Early Oscar Buzz/Nominations '06-'07

[aquamis]

2000 Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich as "Erin Brockovich"
Joan Allen - The Contender
Juliette Binoche - Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me
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Don't remind me of this. When that was announced i think my head span around like that girl from the Exorcist. It makes me so mad that Julia could win over far more superior actresses, and that Gwyneth beat Cate, and that Kevin Costner beat Martin Scorcese for Best Director......I could go on and on.
That's why I'm not getting my hopes up for Helen Mirren. She deserves it, but I'm betting their is due to be a tidal wave of publicity for more magazine friendly stars: i.e. Reese, Angelina, Kidman and Sienna.

 

[canuckcutie]

"Reese, Angelina, Kidman and Sienna."

Reese doesn't have anything does she? Fur bombed at the B.O and that is Nic's only dramatic role this yr. Not sure if Angie will get a nom for The Good Shepherd but if she does it is more than likely to be in supporting. I hope that Sienna doesn't get a nom, unless her role in FG is absolutely stellar (which I have a hard time believing) I can't see there being a lot of support for her a nom.

I still say some combo of Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet, Judi Dench.

 

[kikidior]

^ pretty good lineup ... heck, that's a great one.

 

[jml2]

go Meryl for Devil Wears Prada!

 

[IsaMaus]

I heard that the director of the Good sheperd said, that Jolie will get a nom. as bsupporting actress. I have only seen some pictures from the set. but I have no doubt that she is wonderful (like in Girl Interrupted). She can play dramatic roles perfectly.

 

[Mr. Fabulous]

Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting actress for Dreamgirls.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

^ Seconded

 

[kissmesweet]

go Meryl for Devil Wears Prada!

:LOL: That cracked me up.

I agree about Dreamgirls & Hudson. She was great.

 

[PoppyAzura]

Independent Spirit Award Noms

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
David Lynch and Laura Dern

BEST FEATURE

American Gun
Producer: Ted Kroeber

The Dead Girl
Producers: Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Eric Karten, Kevin Turen

Half Nelson
Producers: Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg

Little Miss Sunshine
Producers: Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Pan’s Labyrinth
Producers: Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuarón, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo Del Toro

BEST DIRECTOR

Robert Altman
A Prairie Home Companion

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Little Miss Sunshine

Ryan Fleck
Half Nelson

Karen Moncrieff
The Dead Girl

Steven Soderbergh
Bubble

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Day Night Day Night
Director: Julia Loktev
Producers: Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin

Man Push Cart
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Bedford T. Bentley III

The Motel
Director: Michael Kang
Producers: Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, Gina Kwon, Karin Chien

Sweet Land
Director: Ali Selim Producers: Alan Cumming, James Bigham, Ali Selim

Wristcutters: A Love Story
Director: Goran Dukic
Producers: Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly, Mikal P. Lazarev

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Chalk
Director: Mike Akel Producers: Mike Akel, Angela Alvarez, Graham Davidson, Chris Mass Writers: Chris Mass & Mike Akel

Four Eyed Monsters
Writer/Director/Producers: Arin Crumley & Susan Buice

Old Joy
Director: Kelly Reichardt Producers: Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp Writers: Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt

Quinceanera
Writer/Directors: Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland Producer: Anne Clements

Twelve and Holding
Director: Michael Cuesta Producers: Leslie Urdang, Michael Cuesta, Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer Writer: Anthony S. Cipriano

BEST SCREENPLAY

Neil Burger
The Illusionist

Nicole Holofcener
Friends with Money

Ron Nyswaner
The Painted Veil

Jason Reitman
Thank You For Smoking

Jeff Stanzler
Sorry, Haters

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Michael Arndt
Little Miss Sunshine

Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
Half Nelson

Goran Dukic
Wristcutters: A Love Story

Dito Montiel
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Gabrielle Zevin
Conversations with Other Women

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Shareeka Epps
Half Nelson

Catherine O’Hara
For Your Consideration

Elizabeth Reaser
Sweet Land

Michelle Williams
Land of Plenty

Robin Wright Penn
Sorry, Haters

BEST MALE LEAD

Aaron Eckhart
Thank You For Smoking

Ryan Gosling
Half Nelson

Edward Norton
The Painted Veil

Ahmad Razvi
Man Push Cart

Forest Whitaker
American Gun

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Melonie Diaz
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Marcia Gay Harden
American Gun

Mary Beth Hurt
The Dead Girl

Frances McDormand
Friends with Money

Amber Tamblyn
Stephanie Daley

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine

Raymond J. Barry
Steel City

Daniel Craig
Infamous

Paul Dano
Little Miss Sunshine

Channing Tatum
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Arin Crumley
Four Eyed Monsters

