Sunday 15 January 2012

The Critics' Choice Movie Awards



Although I may refer to January and February as Oscar Season, I use this term to encompass all of the film award ceremonies, of which there are so many.

The Critic's Choice Movie Awards took place on Thursday and The Artist (reviewed here) led the way with Best Picture (hooray!), Best Score (well-deserved), Best Director (very well-deserved) and Best Costume Design.

George Clooney got Best Actor for The Descendants (released on 27 January) whilst Viola Davis received Best Actress for The Help.

Woody Allen won Best Original Screenplay for Midnight in Paris (one of my top films of 2011) whilst Aaron Sorkin (who wrote the brilliant script for The Social Network) won Best Adapted Screenplay for Moneyball.

Rango received Best Animated Feature (no real competition from Pixar this year thanks to Cars 2), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (reviewed here) got Best Editing and The Muppets (bless 'em) won Best Song for 'Life's a Happy Song'.

The Critic's Choice Movie Awards are usually well-judged but often over-looked. The first major awards show in the Oscar build-up is taking place tonight - the Golden Globes - and we will soon see which films are looking to be the strongest contenders for bagging those golden statues on 26 February.

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