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  • Critics Choice Nominations: ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Poor Things’ Lead; ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ is Snubbed

    Critics Choice Nominations: ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Poor Things’ Lead; ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ is Snubbed

    This year’s Critics Choice Awards saw a glaring lack of nomination for non-English language features outside of the “Foreign Language” category. Both Anatomy of a Fall and LAFCA Best Film winner The Zone of Interest were snubbed from Best Picture. ‘Anatomy”s stars Sandra Huller and Milo Machado Graner received nods but the film missed in Original Screenplay and Editing.

    The Color Purple rebounded from its Golden Globe miss with a Best Picture nomination here, something it needed to even have a chance at a Best Picture nomination. Saltburn also made it into Best Picture and also received nods in Cinematography and Production Design.

    With the massive snubs for across the board for both major international contenders Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest, I doubt that they will mean much for the Oscar race. The Academy has diverged greatly from the Critics Chouce Awards in their acknowledgement of international films in recent years, so this should not be too concerning. However, with the inclusion of The Color Purple in the Best Picture slate, there are now eleven films that I think have a realistic chance at an Oscar Best Picture nod: Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, Barbie, The Holdovers, Past Lives, American Fiction, Maestro, Anatomy of a Fall, The Color Purple, and The Zone of Interest. Either The Color Purple or The Zone of Interest will miss, time will tell which one.

    Here are the Critics’ Choice Award nominees:

    Best Picture

    American Fiction
    Barbie
    The Color Purple
    The Holdovers
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Maestro
    Oppenheimer
    Past Lives
    Poor Things
    Saltburn

    Best Actor

    Bradley Cooper, Maestro
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Colman Domingo, Rustin
    Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
    Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
    Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

    Best Actress

    Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
    Greta Lee, Past Lives
    Carey Mulligan, Maestro
    Margot Robbie, Barbie
    Emma Stone, Poor Things

    Best Supporting Actor

    Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
    Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
    Ryan Gosling, Barbie
    Charles Melton, May December
    Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

    Best Supporting Actress

    Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
    Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
    America Ferrera, Barbie
    Jodie Foster, Nyad
    Julianne Moore, May December
    Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

    Best Young Actor/Actress

    Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
    Ariana Greenblatt, Barbie
    Calah Lane, Wonka
    Milo Machado Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
    Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
    Madeleine Yuna Voyles, The Creator

    Best Acting Ensemble

    Air
    Barbie
    The Color Purple
    The Holdovers
    Killers of the Flower Moon
    Oppenheimer

    Best Director

    Bradley Cooper, Maestro
    Greta Gerwig, Barbie
    Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
    Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
    Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
    Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
    Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
    Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
    Tony McNamara, Poor Things
    Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
    Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

    Best Original Screenplay

    Samy Burch, May December
    Alex Convery, Air
    Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer, Maestro
    Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, Barbie
    David Hemingson, The Holdovers
    Celine Song, Past Lives

    Best Cinematography

    Matthew Libatique, Maestro
    Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
    Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
    Linus Sandgren, Saltburn
    Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

    Best Production Design

    Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx, Saltburn
    Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman, Oppenheimer
    Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Barbie
    James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek, Poor Things
    Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran, Asteroid City

    Best Editing

    William Goldenberg – Air
    Nick Houy – Barbie
    Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer
    Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things
    Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon
    Michelle Tesoro – Maestro

    Best Costume Design

    Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
    Lindy Hemming, Wonka
    Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, The Color Purple
    Holly Waddington, Poor Things
    Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Janty Yates, David Crossman, Napoleon

    Best Hair and Makeup

    Barbie
    The Color Purple
    Maestro
    Oppenheimer
    Poor Things
    Priscilla

    Best Visual Effects

    The Creator
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
    Oppenheimer
    Poor Things
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Best Comedy

    American Fiction
    Barbie
    Bottoms
    The Holdovers
    No Hard Feelings
    Poor Things

    Best Animated Film

    The Boy and the Heron
    Elemental
    Nimona
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
    Wish

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Anatomy of a Fall
    Godzilla Minus One
    Perfect Days
    Society of the Snow
    The Taste of Things
    The Zone of Interest

    Best Song

    “Dance the Night,” Barbie
    “I’m Just Ken,” Barbie
    “Peaches,” The Super Mario Bros. Movie
    “Road to Freedom,” Rustin
    “This Wish,” Wish
    “What Was I Made For,” Barbie

    Best Score

    Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
    Michael Giacchino, Society of the Snow
    Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
    Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
    Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Barbie

    Source: Entertainment Weekly

  • Critics Choice Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Triumphs, Angela Bassett Wins Once Again

    Critics Choice Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Triumphs, Angela Bassett Wins Once Again

    With a trifecta sweep (Picture, Director, and Screenplay) at the Critics Choice Awards, Everything Everywhere All at Once has bounced back after underperforming at the Golden Globes. The CCA have predicted the Oscar Best Director winner in all of the last six years and to me, it makes sense if The Banshees of Inisherin wins Best Original Screenplay and EEAAO wins Director. I really don’t see ‘Banshees’ getting shut out (unless it misses out on a Director nod) and that’s the category where it is most competitive. Speaking of ‘Banshees’, Colin Farrell, as the leader at the critics’ awards, should’ve probably won here yet was beaten out by Brendan Fraser, who further cements his argument as the Best Actor frontrunner.

    The winners in the other acting categories were expected, except Angela Bassett continues to surprise, winning here after her triumph at the Golden Globes. Could she sweep? While I do think she will take SAG and BAFTA will go with Condon, she has a likely shot at winning the Oscar now, what would be the first nomination and win for a Marvel movie performance. Now Condon (or whoever wins BAFTA) could Mark Rylance their way to Oscar glory on just a BAFTA win, but things will become more clear once the British Academy releases their nominations on the 19th.

    Here are the winners:

    Best Picture

    “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Actress

    Cate Blanchett – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    • Viola Davis – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • Danielle Deadwyler – “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
    • Margot Robbie – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    Best Actor

    Brendan Fraser – “The Whale” (A24)

    • Austin Butler – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Paul Mescal – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Bill Nighy – “Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)

    Best Director

    Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Damien Chazelle – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Todd Field – “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • Baz Luhrmann – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • S.S. Rajamouli – “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    Best Limited Series

    “The Dropout” (Hulu)

    • “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • “The Girl from Plainville” (Hulu)
    • “The Offer” (Paramount+)
    • “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • “Station Eleven” (HBO Max)
    • “This Is Going to Hurt” (AMC+)
    • “Under the Banner of Heaven” (FX)

    Best Drama Series

    “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • “Andor” (Disney+)
    • “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)
    • “The Crown” (Netflix)
    • “Euphoria” (HBO)
    • “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • “House of the Dragon” (HBO)
    • “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)

    Best Young Actor/Actress

    Gabriel LaBelle – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    • Frankie Corio – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Jalyn Hall – “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
    • Bella Ramsey – “Catherine Called Birdy” (Amazon Studios)
    • Banks Repeta – “Armageddon Time” (Focus Features)
    • Sadie Sink – “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Comedy

    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Bros” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “Triangle of Sadness” (Neon)
    • “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate)

