Predictions for the BFCA, LAFCA, and NYFCC Awards

The big awards season really kicks into gear with the announcement of the Los Angeles Film Critics winners and the nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Awards, followed by the New York Film Critics Circle winners on Wednesday. I thought I'd give a stab at predicting the nominees/winners, which should be difficult with regards to the LA and NY critics. The Broadcast critics, however, should be rather easy, since there only true purpose for giving out awards, is to predict the Oscar nominations. The fact that they almost blatently admit this astounds me.

LAFCA:
Picture: Milk
Director: David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Actor: Sean Penn - Milk
Actress: Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Supp. Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Supp. Actress: Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Screenplay: The Wrestler

NYFCC:
Picture: The Wrestler
Director: Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Actor: Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Actress: Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Supp. Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Supp. Actress: Viola Davis - Doubt
Screenplay: Milk

BFCA:
Picture/Top 10:
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Gran Turino
Milk
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Director:
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Clint Eastwood - Gran Turino
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk

Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood - Gran Turino
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Actress:
Anne Hathway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Reader
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Screenplay:
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Wrestler