Roger Ebert, Manohla Dargis And The New AT THE MOVIES Boys Weigh In!! Is THE HURT LOCKER The Film of the Year??

I am – Hercules!! Since we stuck up the first wave of award winners a week ago, a lot more films have won a lot more awards, and a lot more critics have decided on their best movies of 2009. I reckon we’re still waiting on lists from Harry, Capone and Quint but, as we look to Father Geek and beyond this site, “The Hurt Locker” seems to be the only movie on absolutely every critic’s short list. Where we stand:

BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker CHICAGO FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker HOUSTON FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker (runner-up: Up in the Air) NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE The Hurt Locker DETROIT FILM CRITICS Up ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS Up in the Air (runner-up: The Hurt Locker) WASHINGTON DC AREA FILM CRITICS Up In The Air FLORIDA FILM CRITICS Up in the Air INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS Up In The Air (runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox) NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE (not to be confused with the New York Film Critics Circle) Avatar ROGER EBERT (THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES) MAINSTREAM: Bad Lieutenant Crazy Heart An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Knowing Precious A Serious Man Up In The Air The White Ribbon INDEPENDENT: Departures Disgrace Everlasting Moments Goodbye Solo Julia Silent Night Sin Nombre Skin Trucker You, The Living (Special Jury Prize: Avatar) MICHAEL PHILLIPS (THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE) Up Where The Wild Things Are Waltz With Bashir Of Time and the City The Hurt Locker A Serious Man In The Loop Sugar Me and Orson Welles A Single Man MANOHLA DARGIS (THE NEW YORK TIMES) Gomorrah Tulpan Summer Hours The Hurt Locker The Beaches of Agnes Public Enemies Beeswax Ponyo The Informant! Where The Wild Things Are Fantastic Mr. Fox Avatar RUNNERS-UP: Of Time and the City Frontier of Dawn Tokyo Sonata Sugar Léon Morin: Priest Julia Star Trek Anaglyph Tom Séraphine The English Surgeon You, the Living In the Loop Import, Export Lorna's Silence A Perfect Getaway The Baader Meinhof Complex Big Fan Unmade Beds Crude A Serious Man Precious The Messenger Big River Man 35 Shots of Rum Up in the Air A Single Man Invictus Police, Adjective A.O. SCOTT (THE NEW YORK TIMES) Where The Wild Things Are The Hurt Locker In The Loop Summer Hours Of Time and the City Up In The Air Funny People Bright Star Medicine For Melancholy Precious Coraline Avatar District 9 A Serious Man Anvil! The Story of Anvil Goodbye, Solo Sugar Gomorrah The Baader Meinof Complex RUNNERS-UP: La Danse 24 City Invictus Extract Tyson The Beaches Of Agnes Crazy Heart Still Walking Broken Embraces KENNETH TURAN (THE LOS ANGELES TIMES) Bright Star The Hurt Locker An Education Avatar The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Julie & Julia Up Up in The Air CHILDREN OF SUNDANCE: Amreeka Adventureland Big Fan Sergio DOCUMENTARIES: Afghan Star Anvil! The Story of Anvil Soul Power Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 More Than A Game Tyson Unmistaken Child JAY KNOWLES (AIN'T IT COOL NEWS) Avatar (3-D) Thirst MicMacs Up (3-D) Lovely Bones Me and Orson Welles Where the Wild Things Are (IMAX) The Hurt Locker The Fantastic Mr. Fox The Road District 9 Kick Ass Shutter Island Sherlock Holmes Inglourious Basterds Solomon Kane Star Trek (IMAX) Invictus The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Coraline (3-D) Men Who Stare at Goats RUNNERS-UP: Daybreakers Bronson Watchmen (IMAX) Whip It RICHARD CORLISS (TIME) The Princess and the Frog Up Fantastic Mr. Fox The Hurt Locker Up in the Air The White Ribbon A Single Man Of Time and the City District 9 Thirst PETER TRAVERS (ROLLING STONE) Precious Up In The Air The Hurt Locker An Education Up Where the Wild Things Are A Serious Man District 9 (500) Days of Summer The Messenger TIED FOR 11TH: Inglourious Basterds Capitalism: A Love Story In the Loop The Cove Invictus Public Enemies Fantastic Mr. Fox A Single Man Nine Tyson DAVID GERMAINE (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Hurt Locker Precious The White Ribbon Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans Up An Education (500) Days of Summer Passing Strange Anvil: The Story of Anvil The Damned United CHRISTY LEMIRE (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Moon An Education The Hurt Locker Up District 9 A Serious Man Fantastic Mr. Fox Sugar Passing Strange Drag Me To Hell LISA SCHWARZBAUM (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) The Hurt Locker Up Coraline Up in the Air Where The Wild Things Are Fantastic Mr. Fox A Serious Man Big Fan District 9 Everlasting Moments OWEN GLEIBERMAN (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY) Up in the Air Inglourious Basterds Precious I Love You, Man Food, Inc. (500) Days of Summer Fantastic Mr. Fox The Girlfriend Experience The Hurt Locker Adventureland AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE Coraline The Hangover The Hurt Locker The Messenger Precious A Serious Man A Single Man Sugar Up Up in the Air BROADCAST FILM CRITICS NOMINEES Avatar An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus Nine Precious A Serious Man Up Up In The Air HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION NOMINEES Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious Up in the Air (500) Days of Summer The Hangover It's Complicated Julie & Julia Nine THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW An Education (500) Days of Summer The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus The Messenger A Serious Man Star Trek Up Where The Wild Things Are

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