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

If you’ve a mind to, feel free to forward anything else you think might belong on this page. My email is herculesAICN@yahoo.com.