking
3 Munyurangabo
4 Goodbye Solo
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 The White Ribbon
7 Tokyo Sonata
8 Revanche
9 Summer Hours
10 Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Scott Tobias
The AV Club

1 35 Shots of Rum
2 Duplicity
3 Humpday
4 Collapse
5 Julia
6 Afterschool
7 Revanche
8 House of the Devil
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 The Hurt Locker

Brian Brooks | Kyle Buchanan | Scott Foundas | Eugene Hernandez | Bruce Ingram | Rick Kaplan | Peter Knegt | Bob Mondello | Kyle Smith | Scott Tobias |

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Matthew Lucas
The Dispatch

1 Antichrist
2 Still Walking
3 Munyurangabo
4 Goodbye Solo
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 The White Ribbon
7 Tokyo Sonata
8 Revanche
9 Summer Hours
10 Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Scott Tobias
The AV Club

1 35 Shots of Rum
2 Duplicity
3 Humpday
4 Collapse
5 Julia
6 Afterschool
7 Revanche
8 House of the Devil
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 The Hurt Locker
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Steve Warren
Windy City Times

1 Up
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 The Hurt Locker
4 Precious
5 Goodbye Solo
6 Summer Hours
7 Fantastic Mr. Fox
8 A Serious man
9 District 9
10 Every Little Step
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Kim Morgan
Sunset Gun

1 Inglourious Basterds
2 Bad Lieutenant
3 Antichrist
4 Observe and Report
5 A Serious Man
6 The Road
7 Fantastic Mr. Fox
8 Broken Embraces
9 The Hurt Locker
10 Thirst
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Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

1 Up in the Air
2 Departures
3 (500) Days of Summer
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 Avatar
6 Sugar
7 The Hurt Locker
8 Hunger
9 The Road
10 Away We Go
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Shlomo Schwartzberg
Bloor Cinema Magazine

1 Inglourious Basterds
2 Summer Hours
3 The Beaches of Agnes
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Two Lovers
6 It’s hard Being Loved by Jerks
7 The Class
8 Genius Within
9 Everlasting Moments
10 In the Loop
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Kevin Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

1 Avatar
2 Where the Wild Things Are
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 (500) Days of Summer
5 The Hurt Locker
6 District 9
7 Fantastic Mr. Fox
8 Watchmen
9 Antichrist
10 A Serious Man
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Billups Allen
Tucson Citizen

1 Gomorrah
2 Red Cliff
3 Drag Me To Hell
4 Tyson
5 The Hangover
6 World’s Greatest Dad
7 A Serious Man
8 The Invention of Lying
9 Antichrist
10 Bad Lieutenant
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Linda Barnard
Toronto Star

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 An Education
4 Fantastic Mr. Fox
5 District 9
6 A Single Man
7 Up
8 Inglourious Basterds
9 The Road
10 The Hangover
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John Urbanich
Sun Papers

1 A Serious Man
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Precious
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 (500) Days of Summer
6 The Road
7 Invictus
8 The Messenger
9 Star Trek
10 Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Billups Allen | Linda Barnard | Edward Douglas | Kevin Laforest | Matthew Lucas | Kim Morgan | Shlomo Schwartzberg | Scott Tobias | John Urbanich | Steve Warren

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Bob Strauss
LA Daily News

1 Inglorious Basterds
2 Antichirst
3 Thirst
4 The Secret of the Grain | 35 Shots of Rum
5 The White Ribbon
6 In the Loop
7 The Hurt Locker | The Messenger
8 Visual Acoustics
9 Up in the Air
10 Funny People
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Peter Howell
Toronto Star

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 The White Ribbon
4 The Cove
5 An Education
6 The Hangover
7 Coraline
8 Inglourious Basterds
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 A Serious Man
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Todd Gilchrist
Cinematical

1 Hunger
2 A Serious Man
3 Summer Hours
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 Fantastic Mr. Fox
6 Goodbye Solo
7 Star Trek
8 The Cove
9 Somers Town
10 Avatar
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Andrew O’Hehir
Salon

1 Hunger
2 Bronson
3 Il Divo
4 A Serious Man
5 The White Ribbon
6 The Limits of Control
7 Serbis
8 35 Shots of Rum
9 Gomorrah
10 The Headless Woman
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Marc Mohan
The Oregonian

1 Hunger
2 A Serious Man
3 Summer Hours
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 Fantastic Mr. Fox
6 Goodbye Solo
7 Star Trek
8 The Cove
9 Somers Town
10 Avatar
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Mike Russell
The Oregonian