Anthony Dod Mantle
Brothers of the Head

Guillermo Navarro
Pan’s Labyrinth

Aaron Platt
Wild Tigers I Have Known

Michael Simmonds
Man Push Cart

BEST DOCUMENTARY

A Lion in the House
Directors: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert

My Country, My Country
Director: Laura Poitras

The Road to Guantanamo
Directors: Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross

The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Directors: Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern

You’re Gonna Miss Me
Director: Keven McAlester

BEST FOREIGN FILM

12:08 East of Bucharest (Romania)
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Philippines)
Director: Auraeus Solito

Chronicle of an Escape (Argentina)
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano

Days of Glory (France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb

The Lives of Others (Germany)
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

SPECIAL AWARDS - IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award

So Yong Kim
director of In Between Days

Julia Loktev
director of Day Night Day Night

Richard Wong
director of Colma: The Musical

SPECIAL AWARDS - Axium Truer Than Fiction Award

Adele Horn
The Tailenders

Eric Daniel Metzgar
The Chances of the World Changing

AJ Schnack
Kurt Cobain About A Son

SPECIAL AWARDS - Axium Producers Award

Julie Lynn
producer of Nine Lives and 10 Items or Less

Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof
producers of Half Nelson and Point & Shoot

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell
producers of Shortbus and Pizza

http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/ISA.html

 

[BaroqueRockstar]

little miss sunshine needs to win!!!
forget borat, this is the funniest movie i've seen in my life.

all the king's men was a snore. jackass 2 would have a better chance at getting an oscar than that
flags of our fathers... i love clint, but i can't see ryan philipe in a "tough" role. i saw crash last year, and although i give him points for trying, his cop role made me want to laugh. it's not really his acting, it's more of him. he's too cute, and not just lookwise. his voice, his angry look, none of it works.

kate blanchett ... not sure about babel though... i'd say her movie with george clooney the good german? should get her the nomination
angelina jolie for a good shepard... no
dreamgirls... no
meryl streep was brilliant in devil, but her role wasn't that big
i really want to see fur, although i doubt nicole can pull off an hours like performance for that role

 

[PoppyAzura]

European Film Award Noms

EUROPEAN FILM 2006
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO; Ireland/UK
directed by Neil Jordan
produced by Parallel Film Productions Ltd./Number 9 Films

GRBAVICA; Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia
directed by Jasmila Zbanic
produced by coop99 filmproduktion GmbH/Deblokada/Noirfilm/Jadran Film

DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others); Germany
directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
produced by Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion/Bayerischer Rundfunk/ARTE/Creado Film

THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO; UK
directed by Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross
produced by Revolution Films Ltd.

VOLVER; Spain
directed by Pedro Almodóvar
produced by El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY; UK/Ireland/Germany/Italy/Spain
directed by Ken Loach
produced by Sixteen Films/Matador Pictures/Regent Capital/UK Film Council/Bord Scannán Na Héireann/The Irish Film Board/Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen/Element Films/Bim Distribuzione/EMC Produktion/Tornasol Films/Diaphana Distribution/Pathé Distribution/Cinéart/TV3 Ireland/Film Coopi

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2006
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER
Susanne Bier for EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
Emanuele Crialese for NUOVOMONDO (Golden Door)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Ken Loach for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross for THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2006
Nathalie Baye in LE PETIT LIEUTENANT
Penelope Cruz in VOLVER
Martina Gedeck in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Sandra Hüller in REQUIEM
Mirjana Karanovic in GRBAVICA
Sarah Polley in LA VIDA SECRETA DE LAS PALABRAS (The Secret Life Of Words)

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2006
Patrick Chesnais in JE NE SUIS PAS LÀ POUR ÊTRE AIMÉ (Not Here To Be Loved)
Jesper Christensen in DRABET (Manslaughter)
Mads Mikkelsen in EFTER BRYLLUPPET (After The Wedding)
Ulrich Mühe in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Cillian Murphy in BREAKFAST ON PLUTO & THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Silvio Orlando in IL CAIMANO (The Caiman)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2006
Barry Ackroyd for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
José Luis Alcaine for VOLVER
Roman Osin for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Timo Salminen for LAITAKAUPUNGIN VALOT (Lights In The Dusk)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2006
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)
Paul Laverty for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
Corneliu Porumboiu for A FOST SAU N-A FOST (12:08 East Of Bucharest)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2006
Alberto Iglesias for VOLVER
Tuomas Kantelinen for ÄIDEISTÄ PARHAIN (Mother of Mine)
Dario Marianelli for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Gabriel Yared & Stéphane Moucha for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives of Others)

