2014-2015 Awards Season

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Screen Actors Guild awards! Very intriguing, you go Jennifer Aniston!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
STEVE CARELL / John du Pont – “FOXCATCHER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH / Alan Turing – “THE IMITATION GAME” (The Weinstein Company)
JAKE GYLLENHAAL / Louis Bloom – “NIGHTCRAWLER” (Open Road Films)
MICHAEL KEATON / Riggan – “BIRDMAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
EDDIE REDMAYNE / Stephen Hawking – “THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING” (Focus Features)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JENNIFER ANISTON / Claire Bennett – “CAKE” (Cinelou Films)
FELICITY JONES / Jane Hawking – “THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING” (Focus Features)
JULIANNE MOORE / Alice Howland-Jones – “STILL ALICE” (Sony Pictures Classics)
ROSAMUND PIKE / Amy Dunne – “GONE GIRL” (20th Century Fox)
REESE WITHERSPOON / Cheryl Strayed – “WILD” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
ROBERT DUVALL / Joseph Palmer – “THE JUDGE” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
ETHAN HAWKE / Mason, Sr. – “BOYHOOD” (IFC Films)
EDWARD NORTON / Mike – “BIRDMAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
MARK RUFFALO / Dave Schultz – “FOXCATCHER” (Sony Pictures Classics)
J.K. SIMMONS / Fletcher – “WHIPLASH” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PATRICIA ARQUETTE / Olivia – “BOYHOOD” (IFC Films)
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY / Joan Clarke – “THE IMITATION GAME” (The Weinstein Company)
EMMA STONE / Sam – “BIRDMAN” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
MERYL STREEP / The Witch – “INTO THE WOODS” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
NAOMI WATTS / Daka – “ST. VINCENT” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BIRDMAN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
BOYHOOD (IFC Films)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
THE IMITATION GAME (The Weinstein Company)
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (Focus Features)

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I’m looking forward to Cake. Good for Jake too! I hope it gets more people to see Nightcrawler. It deserves way more attention than it’s received.

And good for Naomi too. She was both hilarious and vulnerable as the pregnant, Russian “Lady of the night” (a, uh, lady who works at night).

Thank you for posting these. The Golden Globe nominations are tomorrow. I’ll be at work so I hope you’ll be able to post those (the movie nominations) too.

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Two of the three oldest critics groups are NY and LA so have the longest track record for precursors (along with the National Society of Film Critics); NBR, as has been mentioned above, aren’t critics, but predate them all.

NY has always had a fondness for Mike Leigh, so while Spall’s win is a follow-up on Cannes, the competition still is very stiff. Of the last 25 years, only 3 NY Best Actor winners didn’t go on to a nomination, but one was David Thewlis for Leigh’s Naked. And while Turner may play very well with the craft/technical categories (Leigh’s only Oscar-winning film is his wonderful period film Topsy-Turvy), it remains to be seen if it carries enough weight with so many high-profile contenders.

NBR’s track record for Lead Actor is almost as strong (21 of the last 25 went on to Oscar nods) but Oscar Isaac, while terrific, is extremely understated, and don’t forget that the last Chandor lead (Redford in All Is Lost) had some early awards buzz and prizes but didn’t translate to a nomination–again, because of a very dense field.

Tom Hardy’s win from LA is fantastic and well-deserved, but it suffers from the same danger that Redford did–it’s a one-man show in an enclosed environment from a film that got very little box office attention. LA’s track record is also very strong (22 of the last 25) but not all three of them can get in, with Keaton, Redmayne, and Cumberbatch all being seen as almost certainties (with Oyelowo and Carrell breathing down their necks)

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And now with the SAGs, add Gyllenhaal to the breathing-down-the-neck list. And none of the 3 major winners I mentioned earned a SAG nod (though Keaton, an NBR co-winner, did)

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NBR Best Actress winner Moore is the obvious front-runner. NY winner Cotillard (who’s collecting plenty of smaller group awards) was also a Cannes winner, but if her film doesn’t get embraced, there’s nothing anyone can do about it, and a Dardennes brothers film is a definite acquired taste by Hollywood standards. LA winner Arquette is, IMHO, just as arguable a lead as a supporting player, but her campaign isn’t dumb and will keep her in the latter group.

