Online Film Critics Award Nominees

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL*E
The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton, WALL*E




BEST ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro, Che
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
Kate Winslet , Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman
WALL*E, Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon
The Wrestler, Robert D. Siegel

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth
The Dark Knight, Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan
Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist
Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father
Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man On Wire
My Winnipeg

BEST FOREIGN FILM
A Christmas Tale
The Counterfeiters
I’ve Loved You So Long
Let the Right One In
Waltz with Bashir

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who
Kung Fu Panda
WALL*E
Waltz with Bashir

Who got a boost?:

• Richard Jenkins for Best Actor.
• Benicio Del Toro for Best Actor (although it probably won't amount to much).
• Michelle Williams for Best Actress (again, the chances of this turning into an Oscar nod are still slim).
• Eddie Marsan for Best Supporting Actor. He's been gaining steam lately.
• In Bruges for Best Original Screenplay. This is becoming the little movie that could, especially after it was released in the awards-buzz-killer month of February.
• WALL-E for Best Picture. Could this be the year when an animated film finally breaks into the Best Picture bracket (not including Beauty and the Beast, which was nominated years before the Animated Film award was created)?
  

Who got snubbed?:

• Revolutionary Road. Even though Michael Shannon made it into the lineup, he's barely made his mark anywhere else. Winslet is obviously a strong contender for Best Actress, but the film as a whole, DiCaprio, and Mendes' direction seem to be getting left in the dust.
• Milk for Best Picture/Director. The film and Gus Van Sant, and even the supporting cast are starting to lose steam, and the majority of support really seems to be for Penn, and not the whole movie.