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The Chicago Film Critics Nominations

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Jeffrey Overstreet

31 Dec 2005
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Film Awards • Chicago

As these critical nominations roll out this year, there's far more love for King Kong than I ever expected. Here are the nominations by the Chicago Film Critics... one of the groups that don't seem to be hasty, waiting until most of the 2005 films have arrived and had time to sink in.

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