1 In the Loop
2 A Serious Man
3 Star Trek
4 Whip It
5 Drag Me to Hell
6 Moon
7 District 9
8 Bad Lieutenant
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Stan Hall
The Oregonian

1 Bad Lieutenant
2 Gomorrah
3 Broken Embraces
4 The Beaches of Agnes
5 Still Walking
6 Passing Strange
7 Seraphine
8 Revanche
9 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
10 Silent Light
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Shawn Levy
The Oregonian

1 An Education
2 The Beaches of Agnes
3 Avatar | Star Trek
4 A Serious Man
5 The Damned United
6 Broken Embraces
7 Revanche
8 Fantastic Mr. Fox | Coraline
9 The Lovely Bones
10 Up in the Air
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Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

1 Up in the Air
2 A Serious Man
3 An Education
4 Up
5 (500) Days of Summer
6 Bright Star
7 In the Loop
8 The Messenger
9 Not Quite Hollywood
10 Star Trek
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Chris Hewitt
Pioneer Press

1 Up
2 Chaser
3 Every Little Step
4 The White Ribbon
5 Where the Wild Things Are
6 Orphan
7 The Hurt Locker
8 State of Play
9 Antichrist
10 District 9

Matt Brunson | Todd Gilchrist | Stan Hall | Chris Hewitt | Peter Howell | Shawn Levy | Marc Mohan | Andrew O’Hehir | Mike Russell | Bob Strauss

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Kent Tentschert
Webster-Kirkwood Times

1 (500) Days of Summer
2 Avatar
3 Crazy Heart
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 The Lovely Bones
6 The Messenger
7 Precious
8 The Road
9 Sherlock Holmes
10 Up/Up in the Air
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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun

1 Bad Lieutenant
2 Crazy Heart
3 An Education
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 Knowing
7 Precious
8 A Serious Man
9 Up in the Air
10 The White Ribbon
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Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Where the Wild Things Are
4 Crazy Heart
5 A Serious Man
6 Star Trek
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 Duplicity
9 An Education
10 District 9
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Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Precious
4 Sugar
5 The Baader Meinhof Complex
6 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
7 Star Trek
8 District 9
9 Where the Wild Things Are
10 Humpday
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Phoenix Film Critics

1 Avatar
2 District 9
3 (500) Days of Summer
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 Precious
7 Sherlock Holmes
8 Star Trek
9 Up
10 Up in the Air
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Greg Ellwood
HitFix

1 Precious
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 In the Loop
5 Avatar
6 A Prophet
7 District 9
8 A Single Man
9 Up in the Air
10 Bad Lieutenant
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Brian Johnson
MacLeans

1 Up in the Air
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 An Education
4 The Road
5 Bright Star
6 A Serious Man
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 The Hurt Locker
9 The Cove
10 Avatar
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Tim Lammers
WCVB TV

1 Up
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Avatar
4 Precious
5 Star Trek
6 Up in the Air
7 District 9
8 Invictus
9 Nine
10 The Hurt Locker
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Stephen Farber
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Last Station
3 The Hurt Locker
4 Precious
5 The Cove
6 The Princess and the Frog
7 My One and Only
8 Lemon Tree
9 Adam
10 Seraphine
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Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Precious
4 Up
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 A Single Man
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 Invictus
9 The Messenger
10 The Last Station

Roger Ebert | Greg Ellwood | Steven Farber | Ann Hornaday | Brian Johnson | Tim Lammers | Joe Neumaier | Phoenix Film Critics | Frank Scheck | Ken Tentschert

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Ray Bennett
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Tulpan
4 Bright Star
5 Moon
6 Summer Hours
7 Up
8 Star Trek
9 Broken Embraces
10 Avatar
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Michael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood Reporter

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Up
4 An Education
5 Everlasting Moments
6 Coraline
7 The Cove
8 Broken Embraces
9 The Hangover
10 Avatar
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Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

1 The White Ribbon
2 Up
3 Precious
4 The Hurt Locker
5 District 9
6 Avatar
7 The Cove
8 In the Loop
9 A Serious Man
10 Up in the Air
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Sheri Linden
The Hollywood Reporter

1 The White Ribbon
2 District 9
3 Police, Adjective
4 Summer Hours
5 Bright Star
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 Big Fan
8 Of Time and the City
9 The Cove
10 Up
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Oklahoma
Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 (500) of Summer
5 Precious
6 A Serious Man
7 Up
8 District 9
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 Avatar
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Sean O’Connell
FilmCritic.com