    Best Acting Ensemble

    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Talk Show

    “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)

    • “The Amber Ruffin Show” (Peacock)
    • “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS)
    • “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Syndicated)
    • “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC)
    • “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” (Bravo)

    Best Comedy Special

    “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special” (Netflix)

    • “Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune” (Netflix)
    • “Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel” (HBO)
    • “Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual” (Netflix)
    • “Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth” (HBO)
    • “Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant & John Early” (Peacock)

    Best Foreign Language Series

    “Pachinko” (Apple TV+)

    • “1899” (Netflix)
    • “Borgen” (Netflix)
    • “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” (Netflix)
    • “Garcia!” (HBO Max)
    • “The Kingdom Exodus” (MUBI)
    • “Kleo” (Netflix)
    • “My Brilliant Friend” (HBO)
    • “Tehran” (Apple TV+)

    Best Animated Series

    “Harley Quinn” (HBO Max)

    • “Bluey” (Disney+)
    • “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
    • “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” (Adult Swim)
    • “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (Paramount+)
    • “Undone” (Prime Video)

    Best Movie Made for Television

    “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    • “Fresh” (Hulu)
    • “Prey” (Hulu)
    • “Ray Donovan: The Movie” (Showtime)
    • “The Survivor” (HBO)
    • “Three Months” (Paramount+)

    Best Actress in a Drama Series

    Zendaya – “Euphoria” (HBO)

    • Christine Baranski – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Sharon Horgan – “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)
    • Laura Linney – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • Mandy Moore – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    • Kelly Reilly – “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)

    Best Actor in a Drama Series

    Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • Jeff Bridges – “The Old Man” (FX)
    • Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    • Diego Luna – “Andor” (Disney+)
    • Adam Scott – “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • Antony Starr – “The Boys” (Prime Video)

    Best Hair and Makeup

    “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)

    • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Visual Effects

    “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)

    • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    Best Editing

    Paul Rogers – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Tom Cross – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Monika Willi – “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • Eddie Hamilton – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    Best Production Design 

    Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)

    • Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    Best Cinematography

    Claudio Miranda – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    • Russell Carpenter – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Linus Sandgren – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Roger Deakins – “Empire of Light” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Janusz Kaminski – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Florian Hoffmeister – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    Best Comedy Series

    “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    • “Barry” (HBO)
    • “The Bear” (FX)
    • “Better Things” (FX)
    • “Ghosts” (CBS)
    • “Hacks” (HBO Max)
    • “Reboot” (Hulu)
    • “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    Best Actress in a Comedy Series

    Jean Smart – “Hacks” (HBO Max)

    • Christina Applegate – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
    • Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Kaley Cuoco – “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
    • Renée Elise Goldsberry – “Girls5eva” (Peacock)
    • Devery Jacobs – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    Best Actor in a Comedy Series

    Jeremy Allen White – “The Bear” (FX)

    • Matt Berry – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
    • Bill Hader – “Barry” (HBO)
    • Keegan-Michael Key – “Reboot” (Hulu)
    • Steve Martin – “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
    • D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    #SeeHer Award

    Janelle Monáe

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Jeff Bridges

    Best Animated Feature

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)

    • “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
    • “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
    • “Turning Red” (Pixar)
    • “Wendell & Wild” (Netflix)

    Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Daniel Radcliffe – “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    • Ben Foster – “The Survivor” (HBO)
    • Andrew Garfield – “Under the Banner of Heaven” (FX)
    • Samuel L. Jackson – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)
    • Sebastian Stan – “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • Ben Whishaw – “This is Going to Hurt” (AMC+)

    Best Costume Design

    Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    • Mary Zophres – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Catherine Martin – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Shirley Kurata – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Jenny Eagan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • Gersha Phillips – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)

    Best Song

    “Naatu Naatu” – “RRR” (Variance Films)

    • “Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Ciao Papa” – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • “Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing” (Sony Pictures)
    • “New Body Rhumba” – “White Noise” (Netflix)

    Best Score

    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    • Michael Giacchino – “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • Justin Hurwitz – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • John Williams – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Alexandre Desplat – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Original Screenplay

    Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Todd Field – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    • Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • Kazuo Ishiguro – “Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)
    • Rebecca Lenkiewicz – “She Said” (Universal Pictures)
    • Samuel D. Hunter – “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Supporting Actress

    Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    • Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
    • Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    Best Supporting Actor

    Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Judd Hirsch – “The Fabelmans” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway” (A24/Apple Original Films)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    Henry Winkler – “Barry” (HBO)

    • Brandon Scott Jones – “Ghosts” (CBS)
    • Leslie Jordan – “Call Me Kat” (Fox)
    • James Marsden – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
    • Chris Perfetti – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    • Paulina Alexis – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)
    • Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX)
    • Marcia Gay Harden – “Uncoupled” (Netflix)
    • Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Annie Potts – “Young Sheldon” (CBS)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Paul Walter Hauser – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)

    • Murray Bartlett – “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu)
    • Domhnall Gleeson – “The Patient” (FX)
    • Matthew Goode – “The Offer” (Paramount+)
    • Ray Liotta – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)
    • Shea Whigham – “Gaslit” (Starz)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Niecy Nash-Betts – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)

    • Claire Danes – “Fleishman Is in Trouble” (FX)
    • Dominique Fishback – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)
    • Betty Gilpin – “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • Melanie Lynskey – “Candy” (Hulu)
    • Juno Temple – “The Offer” (Paramount+)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    Giancarlo Esposito – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • Andre Braugher – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Ismael Cruz Córdova – “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (Prime Video)
    • Michael Emerson – “Evil” (Paramount+)
    • John Lithgow – “The Old Man” (FX)
    • Matt Smith – “House of the Dragon” (HBO)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus” (HBO)

    • Milly Alcock – “House of the Dragon” (HBO)
    • Carol Burnett – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    • Julia Garner – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • Audra McDonald – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Rhea Seehorn – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    “RRR” (Variance Films)

    • “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
    • “Argentina, 1985” (Amazon Studios)
    • “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix)
    • “Close” (A24)
    • “Decision to Leave” (Mubi)

    Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television

    Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)

    • Julia Garner – “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
    • Lily James – “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • Amber Midthunder – “Prey” (Hulu)
    • Julia Roberts – “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • Michelle Pfeiffer – “The First Lady” (Showtime)

    Source: Variety

  • Critics Choice Nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Leads With 14, ‘She Said’ Misses in All but Screenplay

    Critics Choice Nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Leads With 14, ‘She Said’ Misses in All but Screenplay

    With the Critics Choice Awards coming through with their nominations this morning, we now have the penultimate piece of the puzzle (other than the Producers Guild Awards which will release on January 12th) when it comes to the Best Picture nomination slate. At this point, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Tar’, ‘Babylon’, ‘Women Talking’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, and ‘Elvis’ are all essentially locked for nominations. ‘Glass Onion’, ‘Avatar’, and ‘RRR’ were also given nods, while other films on the cusp like ‘She Said, ‘The Woman King’, ‘Till’, ‘The Whale’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’ missed the cut. In my eyes, ‘She Said’, a film that I had predicted for a Best Picture nod up to this point, now needs a PGA nod to stay in the slate. At this point, my picks for which films will fill the remaining two slots in Best Picture are ‘Avatar: The Way of the Water’ and ‘RRR’ (though Aftersun also has a pretty good chance of taking this tenth slot).

