Awards -- Chicago Film Critics nominees

The last of the "big-city" groups to announce this year, and a few interesting choices in their nominees. Always love the see the variety! Up in the Air, and Where the Wild Things Are lead the nods with 6 apiece. I'm hoping that the Academy is taking note of all these mentions of Precious in just the acting categories. In my mind, those are the elements of the film that should be awarded, not the filim as a whole. But I digress. The nominees for the Chicago Critics are...

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen "A Serious Man"
Spike Jonze "Where the Wild Things Are"
Jason Reitman "Up in the Air"
Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney "Up in the Air"
Matt Damon "The Informant!"
Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"
Michael Stuhlbarg "A Serious Man"

BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish "Bright Star"
Carey Mulligan "An Education"
Maya Rudolph "Away We Go"
Gabourey Sidibe "Precious"
Meryl Streep "Julie & Julia"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi "In the Loop"
Woody Harrelson "The Messenger"
Christian McKay "Me and Orson Welles"
Stanley Tucci "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"
Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique "Precious"
Julianne Moore "A Single Man"
Natalie Portman "Brothers"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Away We Go
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education
In the Loop
The Informant!
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Informant!
Up
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Sharlto Copley "District 9"
Christian McKay "Me and Orson Welles"
Carey Mulligan "An Education"
Max Records "Where the Wild Things Are"
Gabourey Sidibe "Precious"

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Neill Blomkamp "District 9"
Scott Cooper "Crazy Heart"
Cary Fukunaga "Sin Nombre"
Duncan Jones "Moon"
Marc Webb "(500) Days of Summer"