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While we patiently await staffers Harry, Moriarty, Father Geek, Capone and Quint to vote on the second AICN Movie Award (the only one that counts, if you’re to ask me), I thought readers might be curious to see how the other critics awards are tallying up.

Among the regional critics associations, “Slumdog Millionaire” tops the most lists I’ve seen, though WALL-E is getting plenty of love as well:

Regional critics' associations:
New York Film Critics: Milk
Los Angeles Film Critics: WALL-E
Chicago Film Critics: WALL-E
London Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Toronto Film Critics: Wendy and Lucy
D.C. Area Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Boston Film Critics: (tie) Slumdog Millionaire & WALL-E
San Francisco Film Critics: Milk
Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Florida Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Las Vegas Film Critics: Frost/Nixon
Detroit Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
St. Louis Film Critics: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Utah Film Critics: The Dark Knight
Austin Film Critics: The Dark Knight

International Press Academy:
DRAMA: Slumdog Millionaire
COMEDY: Happy-Go-Lucky

Critics Choice Awards nominees:
The Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millioniare
WALL-E
The Wrestler

Roger Ebert’s top 20, as published in The Chicago Sun-Times:
Ballast
The Band’s Visit
Che
Chop Shop
The Dark Knight
Doubt
The Fall
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
Iron Man
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Shotgun Stories
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
W
WALL-E

Michael Phillips' top 10, as published in the Chicago Tribune:
1. WALL-E
2. The Class
3. A Christmas Tale
4. Let The Right One In
5. The Flight of the Red Balloon
6. Alexandra
7. Man on Wire
8. Snow Angels
9. Still Life
10. The Dark Knight

Manohla Dargis’s top picks, as published in the New York Times:
Alexandra
The Dark Knight
Encounters At The End Of The World
The Flight of the Red Balloon
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Silent Light
Still Life
Synecdoche, New York
Wendy and Lucy

Kenneth Turan’s top picks, as published in the Los Angeles Times:
Ballast
A Christmas Tale
The Class
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gomorrah
Happy-Go-Lucky
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Tell No One
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir
Plus four Sundance documentaries ("Man on Wire," " Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," "Stranded" and "Trouble the Water")

Richard Corliss’ top 10, as published in Time Magazine:
1. WALL-E
2. Synecdoche, New York
3. My Winnipeg
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
5. Milk
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Iron Man
9. Speed Racer
10. Encounters At The End of the World

Stephen King's top 10, as published in Entertainment Weekly:
1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. WALL-E
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Funny Games
6. The Bank Job
7. Lakeview Terrace
8. The Ruins
9. Redbelt
10. Death Race

Lisa Schwarzbaum's Top 10, as published in Entertainment Weekly:
1. WALL-E
2. Milk
3. The Dark Knight
4. Waltz With Bashir
5. Gomorra
6. Wendy and Lucy
7. Trouble The Water
8. Happy-Go-Lucky
9. Man On Wire
10. Tropic Thunder

Owen Glieberman’s Top 10, as published in Entertainment Weekly:
1. The Wrestler
2. The Dark Knight
3. Rachel Getting Married
4. WALL-E
5. Momma’s Man
6. The Edge of Heaven
7. Burn After Reading
8. The Class
9. Milk
10. Tell No One

The National Board of Review's pick:
Slumdog Millionaire

The American Film Institute's picks:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
WALL-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler

With year's end less than two weeks away, award announcements seem to be flying in almost hourly. If anyone’s aware of overlooked press awards worthy of inclusion - i.e. not the farcical Golden Globes - kindly email: herculesAICN@yahoo.com !