It appears that Supporting Actor is between Simmons (NY, LA) and Norton (NBR), and while both of their films are likely Best Picture contenders as well, I’d say neither has as much of a chance at winning as Boyhood, so Hawke definitely needs to be considered a potential dark horse spoiler, especially since he’d have more career Oscar nominations than the other two combined.

Supporting Actress appears truly up in the air. Chastain (NBR) is in a film too new to get much SAG traction but her one-two with Violent/Interstellar puts her on everyone’s radar. Arquette (NY) is a nomination lock and Kulesza (LA) won’t be a contender at all (only one supporting nomination, male or female, in Oscar’s history from a foreign-language film). This leaves the field wide open for heavy campaigning, as Watts’s SAG nod demonstrates (thank you Uncle Harvey!)

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That dude is a badass awards season ninja.

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Good posts MovieMogul! I always enjoy reading your take.

Here are some of the full lists. In spoilers again, just to avoid long lists, not because there’s anything spoilery going on.
Los Angeles Film Critics WINNERS (I guess they don’t announce nominations? Or did I miss it?)

Picture: Boyhood
Actor: Tom Hardy, Locke
Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Supporting Actress: Agata Kuleszka, Ida
Supporting Actor: JK Simmons, Whiplash
Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Foreign Film: Ida
Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Documentary: Citizenfour
Cinematography: Birdman
Animated: The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Score: Under the Skin, Inherent Vice (TIE)
Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Editing: Boyhood

I’m most thrilled about Tom Hardy and Under the Skin’s score here. How weird but interesting that they put Patricia Arquette in Lead.
New York Film Critics Online WINNERS (ditto)
(these are different from the NY Film Critics Winners Maserschmidt posted earlier)

[spoiler]Best Picture – Boyhood
Best Director – Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Actress – Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Best Actor – Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Screenplay – Birdman
Best Ensemble – Birdman
Best Documentary – Life Itself
Best Foreign Film – Two Days, One Nights
Best Animated Feature – The LEGO Movie
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Best Use of Music = Get on Up
Best Debut Director winner – Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Breakthrough Performance – Jack O’Connell, Unbroken

New York Film Critics Online Top 10

Birdman
Boyhood
Guardians of the Galaxy
Imitation Game
Most Violent Year
Mr. Turner
Selma
Theory of Everything
Under the Skin
Whiplash
[/spoiler]It’s always pleasant to see odd choices pop up. Good for them for including Guardians of the Galaxy just because it’s a FUN pick. And of course, I’m melty whenever I see Under the Skin mentioned anywhere during awards season.

I don’t like not seeing nominations though, if they exist. Very often nominations are the most interesting part of the process. Like THESE folks…

Phoenix Film Critics Nominations

[spoiler]BEST PICTURE/ TOP TEN FILMS OF 2014
A Most Violent Year
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Imitation Game
The Lego Movie
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Brendon Gleeson, Calvary
Tommy Lee Jones, The Homesman
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Hilary Swank, The Homesman
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Logan Lerman, Fury
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J. K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman

BEST ENSMEBLE ACTING
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods

BEST SCREENPLY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN
A Most Violent Year
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash

BEST SCREENPLY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM
American Sniper
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Wild

BEST LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Muppets Most Wanted

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2

OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR
Calvary
Edge of the Tomorrow
Obvious Child
The Skeleton Twins
Snowpiercer

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure
IDA
Mood Indigo
The Raid 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Citizen Four
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Life Itself
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Everything is Awesome, The Lego Movie
Immortals, Big Hero 6
Lost Stars, Begin Again
Miracles, Unbroken

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
A Most Violent Year
Birdman
Interstellar
Into the Woods
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

BEST FILM EDITING
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Into the Woods

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Snowpiercer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
The Theory of Everything

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar

BEST STUNTS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
John Wick
Need for Speed
The Raid 2

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE ON CAMERA
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE BEHIND THE CAMERA
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child
Jon Stewart, Rosewater

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH – MALE
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Daniel Huttlestone, Into the Woods
Jaeden Lieberber, St. Vincent
Ed Oxenbould, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Tony Revolori, The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH – FEMALE
Lilla Crawford, Into the Woods
Mackenzie Foy, Interstellar
Sterling Jerins, And So It Goes

[/spoiler]I like these guys! If Boyhood had won and they only announced Winners we never would have known that Guardians of the Galaxy was even in their mix. And Brendan Gleeson! MOOD INDIGO!! Thank you for remembering that one Phoenix! I’m happy to say that I saw all of their Overlooked Films and all are fine choices for that category. Rosewater at least gets a mention.

