UPDATED: (01/05)Continuing into the new year, critics all across the country are placing their votes and announcing the “winners” of their picks for outstanding achievement in film in all of the usual categories. These are all precursors of course to the Oscars, with the pinnacle of those being The Golden Globe nominations which were announced in December.

Other than The Hurt Locker taking the spotlight in almost every case by a huge margin, early indications are not really all that surprising. George Clooney, current front-runner for a leading man Oscar leads mentions while Christophe Waltz is not surprisingly completely running away with it for his breakout role in Inglourious Basterds. Carrie Mulligan and Mo’Nique are also top winners so far in the leading and supporting actress categories respectively. Oh and even more surprising (at least to me, who hasn’t seen the film (update: I have now)), NY Critics give the best picture award to Avatar! Interesting.

Of course it’s still early, but other than The Hurt Locker taking home so many wins for best picture and best director, I’d say this is about as an exact replica of the Oscar ceremony as you’re going to see – at least for the five major categories.

Below are the Indiewire links to many of the critics choice awards around the country with the full results from the Boston and L.A. critics awards just for reference below that. Take a look below. See anything shamefully overlooked or is this about right? Does the uber-love for The Hurt Locker surprise anyone?

AWARDS and NOMINATIONS announced so far:
African-American Film Critics
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Austin Film Critics
Boston Film Critics
British Indie Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Awards
Chicago Film Critics
Cinema Eye Honors
Dallas-Fort Worth Critics
Detroit Film Critics
European Film Awards
Florida Film Critics
Golden Globes
Golden Satellites
Gotham Awards
Houston Critics
Int’l Doc. Assoc.
Indiana Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critic
London Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
National Board of Review
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics
New York Film Critics Online
Online Film Critics Society
PGA Awards
Phoenix Film Critics
San Diego Critics
San Francisco Film Critics
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Southeastern Film Critics
Spirit Awards
St. Louis Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics
Utah Film Critics
Washington D.C. Area Critics

Best Picture:
The Hurt Locker 11 wins (NY, LA, NSFC, Las Vegas, Austin, Satellites, Houston San Francisco, Boston, Gothams), 13 mentions (PGA, Globes, London, Online, BFCA, Utah, Southeastern, St. Louis, Detroit, African-American, NBR, Washington, NY Online)
Up In The Air 7 wins (Dallas, Florida, Southeastern, Utah, Indiana, NBR, Washington) 12 mentions (PGA, Globes, London, Online, Chicago, Dallas, African-American, BFCA, St. Louis, LA, Satellites, Detroit, NY Online)
Inglourious Basterds 3 wins (Toronto, Phoenix, San Diego) 14 mentions (PGA, Globes, BFCA, NSFC, Online, Chicago, Utah, Dallas, Southeastern, Detroit, NBR, Washington, NY Online)
Precious 1 win (African-American Critics) 10 mentions (PGA, Globes, Dallas, BFCA, Southeastern, St. Louis, Spirits, Washington, NY Online, Satellites)
Up 1 win (Detroit) 11 mentions (PGA, BFCA, African-American, Online Southeastern, Dallas, St. Louis, NBR, Washington, NY Online)
Avatar 1 win (NY Online) 5 mentions (PGA, Globes, London, Dallas, BFCA)
Moon 1 win (British Indie)
Hunger 1 win (Toronto)
A Serious Man 9 mentions (BFCA, Southeastern, Online, Chicago, NBR, Dallas, Gothams, NY Online, Satellites)
(500) Days of Summer 6 mentions (Globes, Southeastern, St. Louis, Spirits, Detroit, NBR)
An Education 6 mentions (PGA, BFCA, Dallas, St. Louis, NBR, Satellites)
The Messenger 4 mentions (Southeastern, NBR, NY Online, Satellites)
Fantastic Mr. Fox 4 mentions (Dallas, Southeastern, Indiana, NY Online)
Invictus 4 mentions (PGA, BFCA, St. Louis, NBR)

Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker 14 wins (NY, LA, NSFC, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Southeastern, Houston, Satellites, NY Online, Washington, Las Vegas, Austin, Toronto) 6 mentions (BFCA, London, Online, St. Louis, Globes, Detroit)
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air 3 wins (Utah, Florida, Dallas) 7 mentions (Globes, Chicago, London, BFCA, Southeastern, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds 2 wins (Phoenix, San Diego) 6 mentions (Globes, Online, Chicago, BFCA, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
Lee Daniels, Precious 1 win (African-American) 4 mentions (BFCA, Spirits, Satellites, Washington)
Clint Eastwood, Invictus 1 win (NBR) 3 mentions (Globes, BFCA, Washington)
Spike Jonze, Where The Wild Things Are 1 win (Indiana) 1 mention (Chicago)
Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 1 win (British Indie)
Pete Docter, Up 1 win (Detroit)
James Cameron, Avatar 4 mentions (London, Online, Globes, BFCA)

