The Social Network is the big winner in this early precursor, which only gives us more reason to believe that The King's Speech will be triumphant on Oscar night.
Jackie Weaver's campaign gets a helpful shot in the arm with a Supporting Actress win here, and I'm thrilled to see the cast of The Town (one of the year's absolute best in my opinion) win Best Ensemble.
One incredulity of note: Where the hell is The Kids Are All Right? You mean to tell me it isn't even one of the ten best independent films of the year, let alone one of the ten best overall? Ridiculous. But I won't waste my rage on the NBR. Gotta save some vitriol for AMPAS, don'tcha know.
BEST FILM
The Social Network
BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher, The Social Network
BEST ACTOR
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
BEST ACTRESS
Lesley Manville, Another Year
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
BEST ORIGINL SCREENPLAY
Chris Sparling, Buried
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Of Gods and Men
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Waiting for Superman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Toy Story 3
BEST ENSEMBLE
The Town
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
DEBUT DIRECTORS
Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington, Restrepo
SPOTLIGHT AWARDS
Sylvain Chomet & Jacques Tati, The Illusionist
SPECIAL FILMMAKING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sofia Coppola, Somewhere
WILLIAM K. EVERSON FILM HISTORY AWARD
Leonard Maltin
NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Conviction, Fair Game, Howl
PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARD
Dante Ferretti, Shutter Island
TOP TEN FILMS
Another Year
The Fighter
Hereafter
Inception
The King’s Speech
Shutter Island
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARIES
A Film Unfinished
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Restrepo
The Tillman Story
TOP TEN INDEPENDENT FILMS
Animal Kingdom
Buried
Fish Tank
The Ghost Writer
Grenberg
Let Me In
Monsters
Please Give
Somewhere
Youth in Revolt