1 Up
2 (500) Days of Summer
3 Up in the Air
4 This is It
5 District 9
6 A Serious Man
7 Away We Go
8 Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince
9 Star Trek
10 Big Fan
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up
3 Coraline
4 Up in the Air
5 Where the Wild Things Are
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 A Serious Man
8 Big Fan
9 District 9
10 Everlasting Moments
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Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

1 Up in the Air
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Precious
4 I Love You, Man
5 Food, Inc
6 (500) Days of Summer
7 Fantastic Mr. Fox
8 The Girlfriend Experience
9 The Hurt Locker
10 Adventureland
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Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

1 Up
2 Where the Wild Things Are
3 Waltz with Bashir
4 Of Time and the City
5 The Hurt Locker
6 A Serious Man
7 In the Loop
8 Sugar
9 Me & Orson Welles
10 A Single Man
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Houston Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Star Trek
4 Precious
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 Up
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 Avatar
9 Invictus
10 District 9

Ray Bennett | Owen Gleiberman | Kirk Honeycutt | Houston Film Critics | Sheri Linden | Sean O’Connell | Oklahoma Film Critics | Michael Phillips | Michael Rechtshaffen | Lisa Scwharzbaum

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010

AFI | John Anderson | Jackie Cooper | Dallas Ft. Worth Film Critics | Houston Film Critics | Drew McWeeny | Joe Morgenstern | Stephen Schaefer | Betsy Sharkey | Dana Stevens

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John Anderson
IndieWIRE

1 Fantastic Mr. Fox
2 Precious
3 Food Inc
4 Star Trek
5 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
6 The Hurt Locker
7 The Windmill Movie
8 Bronson
9 Burma VJ
10 The Messenger
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DFW Film Critics

1 Up in the Air
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Precious
4 Up
5 An Education
6 A Serious Man
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 District 9
9 Avatar
10 Fantastic Mr. Fox
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AFI

1 Coraline
2 The Hangover
3 The Hurt Locker
4 The Messenger
5 Precious
6 A Serious Man
7 A Single Man
8 Sugar
9 Up
10 Up in the Air
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Houston Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Star Trek
4 Precious
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 Up
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 Avatar
9 Invictus
10 District 9
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Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times

1 Up in the Air
2 Precious
3 The Hurt Locker
4 The Beaches of Agnes
5 Fantastic Mr. Fox
6 An Education
7 District 9
8 Bright Star
9 A Single Man
10 Two Lovers
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Jackie Cooper
WPGA-TV

1 Avatar
2 Nine
3 Brothers
4 The Hurt Locker
5 The Blind Side
6 Inglourious Basterds
7 Invictus
8 Star Trek
9 The Last Station
10 The Damned United
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Dana Stevens
Slate

1 Adventureland
2 The Beaches of Agnes
3 Crazy Heart
4 Drag Me To Hell
5 Fantastic Mr. Fox
6 The Hurt Locker
7 In the Loop
8 Lorna’s Silence
9 The maid
10 Ponyo
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Stephen Schaefer
Boston Herald

1 An Education
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Up in the Air
4 Two Lovers
5 The Hurt Locker
6 The White Ribbon
7 Precious
8 Brothers
9 The Young Victoria
10 Avatar
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Joe Morgenstern
The Wall Street Journal

1 The Hurt Locker
2 An Education
3 Avatar
4 Crazy Heart
5 District 9
6 Precious
7 Sin Nombre
8 Summer Hours
9 Up in the Air
10 Where the Wild Things Are
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Drew McWeeny
HitFix

1 Enter the Void
2 Where the Wild Things Are
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 Fantastic Mr. Fox
5 A Serious Man
6 District 9
7 World’s Greatest Dad
8 Up in the Air
9 Avatar
10 In the Loop

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Kathleen Murphy
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 A Serious Man
4 Liverpool
5 Bright Star
6 35 Rhums
7 Summer Hours
8 Still Walking
9 Up in the Air
10 Bad Lieutenant
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Mary Pols
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 The White Ribbon
3 Up in the Air | Adventureland
4 Up | Coraline
5 A Serious Man
6 Beaches of Agnes
7 Where the Wild Things Are
8 The Messenger
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 An Education
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James Rocchi
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 The White Ribbon
4 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
5 A Serious Man
6 In the Loop
7 Up in the Air
8 The Messenger
9 The Maid
10 The Brothers Bloom
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Glenn Whipp
MSN

1 The Hurt locker
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 Up
4 A Serious Man
5 Where the Wild Things Are
6 Tulpan
7 Bright Star
8 Coraline
9 35 Shots of Rum
10 In the Loop
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Peter Debruge
Variety