    Here are Critics Choice’s nominees:

    BEST PICTURE

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    “Babylon”
    “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    “Elvis”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “The Fabelmans”
    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    “RRR”
    “Tár”
    “Top Gun: Maverick”
    “Women Talking”

    BEST ACTOR

    Austin Butler – “Elvis”
    Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Brendan Fraser – “The Whale”
    Paul Mescal – “Aftersun”
    Bill Nighy – “Living”

    BEST ACTRESS

    Cate Blanchett – “Tár”
    Viola Davis – “The Woman King”
    Danielle Deadwyler – “Till”
    Margot Robbie – “Babylon”
    Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans”
    Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans”
    Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Judd Hirsch – “The Fabelmans”
    Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway”

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking”
    Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

    Frankie Corio – “Aftersun”
    Jalyn Hall – “Till”
    Gabriel LaBelle – “The Fabelmans”
    Bella Ramsey – “Catherine Called Birdy”
    Banks Repeta – “Armageddon Time”
    Sadie Sink – “The Whale”

    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

    “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “The Fabelmans”
    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    “The Woman King”
    “Women Talking”

    BEST DIRECTOR

    James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Damien Chazelle – “Babylon”
    Todd Field – “Tár”
    Baz Luhrmann – “Elvis”
    Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Sarah Polley – “Women Talking”
    Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Woman King”
    S. S. Rajamouli – “RRR”
    Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans”

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Todd Field – “Tár”
    Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – “The Fabelmans”
    Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun”

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Samuel D. Hunter – “The Whale”
    Kazuo Ishiguro – “Living”
    Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    Rebecca Lenkiewicz – “She Said”
    Sarah Polley – “Women Talking”

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Russell Carpenter – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Roger Deakins – “Empire of Light”
    Florian Hoffmeister – “Tár”
    Janusz Kaminski – “The Fabelmans”
    Claudio Miranda – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    Linus Sandgren – “Babylon”

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – “The Fabelmans”
    Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – “Elvis”
    Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – “Babylon”

    BEST EDITING

    Tom Cross – “Babylon”
    Eddie Hamilton – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Paul Rogers – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – “Elvis”
    Monika Willi – “Tár”

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    Jenny Eagan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    Shirley Kurata – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Catherine Martin – “Elvis”
    Gersha Phillips – “The Woman King”
    Mary Zophres – “Babylon”

    BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

    “Babylon”
    “The Batman”
    “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    “Elvis”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “The Whale”

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    “The Batman”
    “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “RRR”
    “Top Gun: Maverick”

    BEST COMEDY

    “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    “Bros”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    “Triangle of Sadness”
    “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
    “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
    “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
    “Turning Red”
    “Wendell & Wild”

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    “All Quiet on the Western Front”
    “Argentina, 1985”
    “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
    “Close”
    “Decision to Leave”
    “RRR”

    BEST SONG

    “Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing”
    “Ciao Papa” – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
    “Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    “Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    “Naatu Naatu” – “RRR”
    “New Body Rhumba” – “White Noise”

    BEST SCORE

    Alexandre Desplat – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
    Michael Giacchino – “The Batman”
    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Tár”
    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Women Talking”
    Justin Hurwitz – “Babylon”
    John Williams – “The Fabelmans”

  • Critics Choice Awards: Campion, Smith, and DeBose Complete Their Sweeps

    Critics Choice Awards: Campion, Smith, and DeBose Complete Their Sweeps

    Jane Campion, Will Smith, and Ariana DeBose have swept all four major precursors in their respective categories and are essentially locked for wins come Oscar night. The Power of the Dog has now won the Golden Globe, the DGA, the BAFTA, and the CCA for Best Film and will likely win the PGA as well on Saturday. It’s already indisputably the frontrunner for the win, but if TPOTD wins the PGA, I really won’t be able to see any other film earning the top prize.

    In other news, Jessica Chastain and Troy Kotsur won in their respective categories and I think Kotsur will most probably win as a result of him earning 3 (SAG, BAFTA, CCA) of the major precursor awards. I think Kodi Smit-McPhee needed a win here for me to continue to have him as my frontrunner in Supporting Actor but since Kotsur ended up winning, I think the CODA star is the favorite.

    I was expecting three different actresses to win GG, SAG, and CCA, yet Jessica Chastain has now won the latter two. With these wins, she is automatically catapulted to frontrunner status, though she is easily the most vulnerable of any of the other acting category frontrunners.

    Here are the Critics Choice results:

    FILM

    BEST PICTURE

    The Power of the Dog (WINNER)

    Belfast

    CODA

    Don’t Look Up

    Dune

    King Richard

    Licorice Pizza

    Nightmare Alley

    Tick, Tick … Boom!

    West Side Story

    BEST ACTOR

    Will Smith – King Richard (WINNER)

    Nicolas Cage – Pig

    Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog

    Peter Dinklage – Cyrano

    Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick … Boom!

    Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

    BEST ACTRESS

    Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye (WINNER)

    Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

    Lady Gaga – House of Gucci

    Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza

    Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

    Kristen Stewart – Spencer

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Troy Kotsur – CODA (WINNER)

    Jamie Dornan – Belfast

    Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

    Jared Leto – House of Gucci

    J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos

    Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (WINNER)

    Caitríona Balfe – Belfast

    Ann Dowd – Mass

    Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog

    Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

    Rita Moreno – West Side Story

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

    Jude Hill – Belfast (WINNER)

    Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza

    Emilia Jones – CODA

    Woody Norman – C’mon, C’mon

    Saniyya Sidney – King Richard

    Rachel Zegler – West Side Story

    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

    Belfast (WINNER)

    Don’t Look Up

    The Harder They Fall

    Licorice Pizza

    The Power of the Dog

    West Side Story

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (WINNER)

    Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

    Kenneth Branagh – Belfast

    Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley

    Steven Spielberg – West Side Story

    Denis Villeneuve – Dune

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (WINNER)

    Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

    Zach Baylin – King Richard

    Adam McKay, David Sirota – Don’t Look Up

    Aaron Sorkin – Being the Ricardos

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (WINNER)

    Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter

    Siân Heder – CODA

    Tony Kushner – West Side Story

    Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth – Dune

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog (WINNER)

    Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Greig Fraser – Dune

    Janusz Kaminski – West Side Story

    Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley

    Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune (WINNER)

    Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards – Belfast

    Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley

    Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – The French Dispatch

    Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – West Side Story

    BEST EDITING

    Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story (WINNER)

    Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast

    Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza

    Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog

    Joe Walker – Dune

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Jenny Beavan – Cruella (WINNER)

    Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley

    Paul Tazewell – West Side Story

    Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan – Dune

    Janty Yates – House of Gucci

    BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye (WINNER) Cruella

    Dune

    House of Gucci

    Nightmare Alley

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Dune (WINNER)

