It's That Time of Year...

The year-end movie awards.

The National Board of Review released their list:

Best Film: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

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 Foreign Film: VOLVER

Best Documentary: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

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 and 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


This year could get interesting as Clint Eastwood, he who has 2 directing Oscars, has two movies in contention, and Martin Scorsese, he who has 0 directing Oscars also has a movie in contention.

Clint and Marty were up against each other 2 years ago with Clint's Million Dollar Baby taking the Oscar (over the Aviator).

Probably will be Marty's year for the Oscar.

-LB