1 In the Loop
2 The Sun
3 Avatar
4 Summer Hours
5 The Cove
6 Two Lovers
7 Antichrist
8 Ponyo
9 District 9
10 Sugar
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Steve Erickson
Gay City News

1 The Limits of Control
2 Fantastic Mr. Fox
3 The Sun
4 Duplicity
5 Tokyo Sonata
6 Import Export
7 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
8 Police, Adjective
9 Night and Day
10 The Headless Woman
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Susan Gerhard
SF360.org

1 Three Monkeys
2 Tokyo Sonata
3 Tyson
4 Where the Wild Things Are
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 The Maid
7 (500) Days of Summer
8 District 9
9 An Education
10 Funny People
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Robert Horton
The Herald

1 A Serious Man
2 You, the Living
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 Up
5 The Hurt Locker
6 Summer Hours
7 35 Shots of Rum
8 Liverpool
9 Sunshine Cleaning
10 Duplicity
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J.R. Jones
Chicago Reader

1 Summer Hours
2 The Hurt Locker
3 You, the Living
4 In the Loop
5 The Baader Meinhof Complex
6 The Class
7 Goodbye Solo
8 World’s Greatest Dad
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 The Maid
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Eric Kohn
IndieWIRE

1 Sita Sings the Blues
2 Two Lovers
3 The Girlfriend Experience
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Humpday
6 Medicine for Melancholy
7 Adventureland
8 A Serious Man
9 Tony Manero
10 In the Loop

Kathleen Murphy | Mary Pols | James Rocchi | Glenn Whipp | Peter Debruge | Steve Erickson | Susan Gerhard | Robert Horton | JR Jones | Eric Kohn

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Richard T. Jameson
MSN

1 A Serious Man
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Taking Woodstock
4 35 Shots of Rum
5 Bright Star
6 Liverpool
7 Up in the Air
8 Inglourious Basterds | Public Enemies
9 (500) Days of Summer
10 Bad Lieutenant
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Don Kaye
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 A Serious Man
3 District 9
4 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
5 In the Loop
6 An Education
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 Coraline
9 The Road
10 Up in the Air | Watchmen
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Anne Thompson
IndieWire

1 Red Cliff
2 Bright Star
3 A Serious Man
4 A Prophet
5 Up
6 Summer Hours
7 Coraline
8 The Hurt Locker
9 Up in the Air
10 An Education
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Shawn Edwards
FOX-TV

1 The Hangover
2 Avatar
3 Nine
4 (500) Days of Summer
5 Precious
6 Where the Wild Things Are
7 Up in the Air
8 District 9
9 Up
10 The Soloist
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Anthony Lane
New Yorker

1 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
2 Cloudy…Chance of Meatballs
3 Coraline
4 Fantastic Mr. Fox
5 Gommorrah
6 Star Trek
7 The White Ribbon
8 Up
9 Up in the Air
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Richard Corliss
Time Magazine

1 Princess and the Frog
2 Up
3 Fantastic Mr. Fox
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Up in the Air
6 The White Ribbon
7 A Single Man
8 Of Time and the City
9 District 9
10 Thirst
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Dave McCoy
MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 A Serious Man
3 The White Ribbon
4 Fantastic Mr. Fox | Where the Wild Things Are
5 Bad Lieutenant
6 Anvil! The Story of Anvil
7 In the Loop
8 Still Wallking
9 The Maid
10 Taking Woodstock
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Kim Morgan
MSN

1 Inglourious Basterds
2 Bad Lieutenant
3 A Serious Man
4 Antichrist
5 Observe and Report
6 Fantastic Mr. Fox
7 Thirst
8 The Hurt Locker
9 The Road
10 Broken Embraces
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Jim Emerson
MSN

1 A Serious Man
2 The Hurt Locker
3 Liverpool
4 35 Shots of Rum
5 Inglourious Basterds
6 The Headless Woman
7 Police, Adjective
8 Summer Hours
9 The White Ribbon
10 Goodbye Solo / The Limits of Control / The Informant! / Watchmen / Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Sight & Sound

1 A Prophet
2 The Hurt Locker
2 35 Shots of Rum
4 The White Ribbon
5 Let the Right One In
6 Up
6 White Material
8 Bright Star
8 Antichrist
10 Inglourious Basterds

Anne Thompson | Shawn Edwards | Anthony Lane | Richard Corliss | Sight & Sound | Jim Emerson | Richard T. Jameson | Don Kaye | Dave McCoy | Kim Morgan

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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Phil Villarreal OK! Magazine