Online Film Critics Nominations

[spoiler]Best Picture
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
The Lego Movie
Mommy
Nightcrawler
Selma
Two Days, One Night
Whiplash
Under the Skin

Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Film Not in the English Language
Ida
The Missing Picture
Mommy
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Two Days, One Night

Best Documentary
Citizenfour
Life Itself
The Missing Picture
National Gallery
The Overnighters

Best Director
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne – Two Days, One Night
Ava DuVernay – Selma
Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Brendan Gleeson – Calvary
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Essie Davis – The Babadook
Anne Dorval – Mommy
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Suzanne Clément – Mommy
Agata Kulesza – Ida
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

Best Original Screenplay
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
Two Days, One Night
Whiplash

Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone Girl
Inherent Vice
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin
We Are the Best!

Best Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash

Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Under the Skin

Best Non-U.S. Release (non-competitive category)
’71
10,000 km
Entre Nós
Han Gong-ju
Hard to Be a God
The Look of Silence
The Salt of the Earth
What We Do in the Shadows
Timbuktu
The Tribe[/spoiler]Under the Skin for Picture, Director, Screenplay and Cinematography, very cool. Brendan Gleeson again. More We Are The Best! A decent amount of Grand Budapest and Nightcrawler love. I’m happy.

British Independent Film Awards WINNERS (Nominations are linked in the 2nd post)

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM – Pride
BEST ACTRESS – Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle
BEST ACTOR – Brendan Gleeson – Calvary
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION – The Goob
BEST DIRECTOR – Yann Demange – ’71
BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM – Boyhood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Andrew Scott – Pride
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Imelda Staunton – Pride
BEST SCREENPLAY – Jon Ronson, Peter Straughan – Frank
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT – Robbie Ryan – Cinematography – Catch Me Daddy
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER – Sameena Jabeen Ahmed – Catch Me Daddy
BEST BRITISH SHORT – The Karman Line
THE RAINDANCE AWARD – Luna
BEST DOCUMENTARY – Next Goal Wins
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – John Boorman
VARIETY AWARD – Benedict Cumberbatch
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] – Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard – 20,000 Days on EarthI’m so happy for Pride! It’s a wonderful film. Yay Brendan! Gugu gets love, yes! I haven’t seen most of the others yet.

Here are the American Film Institute Films of the Year

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
“American Sniper”
“Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
“Boyhood”
“Foxcatcher”
“The Imitation Game”
“Interstellar”
“Into the Woods”
“Nightcrawler”
“Selma”
“Unbroken”
“Whiplash”

Good to see Nightcrawler there.

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And the Golden Globes nominations are in! Fewer surprises here…maybe the Helen Mirren shout-out, since 100 Foot Journey hasn’t figured into much discussion.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BOYHOOD
FOXCATCHER
THE IMITATION GAME
SELMA
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
JENNIFER ANISTON - CAKE
FELICITY JONES - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
JULIANNE MOORE - STILL ALICE
ROSAMUND PIKE - GONE GIRL
REESE WITHERSPOON - WILD

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
STEVE CARELL - FOXCATCHER
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH - THE IMITATION GAME
JAKE GYLLENHAAL - NIGHTCRAWLER
DAVID OYELOWO - SELMA
EDDIE REDMAYNE - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
BIRDMAN
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
INTO THE WOODS
PRIDE
ST. VINCENT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
AMY ADAMS - BIG EYES
EMILY BLUNT - INTO THE WOODS
HELEN MIRREN - THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY
JULIANNE MOORE - MAPS TO THE STARS
QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS - ANNIE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
RALPH FIENNES THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
MICHAEL KEATON BIRDMAN
BILL MURRAY ST. VINCENT
JOAQUIN PHOENIX INHERENT VICE
CHRISTOPH WALTZ BIG EYES

