{"id":1676,"date":"2007-03-12T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-12T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/03\/what-even-more-movie-critics-awards\/"},"modified":"2007-03-12T00:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-12T00:45:00","slug":"what-even-more-movie-critics-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/03\/what-even-more-movie-critics-awards.html","title":{"rendered":"What, even more movie critics’ awards…!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Believe it or not, there are two more sets of movie critics\u2019 awards that I took part in, that I have not yet mentioned here.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, the American Film Renaissance Awards<\/a>, which were actually posted a couple weeks ago \u2014 yeah, I\u2019m way behind on this one:<\/p>\n

Best Picture: The Pursuit of Happyness<\/i><\/b>
Runners-up: Apocalypto<\/i>, United 93<\/i>, The Queen<\/i>, The Departed<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Documentary: Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration<\/i><\/b>
Runners-up: Islam: What the West Needs to Know<\/i>, Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story<\/i>, 49 Up<\/i>, This Film Is Not Yet Rated<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Hero: Chris Gardner (Will Smith) in The Pursuit of Happyness<\/i><\/b>
Runners-up: Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) in Apocalypto<\/i>, The Passengers in United 93<\/i>, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man\u2019s Chest<\/i>, Joseph (Oscar Isaac) in The Nativity Story<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Time at the Movies: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhastan<\/i><\/b>
Runners-up: Apocalypto<\/i>, Little Miss Sunshine<\/i>, Thank You for Smoking<\/i>, Casino Royale<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then, the Faith and Film Critics Circle Awards<\/a>, which were posted just this past Friday:<\/span><\/p>\n

Most Significant Exploration of Spiritual Issues: The New World<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Children of Men<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Narrative Film: The New World<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: L\u2019Enfant<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Documentary: 49 Up<\/i>, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple<\/i> (tie)<\/b><\/p>\n

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Forrest Whitaker, The Last King of Soctland<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Q\u2019orianka Kilcher, The New World<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen, The Queen<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Adrianna Barazza, Babel<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Director: Terrence Malick, The New World<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro, Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Ensemble Cast: Little Miss Sunshine<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: The Departed<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Orginal Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Peter Morgan, The Queen<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Adapted Screenplay: Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, Little Children<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Iris Yamashita\/Paul Haggis, Letters From Iwo Jima<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Cinematography: Emanuel Lubezki, The New World<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Emanuel Lubezki, Children of Men<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Original Score: Clint Mansell, The Fountain<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Javier Navarrete, Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/i><\/p>\n

Best Film For the Whole Family: Lassie<\/i><\/b>
Runner-up: Over The Hedge<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Needless to say, I don\u2019t agree with all<\/i> of these results, but for now, I\u2019ll let you guess which way my own votes went.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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