    The Matrix Resurrections

    Nightmare Alley

    No Time to Die

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    BEST COMEDY

    Licorice Pizza (WINNER) Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

    Don’t Look Up

    Free Guy

    The French Dispatch

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    The Mitchells vs. the Machines (WINNER) Encanto

    Flee

    Luca

    Raya and the Last Dragon

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    Drive My Car (WINNER)

    A Hero

    Flee

    The Hand of God

    The Worst Person in the World

    BEST SONG

    “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die (WINNER)

    “Be Alive” – King Richard

    “Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto

    “Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall

    “Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up

    BEST SCORE

    Hans Zimmer – Dune (WINNER)

    Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up

    Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog

    Jonny Greenwood – Spencer

    Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley

     

    TELEVISION

    BEST DRAMA SERIES

    Succession (HBO) (WINNER)

    Evil (Paramount+)

    For All Mankind (Apple TV+)

    The Good Fight (Paramount+)

    Pose (FX)

    Squid Game (Netflix)

    This Is Us (NBC)

    Yellowjackets (Showtime)

    BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game (Netflix) (WINNER)

    Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us (NBC)

    Mike Colter – Evil (Paramount+)

    Brian Cox – Succession (HBO)

    Billy Porter – Pose (FX)

    Jeremy Strong – Succession (HBO)

    BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets (Showtime) (WINNER)

    Uzo Aduba – In Treatment (HBO)

    Chiara Aurelia – Cruel Summer (Freeform)

    Christine Baranski – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

    Katja Herbers – Evil (Paramount+)

    MJ Rodriguez – Pose (FX)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO) (WINNER)

    Nicholas Braun – Succession (HBO)

    Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV+)

    Justin Hartley – This Is Us (NBC)

    Matthew Macfadyen – Succession (HBO)

    Mandy Patinkin – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

    Sarah Snook – Succession (HBO) (WINNER)

    Andrea Martin – Evil (Paramount+)

    Audra McDonald – The Good Fight (Paramount+)

    Christine Lahti – Evil (Paramount+)

    J. Smith-Cameron – Succession (HBO)

    Susan Kelechi Watson – This Is Us (NBC)

    BEST COMEDY SERIES

    Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) (WINNER)

    The Great (Hulu)

    Hacks (HBO Max)

    Insecure (HBO)

    Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

    The Other Two (HBO Max)

    Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)

    What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

    BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) (WINNER)

    Iain Armitage – Young Sheldon (CBS)

    Nicholas Hoult – The Great (Hulu)

    Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

    Kayvan Novak – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

    Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

    BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) (WINNER)

    Elle Fanning – The Great (Hulu)

    Renée Elise Goldsberry – Girls5eva (Peacock)

    Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

    Sandra Oh – The Chair (Netflix)

    Issa Rae – Insecure (HBO)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) (WINNER)

    Ncuti Gatwa – Sex Education (Netflix)

    Harvey Guillén – What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

    Brandon Scott Jones – Ghosts (CBS)

    Ray Romano – Made for Love (HBO Max)

    Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

    Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) (WINNER)

    Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)

    Kristin Chenoweth – Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+)

    Molly Shannon – The Other Two (HBO Max)

    Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

    Josie Totah – Saved By the Bell (Peacock)

    BEST LIMITED SERIES

    Mare of Easttown (HBO) (WINNER)

    Dopesick (Hulu)

    Dr. Death (Peacock)

    It’s a Sin (HBO Max)

    Maid (Netflix)

    Midnight Mass (Netflix)

    The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)

    WandaVision (Disney+)

    BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    Oslo (HBO) (WINNER)

    Come From Away (Apple TV+)

    List of a Lifetime (Lifetime)

    The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Amazon Prime Video)

    Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

    Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (The Roku Channel)

    BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu) (WINNER)

    Olly Alexander – It’s a Sin (HBO Max)

    Paul Bettany – WandaVision (Disney+)

    William Jackson Harper – Love Life (HBO Max)

    Joshua Jackson – Dr. Death (Peacock)

    Hamish Linklater – Midnight Mass (Netflix)

    BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    Kate Winslet – Mare of Easttown (HBO) (WINNER)

    Danielle Brooks – Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (Lifetime)

    Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

    Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)

    Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision (Disney+)

    Margaret Qualley – Maid (Netflix)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus (HBO) (WINNER)

    Zach Gilford – Midnight Mass (Netflix)

    William Jackson Harper – The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)

    Evan Peters – Mare of Easttown (HBO)

    Christian Slater – Dr. Death (Peacock)

    Courtney B. Vance – Genius: Aretha (National Geographic)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION

    Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO) (WINNER)

    Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick (Hulu)

    Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision (Disney+)

    Melissa McCarthy – Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu)

    Julianne Nicholson – Mare of Easttown (HBO)

    Jean Smart – Mare of Easttown (HBO)

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES

    Squid Game (Netflix) (WINNER)

    Acapulco (Apple TV+)

    Call My Agent! (Netflix)

    Lupin (Netflix)

    Money Heist (Netflix)

    Narcos: Mexico (Netflix)

    BEST ANIMATED SERIES

    What If…? (Disney+) (WINNER)

    Big Mouth (Netflix)

    Bluey (Disney+)

    Bob’s Burgers (Fox)

    The Great North (Fox)

    Q-Force (Netflix)

    BEST TALK SHOW

    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) (WINNER)

    The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock)

    Desus & Mero (Showtime)

    The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)

    Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)

    Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen (Bravo)

    BEST COMEDY SPECIAL

    Bo Burnham: Inside (Netflix) (WINNER)

    Good Timing With Jo Firestone (Peacock)

    James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 (Vimeo)

    Joyelle Nicole Johnson: Love Joy (Peacock)

    Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American (Netflix)

    Trixie Mattel: One Night Only (YouTube)

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • Critics Choice Nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog’, ‘Belfast’, ‘West Side Story’, ‘Licorice Pizza’, and ‘Dune’ Cement Themselves as the Top 5 BP Contenders

    Critics Choice Nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog’, ‘Belfast’, ‘West Side Story’, ‘Licorice Pizza’, and ‘Dune’ Cement Themselves as the Top 5 BP Contenders

    Now that the Critics’ Choice nominations have been released, the Oscar race in all categories is looking much clearer. Though I will have a more in-depth analysis of these nominations in another post, I want to mention that there are now 12 films that I think have a chance at a Best Picture nomination as they hit at least one of AFI, Golden Globes, or Critics Choice: Belfast, CODA, Cyrano, Don’t Look Up, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, tick, tick…Boom!, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and West Side Story.

