AWARDS SEASON: Phoenix Critics announce nominees; PNR #2 Female Rising Star Moretz cleans up

The Phoenix Critics association have announced their nominees for their 2010 awards. The winners will be announced on December 28th. Most surprising and refreshing is the overwhelming love for young actress Chloe Grace Moretz. The #2 Female Rising Star on PNR's 2010 list recieved three nominations – for Best Supporting Actress for "Kick-Ass" – WOW! – and Best Female Youth Performance, with separate nods for both "Kick-Ass" AND "Let Me In".  GO CHLOE!!!

The complete list of nominees:

Top Ten Films & Best Pictures Nominees

127 Hours
Inception
Never Let Me Go
Shutter Island
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Toy Story 3
Winter’s Bone

Best Director

Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
Ethan & Joel Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Robert Duvall, Get Low
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go
Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale, The Fighter
Matt Damon, True Grit
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Helena Bonham-Carter, The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass
Kristen Scott-Thomas, Nowhere Boy
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Best Acting Ensemble

Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
The Social Network

Best Screenplay, Original

Black Swan
Inception
The Kids Are All Right

Best Screenplay, Adapted from Another Medium

Never Let Me Go
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Live Action Family Film

Alice in Wonderland
The Karate Kid
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Secretariat

Overlooked Film

Let Me In
Never Let Me Go
Please Give

Best Animated Film

How to Train Your Dragon
Tangled
Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful
I Am Love
The Secret in Their Eyes

Best Documentary Film

Inside Job
Restrepo
The Tillman Story

Best Original Song

Burlesque, “You Haven’t See the Last of Me”
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, “There’s A Place for Us”
Morning Glory, “Strip Me”
Tangled, “I’ve Got a Dream”
Toy Story 3, “We Belong Together”

Best Score

The Ghost Writer
Inception
True Grit

Best Cinematography

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Inception
True Grit

Best Editing

127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
Shutter Island

Best Production Design

Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Best Costumes

Alice in Wonderland
The King’s Speech
True Grit

Best Visual Effects

Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Inception

Best Stunts

Inception
Kick-Ass
Salt

Breakthrough on Camera

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Breakthrough Behind the Camera

Rodrigo Cortes, Buried
Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
Mark Romanek, Never Let Me Go

Best Performance by a Youth, Male

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Let Me In
Jaden Smith, The Karate Kid
Will Poulter, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Best Performance by a Youth, Female

Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass
Chloe Moretz, Let Me In
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit