LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

Best Picture

1.    The Artist

2.       Hugo

3.       Moneyball

4.       The Descendants

5.       Drive

6.       The Help

7.       50/50

8.       Midnight in Paris

9.       Shame

10.    Warrior

Best Director

                Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

                Jean Dujardin (The Artist)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

                Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

                Albert Brooks (Drive)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

                Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)

Best Screenplay

                Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)

Best Cinematography

                Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)

Best Film Editing

                Thelma Schoonmaker (Hugo)

Best Art Direction

                Laurence Bennett and Gregory S. Hooper (The Artist)

Best Costume Design

                Mark Bridges (The Artist)

Best Visual Effects

                Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Best Score

                Ludovic Bource (The Artist)

Best Song

                Bret McKenzie – ‘Man or Muppet’ (The Muppets)

Best Animated Film

                Rango

Best Documentary

                Project Nim

Best Foreign Film

                13 Assassins

Youth in Film

                Asa Butterfield (Hugo)

Best Family Film

                Hugo

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award

                Albert Brooks

Best DVD (Packaging, Design and Content)

                Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy (Blu-Ray)

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society have (predictably?) opted to honour the most theatrical spectacle on the big screen of the season. The Artist has, pretty much, cleaned up here. There are few categories in which it poses a threat at the Oscars which it has failed to snap up here. Best Picture, Actor (its first, surprisingly), Production Design, Costume Design, Score. It's a formidable combination. Although The Artist hasn't got LAFCA or NBR under its belt, it has the majority of smaller critics' groups' support.

Other than that, Melissa McCarthy picks up another important award, Michelle Williams continues to pose a major threat, and both Drive and Moneyball make strong showings too.