'Black Swan' leads the Critics' Choice Movie Award nominations

Posted Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:23 AM Central
Last updated Friday, December 17, 2010 at 10:08 AM Central

by Tim Briscoe

Not to outdone or upstaged by those pesky Oscar people, the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The awards will be presented on Jan. 14 at an event broadcast on VH1.

Just because they're on basic cable, don't think this is a basic cable level of quality. The lauded films and names are a precursor of what to expect at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.

Be sure to check out some of the categories not totally ripped off from the Oscars like Best Young Actor/Actress (I think Chloe Moretz has a good chance) and Best Action Movie.

Here is the full list of nominees, led by Black Swan's 12 nominations. The King's Speech and True Grit tied with 11 nods each.

BEST PICTURE

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network
• The Town
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

BEST ACTOR

• Jeff Bridges, True Grit
• Robert Duvall, Get Low
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King's Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

BEST ACTRESS

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
• Natalie Portman, Black Swan
• Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Sam Rockwell, Conviction
• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
• Mila Kunis, Black Swan
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Elle Fanning, Somewhere
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
• Chloe Grace Moretz, Let Me In
• Chloe Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass
• Kodi Smit-McPhee, Let Me In
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• The Fighter
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network
• The Town

BEST DIRECTOR

• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
• Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, True Grit
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan, Inception

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Another Year, Mike Leigh
• Black Swan, Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
• The Fighter, Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson)
• Inception, Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech, David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 127 Hours, Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
• The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
• The Town, Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner
• Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
• True Grit, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone, Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• 127 Hours, Anthony Dod Mantle
• Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
• Inception, Wally Pfister
• The King's Speech, Danny Cohen
• True Grit, Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Alice in Wonderland, Stefan Dechant
• Black Swan, Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
• Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas
• The King's Speech, Netty Chapman
• True Grit, Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

BEST EDITING

• 127 Hours, Jon Harris
• Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
• Inception, Lee Smith
• The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
• Black Swan, Amy Westcott
• The King's Speech, Jenny Beavan
• True Grit, Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP

• Alice in Wonderland
• Black Swan
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
• True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
• Inception
• Tron: Legacy

BEST SOUND

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• Inception
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Tangled
• Toy Story 3

BEST ACTION MOVIE

• Inception
• Kick-Ass
• Red
• The Town
• Unstoppable

BEST COMEDY

• Cyrus
• Date Night
• Easy A
• Get Him to the Greek
• I Love You, Phillip Morris
• The Other Guys

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• The Pacific
• Temple Grandin
• You Don't Know Jack

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Biutiful
• I Am Love
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Inside Job
• Restrepo
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• The Tillman Story
• Waiting for 'Superman'

BEST SONG

• "I See the Light", performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, Tangled
• "If I Rise", performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong, 127 Hours
• "Shine", performed and written by John Legend, Waiting for 'Superman'
• "We Belong Together", performed and written by Randy Newman, Toy Story 3
• "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me Yet", performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren, Burlesque

BEST SCORE

• Black Swan, Clint Mansell
• Inception, Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech, Alexandre Desplat
• The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• True Grit, Carter Burwell

The BFCA is the largest association of film critics in the U.S. and Canada. The group represents about 250 television, radio, and online critics.