1 (500) Days of Summer
2 Inglourious Basterds
3 Precious
4 Crazy Heart
5 A Serious Man
6 Me & Orson Welles
7 Princess & the Frog
8 Were the World Mine
9 Up
10 Up in the Air
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Kristopher Tapley In Contention

1 A Serious Man
2 Up in the Air
3 Antichrist
4 The Cove
5 Avatar
6 Precious
7 An Education
8 Mary & Max
9 Bronson
10 The Lovely Bones
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Lou Lumenick New York Post

1 Up in the Air
2 Up
3 A Serious Man
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 Avatar
6 Invictus
7 Precious
8 Fantastic Mr. Fox
9 In the Loop
10 Ponyo
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Kyle Smith New York Post

1 Inglourious Basterds
2 Up
3 Fantastic Mr. Fox
4 Watchmen
5 Funny People
6 Up in the Air
7 An Education
8 In the Loop
9 Of Time and the City
10 Shall We Kiss?
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Stephen Holden New York Times

1 Up in the Air
2 The White Ribbon
3 Still Walking
4 The Messenger
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 The Hurt Locker
7 The Headless Woman
8 An Education
9 Summer Hours
10 Disgrace
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Peter Travers Rolling Stone

1 Precious
2 Up in the Air
3 The Hurt Locker
4 An Education
5 Up
6 Where the Wild Things Are
7 A Serious Man
8 District 9
9 (500) Days of Summer
10 The Messenger
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David Denby New Yorker

1 The Hurt Locker
2 The White Ribbon
3 The Messenger
4 Funny People
5 Adventureland
6 Up
7 The Last Station
8 Me and Orson Welles
9 Fantastic Mr. Fox
10 Up in the Air
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National Board of Review

1 An Education
2 (500) Days of Summer
3 The Hurt Locker
4 Inglourious Basterds
5 Invictus
6 The Messenger
7 A Serious Man
8 Star Trek
9 Up
10 Where the Wild Things Are
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Austin Film Critics

1 The Hurt Locker
2 Star Trek
3 Up
4 A Serious Man
5 Up in the Air
6 Avatar
7 Inglourious Basterds
8 District 9
9 Where the Wild Things Are
10 Moon | The Messenger
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Sean Axmaker MSN

1 The Hurt Locker
2 A Serious Man
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 Summer Hours
5 Of Time and the City
6 Police, Adjective
7 Still Walking
8 Liverpool
9 Up in the Air
10 Where the Wild Things Are

Phil Villarreal | Kristopher Tapley | Lou Lumenick | Kyle Smith | Stephen Holden | Peter Travers | David Denby | National Board of Review | Austin Film Critics | Sean Axmaker

The Top Ten Chart for January 21, 2010

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

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13
79
6
7
Up
6
7
6
6
6
7
5
7
8
8
10
8
6
13
53
7
6
An Education
7
9
8
8
7
6
7
6
7
7
6
6
7
13
52
8
9
District 9
8
8
7
7
8
8
6
7
9
9
10
33
9
8
Invictus
9
6
3
9
8
9
8
9
9
10
8
10
8
12
29
10
10
A Serious Man
9
10
9
10
6
9
7
8
17
The Messenger
10
10
9
1
3
4
Star Trek
11
10
9
10
3
4
Nine
9
10
12
10
2
2
One Vote Wonders
The Blind Side
0
10
10
9
9
13
11
1
1
This is It
10
1
1
Falling Off The Chart
The Last Station
12
11
11
11

.……………………………………
x
1
Avatar
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
13
61
2
Up in the Air
3
2
5
3
1
1
3
1
4
1
2
3
2
13
47
3
Inglourious Basterds
4
3
2
2
3
4
2
3
2
4
3
4
4
13
38
4
The Hurt Locker
2
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
2
3
13
34
5
Precious
5
5
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
13
15

.……………………………………
x
1
Julie and Julia
4
5
2
1
4
1
4
3
3
1
4
2
1
13
43
2
It’s Complicated
1
1
1
2
3
4
1
5
5
5
2
1
5
13
42
3
(500) Days of Summer
3
4
3
4
1
2
5
1
2
4
5
3
2
13
39
4
Nine
5
2
5
3
2
5
2
2
1
3
3
4
4
13
37
5
The Hangover
2
3
4
5
5
3
3
4
4
2
1
5
3
13
34

Scott Bowles
…… USA Today
Anthony Breznican
…… USA Today
Greg Ellwood
——–HitFix
Pete Hammond
…… LAT Envelope
Eugene Hernandez
…… indieWIRE
Peter Howell
…… The Toronto Star
Dave Karger
…… Entertainment Weekly
Mark Olsen
…….LA Times


