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- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.Favourite Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Up
A Single Man
Brüno
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Road
Funny People
Zombieland
Watchmen (ultimate cut)
Star Trek - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.Best Film of the Year
Runner ups:
Up
A Single Man
The Secret in Their Eyes
Brüno
(500) Days of Summer
The Road
Slumdog Millionaire
An Education
Fish Tank - DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.Best Lead Actor: Colin Firth
Runner ups:
Sharlto Copley in District 9
Sam Rockwell in Moon
Viggo Mortensen in The Road
Ricardo Darín in The Secret in Their Eyes
Abbie Cornish in Bright Star
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Mélanie Laurent in Inglourious Basterds
Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Runner ups:
Peter Capaldi in In the Loop
Zoe Saldana in Avatar
Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Julianne Moore in A Single Man
Karl Urban in Star Trek
Zachary Quinto in Star Trek
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.Best Direction
Runner ups:
A Single Man
The Secret in Their Eyes
Slumdog Millionaire
District 9 - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.Best Original Screenplay
Runner ups:
Up
(500) Days of Summer
In the Loop
An Education - DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner ups:
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Watchmen - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn HodgmanWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.Best Cinematography
Runner ups:
A Single Man
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Road
Slumdog Millionaire - DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.Best Editing
Runner ups:
District 9
(500) Days of Summer
Watchmen
Can Go Through Skin - DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.Best Art Direction
Runner ups:
Watchmen
Bunny and the Bull
Terminator Salvation
The Lovely Bones - DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla GuginoIn a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.Best Costume Design
Runner ups:
Where the Wild Things Are
Sherlock Holmes
Nine
Bunny and the Bull - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.Best Make-up
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Zombieland
The Road
Terminator Salvation - DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.Best Visual Effects
Runner ups:
District 9
Where the Wild Things Are
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - DirectorSam RaimiStarsAlison LohmanJustin LongRuth LivierA loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.Best Original Score
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Bunny and the Bull
Moon
Up
A Single Man - DirectorCory McAbeeStarsCory McAbeeCrugieDavid Hyde PierceA dangerous mission reunites STINGRAY SAM with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet.Best Original Song for "Peg Legged Father"
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"That Was Then (and This is Too) from Futurama: Into the Wild, Green Yonder"
"The Other Side" from The Princess & the Frog
"Stingray Sam Theme Tune" from Stingray Sam
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog - DirectorPete DocterBob PetersonStarsEdward AsnerJordan NagaiJohn Ratzenberger78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.Best Animated Film
Runner ups:
The Princess and the Frog
Futurama: Into the Wild, Green Yonder
Summer Wars
The Fantastic Mr. Fox - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn HodgmanWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.Best Animation
Runner ups:
The Princess & the Frog
Up
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Mary and Max - DirectorPeter AvanzinoStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioThe team visits New Vegas. Leela tries to save eco systems. Fry gets mind-reading abilities - useful at the poker championship. Bender has an affair with the robot mafia boss's wife. Can the team stop Wong's space "mini" golf project?Best Voice-Over Performance: Billy West
Runner ups:
John DiMaggio in Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Teri Hatcher in Coraline
Seth Rogen in Monsters vs Aliens
Simon Pegg in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.Best Foreign-Language Film
Runner ups:
Dogtooth
Thirst
Symbol
3 Idiots - DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenGustaf HammarstenClifford BañagaleFlamboyant, gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.Best British Film
Runners up:
Harry Brown
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop - DirectorMichael Paul StephensonStarsGeorge HardyPita RayMicki KnoxA look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.Best Documentary
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Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
Brick Back... Star Trek
Waking Sleeping Beauty - DirectorLarry CharlesStarsSacha Baron CohenGustaf HammarstenClifford BañagaleFlamboyant, gay Austrian Brüno looks for new fame in America.Funniest Film
Runner ups:
In the Loop
Zombieland
Crank: High Voltage
The Hangover - DirectorArmando IannucciStarsTom HollanderPeter CapaldiJames GandolfiniA political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.Best Comedic Performance: Peter Capaldi
Runner ups:
Sacha Baron Cohen in Brüno
Steve Coogan in In the Loop
Ken Jeong in Funny People
Eric Bana in Funny People - DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina ReillyA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.Scariest Film
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Knowing - DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsViggo MortensenCharlize TheronKodi Smit-McPheeIn a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.Most Emotional Film
Runner ups:
Up
A Single Man
(500) Days of Summer
An Education - DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.Best Action Movie
Runner ups:
Up
Crank: High Voltage
Zombieland
District 9 - DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsAnika Noni RoseKeith DavidOprah WinfreyA waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.Best Musical
Runners up:
Stingray Sam
3 Idiots - DirectorRuben FleischerStarsJesse EisenbergEmma StoneWoody HarrelsonA shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.Best Zombie and/or Vampire Movie
Runner ups:
Daybreakers
[Rec] 2 - DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla GuginoIn a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.Best Superhero Movie
Runner ups:
Monsters vs Aliens
Hulk Vs. - DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsZach GalifianakisBradley CooperJustin BarthaThree buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.Best Villain: Mr. Chow