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BIG HERO 6
THE BOOK OF LIFE
THE BOXTROLLS
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
THE LEGO MOVIE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
FORCE MAJEURE TURIST (SWEDEN)
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE (ISRAEL)
AMSALEM GETT
IDA (POLAND/DENMARK)
LEVIATHAN (RUSSIA)
TANGERINES MANDARIINID (ESTONIA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
PATRICIA ARQUETTE BOYHOOD
JESSICA CHASTAIN A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY THE IMITATION GAME
EMMA STONE BIRDMAN
MERYL STREEP INTO THE WOODS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
ROBERT DUVALL THE JUDGE
ETHAN HAWKE BOYHOOD
EDWARD NORTON BIRDMAN
MARK RUFFALO FOXCATCHER
J.K. SIMMONS WHIPLASH

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
AVA DUVERNAY SELMA
DAVID FINCHER GONE GIRL
ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN
RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
GILLIAN FLYNN GONE GIRL
ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN
RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD
GRAHAM MOORE THE IMITATION GAME

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT THE IMITATION GAME
JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
TRENT REZNOR, GONE GIRL
ANTONIO SANCHEZ BIRDMAN
HANS ZIMMER INTERSTELLAR

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“BIG EYES” — BIG EYES
“GLORY” — SELMA
“MERCY IS” — NOAH
“OPPORTUNITY” — ANNIE
“YELLOW FLICKER BEAT” — THE HUNGER GAMES

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Jake! Pride! Yay! Thanks!

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Why is Unbroken being generally overlooked? Is Jolie liked by Hollywood? Why was Ruffalo singled out for Foxcatcher? (and why did Carrell have to wear the funny nose. don’t get that decision at all). And I’ve heard that Jennifer Lawrence’s work in the Hunger Games movies is admired; is it ignored at awards time because it is a genre film?

Just wondering.

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My understanding is that most people (critics or industry) have not seen Unbroken, which has diminished its campaign heft so far. The same was true, until recently, of A Most Violent Year and Selma, though the NBR and GG have (respectively) put them back into contention. Oyelowo (who actually appears in both) especially needed the GG to let him stay in the race.

Most interesting development with the Globes is that despite having 10 Picture nominees to choose from, one Director nominee didn’t have a film in the race: Fincher for Gone Girl. This film really threatens to be a dark horse, and while Argo reminded us that you don’t need a Director nod to win Picture, it certainly does help. So even though there will be around 9 Oscar nominees for Picture, the real contenders will almost certainly be ones with a Director nod, too.

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Jolie is loved by Hollywood, and even more by the foreign press. I have a friend who’s in the HFPA. I’ll ask him about Unbroken screeners.

Ruffalo was singled out because he’s very very good in the role. But then, he always is.

The real John du Pont has a big nose like the one Carrell wore.

It’s a genre film and an already crowded race. Lawrence might get nominated next year for the whole series. Or not. I don’t know. They do love her. I know my friend does. There’s a couple of cute pictures of him with her.

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Unbroken screened after Thanksgiving and a mixed bunch of reviews dropped the first week of December…and I’d guess that unlike Harvey Weinstein, Jolie doesn’t have the influence to overcome that.

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Oh! That’s very possible. The screeners were apparently received around December 2, and the nomination ballots were due December 8. That’s pretty tight.

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You’ll notice that, aside from a few US trade journals, a majority of those reviews are based in the UK–and even then, there’s only 20: a fairly low number for a wide release on RT. Still, the mixed reviews can’t be encouraging, and any further momentum will be an uphill battle.

As for Lawrence, I think she’s actually pretty bad in the HG films–at least, in comparison to her exemplary nominated work. Acting nods in mainstream genre films are few and far between, but it helps if the film is good and the performance is, too. Neither applies in this case, IMHO.

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Right, I did see that. Interestingly, if you look at them sorted on Metacritic, it kind of looks like British reviewers were harsher than those in the US.

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Is really hope that this is the year Ralph Finnes gets the awards he deserves.

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We agree most of the time but here I violently disagree with you. IMO Lawrence is perfect as Katniss, and plays her very well. It’s not an easy character to play. Katniss is taciturn and suspicious, often unlikable, but Jennifer makes you (well, me and millions of others) care about her. I also happen to think the movies are damned good too.