Best Actor:
George Clooney, Up in the Air 9 wins (NY, Dallas, Phoenix, Indiana, Florida, NBR, Houston, Southeastern, Washington) 9 mentions (Globes, Online, Chicago, SAGs, London, BFCA, St. Louis, Detroit, Satellites)
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker 5 wins (NSFC, Las Vegas, Chicago, Satellites, Boston) 8 mentions (SAGs, Online, Utah, Southeastern, Indiana, BFCA, St. Louis, Washington)
Colin Firth, A Single Man 4 wins (Austin, Detroit, San Diego, San Francisco) 7 mentions (Globes, SAGs, BFCA, LA, Spirits, Washington, Satellites)
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart 2 wins (LA, NY Online) 10 mentions (SAGs, Chicago, NSFC, Online, London, Globes, BFCA, St. Louis, Spirits, Satellites)
Morgan Freeman, Invictus 2 wins (African-American, NBR) 5 mentions (SAGs, Globes, BFCA, St. Louis, Washington)
Viggo Mortensen, The Road 1 win (Utah) 2 mentions (BFCA, Washington)
Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant 1 win (Toronto) 1 mention (NSFC)
Tom Hardy, Bronson 1 win (British Indie)
Matt Damon, The Informant! 4 mentions (Globes, Chicago, Detroit, Satelllites)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer 3 mentions (Globes, Spirits, Detroit)
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man 1 win (Satellites) 3 mentions (London, Globes, Chicago)

Best Actress:
Carey Mulligan, An Education 9 wins (NBR, Toronto, Dallas, San Diego, Utah, Chicago, Washington, Indiana, British Indie) 9 mentions (Globes, SAGs, London, Online, BFCA, St. Louis, LA, Detroit, Satellites)
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia 7 wins (NY, San Francisco, Phoenix, Boston, Satellites, Southeastern, NY Online) 12 mentions (Globes, BFCA, SAGs, NSFC, Online, Chicago, London, Indiana, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious 3 wins (Detroit, Florida, Las Vegas) 9 mentions (Globes, SAGs, Chicago, BFCA, Online, Southeastern, St. Louis, Washington, Spirits)
Yolande Moreau, Seraphine 2 wins (NSFC, LA)
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds 1 win (Austin) 1 mention (Online)
Nicole Beharie, American Violet 1 win (African-American)
Shoreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M. 1 win (Satellites)
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side 4 mentions (SAGs, Globes, BFCA, Washington)
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star 4 mentions (Chicago, NSFC, London, Satellites)
Maya Rudolph, Away We Go 4 mentions (Chicago, Utah, St. Louis, Washington)

Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds 19 wins (NY, LA, NSFC, Phoenix, Detroit, Chicago, Florida, Dallas, Austin, Toronto, Las Vegas, San Diego, Houston, Satellites, Indiana, Southeastern, Boston, NY Online, Washington) 6 mentions (SAGs, Globes, BFCA, Online, St. Louis, Utah)
Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles 2 wins (San Francisco, Utah) 5 mentions (BFCA, NSFC, Chicago, Detroit, Spirits)
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger 1 win (NBR) 11 mentions (BFCA, Chicago, SAGs, Globes, Online, Southeastern, St. Louis, Satellites, Detroit, Washington, Spirits)
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker 1 win (African-American) 2 mentions (Online, Washington)
Paul Schneider, Bright Star 1 win (NSFC)
John Henshaw, Looking for Eric 1 win (British Indie)
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones 8 mentions (Globes, SAGs, Chicago, Indiana, BFCA, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
Alfred Molina, An Education 4 mentions (BFCA, St. Louis, Satellites, Washington)
Matt Damon, Invictus – 3 mentions (Globes, SAGs, BFCA)
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station 3 mentions (Globes, SAGs, Spirits)

Best Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique, Precious 18 wins (NY, LA, NSFC, Chicago, Phoenix, Florida, Las Vegas, Satellites, Dallas, Detroit, Utah, African-American, Boston, San Francisco, Indiana, Southeastern, NY Online, Washington) 6 mentions (SAGs, Online, Globes, BFCA, St. Louis, Spirits)
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air 4 wins (NBR, Toronto, Houston, Austin) 12 mentions (Globes, Chicago, Online, NSFC, SAGs, BFCA, Utah, St. Louis, Southeastern, LA, Detroit, Washington)
Samantha Morton, The Messenger 1 win (San Diego) 5 mentions (BFCA, St. Louis, NSFC, Washington, Spirits)
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy 1 win (British Indie)
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air 9 mentions (Globes, SAGs, Chicago, BFCA, Online, Indiana, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
Julianne Moore, A Single Man 5 mentions (Globes, Chicago, BFCA, Online, Washington)
Penelope Cruz, Nine 3 mentions (SAGs, Globes, Satellites)