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2006
13 TZAMETI by Gela Babluani, France/Georgia
Z ODZYSKU (Retrieval) by Slawomir Fabicki, Poland
PINGPONG by Matthias Luthardt, Germany
FRISS LEVEGÖ (Fresh Air) by Agnes Kocsis, Hungary

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2006 - Prix ARTE
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP by Ben Hopkins, UK
DIE GROSSE STILLE (Into Great Silence) by Philip Gröning, Germany
DREAMING BY NUMBERS by Anna Bucchetti, The Netherlands
LA CASA DE MI ABUELA (Grandmother's House) by Adan Aliaga, Spain
MARADONA, UN GAMIN EN OR (Maradona, Tho Golden Kid)
by Jean-Christophe Rosé, France
MOADON BEIT HAKVAROT (The Cemetery Club) by Tali Shemesh, Israel
RYBAK I TANTSOVSHITSA (The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl)
by Valeriy Solomin, Russia
UNSER TÄGLICH BROT (Our Daily Bread) by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM 2006 - Prix UIP
Prix UIP Ghent: DELIVERY by Till Nowak, Germany
Prix UIP Valladolid: VINCENT by Giulio Ricciarelli, Germany
Prix UIP Angers: PISTACHE by Valérie Pirson, France
Prix UIP Rotterdam: MEANDER by Joke Liberge, Belgium
Prix UIP Berlin: EL CERCO by Ricardo Íscar & Nacho Martín, Spain
Prix UIP Tampere: BEFORE DAWN by Bálint Kenyeres, Hungary
Prix UIP Cracow: FOR INTÉRIEUR by Patrick Poubel, France
Prix UIP Grimstad: SNIFFER by Bobbie Peers, Norway
Prix UIP Vila do Conde: BY THE KISS by Yann Gonzalez, France
Prix UIP Edinburgh: ZAKARIA by Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio, Italy
Prix UIP Sarajevo: SRETAN PUT NEDIME (Good Luck Nedim) by Marko Šantić, Slovenia
Prix UIP Venezia: THE MAKING OF PARTS by Daniel Elliott, UK
Prix UIP Drama: COMME UN AIR... (It's in the Air...) by Yohann Gloaguen, France
Prix UIP Cork: ALDRIG SOM FÖRSTA GÅNGEN! (Never Like The First Time!) by Jonas Odell, Sweden

http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/htm/Nominations.html

 

[PoppyAzura]

Gotham Awards Winners

Picture - Half Nelson
Breakthrough Director - Ryan Fleck, Half Nelson
Breakthrough Actor (tie) - Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson / Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Documentary - Iraq in Fragments
Ensemble - Babel
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You - Choking Man
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr...vals/news/e3i906fac48acadf4a10ad6b337006f8459

 

[PoppyAzura]

Article on BIFA winners

Shane Meadows’ “This Is England” won out over its higher-profile com-petish at the British Independent Film Awards.

The British Independent Film Awards lived up to its name Wednesday with a defiantly independent-minded selection of winners led by "This Is England," which took the film prize.
Director Shane Meadows' semiautobiographical tale about a young skinhead growing up in the strife-torn 1980s beat several higher-profile contenders, including "The Queen" and "The Last King of Scotland."

Pic's teenage star, Thomas Turgoose, drew the nod for newcomer onscreen.

Kevin Macdonald took director for "Last King of Scotland," whose cinematographer, Anthony Dod Mantle, picked up the prize for technical achievement.

In a double surprise, the actor and actress kudos went to Tony Curran and Kate Dickie for their perfs in Andrea Arnold's gritty Glaswegian drama "Red Road."

Curran beat Oscar front-runners Forest Whitaker and Peter O'Toole, while Dickie outpaced Oscar favorite Helen Mirren. Surprisingly, Arnold herself lost the new director nod to Menhaj Huda for "Kidulthood."

Leslie Phillips ("Venus") drew supporting actor or actress honors.

"The Queen" picked up one laurel, for Peter Morgan's screenplay, although Mirren was also presented with Variety's U.K. Film Achievement Award.

Michael Haneke's "Hidden" took foreign film; Michael Winterbottom's "Road to Guantanamo" triumphed in the documentary section.

Paul Andrew Williams' "London to Brighton" was honored for achievement in production. "The Ballad of A.J. Weberman" won the Raindance Award for the best movie screened at the Raindance Film Festival.

Ken Loach, whose Cannes winner "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" was nominated in several categories but failed to win in any, received the consolation of the special jury prize.

Jim Broadbent was presented with the Richard Harris award for contribution to British film by an actor.