David Poland
…… MCN
Steve Pond
…… The Wrap
Sasha Stone
…… AwardsDaily.com
Sean Smith
…… Entertainment Weekly
Kris Tapley
…… In Contention
Anne Thompson
…… Thompson On Hollywood
Susan Wloszczyna
…… USA Today



The Top Ten Chart for January 12, 2010

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

225 Critics. 239 Films.

January 7

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
.……………………………………
x
1
2
Avatar
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
15
144
2
3
The Hurt Locker
1
3
2
3
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
3
2
3
15
133
3
1
Up in the Air
3
1
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
2
3
2
15
127
4
5
Inglourious Basterds
5
7
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
15
101
5
4
Precious
4
4
5
5
4
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
15
90
6
8
An Education
7
8
7
9
6
6
8
8
7
6
6
6
6
5
7
15
64
7
6
Up
6
5
6
7
7
5
6
7
6
8
9
10
8
10
6
15
59
8
7
Invictus
10
9
6
3
8
7
6
8
7
7
9
7
7
8
13
44
9
District 9
10
6
8
8
8
9
10
9
9
7
9
9
12
30
10
10
A Serious Man
8
9
10
9
12
12
10
9
8
8
14
The Messenger
10
10
10
10
10
5
5
9
Nine
9
9
9
12
8
10
4
8
One Vote Wonders
12
The Blind Side
9
0
10
9
9
13
11
1
2
Star Trek
11
8
1
2
The Last Station
10
12
11
11
11
1
1
This is It
10
1
1
Falling Off The Chart
Crazy Heart
A Single Man


Who Or What Potential Nominee(s) Made A Big Step Forward Over The
Holiday Weeks?
Who Or What Potential Nominee(s) Made A Big Step Backwards Over
The Holiday Weeks
Scott Bowles
The Hurt Locker/ By not falling to the weight of expectation, it becomes a contender.
Invictus/ It may still land a nod, but only because there are 10 slots and he’s Clint Eastwood.
Anthony Breznican
Avatar — dur. Also The Hurt Locker
Invictsomething.
Gregory Ellwood
The Messenger
Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine.
Pete Hammond
District 9
Nine
Eugene Hernandez
Avatar
District 9
Nine
A Serious Man
Peter Howell
Avatar
Nine
Dave Karger
Avatar
Invictus
Mark Olsen
Avatar, District 9
Nine, The Lovely Bones
David Poland
The Messenger (Avatar was already well on its way)
Nine
Steve Pond
Hurt Locker, Avatar
Nine, A Serious Man
Sean Smith
Avatar
Sandra Bullock
Invictus
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sasha Stone
District 9, Avatar
Nine (unfortunately)
Kris Tapley
Avatar
Nine
Anne Thompson
Avatar and The Hurt Locke
Nine, The Lovely Bones
Susan Wloszczyna
Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges
Anyone associated with Nine

Scott Bowles
…… USA Today
Anthony Breznican
…… USA Today
Greg Ellwood
——–HitFix
Pete Hammond
…… LAT Envelope
Eugene Hernandez
…… indieWIRE
Peter Howell
…… The Toronto Star
Dave Karger
…… Entertainment Weekly
Mark Olsen
…….LA Times


David Poland
…… MCN
Steve Pond
…… The Wrap
Sasha Stone
…… AwardsDaily.com
Sean Smith
…… Entertainment Weekly
Kris Tapley
…… In Contention
Anne Thompson
…… Thompson On Hollywood
Susan Wloszczyna
…… USA Today

The Top Ten Chart for January 6, 2010

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

132 Critics. 161 Films. 30 New to the List.

The Top Ten Chart for January 2, 2010

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

102 Critics. 151 Films. 30 New to the List.

The Top Ten Chart for December 29, 2009

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

74 Critics . 125 Films. 20 New to the List.

December 23

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
.……………………………………
x
1
1
Up in the Air
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
3
2
3
1
13
120
2
3
Avatar
5
2
1
1
3
4
3
2
1
3
2
1
1
1
3
13
117
3
2
The Hurt Locker
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
2
13
113
4
4
Precious
1
4
5
6
4
9
4
4
5
4
5
4
4
6
4
13
80
5
5
Inglourious Basterds
9
8
4
4
8
5
5
5
4
5
7
5
7
4
5
13
75
6
7
Up
4
5
6
7
6
6
7
6
6
7
6
9
6
7
6
13
59
7
6
Invictus
7
6
7
5
3
7
6
7
8
9
4
6
5
5
7
12
54
8
9
An Education
8
7
8
9
10
8
8
8
7
6
8
8
8
8
9
13
41
9
8
Nine
6
9
8
5
3
9
9
10
12
7
9
10
9
29
10
10
A Serious Man
10
10
7
10
10
12
8
10
8
6
14
The Last Station
6
12
9
11
13
9
2
4
The Messenger
9
10
12
2
3
A Single Man
9
10
2
3
District 9
10
10
2
2
One Vote Wonders
Crazy Heart
9
1
2
This is It
10
1
1
12
12
The Blind Side
9
10
10
9
9
13
11
1
1
Falling Off The Chart
11
11
The Lovely Bones
10
10
9
9
12
12
10
13
13
0
It’s Complicated
11
10
0