Best Screenplay:
Up In The Air 11 wins (LA, NBR, Chicago, Toronto, Phoenix, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Southeastern, Indiana, Washington), 5 mentions (Globes, BFCA, Online, St. Louis, Satellites)
Inglourious Basterds 5 wins (San Francisco, NY Online, San Diego, Toronto, Washington), 7 mentions (Globes, BFCA, Online, NSFC, Chicago, Utah, St. Louis)
(500) Days of Summer 4 wins (Las Vegas, Florida, Satellites, Southeastern), 6 mentions (BFCA, St. Louis, Online, Utah, Washington, Spirits)
A Serious Man 3 wins (NSFC, NBR, Boston) 6 mentions (BFCA, London, Online, Washington, Chicago, Satellites)
Fantastic Mr. Fox 3 wins (Utah, San Diego, San Francisco) 3 mentions (BFCA, Online, Southeastern)
The Hurt Locker 2 wins (Chicago, Austin) 7 mentions (Globes, BFCA, Satellites, Online, Southeastern, Washington)
In The Loop 2 wins (NY, British Indie) 4 mentions (LA, London, Online, Chicago)
Precious 1 win (African-American) 3 mentions (BFCA, Satellites, Washington)
Up 1 win (Phoenix) 5 mentions (BFCA, Online, Satellites, Chicago, Washington)
An Education 6 mentions (BFCA, Chicago, London, St. Louis, Satellites, Washington)
District 9 4 mentions (Globes, Online, BFCA, Satellites)

Best Foreign Film:
Sin Nombre 6 wins (Indiana, Florida, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Washington), 4 mentions (BFCA, Chicago, Utah, St. Louis)
Summer Hours 5 wins (NY, LA, NSFC, Southeastern, Boston) 3 mentions (Washington, Online, Chicago)
The White Ribbon 3 wins (Toronto, Chicago, NY Online ), 9 mentions (Globes, BFCA, Southeastern, Online, London, NBR, LA, Washington, Satellites)
Broken Embraces 2 wins (Phoenix, Satellites) 5 mentions (Globes, Online, BFCA, Chicago, Washington)
Red Cliff 1 win (Las Vegas) 5 mentions (BFCA, Chicago, St. Louis, Satellites, Washington)
The Maid 1 win (Satellites) 4 mentions (Globes, Spirits, NBR, St. Louis)
A Prophet 1 win (NBR) 3 mentions (Globes, London, Spirits)
Let The Right One In 1 win (British Indie) 1 mention (London)
You The Living 1 win (San Francisco)
Thirst 1 win (Utah)
Il Divo 1 win (San Diego)

Best Documentary:
The Cove 11 wins (NBR, LA, Dallas, San Diego, Florida, Houston, Utah, Toronto, Boston, Indiana, NY Online) 8 mentions (BFCA, Chicago, PGA, Online, Southeastern, Washington, Cinema Eye, Satellites)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil 5 wins (San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas, Austin, IDA) 9 mentions (BFCA, NSFC, Utah, Online, Indiana, St. Louis, Washington, Spirits)
Food, Inc. 3 wins (Washington, Southeastern, Gothams) 8 mentions (BFCA, Chicago, Online, St. Louis, NBR, Spirits, Cinema Eye, IDA)
The Beaches of Agnes 2 wins (NSFC, LA) 2 mentions (Online, Satellites)
Capitalism: A Love Story 1 win (Phoenix) 5 mentions (BFCA, Online, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington)
Mugabe and the White African 1 win (British Indie) 1 mention (IDA)
Of Time and the City 1 win (NY)
Every Little Step 1 win (Satellites)

Best Animated Film:
Up 11 wins (NBR, Boston, Chicago, Phoenix, Florida, NY Online, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Southeastern, Washington) 9 mentions (PGA, Globes, Online, Indiana, BFCA, Utah, St. Louis, LA, Satelllites)
Fantastic Mr. Fox 7 wins (NY, LA, Las Vegas, Satellites, Utah, Toronto, Indiana) 8 mentions (PGA, Globes, BFCA, Online, Chicago, Southeastern, St. Louis, Washington)
Coraline 1 win (San Francisco) 7 mentions (PGA, Globes, BFCA, Online, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington)
The Princess and the Frog 7 mentions (PGA, Globes, BFCA, Chicago, Online, St. Louis, Satellites)
Ponyo 4 mentions (St. Louis, Chicago, Online, Washington)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3 mentions (Globes, BFCA, Satellites)
9 2 mentions (PGA, Washington)

Best Ensemble:
The Hurt Locker 2 wins (Washington, Gothams) 1 mention (SAGs)
Inglourious Basterds 2 wins (Phoenix, San Diego) 3 mentions (SAGS, BFCA, Detroit)
Precious 1 win (Boston) 4 mentions (SAGs, BFCA, Detroit, Washington)
Star Trek 1 win (Boston) 3 mentions (BFCA, Detroit, Washington)
Nine 1 win (Satellites) 3 mentions (SAGs, BFCA, Washington)
A Serious Man 1 win (Spirits) 1 mention (Gothams)
It’s Complicated 1 win (NBR)
In The Loop 1 win (NY Online)
The Hangover 1 win (Detroit)

 
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