Ceremony took place at the Hammersmith Palais in west London.
http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117954732.html?nav=news

 

[PoppyAzura]

European Film Award Winners
EUROPEAN FILM
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others); Germany
directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
produced by Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion/Bayerischer Rundfunk/ARTE/Creado Film

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Pedro Almodóvar for VOLVER

EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz in VOLVER

EUROPEAN ACTOR
Ulrich Mühe in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Barry Ackroyd for THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY
José Luis Alcaine for VOLVER

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck for DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (The Lives Of Others)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Alberto Iglesias for VOLVER

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY
13 TZAMETI by Gela Babluani, France

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD FOR AN ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Pierre Pell & Stéphane Rozenbaum for the production design in THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORT FILM - Prix UIP
BEFORE DAWN by Bálint Kenyeres, Hungary

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Roman Polanski

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA - Prix Screen International
Jeremy Thomas

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS AWARD - Prix Fipresci
LES AMANTS REGULIERS by Philippe Garrel, France

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY - Prix Arte
DIE GROSSE STILLE (Into Great Silence) by Philip Gröning, Germany/Switzerland

THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
for Best European Film
VOLVER by Pedro Amodóvar, Spain
http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/european.html

 

[misssakura]

I just saw Children of Men and it was INCREDIBLE!

 

[julesrules815]

I want to see all the movies nominated at the Indepentent Spirit Awards!

EW's Oscar expert, Dave Karger predicted who he thinks will be sure bets and possibles for Best Supporting Actress
Bet on it
Cate Blanchett- Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi- Babel

Possible
Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine
Catherine O'Hara- For Your Consideration
Anika Noni Rose- Dreamgirls
Sharon Stone- Bobby
Emma Thomspon- Stranger than Fiction

 

[julesrules815]

^The same guy also weighed in on Best Actress

Bet on it
Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada
Judi Dench- Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren- The Queen

Possible
Annette Bening- Running with Scissors
Cate Blanchett- The Good German
Penelope Cruz-Volver
Naomi Watts- The Painter Veil
Kate Winslet- Little Children

 

[julesrules815]

Best Picture

Sure Bet
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Possibles
Flags of Our Fathers
The Good Shepherd
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Director
Sure Bet
Bill Condon-Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood- Flags of Our Fathers
Martin Scorsese- The Departed
Possibles
Pedro Almodóvar— Volver
Todd Field — Little Children
Alejandro González Iñárritu — Babel
Stephen Frears — The Queen
Steven Soderbergh — The Good German

Best Actor
Sure Bet
Peter O'Toole -Venus
Will Smith-The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker-The Last King of Scotland
Possibles
Matt Damon — The Good Shepherd
Leonardo DiCaprio — Blood Diamond
Jamie Foxx — Dreamgirls
Ryan Gosling — Half Nelson
Derek Luke — Catch a Fire

Best Supporting Actor
Sure Bet
Adam Beach- Flags of Our Fathers
Eddie Murphy-Dreamgirls
Brad Pitt-Babel
Possibles
Alan Arkin — Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley — Little Children
Djimon Hounsou — Blood Diamond
Jack Nicholson — The Departed
Michael Sheen — The Queen

 

[PoppyAzura]

National Board of Review Winners

Best Film
Letters From Iwo Jima

The Top Ten
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

Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth

Top Five Documentaries
An Inconvenient Truth, (and, in alphabetical order) 51 Birch Street, Iraq In Fragments, Shut Up & Sing, Wordplay

Best Foreign Film
Volver

Top Five Foreign Films
Volver, (and, in alphabetical order) Curse Of The Golden Flower, Days Of Glory, Pan's Labyrinth, Water

Top Independent Films
(in alphabetical order) Akeelah And The Bee, Bobby, Catch A Fire, Copying Beethoven, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, Half Nelson, The Illusionist, Lonesome Jim, Sherrybaby, 10 Items Or Less, Thank You For Smoking

Best Director
Martin Scorsese
The Departed

Best Actor
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress
Helen Mirren
The Queen

Best Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou
Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actress
Catherine O'Hara
For Your Consideration

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
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

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

Career Achievement Award
Eli Wallach

Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing
Jonathan Demme

William K. Everson Award For Film History
Donald Krim

Career Achievement in Producing
Irwin Winkler

The Bvlgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
Water and World Trade Center

http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/NBR.htm

 

[PoppyAzura]

Washington DC Area Film Critics Awards
Best Film
United 93

Best Actor
Forrest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland

Best Actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen

Best Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Best Original Screenplay
Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking

Best Foreign Film
Pan's Labrynth

Best Animated Feature
Happy Feet

Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth

Best Ensemble
Little Miss Sunshine

Best Art Direction
Marie Antoinette
http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/wafc.htm