Cinefantastique Online

Not unexpectedly, the Hollywood Foreign press bestowed one of their Golden Globe awards on the late actor Heath Ledger, in recognition of his outstanding performance as the Joker in THE DARK KNIGHT. The film’s director, Christopher Nolan, accepted the award for him. Ledger’s performance has already earned several other awards, from Critics Associations in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Toronto, and Washington D.C. With this kind of momentum, an Oscar nomination seems a cinch and a win all but a certainty.

Other than that, science fiction, fantasy, and horror films were almost shut out of the winner’s circle. The only other genre title to take home a Globe was WALL-E, which came out on top in the Best Animated Feature Film category.