    Anyway, here are the nominees:

    Best Picture

    Belfast
    CODA
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    King Richard
    Licorice Pizza
    Nightmare Alley
    The Power of the Dog
    tick, tick…Boom!
    West Side Story

    Best Actor

    Nicolas Cage, Pig
    Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
    Peter Dinklage, Cyrano
    Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!
    Will Smith, King Richard
    Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Best Actress

    Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
    Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
    Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
    Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
    Kristen Stewart, Spencer

    Best Supporting Actor

    Jamie Dornan, Belfast
    Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
    Troy Kotsur, CODA
    Jared Leto, House of Gucci
    J.K. Simmons, Being the Ricardos
    Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

    Best Supporting Actress

    Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
    Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
    Ann Dowd, Mass
    Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
    Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
    Rita Moreno, West Side Story

    Best Young Actor/Actress

    Jude Hill, Belfast
    Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
    Emilia Jones, CODA
    Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
    Saniyya Sidney, King Richard
    Rachel Zegler, West Side Story

    Best Acting Ensemble

    Belfast
    Don’t Look Up
    The Harder They Fall
    Licorice Pizza
    The Power of the Dog
    West Side Story

    Best Director

    Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
    Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
    Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
    Guillermo del Toro, Nightmare Alley
    Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
    Denis Villeneuve, Dune

    Best Original Screenplay

    Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
    Zach Baylin, King Richard
    Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
    Adam McKay, David Sirota, Don’t Look Up
    Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
    Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
    Siân Heder, CODA
    Tony Kushner, West Side Story
    Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, Dune

    Best Cinematography

    Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Greig Fraser, Dune
    Janusz Kaminski, West Side Story
    Dan Laustsen, Nightmare Alley
    Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog
    Haris Zambarloukos, Belfast

    Best Production Design

    Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards, Belfast
    Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, Nightmare Alley
    Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, The French Dispatch
    Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo, West Side Story
    Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos, Dune

    Best Film Editing

    Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn, West Side Story
    Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Belfast
    Andy Jurgensen, Licorice Pizza
    Peter Sciberras, The Power of the Dog
    Joe Walker, Dune

    Best Costume Design

    Jenny Beavan – Cruella
    Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley
    Paul Tazewell – West Side Story
    Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan – Dune
    Janty Yates – House of Gucci

    Best Hair and Makeup

    Cruella
    Dune
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    House of Gucci
    Nightmare Alley

    Best Visual Effects

    Dune
    The Matrix Resurrections
    Nightmare Alley
    No Time to Die
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    Best Comedy

    Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
    Don’t Look Up
    Free Guy
    The French Dispatch
    Licorice Pizza

    Best Animated Feature

    Encanto
    Flee
    Luca
    The Mitchells vs the Machines
    Raya and the Last Dragon

    Best Foreign Language Film

    A Hero
    Drive My Car
    Flee
    The Hand of God
    The Worst Person in the World

    Best Song

    “Be Alive,” King Richard
    “Dos Oruguitas,” Encanto
    “Guns Go Bang,” The Harder They Fall
    “Just Look Up,” Don’t Look Up
    “No Time to Die,” No Time to Die

    Best Score

    Nicholas Britell, Don’t Look Up
    Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog
    Jonny Greenwood, Spencer
    Nathan Johnson, Nightmare Alley
    Hans Zimmer, Dune

    Source: Yahoo!

  • Critics Choice Awards: “Nomadland” Wins Picture, Is Locked as Oscar Frontrunner

    Critics Choice Awards: “Nomadland” Wins Picture, Is Locked as Oscar Frontrunner

    Best Picture

    “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
    “Mank” (Netflix)
    “Minari” (A24)
    “News of the World” (Universal Pictures)
    “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – WINNER
    “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
    “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
    “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
    “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)

    Best Director

    Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” (A24)
    Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
    David Fincher, “Mank” (Netflix)
    Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
    Regina King, “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
    Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
    Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – WINNER

    Best Actor

    Ben Affleck, “The Way Back” (Warner Bros)
    Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
    Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – WINNER
    Tom Hanks, “News of the World” (Universal Pictures)
    Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
    Gary Oldman, “Mank” (Netflix)
    Steven Yeun, “Minari” (A24)

    Best Actress

    Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
    Andra Day, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (Hulu)
    Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
    Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
    Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
    Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – WINNER
    Zendaya, “Malcolm & Marie” (Netflix)

    Best Supporting Actor

    Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
    Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
    Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – WINNER
    Bill Murray, “On the Rocks” (A24/Apple TV Plus)
    Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
    Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)

    Best Supporting Actress

    Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) – WINNER
    Ellen Burstyn, “Pieces of a Woman” (Netflix)
    Glenn Close, “Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix)
    Olivia Colman, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” (Netflix)
    Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari” (A24)

    Best Young Actor/Actress

    Ryder Allen, “Palmer” (Apple TV Plus)
    Ibrahima Gueye, “The Life Ahead” (Netflix)
    Alan Kim, “Minari” (A24) – WINNER
    Talia Ryder, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
    Caoilinn Springall, “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix)
    Helena Zengel, “News of the World” (Universal Pictures)

    Best Acting Ensemble

    “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
    “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros)
    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
    “Minari” (A24)
    “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
    “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – WINNER

    Best Original Screenplay

    “Mank” (Netflix) – Jack Fincher
    “Minari” (A24) – Lee Isaac Chung
    “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features) – Eliza Hittman
    “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Emerald Fennell – WINNER
    “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) – Darius Marder, Abraham Marder
    “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Aaron Sorkin

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
    “First Cow” (A24) – Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
    “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – Luke Davies, Paul Greengrass
    “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Chloé Zhao – WINNER
    “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Kemp Powers

    Best Production Design

    “Emma” (Focus Features) – Kave Quinn, Stella Fox
    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara, Diana Stoughton
    “Mank” (Netflix) – Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – WINNER
    “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
    “The Personal History of David Copperfield” (Searchlight Pictures) – Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx
    “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas

    Best Cinematography

    “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix) – Newton Thomas Sigel
    “First Cow” (A24) – Christopher Blauvelt
    “Mank” (Netflix) – Erik Messerschmidt
    “Minari” (A24) – Lachlan Milne
    “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – Dariusz Wolski
    “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Joshua James Richards – WINNER
    “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Hoyte Van Hoytema

    Best Costume Design

    “Emma” (Focus Features) – Alexandra Byrne
    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – Ann Roth – WINNER
    “Mank” (Netflix) – Trish Summerville
    “Mulan” (Walt Disney Pictures) – Bina Daigeler
    “The Personal History of David Copperfield” (Searchlight Pictures) – Suzie Harman, Robert Worley
    “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Nancy Steiner

    Best Editing

    “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Yorgos Lamprinos
    “Mank” (Netflix) – Kirk Baxter
    “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – Chloé Zhao
    “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen – WINNER *TIE*
    “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Jennifer Lame
    “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Alan Baumgarten – WINNER *TIE*

    Best Hair and Makeup

    “Emma” (Focus Features)
    “Hillbilly Elegy” (Netflix)
    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – WINNER
    “Mank” (Netflix)
    “Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features)
    “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (Hulu)

    Best Visual Effects

    “Greyhound” (Apple TV Plus)
    “The Invisible Man” (Universal Pictures)
    “Mank” (Netflix)
    “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix)
    “Mulan” (Walt Disney Pictures)
    “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – WINNER
    “Wonder Woman 1984” (Warner Bros)

    Best Score

    “The Midnight Sky” (Netflix) – Alexandre Desplat
    “Mank” (Netflix) – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
    “Minari” (A24) – Emile Mosseri
    “News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – James Newton Howard
    “Soul” (Pixar) – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – WINNER
    “Tenet” (Warner Bros) – Ludwig Göransson

