Detroit Film Critics Society announces Best Films of 2010!!

(Detroit, Michigan – December 16, 2010)…The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2010 nominees and winners in eight categories. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 20 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Best Breakthrough Performance. From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category were put on the final ballot. The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order. The results were once again tabulated and the winners were decided.

The group also has decided to add two new categories in 2011: Best Documentary and Best Screenplay.

THE NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS FOR 2010

PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

( in alphabetical order)

Winners are in red

1. BEST FILM

• 127 HOURS
• INCEPTION
• THE KING’S SPEECH
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/
• WINTER’S BONE

2. BEST DIRECTOR

• DANNY BOYLE – 127 HOURS http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/
• DAVID FINCHER – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• DEBRA GRANIK – WINTER’S BONE
• TOM HOOPER –THE KING’S SPEECH
• CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – INCEPTION
• EDGAR WRIGHT – SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

3. BEST ACTOR

• JEFF BRIDGES – TRUE GRIT
• JESSE EISENBERG – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• COLIN FIRTH – THE KING’S SPEECH http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000147/
• JAMES FRANCO – 127 HOURS
• RYAN GOSLING – BLUE VALENTINE

4. BEST ACTRESS

• NICOLE KIDMAN – RABBIT HOLE
• JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2225369/
• CAREY MULLIGAN – NEVER LET ME GO
• NATALIE PORTMAN – BLACK SWAN
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS – BLUE VALENTINE

5. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

· CHRISTIAN BALE – THE FIGHTER http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/

· ANDREW GARFIELD – THE SOCIAL NETWORK

· JOHN HAWKES – WINTER’S BONE

· SAM ROCKWELL – CONVICTION

· MARK RUFFALO – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

· GEOFFREY RUSH – THE KING’S SPEECH

6. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• AMY ADAMS – THE FIGHTER http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010736/
• HELENA BONHAM CARTER – THE KING’S SPEECH
• GRETA GERWIG - GREENBERG
• MELISSA LEO – THE FIGHTER
• JACKI WEAVER – ANIMAL KINGDOM
  

7. BEST ENSEMBLE

• THE FIGHTER
• THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
• THE KING’S SPEECH
• SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD
• WINTER’S BONE http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/

8. BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• ANDREW GARFIELD – THE SOCIAL NETWORK/NEVER LET ME GO
• GRETA GERWIG - GREENBERG
• JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2225369/
• CHLOE MORETZ – KICK-ASS/LET ME IN
• MIA WASIKOWSKA – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2010-2011 season in alphabetical order are Kirk Baird – The Toledo Blade, Jason Buchanan – allmovie.com, Colette Evangelista – Capital Women’s Lifestyle Magazine, Jim Fordyce – www.MIentertainment.biz, Adam Graham – The Detroit News, Corey Hall – The Metro Times, Tom Long – The Detroit News, Jeff Meyers – The Metro Times, Warren Pierce – WJR Radio, Greg Russell – WMYD-TV, James Sanford – The Kalamazoo Gazette, Tom Santilli – Examiner.com, Debbie Schlussel – Sirius Patriot Channel 144’s Mike Church Show, Perry Seibert – allmovieguide.com, John Serba – The Grand Rapids Press, Lee Thomas – Fox 2, Kirk Vanderbeek – Real Detroit Weekly, Greg Walton – WIOG/KRSP, and Stephanie Webb – WZZM, ABC 13, Chris Williams – Advisor & Source Newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

RUTH DANIELS, DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

AT (248) 703-0997 OR ruthd@emagine-entertainment.com

More information is available on the website at detroitfilmcritics.com