Is Up In The Air better than 50% to win Best Picture at this time?
N
N
N
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Is The Hurt Locker better than 50% to win Best Picture at this time?
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
Is Avatar better than 50% to win Best Picture at this time?
N
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
N
Y
N
Y
N
Is Nine still a legit possibility to win Best Picture?
N
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Is Inglourious Basterds the hard-driving dark horse for BP at this time?
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
N
Y
N
Can you imagine a film aside from the five in Questions 1-5 winning BP as of this time?
Y
N
N
Y
N
N
Y
N
Y
N
N
N
N
Are Mo’Nique‘s chances to win being hurt in a real way by bad media buzz at this time?
Y
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Can an actor doing a motion capture performance, like Zoe Saldana in Avatar, get a shot for an acting nomination at this time?
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Do the “precursors” mean more with 10 BP slots?
N
N
N
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
N
Y
N
Do the “precursors” mean less with 10 BP slots?
N
Y
Y
N
N
N
N
Y
Y
Y
N
N
N
Has having 10 BP nominees made the season more exciting so far?
Y
Y
N
Y
N
N
Y
Y
N
Y
N
N
N

Scott Bowles
…… USA Today
Anthony Breznican
…… USA Today
Greg Ellwood
——–HitFix
Pete Hammond
…… LAT Envelope
Eugene Hernandez
…… indieWIRE
Peter Howell
…… The Toronto Star
Dave Karger
…… Entertainment Weekly
Mark Olsen
…….LA Times


David Poland
…… MCN
Steve Pond
…… The Wrap
Sasha Stone
…… AwardsDaily.com
Sean Smith
…… Entertainment Weekly
Kris Tapley
…… In Contention
Anne Thompson
…… Thompson On Hollywood
Susan Wloszczyna
…… USA Today

The Top Ten Chart for December 23, 2009

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

54 Critics. 104 Films.

The Top Ten Chart for December 20, 2009

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

December 18

Friday, December 18th, 2009
.……………………………………
x
1
1
Up in the Air
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
3
1
15
143
2
3
The Hurt Locker
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
15
131
3
9
Avatar
5
2
2
1
5
5
6
4
1
3
3
1
3
2
4
15
118
4
2
Precious
1
5
5
5
3
6
3
3
6
4
5
4
4
5
3
15
103
5
8
Inglourious Basterds
9
7
4
4
10
4
4
8
7
9
4
5
8
6
5
15
71
6
4
Invictus
7
4
7
6
3
9
5
6
8
7
8
6
5
4
6
14
67
7
5
Up
4
6
6
7
7
7
9
5
5
6
7
9
7
8
7
15
67
8
7
Nine
6
8
8
4
3
7
7
9
10
6
7
6
8
13
54
9
6
An Education
8
8
9
9
9
8
8
10
4
5
9
8
9
7
9
15
44
10
10
A Serious Man
10
6
10
10
11
12
8
10
10
9
12
8
15
11
10
The Lovely Bones
10
10
10
9
9
12
8
12
10
13
13
2
3
12
The Blind Side
9
10
10
9
9
13
11
2
3
One Vote Wonders
Crazy Heart
8
13
1
3
It’s Complicated
11
10
10
1
1
The Last Station
6
12
10
11
13
11
1
1
District 9
10
1
1
The Messenger
10
12
1
1
This is It
10
1
1


1
1
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker
1
3
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
70
2
2
Jason Reitman
Up in the Air
2
1
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
2
4
2
3
3
2
15
62
3
4
James Cameron
Avatar
5
2
2
2
4
4
3
2
1
3
2
3
2
2
3
15
50
4
Quentin Tarantino
Inglourious Basterds
4
4
5
3
4
4
v
3
4
4
5
10
20
5
3
Lee Daniels
Precious
3
5
5
2
1
2
5
4
5
4
4
4
9
17
6
Clint Eastwood
Invictus
4
v
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
5
4
8
10
Lone Scherfig
An Education
v
5
5
5
4
v
5
2
2
5
Rob Marshall
Nine
4
v
v
4
3
v
3
1
2

