AND THE WINNER IS

That had to be the most dramatic finish to a Super Bowl ever. I'm not even into football anymore and it had me crazy. I figured the least I could do to celebrate for my part of the country winning, as well as the underdog, which I always root for, was pick my own winners in my own little championship "game"—THE FIRST ANNUAL LALLY'S ALLEY MOVIE AWARDS


FIRST ANNUAL LALLY’S ALLEY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE 2007:

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
(Honorable Mention (meaning a very close second): The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

FIRST ANNUAL LALLY’S ALLEY AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE 2007:

MALE LEAD:

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS—THERE WILL BE BLOOD
(Honorable Mention: Ryan Gosling—Lars and the Real Girl)

FEMALE LEAD:

MARION COTTILARD—LA VIE EN ROSE
(Honrable Mention: Ellen Page—Juno)

MALE SUPPORTING:

HAL HOLBROOK—INTO THE WILD
(Honorable Mention: Philip Seymour Hoffman—every movie he was in in 2007)

FEMALE SUPPORTING:

AMY RYAN—GONE BABY GONE
(Honorable Mention: Vanessa Redgrave—Atonement)

ENSEMBLE:

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
(Honorable Mention: Into the Wild)

FIRST ANNUAL LALLY’S ALLEY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION 2007:

JULIAN SCHNABEL—THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
(Honorable Mention: Sean Penn—Into the Wild)

FIRST ANNUAL LALLY’S ALLEY AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY 2007:

ADAPTED:

SEAN PENN—INTO THE WILD
(Honorable Mention: Fred Parnes—Starting Out in the Evening)

ORIGINAL:

NANCY OLIVER—LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
(Honorable Mention: Diablo Cody—Juno)

FIRST ANNUAL LALLY’S ALLEY AWARD FOR BIGGEST SURPRISE OF 2007:

JULY DELPY AS A WRITER, PRODUCER, COMPOSER, DIRECTOR, STAR—2 DAYS IN PARIS
(Honorable Mention: Ellen Page in Juno)

FIRST ANNUAL LALLY’S ALLEY AWARD FOR BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2007:

THE WAY TOO YOUNG AND TRAGIC DEATHS OF BRAD RENFRO AND HEATH LEDGER
(Honorable Mention: Ryan Gosling not being nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Lars and the Real Girl)