The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.
The 10 Best Films
- The Tree of Life
- The Skin I Live In
- The Woman
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
- Snowtown
- The Adjustment Bureau
- The Fairy
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
- Michael
- In Time
Worst Films
- Blubberella
- Xombies 3D
- Suing the Devil
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
- Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter
Best Director
Pedro Almodovar – The Skin I Live In
Mike Flanagan – Absentia
Justin Kurzel – Snowtown
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (*)
Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tarsem Singh Dhandwar – Immortals
Best Original Screenplay
The Fades (*)
In Time
Midnight in Paris
Red State
Scre4m
Sound of My Voice
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Adjustment Bureau (*)
Batman: Year One
Frankenstein
Hugo
The Skin I Live In
Best Actor
Sean Bridgers – The Woman
Michael Fuith – Michael
Daniel Henshall – Snowtown
Anthony Hopkins – The Rite
Neil Maskell – Kill List
Michael Parks – Red State (*)
Best Actress
Emily Blunt – The Adjustment Bureau
Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter and The Tree of Life
Elle Fanning – Super 8
Fiona Gordon – The Fairy
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (*)
Brit Marling – Sound of My Voice
Best Supporting Actor
John Goodman – Red State (*)
Dakota Goyo – Real Steel
Daniel Kaluuya – The Fades
Ben Kingsley – Hugo
Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actress
Rosanna Arquette – The Divide (*)
Alison Brie – Scre4m
Jennifer Ehle – Contagion
Charlotte Rampling – Melancholia
Sophie Wu – The Fades
Best Cinematography
Hugo
Midnight in Paris (*)
The Resident
The Tree of Life
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Special Effects
Battle Los Angeles
Green Lantern
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (*)
Best Makeup Effects
Beastly
Final Destination 5
Green Lantern
The Thing (*)
Best Production Design
Captain America: The First Avenger
Green Lantern
Hugo (*)
Immortals
Priest
Thor