Atonement may have lost out at last month's Oscar ceremony but it picked up a trio of big awards, including Best British film, at last night's Empire Awards.The movie also won Best Actress and Best Actor for its two leads Keira Knightley, who beat off Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie, and James McAvoy, who triumphed over Matt Damon and Daniel Radcliffe.The Bourne Ultimatum took the Best Film award as rumours of a fourth movie for this unexpected hit rumbled on.There was more British success with Control, the biopic of Joy Divison's frontman Ian Curtis, as Sam Riley, who played Curtis, picked up Best Newcomer and the film too Best Soundtrack.Hot Fuzz picked up Best Comedy and 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later, took Best Horror.There was also success for surprise autumn hit Stardust as it won Best Sci/Fi/Fantasy and Ridley Scott's American Gangster too Best Thriller.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix's David Yates won best Director, beating off Paul Greengrass and Joe Wright.And Scottish actor Ewan McGregor collected the icon award which celebrated his movie career.

The awards were held at the Grosvenor Hotel and were voted for by Empire Magazine readers.

Best Newcomer

Shia LaBeouf (Transformers)

Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)

Sam Reily (Control) - WINNER!

Gemma Arterton (St. Trinians)

Thomas Turgoose (This Is England)

Best Comedy

Superbad

Hot Fuzz - WINNER!

Knocked Up

Ratatouille

Run Fat Boy Run

Best Sci-fi/Fantasy

Sunshine

Stardust - WINNER!

Transformers

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

300

Best Horror

30 Days Of Night

28 Weeks Later - WINNER!

Saw IV

Death Proof

1408

Best Thriller

Zodiac

American Gangster - WINNER!

Eastern Promises

The Bourne Ultimatum

Disturbia

Sony Ericsson Best Soundtrack

Control - WINNER!

Atonement

Once

Hairspray

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Best British Film

Atonement - WINNER!

Hot Fuzz

Sunshine

Control

This Is England

Best Actress

Keira Knightley (Atonement) - WINNER!

Emma Watson (Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix)

Katharine Heigl (Knocked Up)

Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)

Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth)

Best Actor

Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix)

James McAvoy (Atonement) - WINNER!

Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz)

Gerard Butler (300)

Best Director

Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum)

Joe Wright (Atonement)

David Yates (Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix) - WINNER!

Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz)

David Fincher (Zodiac)

Best Film

The Bourne Ultimatum - WINNER!

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Ratatouille

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

Zodiac

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw

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