Film	Movie	Animation	Direction
Mr. Brooks	Juno	Ratatouille	D.J. Caruso Disturbia
Actor	Actress	Supporting Actor	Supporting Actress
Christopher Plummer Man in the Chair	Helena Bonham Carter Sweeney Todd	Philip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War	Cate Blanchett I'm Not There
THE REST OF THE BEST OF THE YEAR: Black Book - Charlie Wilson's War - Disturbia - The Kite Runner - The Simpsons Movie - Steal a Pencil - Sweeney Todd - Trade - There Will Be Blood - Zodiac

Before we begin... honestly, we cannot get through any film dealing with Alzheimer's (aka senility in our childhood) since we've already been through it first hand. Yes, that put us out in left field with other critic's groups we belong to that lauded The Savages or Julie Christie in Away From Her etc. Ditto for a film like he Diving Bell and the Butterfly -- given that my neck's been broken three times with accompanying paralysis in three different ways, writing a book post-stroke (even when it's based on a true story) isn't enough to sway us. All we need to do is write a book and drop dead and that's that...

Top 10...
Black Book
Charlie Wilson's War
Disturbia
Juno
The Kite Runner
Mr. Brooks
Sweeney Todd
Trade
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

[Steal a Pencil - documentary]
Ratatouille [animated]

Animated Film
The Simpsons Movie/ Ratatouille
Bee Movie
Persepolis

Worst
Descent
Slipstream
Badland

Best Original Screenplay
Mr. Brooks
Juno
Disturbia

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Kite Runner

Best Foreign Language Film
Black Book
[The Kite Runner
Steal a Pencil]

[Documentary
Steal a Pencil
Sicko ]

Debut
Cesar Ramos - Trade