Okay, I know we are a little late, but we wanted to get in as many movies from 2008 as we could to be fair in evaluating these categories.  As we are just getting our feet wet I am sure things will change over time, but we wanted to throw our names in the ring with our First Annual Movie Awards post, covering all of the movies we have seen for the 2008 year.  This was a pretty good year overall for movies with the box office being dominated by The Dark Knight and critics falling in love with the animated pic Wall-E (though I am not of that opinion).  So, without further ado, here are the films and performances that we honor in 2008 with our exclusive Platinum Nest Award.  (Ed. note: Why go gold if you can go platinum, ya dig?).

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Rake)

Gran Torino (Machinegunrap)

Best Actor

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler (The Rake)

Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon (Machinegunrap)

Best Actress

Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Rake)

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married (Machinegunrap)

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (The Rake)

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Machinegunrap)

Best Supporting Actress

Summer Bishil – Towelhead (The Rake)

Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married (Machinegunrap)

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)

Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire (The Rake)

Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire (Machinegunrap)

Best Director

Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight (The Rake)

Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight (Machinegunrap)

Most Underrated Movie

In Bruges (The Rake)

RockNRolla (Machinegunrap)

Worst Movie

Pineapple Express (The Rake)

Hamlet 2 (Machinegunrap)