Movie Race open week before the main awards

3 heures 7 hrs ago Independently-made Iraq war film "The Hurt Locker" won a second key Film Critics Awards on Monday, a week full of events that are likely to pave the way for the Oscars. Skip to content associated with the New York Film Critics Circle named "The Hurt Locker" - about the U.S. minesweepers in Iraq - his film of the year and the second Kathryn Bigelow's Award for directing in two days there. Bigelow and the film also won top honors Sunday from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. George Clooney was the best actor in the District of New York for his roles in both "Up in the Air" and voice work in animated "Fantastic Mr. Fox." Veteran Meryl Streep was a surprise choice for best actress for playing TV chef Julia Child in 'Julie and Julia. " Among the most influential choices come Tuesday this week with the Golden Globes nominations, and the Screen Actors Guild on Thursday announced the list of candidates for the best films and performances of 2009. So far, the most nominations and awards have been picked up by American critics and independent film groups and showed a broad consensus step ahead of Race coveted Oscar. "It's everywhere this year. We still have no clear leaders yet," said Tom O'Neil, who www.TheEnvelope.com Hollywood Awards. O'Neil saw Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" and the Fellini-inspired musical "Nine held," the pack with nominations for the Golden Globes on Monday, after both got 10 nods from the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) Monday. He said that the two films could do well in both the Oscar. Oscar Nominations for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announced, beginning in February and returned on 7 March. "One thing that Oscar loves is a film packed with a star lily, and te ' New 'and' Basterds "both have that," said O'Neil. wide open to the OSCAR RACE "Up in the Air", with Hollywood favorites Clooney plays a manager, takes people for a living has always thought on the lists first album. But critics have also planted their praise on films and shows such as "Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire," "An Education," an animated film from Disney-Pixar's "Up" and creator of the first embodiment of a Tom Ford "Single Man ". Dave Karger, a senior writer with Entertainment Weekly, thinking" Up in the Air "," Hurt Locker "and" Precious, "would be well advised to at Globes SAG and it was agreed that the race was still open." This season feels like a breath of fresh air. It seems that we have a really good race, "said Karger. Karger Viewed" Avatar "as a wildcard after the initial skepticism about costly adventure in 3-D drew rave reviews." It is now so expect something like a force and a certain players at the Golden Globes, he said. The BFCA, the largest group of film critics in the United States and Canada on Monday, Sandra Bullock and Irish teenager Saoirse Ronan in their best candidates actress for her roles in "The Blind Side" and "The Lovely Bones was added, respectively. Elsewhere body called the African-American Film Critics Association on Monday called his favorites of the year 2009 with "Precious" Best Film, Best Actor Morgan Freeman for "Invictus" and Nicole Behari best actress in "American Violet." He was in the hunt for a Oscar counted at the beginning of this year, "The Road", not post-apocalyptic story about a father and son, are gaining ground and so far, either at the box office (2.4 million pounds in the world) or in the race for the prizes. ( Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)