…..
1
2
Meryl Streep
Julie and Julia
4
5
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
15
56
2
1
Carey Mulligan
An Education
2
2
5
3
3
1
2
3
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
15
55
3
3
Gabourey Sidibe
Precious
1
1
4
4
1
3
3
1
3
2
4
3
4
3
14
47
4
7
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
4
2
2
4
4
5
4
5
5
3
5
5
4
13
26
5
4
Helen Mirren
The Last Station
3
3
5
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
5
11
24
5
Saoirse Ronan
The Lovely Bones
3
5
4
5
2
4
6
Abbie Cornish
Bright Star
5
5-
5
5
5
5
2
2
8
Marion Cotillard
Nine
5
5
5
2
2
Emily Blunt
The Young Victoria
5
1
1

……………………………….
1
1
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
4
1
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
15
66
2
1
George Clooney
Up in the Air
1
2
2
2
3
1
1
3
3
2
2
3
1
3
1
15
60
3
3
Colin Firth
A Single Man
5
3
4
3
2
4
2
2
4
3
5
4
4
2
3
15
40
4
4
Morgan Freeman
Invictus
5
3
4
3
2
4
4
*
4
3
2
3
4
5
12
29
5
5
Jeremy Renner
The Hurt Locker
2
4
5
5
4
5
5
5
2
5
4
5
5
5
4
15
25
6
Viggo Mortensen
The Road
3
5
3
5
5
2
6
Michael Stuhlbarg
A Serious Man
5
1
1

……………………………….
1
1
Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
50
2
2
Stanley Tucci
The Lovely Bones
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
15
50
3
Woody Harrelson
The Messenger
5
3
4
4
3
5
2
5
4
2
4
4
12
27
4
4
Christopher Plummer
The Last Station
4
3
2
5
5
4
3
4
5
2
3
5
10
25
5
5
Matt Damon
Invictus
4
5
5
3
3
3
3
4
3
8
18
3
Alfred Molina
An Education
2
4
2
3
5
4
4
3
3
5
4
2
6
16
Alec Baldwin
It’s Complicated
5
2
4
5
5
5
4
5
6
Christian McKay
Me and Orson Welles
5
2
5
5
1
2
5
Peter Sarsgaard
An Education
2
4
3
3
9
Peter Capaldi
In The Loop
5
1
1

…..
1
1
Mo’Nique
Precious
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
72
2
2
Anna Kendrick
Up in the Air
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
15
57
3
3
Julianne Moore
A Single Man
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
5
2
3
4
3
4
3
3
15
36
4
5
Vera Farmiga
Up in the Air

2
2
5
3
4
5
4
3
3
4
5
3
5
5
14
31
5
4
Penelope Cruz
Nine
3
4
4
5
3
5
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
13
25
Marion Cotillard
Nine
5
5
2
5
3
3
Samantha Morton
The Messenger
3
5
1
1
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
5
1
1

……………………………….
1
1
Mark Boal
The Hurt Locker
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
73
2
4
Quentin Tarantino
Inglourious Basterds
3
2
1
3
2
4
3
2
4
4
2
5
3
4
14
42
3
3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
A Serious Man
5
4
4
5
3
3
5
3
2
2
4
3
2
3
14
36
4
2
Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
Up
4
5
2
3
4
5
2
2
5
3
3
2
2
5
2
14
29
5
5
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
500 Days of Summer
2
3
3
5
1
4
5
4
4
5
5
4
5
12
27
Nancy Meyers
It’s Complicated
5
4
2
3
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
The Messenger
3
1
3
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
District 9
5
1
1
James Cameron
Avatar
5
1
1
Armando Iannucci & Armstrong, Blackwell, Roche, Martin
In The Loop
5
1
1

……………………………….
1
1
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Up in the Air
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
15
72
2
2
Geoffrey Fletcher
Precious
1
5
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
4
4
2
14
50
3
3
Nick Hornby
An Education
4
2
3
4
4
5
3
3
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
13
47
5
Tom Ford
A Single Man
4
3
4
4
5
4
3
7
16
4
Nora Ephron
Julie and Julia
3
4
5
4
5
5
4
6
10
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
District 9
3
5
2
5
5
5
10
Anthony Peckham
Invictus
3
4
2
5
4
10
Armando Iannucci & Armstrong, Blackwell, Roche, Martin
In The Loop
5
4
5
5
4
5
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