NORTH TEXAS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES

Best Picture

                War Horse

Best Director

                Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

                George Clooney (The Descendants)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

                Viola Davis (The Help)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

                Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

                Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Best Cinematography

                Janusz Kaminski (War Horse)

Best Animated Feature

                The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Best Documentary

                Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

Best Foreign Language Film

                A Separation

A win at last in Best Picture for War Horse. These are rather conventional results, although perhaps not for a critics' group. Indeed, this strays perhaps a little closer to what the Academy is likely to pick than the critical consensus this year. The support for War Horse and The Help is a clear indication of that. Of course, though, we still have no idea of what the Academy will actually do...