Awards Watch: Online Film Critics

The Online Film Critics Association has now joined in on the 2007 awards fray by announcing the nominees for their yearly awards. Considering their history (which includes against the grain, director-driven top wins by A History of Violence and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in recent years), it is no big surprise then that they have picked the critical darlings No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood to lead their nominations with seven each, including Best Picture nods for both.

However, despite some BP love for Zodiac (which has been pretty much out of the game so far), the rest of their slate is more of the usual suspects that we have seen popping up in all the awards races of late. This is a bit of a surprise, since the OFCS is usually good at injecting some fresh blood into the by January staid list of honorees.

Atonement and Juno round out their Best Pic picks. See the comments section below for a quick look at the full list of nominations.

Link via OFCS.rottentomatoes.com.