    Best Song

    “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” (Netflix) – “Husavik (My Home Town)”
    “The Life Ahead” (Netflix) – “Io Si (Seen)”
    “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – “Fight for You”
    “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – “Speak Now” – WINNER
    “The Outpost” (Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment) – “Everybody Cries”
    “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (Hulu) – “Tigress & Tweed”

    Best Foreign Language Film

    “Another Round” (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
    “Collective” (Magnolia Pictures)
    “La Llorona” (Shudder)
    “The Life Ahead” (Netflix)
    “Minari” (A24) – WINNER
    “Two Of Us” (Magnolia Pictures)

    Best Comedy

    “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
    “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)
    “The King of Staten Island” (Universal Pictures)
    “On the Rocks” (A24/Apple TV+)
    “Palm Springs” (Hulu/NEON) – WINNER
    “The Prom” (Netflix)

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    Best Drama Series

    “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    “The Crown” (Netflix) – WINNER
    “The Good Fight” (CBS All Access)
    “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
    “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus)
    “Ozark” (Netflix)
    “Perry Mason” (HBO)
    “This Is Us” (NBC)

    Best Actor in a Drama Series

    Jason Bateman – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    Jonathan Majors – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
    Josh O’Connor – “The Crown” (Netflix) – WINNER
    Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    Matthew Rhys – “Perry Mason” (HBO)

    Best Actress in a Drama Series

    Christine Baranski – “The Good Fight” (CBS All Access)
    Olivia Colman – “The Crown” (Netflix)
    Emma Corrin – “The Crown” (Netflix) – WINNER
    Claire Danes – “Homeland” (Showtime)
    Laura Linney – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    Jurnee Smollett – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    Jonathan Banks – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    Justin Hartley – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    John Lithgow – “Perry Mason” (HBO)
    Tobias Menzies – “The Crown” (Netflix)
    Tom Pelphrey – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    Michael K. Williams – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO) – WINNER

    Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    Gillian Anderson – “The Crown” (Netflix) – WINNER
    Cynthia Erivo – “The Outsider” (HBO)
    Julia Garner – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    Janet McTeer – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    Wunmi Mosaku – “Lovecraft Country” (HBO)
    Rhea Seehorn – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    Best Comedy Series

    “Better Things” (FX)
    “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
    “Mom” (CBS)
    “Pen15” (Hulu)
    “Ramy” (Hulu)
    “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
    “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – WINNER
    “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)

    Best Actor in a Comedy Series

    Hank Azaria – “Brockmire” (IFC)
    Matt Berry – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
    Nicholas Hoult – “The Great” (Hulu)
    Eugene Levy – “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
    Jason Sudeikis – “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – WINNER
    Ramy Youssef – “Ramy” (Hulu)

    Best Actress in a Comedy Series

    Pamela Adlon – “Better Things” (FX)
    Christina Applegate – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
    Kaley Cuoco – “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
    Natasia Demetriou – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
    Catherine O’Hara – “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV) – WINNER
    Issa Rae – “Insecure” (HBO)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    William Fichtner – “Mom” (CBS)
    Harvey Guillén – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
    Daniel Levy – “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV) – WINNER
    Alex Newell – “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (NBC)
    Mark Proksch – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
    Andrew Rannells – “Black Monday” (Showtime)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    Lecy Goranson – “The Conners” (ABC)
    Rita Moreno – “One Day at a Time” (Pop TV)
    Annie Murphy – “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV)
    Ashley Park – “Emily in Paris” (Netflix)
    Jaime Pressly – “Mom” (CBS)
    Hannah Waddingham – “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – WINNER

    Best Limited Series

    “I May Destroy You” (HBO)
    “Mrs. America” (FX)
    “Normal People” (Hulu)
    “The Plot Against America” (HBO)
    “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) – WINNER
    “Small Axe” (Amazon Studios)
    “The Undoing” (HBO)
    “Unorthodox” (Netflix)

    TV Movie

    “Bad Education” (HBO)
    “Between the World and Me” (HBO)
    “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel” (Lifetime)
    “Hamilton” (Disney Plus) – WINNER
    “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Prime Video)
    “What the Constitution Means to Me” (Amazon Prime Video)

    Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    John Boyega – “Small Axe” (Amazon Prime Video) – WINNER
    Hugh Grant – “The Undoing” (HBO)
    Paul Mescal – “Normal People” (Hulu)
    Chris Rock – “Fargo” (FX)
    Mark Ruffalo – “I Know This Much is True” (HBO)
    Morgan Spector – “The Plot Against America” (HBO)

    Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    Cate Blanchett – “Mrs. America” (FX)
    Michaela Coel – “I May Destroy You” (HBO)
    Daisy Edgar-Jones – “Normal People” (Hulu)
    Shira Haas – “Unorthodox” (Netflix)
    Anya Taylor-Joy – “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix) – WINNER
    Tessa Thompson – “Sylvie’s Love” (Amazon Prime Video)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    Daveed Diggs – “The Good Lord Bird” (Showtime)
    Joshua Caleb Johnson – “The Good Lord Bird” (Showtime)
    Dylan McDermott – “Hollywood” (Netflix)
    Donald Sutherland – “The Undoing” (HBO) – WINNER
    Glynn Turman – “Fargo” (FX)
    John Turturro – “The Plot Against America” (HBO)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

    Uzo Aduba – “Mrs. America” (FX) – WINNER
    Betsy Brandt – “Soulmates” (AMC)
    Marielle Heller – “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix)
    Margo Martindale – “Mrs. America” (FX)
    Winona Ryder – “The Plot Against America” (HBO)
    Tracey Ullman – “Mrs. America” (FX)

    Best Talk Show

    “Desus & Mero” (Showtime)
    “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS)
    “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Syndicated)
    “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC) – WINNER
    “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
    “Red Table Talk” (Facebook Watch)

    Best Comedy Special

    “Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty” (Netflix)
    “Hannah Gadsby: Douglas” (Netflix)
    “Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill” (Netflix) – WINNER *TIE*
    “Marc Maron: End Times Fun” (Netflix)
    “Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia” (Netflix) – WINNER *TIE*
    “Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything” (Netflix)

    Best Short Form Series

    “The Andy Cohen Diaries” (Quibi)
    “Better Call Saul: Ethics Training with Kim Wexler” (AMC) – WINNER
    “Mapleworth Murders” (Quibi)
    “Nikki Fre$h” (Quibi)
    “Reno 911!” (Quibi)
    “Tooning Out the News” (CBS All Access)

  • Evaluating the Race After Critics Choice Nominations

    Evaluating the Race After Critics Choice Nominations

    The Broadcast Film Critics Association finally released their nominations and with them in mind I will try to take a deeper look into what probably will be nominated in Picture

    Picture

    Now that News of the World has finally received a nomination, there are now 13 films in total that can get a Best Picture nomination (Da 5 Bloods, The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Minari, News of the World, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman, Soul, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7) and unless PGA picks something crazy in early March, these will be the top 13 contenders.

