Into the Wild gets the biggest boost from the SAG nominations, picking up four, while Atonement and Sweeney Todd are completely shut out. No Country for Old Men and Michael Clayton pick up three apiece.

The biggest surprise is the ensemble category, the SAG equivalent of Best Picture, where No Country and Into the Wild are joined by Hairspray, 3:10 to Yuma and American Gangster, three films that have been pretty much out of the awards race thus far.

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

GEORGE CLOONEY / Michael Clayton
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / There Will Be Blood
RYAN GOSLING / Lars And The Real Girl
EMILE HIRSCH / Into The Wild
VIGGO MORTENSEN / Eastern Promises

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

CATE BLANCHETT / Elizabeth: The Golden Age
JULIE CHRISTIE / Away From Her
MARION COTILLARD / La Vie En Rose
ANGELINA JOLIE / A Mighty Heart
ELLEN PAGE / Juno

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

CASEY AFFLECK / The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
JAVIER BARDEM / No Country For Old Men
HAL HOLBROOK / Into The Wild
TOMMY LEE JONES / No Country For Old Men
TOM WILKINSON / Michael Clayton

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

CATE BLANCHETT / I’m Not There
RUBY DEE / American Gangster
CATHERINE KEENER / Into The Wild
AMY RYAN / Gone Baby Gone
TILDA SWINTON / Michael Clayton

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

3:10 TO YUMA (Lionsgate)
AMERICAN GANGSTER (Universal Pictures)
HAIRSPRAY (New Line Cinema)
INTO THE WILD (Paramount Vantage)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Miramax Films)

OK, one more…

Best Films

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Juno
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Atonement
5. Michael Clayton
6. Into the Wild
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. The Kite Runner
9. The Assassination of Jesse James
10. Charlie Wilson’s War

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Actress
Julie Christie

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem

Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton

Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Screenplay
Juno, Diablo Cody

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Cinematography
Roger Deakins, Assassination of Jesse James

So now we’re getting into the deluge of small critics groups chiming in with their awards. I won’t post all of them — they’re already running together — but I like this one because they release a top ten list, and as you know, I’m all about top ten lists.

Javier Bardem and Amy Ryan add to their growing tally — and now that I’ve seen both performances, I must say I’m thrilled that they are the front-runners.

BEST PICTURE
1. No Country for Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Atonement
4. Juno
5. Michael Clayton
6. Zodiac
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Gone Baby Gone
9. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10. Into the Wild

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
* Runner-up: George Clooney – Michael Clayton

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie – Away from Her
* Runner-up: Ellen Page – Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
* Runner-up: Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward
Robert Ford

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
* Runner-up: Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
* Runner-up: J oe Wright – Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody – Juno
* Runner-up: Tamara Jenkins – The Savages

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
* Runner-up: Christopher Hampton – Atonement

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France)
* Runner-up: La vie en rose (France)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
No End in Sight
* Runner-up: Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
* Runner-up: The Simpsons Movie

WYATT AWARD
Waitress
* Runner-up: Black Snake Moan

In alphabetical order…

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
Knocked Up
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
The Savages
There Will Be Blood

Nice job recognizing Knocked Up and Ratatouille!

The makers of Atonement are breathing a sigh of relief this morning, as the well-received adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel, leads all films with seven Golden Globe nominations. The film, considered an Oscar front-runner, has been shut out thus far in the critics awards.

Also getting a boost is Charlie Wilson’s War, which picked up nominations for Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor and Screenplay. No Country for Old Men continued its strong showing, with Picture, Screenplay, Director and Supporting Actor nods, though Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin were left out.

Michael Clayton picked up acting nominations for George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton.

The oddest move is the expansion to seven nominees in the Best Picture/Drama category (voting must have been tight). The Great Debaters and Eastern Promises appear to be the “extra” films here, as they didn’t pick up many other nominations (none in the case of Debaters).

The biggest snubs (as I mentioned in my last post) were for this year’s highly successful and well-reviewed comedies: Knocked Up, Superbad and Walk Hard (though John C. Reilly did pick up an acting nomination).

Full list below:

Best Picture/DRAMA
American Gangster
Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Great Debaters
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Picture/COMEDY/MUSICAL
Across The Universe
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hairspray
Juno
Sweeney Todd

Best Actor/DRAMA
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Lewis – There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy – Atonement
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Denzel Washington – American Gangster

Best Actor/COMEDY/MUSICAL
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling – Lars & The Real Girl
Tom Hanks – Charlie Wilson’s War
Phillips Seymour Hoffman – The Savages
John C Reilly – Walk Hard

Best Actress/DRAMA
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Jodie Foster – The Brave One
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley – Atonement

Best Actress/COMEDY/MUSICAL
Amy Adams – Enchanted
Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd
Marion Cotillard – La vie en rose
Ellen Page – Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
John Travolta – Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Julia Roberts – Charlie Wilson’s War
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Best Director
TIm Burton – Sweeney Todd
Ethan & Joel Coen – No Country For Old Men
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
Ridley Scott – American Gangster
Joe Wright – Atonement

Best Writer
Diablo Cody – Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton – Atonement
Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell & The Butterfly
Aaron Sorkin – Charlie Wilson’s War

Animation
Bee Movie
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Original Score
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Edder, Into the Wild
Clint Eastwood, Grace Is Gone
Alberto Iglesias, The Kite Runner
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Howard Shore, Eastern Promises

Foreign Language Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days (Romania)
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (France, United States)
The Kite Runner (United States)
Lust, Caution (Taiwan)
Persepolis (France)

Original Song
Despedida from Love in the Time of Cholera
Grace Is Gone from Grace Is Gone
Guaranteed from Into the Wild
That’s How You Know from Enchanted
Walk Hard from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story