Runner ups:
Dr. Heiter from The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
The Other Mother from Coraline
The Shadow Man from The Princess & the Frog
George Harvey from The Lovely Bones - DirectorHarmony KorineStarsRachel KorineBrian KotzurTravis NicholsonFollows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in Nashville, Tennessee.Turd of the Year
Runner ups:
Transmorphers: The Fall of Man
Fast & Furious
Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Lesbian Vampire Killers - 2005– 3mTV-MATV EpisodeDirectorDavid FirthStarsDavid FirthBest Short Film
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Musical Predictions 2009
Partly Cloudy
Angry Man
Jerry Jackson: Drugs - DirectorNabil ElderkinStarsElectric SixTyler SpencerBest Music Video
Runners up:
The Lonely Island: Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions
The Lonely Island: Like a Boss
The Lonely Island: Motherlover
Evil Cowards: Love Pigs - CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.Best Drama Series (for season 2)
Runner ups:
Dexter (season 4)
Misfits (series 1)
Being Human (series 2)
Doctor Who (series 5) - CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.Best Dramatic Performance (TV): Bryan Cranston (season 2)
Runner ups:
Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad (season 2)
Bob Odenkirk in Breaking Bad (season 2)
Dean Norris in Breaking Bad (season 2)
John Lithgow in Dexter (season 4)
Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad (season 2)
Michael C. Hall in Dexter (season 4)
Jennifer Carpenter in Dexter (season 4)
Julie Benz in Dexter (season 4)
Betsy Brandy in Breaking Bad (season 1) - CreatorGreg DanielsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsSteve CarellJenna FischerJohn KrasinskiA mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, tedium and romance.Best TV Comedy (for seasons 5/6)
Runner ups:
The Thick of It (series 3)
Flight of the Conchords (season 2)
The Venture Bros. (season 4)
Peep Show (series 6)
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (series 1)
30 Rock (seasons 3/4)
American Dad! (seasons 4/5)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 5)
King of the Hill (season 13) - CreatorArmando IannucciStarsChris AddisonJames SmithPeter CapaldiThe Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.Best Comedy Performance (TV): Peter Capaldi (series 3)
Runner ups:
Steve Carell in The Office (seasons 5/6)
David Mitchell in Peep Show (series 6)
Rhys Darby in Flight of the Conchords (season 2)
Rainn Wilson in The Office (seasons 5/6)
Jane Krakowski in 30 Rock (seasons 3/4)
Neil Flynn in Scrubs (season 8)
Charlie Day in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (season 5)
Alec Baldwin in 30 Rock (seasons 3/4)
Robert Webb in Peep Show (series 6) - DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's lies have pushed Skyler to her limit. She leaves with the kids. Meanwhile, Jesse blames himself for Jane's death and goes into rehab.Best Direction in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
Breaking Bad: "Phoenix"
Breaking Bad: "Mandala"
Breaking Bad: "4 Days Out"
Breaking Bad: "Peekaboo" - DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's lies have pushed Skyler to her limit. She leaves with the kids. Meanwhile, Jesse blames himself for Jane's death and goes into rehab.Best Writing in an Individual Episode
Runner ups:
Breaking Bad: "Phoenix"
Breaking Bad: "4 Days Out"
The Office: "Stress Relief"
Breaking Bad: "Peekaboo" - DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsBryan CranstonAnna GunnAaron PaulWalt's lies have pushed Skyler to her limit. She leaves with the kids. Meanwhile, Jesse blames himself for Jane's death and goes into rehab.Best Individual Episode
Runner ups:
The Office: "Stress Relief"
Breaking Bad: "Phoenix"
Breaking Bad: "4 Days Out"
Breaking Bad: "Mandala"
The Office: "Michael Scott Paper Company"
The Office: "Heavy Competition"
American Dad!: "Rapture's Delight"
Breaking Bad: "Better Call Saul"
Breaking Bad: "Peekaboo" - CreatorChristopher McCullochStarsChristopher McCullochJames UrbaniakDoc HammerThe bizarre escapades of pseudo-heroic scientist Dr. Rusty Venture, his competent, high-strung bodyguard, and his two overenthusiastic sons.Best Animated Series (for season 4)
Runner ups:
American Dad! (seasons 4/5)
South Park (season 13)
Archer (season 1)
King of the Hill (season 13) - StarsStewart LeeChristopher MorrisPaul PutnerThe exciting return to television of the comedians comedian Stewart Lee.Best New Comedy Series
Runner ups:
Archer
Community - DirectorAl CampbellStarsCharlie BrookerDara O BriainGraham LinehanCharlie Brooker sets his caustic sights on video games. Expect acerbic comment as he looks at the various genres, how they have changed since their early conception and how the media represents games and gamers. Features interviews with Dara O Briain, sitcom scribe Graham Linehan and Rab and Ryan from Consolevania.Best TV Special
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Jonathan Creek: "The Grinning Man"
LifeSpam: My Child Is French - 20091h 30m6.5 (187)VideoDirectorMick ThomasStarsSteve CooganAlice LoweFlik SwanSteve Coogan takes to the stage in his first stand-up tour in a decade. The star of I'm Alan Partridge and Saxondale, and the creator of Paul and Pauline Calf returns in a show featuring the characters that have made him a BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning comedy legend. With a cast of supporting actors and dancers - this is an extravaganza of comedy, with fantastic song and dance routines.Best Feature Stand-up Comedy Recording
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The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour
Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong - DirectorSefton HillStarsMark HamillKevin ConroyArleen SorkinBatman battles his archenemy, the Joker, who instigates an elaborate plot to seize control of Arkham Asylum, trap Batman inside with many of his incarcerated foes, and threaten Gotham City with hidden bombs.Best Video Game
Runner ups:
Ghostbusters
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver Version
Plants vs Zombies
Angry Birds - StarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonJoin Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant and the glabrous luminary Karl Pilkington for a series of in-depth discussions from the human body to the arts. Ponder along with the comedians as they debate the important things in life and society, from the controversial to the everyday.Best Podcast (for seasons 1 and 2)
Runners up:
Adam & Joe (season 1, cont.)
Real Time with Bill Maher (season 7)
The Infinite Monkey Cage (season 1)
Stuff You Should Know (season 1, cont.)