The Awards Psychic 3rd Annual Halfway Through the Year Awards: Nominees

In tradition, here are my nominees for the best of the best of the first half of the year. These are for film released so far, which means so many of those awesome film festival outings are not eligible. So anyway, here are the nominees for January 1 - Today, and the winners will be announced some week after the 4th!

Best Picture

Beginners

Bridesmaids

Jane Eyre

Meek's Cutoff

Midnight in Paris

Submarine

Super 8

The Tree of Life

Win Win

X-Men: First Class

Best Director

Mike Mills “Beginners”
Woody Allen “Midnight in Paris”

J.J. Abrams "Super 8"
Terrence Malick "The Tree of Life"
Thomas McCarthy “Win Win”

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender “X-Men: First Class” and “Jane Eyre”

Paul Giamatti “Win Win”

Bruce Greenwood "Meek's Cutoff"

Ewan McGregor “Beginners”

Brad Pitt “The Tree of Life”

Best Actress

Juliette Binoche "Certified Copy"
Saoirse Ronan “Hanna”

Mia Wasikowska "Jane Eyre"

Kristen Wiig "Bridesmaids"

Michelle Williams "Meeks Cutoff"

Best Supporting Actor

Bobby Cannavale "Win Win"
Paul Dano "Meek's Cutoff"

Christopher Plummer “Beginners”

Alex Shaffer "Win Win"
Michael Sheen “Midnight in Paris”

Best Supporting Actress

Jessica Chastain "The Tree of Life"

Marion Cotillard “Midnight in Paris”

Melanie Laurent "Beginners"

Melissa McCarthy "Bridesmaids"
Amy Ryan “Win Win”

Best Animated Feature

Kung Fu Panda 2
Rango

Rio

Best Original Screenplay

Mike Mills “Beginners”
Woody Allen “Midnight in Paris”

Jonathan Raymond "Meeks Cutoff"
Terrence Malick “The Tree of Life”

Thomas McCarthy “Win Win”

Best Adapted Screenplay

George Nolfi “The Adjustment Bureau”
Moira Buffini “Jane Eyre”

Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger “Kung Fu Panda 2”
John Romano “The Lincoln Lawyer”

Ashley Miller, Zach Stentz, Jane Goldman, & Matthew Vaughn “X-Men: First Class”