Awards excitement! London Film Critics give Slumdog six nominations, and Frost/Nixon and Happy-Go-Lucky three each. Chicago Critics named Wall-E Best Picture, in line with LA's own shadowy cabal of professional movie-opinion-havers.

Mickey Rourke, Anne Hathaway, Heath Ledger, and Kate Winslet (for The Reader) earned top acting awards. The rest of their prizes were as follows:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: "Wall-E" (Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: "Slumdog Millionaire" (Simon Beaufoy)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Let the Right One In"

DOCUMENTARY: "Man On Wire"

ANIMATED FEATURE: "Wall-E"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: "The Dark Knight" (Wally Pfister)

ORIGINAL SCORE: "Wall-E" (Thomas Newman)

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"

MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR: Tomas Alfredson, "Let the Right One In"

• Chicago critics laud 'Wall-E' [Variety]

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