    Let’s break them down:

    Da 5 Bloods – CCA, SAG, AFI

    The Father – GG (Drama)

    Judas and the Black Messiah – AFI

    Mank – CCA, GG (Drama), AFI

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – CCA, SAG, AFI

    Minari – CCA, GG (Foreign), SAG, AFI

    News of the World – CCA

    Nomadland – CCA, GG (Drama), AFI

    One Night in Miami – CCA, SAG, AFI

    Promising Young Woman – CCA, GG (Drama)

    Soul – AFI

    Sound of Metal – CCA, AFI

    The Trial of the Chicago 7 – CCA, GG (Drama), SAG, AFI

     

    Based on this, The Trial of the Chicago 7 is the most locked for a Best Picture nomination.

    If Beale Street Could Talk, Mary Poppins Returns, The Big Sick, The Florida Project, Sully, Carol, Star Wars: The Force Awakens are the only films in the last five years that have missed a Best Picture nomination after getting nods at both CCA and AFI. What do these films have in common?

    Well, all of them except The Big Sick did not end up getting nominated at the Producers Guild Awards. And The Big Sick did not get picked by the Oscars in the end because of their storied bias against comedies.

    So essentially, if any one of Da 5 Bloods, Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 get snubbed by the PGA, their Best Picture chances are slightly in jeopardy. I personally think that Sound of Metal will be the one to drop and the final Best Picture slate will be the remaining seven plus Promising Young Woman.

    Also, if Judas and the Black Messiah gets a mention from the PGA it’ll be added to slate as well.

  • Critics Choice Nominations are Released

    Critics Choice Nominations are Released

    The Critics Choice nominations are here and finally we have a major precursor that has almost the same list of categories as the Oscars release their picks.

    Here are the nominations:

    BEST PICTURE

    Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
    Mank (Netflix)
    Minari (A24)
    News of the World (Universal Pictures)
    Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
    One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
    Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
    Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
    The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

    BEST ACTOR

    Ben Affleck – The Way Back (Warner Bros.)
    Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
    Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
    Tom Hanks – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
    Anthony Hopkins – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
    Gary Oldman – Mank (Netflix)
    Steven Yeun – Minari (A24)

    BEST ACTRESS

    Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
    Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)
    Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
    Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
    Frances McDormand – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
    Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
    Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
    Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
    Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
    Bill Murray – On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
    Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
    Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
    Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
    Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
    Olivia Colman – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Amanda Seyfried – Mank (Netflix)
    Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari (A24)

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

    Ryder Allen – Palmer (Apple TV+)
    Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead (Netflix)
    Alan Kim – Minari (A24)
    Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
    Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
    Helena Zengel – News of the World (Universal Pictures)

    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

    Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
    Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
    Minari (A24)
    One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
    The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24)
    Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
    David Fincher – Mank (Netflix)
    Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
    Regina King – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
    Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
    Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24)
    Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
    Jack Fincher – Mank (Netflix)
    Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
    Darius Marder & Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
    Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
    Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
    Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow (A24)
    Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
    Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow (A24)
    Erik Messerschmidt – Mank (Netflix)
    Lachlan Milne – Minari (A24)
    Joshua James Richards – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
    Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
    Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
    Dariusz Wolski – News of the World (Universal Pictures)

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
    David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
    Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
    Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank (Netflix)
    Kave Quinn, Stella Fox – Emma (Focus Features)
    Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara & Diana Stoughton – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

    BEST EDITING

    Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
    Kirk Baxter – Mank (Netflix)
    Jennifer Lame – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
    Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
    Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
    Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Alexandra Byrne – Emma (Focus Features)
    Bina Daigeler – Mulan (Disney)
    Suzie Harman & Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
    Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
    Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
    Trish Summerville – Mank (Netflix)

    BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

    Emma (Focus Features)
    Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
    Mank (Netflix)
    Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
    The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Greyhound (Apple TV+)
    The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures)
    Mank (Netflix)
    The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
    Mulan (Disney)
    Tenet (Warner Bros.)
    Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros.)

    BEST COMEDY

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
    The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)
    The King of Staten Island (Universal Pictures)
    On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+)
    Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON)
    The Prom (Netflix)

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
    Collective (Magnolia Pictures)
    La Llorona (Shudder)
    The Life Ahead (Netflix)
    Minari (A24)
    Two of Us (Magnolia Pictures)

    BEST SONG

    Everybody Cries – The Outpost (Screen Media Films)
    Fight for You – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)
    Husavik (My Home Town) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix)
    Io sì (Seen) – The Life Ahead (Netflix)
    Speak Now – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)
    Tigress & Tweed – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)

    BEST SCORE

    Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
    Ludwig Göransson – Tenet (Warner Bros.)
    James Newton Howard – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
    Emile Mosseri – Minari (A24)
    Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste – Mank (Netflix)
    Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Soul (Disney)

    Source: Deadline

  • Critics’ Choice Awards: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Wins Best Picture A Day Before Oscar Nominations Release

    Critics’ Choice Awards: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Wins Best Picture A Day Before Oscar Nominations Release

    BEST PICTURE
    “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” 
    “1917”
    “Ford v Ferrari”
    “The Irishman”
    “Jojo Rabbit”
    “Joker”
    “Little Women”
    “Marriage Story”
    “Parasite”
    “Uncut Gems”

    BEST ACTOR
    Joaquin Phoenix – “Joker” 
    Antonio Banderas – “Pain and Glory”
    Robert De Niro – “The Irishman”
    Leonardo DiCaprio – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
    Adam Driver – “Marriage Story”
    Eddie Murphy – “Dolemite Is My Name”
    Adam Sandler – “Uncut Gems”

    BEST ACTRESS
    Renée Zellweger – “Judy” 
    Awkwafina – “The Farewell”
    Cynthia Erivo – “Harriet”
    Scarlett Johansson – “Marriage Story”
    Lupita Nyong’o – Us
    Saoirse Ronan – “Little Women”
    Charlize Theron – “Bombshell”

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Brad Pitt – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
    Willem Dafoe – “The Lighthouse”
    Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
    Anthony Hopkins – “The Two Popes”
    Al Pacino – “The Irishman”
    Joe Pesci – “The Irishman”

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Laura Dern – “Marriage Story” 
    Scarlett Johansson – “Jojo Rabbit”
    Jennifer Lopez – “Hustlers”
    Florence Pugh – “Little Women”
    Margot Robbie – “Bombshell”
    Zhao Shuzhen – “The Farewell”

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
    Roman Griffin Davis – “Jojo Rabbit” 
    Julia Butters – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
    Noah Jupe – “Honey Boy”
    Thomasin McKenzie – “Jojo Rabbit”
    Shahadi Wright Joseph – “Us”
    Archie Yates – “Jojo Rabbit”

    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
    “The Irishman” 
    “Bombshell”
    “Knives Out”
    “Little Women”
    “Marriage Story”
    “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
    “Parasite”

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Sam Mendes – “1917” (TIE)
    Bong Joon Ho – “Parasite” (TIE)
    Noah Baumbach – “Marriage Story”
    Greta Gerwig – “Little Women”
    Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – “Uncut Gems”
    Martin Scorsese – “The Irishman”
    Quentin Tarantino – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    Quentin Tarantino – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” 
    Noah Baumbach – “Marriage Story”
    Rian Johnson – “Knives Out”
    Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won – “Parasite”
    Lulu Wang – “The Farewell”

