1. No Country for Old Men
2. Juno
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Atonement
5. Michael Clayton
6. Into the Wild
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. The Kite Runner
9.The Assassination of Jesse James
10. Charlie Wilson's War

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runners-up included George Clooney for MICHAEL CLAYTON (2), Frank Langella for STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING (3), Tommy Lee Jones for IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH (4) and Emile Hirsch for INTO THE WILD (5).

Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Next in the voting were Marion Cotillard for LA VIE EN ROSE (2), Ellen Page for JUNO (3), Laura Linney for THE SAVAGES (4) and Angelina Jolie for A MIGHTY HEART (5).

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
He was followed by Philip Seymour Hoffman for CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (2), Casey Affleck for THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (3), Tom Wilkinson for MICHAEL CLAYTON (4) and Hal Holbrook for INTO THE WILD (5).

For Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Runners-up included Amy Ryan for GONE BABY GONE (2), Cate Blanchett for I'M NOT THERE (3), Saoirse Ronan for ATONEMENT (4) and Jennifer Jason Leigh for MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (5).

Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Next in the voting were Paul Thomas Anderson for THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2), Tim Burton for SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (3), Julian Schnabel for THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (4) and Sean Penn for INTO THE WILD (5).

Screenplay: Juno, Diablo Cody
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Cinematography: Roger Deakins, Assassination of Jesse James

Jennifer Jason Leigh! She's still alive? *orgasm*


This doesn't bode well for Sweeney's chances (except for Burton).. sorry Loyal

Dallas Fort Worth critics shouldn't be held against Sweeney Todd's oscar chances.

very good picks. I think TWBB is emerging as the #2 film among critics after No Country. And seeing how being a frontrunner for a long time has definitely hurt films in the past [Brokeback Mountain, Traffic, among others], I think No Country needs a very strong Globes outing [aka taking Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor] to ensure its own success. Even then, things aren't wrapped up.

Julie Christie's starting to wrap up Best Actress.

Javier Bardem has wrapped up Supporting Actor.

Daniel Day-Lewis has pretty much wrapped up Best Actor.

Best Supporting Actress seems to be the only variable here...Blanchett and Ryan have equal chances of winning, and there could still be a surprise [Saorise Ronan, for example].

Juno's looking very good for Original Screenplay, especially since it might get Picture/Actress nods and not win either one, leaving this as a consolation prize [like Lost in Translation a few years back].

Adapted Screenplay is up in the air. I think that between NCFOM, TWBB, ST, and Atonement, it'll go to whichever one doesn't win Picture/Director that has the highest expectations to do so [example: if NCFOM misses out on those two, it'll win here. If NCFOM and TWBB split, it'll go to Atonement]

and I'm still very certain Picture and Director at the Oscars will split.