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    Greta Gerwig – “Little Women” 
    Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
    Anthony McCarten – “The Two Popes”
    Todd Phillips & Scott Silver – “Joker”
    Taika Waititi – “Jojo Rabbit”
    Steven Zaillian – “The Irishman”

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Roger Deakins – “1917” 
    Jarin Blaschke – “The Lighthouse”
    Phedon Papamichael – “Ford v Ferrari”
    Rodrigo Prieto – “The Irishman”
    Robert Richardson – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
    Lawrence Sher – “Joker”

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
    Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” 
    Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran – “Joker”
    Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales – “1917”
    Jess Gonchor, Claire Kaufman – “Little Women”
    Lee Ha Jun – “Parasite”
    Bob Shaw, Regina Graves – “The Irishman”
    Donal Woods, Gina Cromwell – “Downton Abbey”

    BEST EDITING
    Lee Smith – “1917” 
    Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie – “Uncut Gems”
    Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker – “Ford v Ferrari”
    Yang Jinmo – “Parasite”
    Fred Raskin – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
    Thelma Schoonmaker – “The Irishman”

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    Ruth E. Carter – “Dolemite Is My Name” 
    Julian Day – “Rocketman”
    Jacqueline Durran – “Little Women”
    Arianne Phillips – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
    Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson – “The Irishman”
    Anna Robbins – “Downton Abbey”

    BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
    “Bombshell” 
    “Dolemite Is My Name”
    “The Irishman”
    “Joker”
    “Judy”
    “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”
    “Rocketman”

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
    “Avengers: Endgame” 
    “1917”
    “Ad Astra”
    “The Aeronauts”
    “Ford v Ferrari”
    “The Irishman”
    “The Lion King”

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
    “Toy Story 4” 
    “Abominable”
    “Frozen II”
    “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
    “I Lost My Body”
    “Missing Link”

    BEST ACTION MOVIE
    “Avengers: Endgame” 
    “1917”
    “Ford v Ferrari”
    “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”
    “Spider-Man: Far From Home”

    BEST COMEDY
    “Dolemite Is My Name” 
    “Booksmart”
    “The Farewell”
    “Jojo Rabbit”
    “Knives Out”

    BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
    “Us” 
    “Ad Astra”
    “Avengers: Endgame”
    “Midsommar”

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
    “Parasite” 
    “Atlantics”
    “Les Misérables”
    “Pain and Glory”
    “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

    BEST SONG
    “Glasgow (No Place Like Home)” – “Wild Rose” (TIE)
    “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” – “Rocketman” (TIE)
    “I’m Standing With You” – “Breakthrough”
    “Into the Unknown” – “Frozen II”
    “Speechless” – “Aladdin”
    “Spirit” – “The Lion King”
    “Stand Up” – “Harriet”

    BEST SCORE
    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Joker” 
    Michael Abels – “Us”
    Alexandre Desplat – “Little Women”
    Randy Newman – “Marriage Story”
    Thomas Newman – “1917”
    Robbie Robertson – “The Irishman”

  • Critics Choice Film Nominations Released!

    Critics Choice Film Nominations Released!

    'The Irishman' (Netflix)
    ‘The Irishman’ (Netflix)

    The Critics Choice Awards, one of the most predictive precursors of the Oscar race, released their nominations and their list is chock-full of new information that I will tackle in a succeeding post. For now, here are the nominations!

    FILM NOMINATIONS FOR THE 25TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS

    BEST PICTURE

    1917

    Ford v Ferrari

    The Irishman

    Jojo Rabbit

    Joker

    Little Women

    Marriage Story

    Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Parasite

    Uncut Gems

    BEST ACTOR

    Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory

    Robert De Niro – The Irishman

    Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Adam Driver – Marriage Story

    Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name

    Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

    Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

    BEST ACTRESS

    Awkwafina – The Farewell

    Cynthia Erivo – Harriet

    Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story

    Lupita Nyong’o – Us

    Saoirse Ronan – Little Women

    Charlize Theron – Bombshell

    Renée Zellweger – Judy

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse

    Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes

    Al Pacino – The Irishman

    Joe Pesci – The Irishman

    Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Laura Dern – Marriage Story

    Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit

    Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers

    Florence Pugh – Little Women

    Margot Robbie – Bombshell

    Zhao Shuzhen  – The Farewell

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

    Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit

    Noah Jupe – Honey Boy

    Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit

    Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us

    Archie Yates – Jojo Rabbit

    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

    Bombshell

    The Irishman

    Knives Out

    Little Women

    Marriage Story

    Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Parasite

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story

    Greta Gerwig – Little Women

    Bong Joon Ho – Parasite

    Sam Mendes – 1917

    Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems

    Martin Scorsese – The Irishman

    Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story

    Rian Johnson – Knives Out

    Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won – Parasite

    Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Lulu Wang – The Farewell

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Greta Gerwig – Little Women

    Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    Anthony McCarten – The Two Popes

    Todd Phillips & Scott Silver – Joker

    Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit

    Steven Zaillian  – The Irishman

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse

    Roger Deakins – 1917

    Phedon Papamichael   – Ford v Ferrari

    Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman

    Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Lawrence Sher – Joker

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran – Joker

    Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales  – 1917

    Jess Gonchor, Claire Kaufman – Little Women

    Lee Ha Jun – Parasite

    Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Bob Shaw, Regina Graves – The Irishman

    Donal Woods, Gina Cromwell – Downton Abbey

    BEST EDITING

    Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems

    Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari

    Yang Jinmo  – Parasite

    Fred Raskin – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman

    Lee Smith – 1917

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Ruth E. Carter – Dolemite Is My Name

    Julian Day – Rocketman

    Jacqueline Durran – Little Women

    Arianne Phillips – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson – The Irishman

    Anna Robbins – Downton Abbey

    BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

    Bombshell

    Dolemite Is My Name

    The Irishman

    Joker

    Judy

    Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

    Rocketman

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    1917

    Ad Astra

    The Aeronauts

    Avengers: Endgame

    Ford v Ferrari

    The Irishman

    The Lion King

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Abominable

    Frozen II

    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    I Lost My Body

    Missing Link

    Toy Story 4

    BEST ACTION MOVIE

    1917

    Avengers: Endgame

    Ford v Ferrari

    John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

    Spider-Man: Far From Home

    BEST COMEDY

    Booksmart

    Dolemite Is My Name

    The Farewell

    Jojo Rabbit

    Knives Out

    BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE

    Ad Astra

    Avengers: Endgame

    Midsommar

    Us

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    Atlantics

    Les Misérables

    Pain and Glory

    Parasite

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    BEST SONG

    Glasgow (No Place Like Home) – Wild Rose

    (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again – Rocketman

    I’m Standing With You – Breakthrough

    Into the Unknown – Frozen II

    Speechless – Aladdin

    Spirit – The Lion King

    Stand Up – Harriet

    BEST SCORE

    Michael Abels – Us

    Alexandre Desplat   – Little Women

    Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker

    Randy Newman – Marriage Story

    Thomas Newman  – 1917

    Robbie Robertson – The Irishman