I heard back from my HFPA friend and this is what he said about Unbroken. “The movie is amazing. And it was screened to us in time. It just didn’t make the top 5 like many other great movies.” He didn’t elaborate on what other great movies. I was glad to know he liked it.

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I just noticed this. Unbroken isn’t in wide release. It’s not even in Limited Release as far as I know. It opens Wide on Christmas Day.

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European Film Awards WINNERS (with some nominations)

[spoiler]EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS – NOMINATIONS

EUROPEAN FILM
WINNER: IDA
(Poland/Denmark)
Directed by: Pawel Pawlikowski
Written by: Pawel Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Produced by: Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska & Christian Husum

FORCE MAJEURE (TURIST)
Sweden/Denmark/France/Norway
Written and directed by: Ruben Ostlund
Produced by: Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson & Philippe Bober

LEVIATHAN (LEVIAFAN)
Russia
Directed by: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Written by: Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev
Produced by: Alexander Rodnyansky & Sergey Melkumov

NYMPHOMANIAC DIRECTOR’S CUT – VOLUME I & 11
Denmark/Germany/France/Belgium
Written & directed by: Lars von Trier
Produced by: Louise Vesth

WINTER SLEEP (KIS UYKUSU)
Turkey/France/Germany
Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Written by: Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Produced by: Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan

EUROPEAN COMEDY
WINNER: THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN THE SUMMER (LA MAFIA UCCIDE SOLO D’ESTATE)
Italy
Directed by: Pierfrancesco Diliberto
Written by: Michele Astori, Pierfrancesco Diliberto & Marco Martani
Produced by: Mario Gianani & Lorenzo Mieli

CARMINA & AMEN (CARMINA Y AMEN)
Spain
Written & directed by: Paco Leon
Produced by: Paco Leon, Ghislain Barrois & Alvaro Augustin

LE WEEK-END
U.K.
Directed by: Roger Michel
Written by: Hanif Kureishi
Produced by: Kevin Loader

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
WINNER: Pawel Pawlikowski for “Ida”
Nuri Bilge Ceylan for “Winter Sleep” (Kis Uykusu)
Steven Knight for “Locke”
Ruben Ostlund for “Force Majeure” (Turist)
Paolo Virzi for “Human Capital” (Il Capitale Umano)
Andrey Zvyagintsev for “Leviathan” (Leviafan)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS
WINNER: Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night” (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)
Marian Alvarez in “Wounded” (La Herida)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in “Human Capital” (Il Capitale Umano)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in “Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut – Volume I & 2”
Agata Kulesza in “Ida”
Agata Trzebuchowska in “Ida”

EUROPEAN ACTOR
WINNER: Timothy Spall in “Mr. Turner”
Brendan Gleeson in “Calvary”
Tom Hardy in “Locke”
Alexey Serebryakov in “Leviathan” (Leviafan)
Stellan Skarsgard in “Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut – Volume 1 & 2”

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
WINNER: Pawel Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz for “Ida”
Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan for “Winter Sleep” (Kis Uykusu)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for “Two Days, One Night” (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)
Steven Knight for “Locke”
Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev for “Leviathan” (Leviafan)

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE
WINNER: “The Art of Happiness”
Italy
Directed by: Alessandro Rak
Written by: Alessandro Rak and Luciano Stella
Animation: Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Dario Sansone, Marino Guarnieri, Annarita Calligaris, Ivana Verze, Laura Sammati, Antonia Emanuela Angrisani, Corrado Piscitelli, Flavio Di Biase, Giorgio Siravo, Sergio Chimenti, Ilaria Jones, Antonio Funaro, Danilo Florio, Mirko Prota, Alberto Panico, Paolo Acampora and Marco Iannaccone

“Jack and the Cuckoo-clock Heart”
France/Belgium
Written and directed by: Mathias Malzieu and Stephane Berla
Animation: Nicolette Ceccoli, Stephane Martinez and Robert Cepo

“Minuscule – Valley of the Lost Ants”
France/Belgium
Written and directed by: Thomas Szabo and Helene Giraud

THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY AWARD FOR DEBUT FILM
WINNER: “The Tribe”
Ukraine
Written and directed by: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
Produced by: Valentyn Vasyanovych and Iya Myslytska

“10,000 KM”
Spain
Directed by: Carlos Marques-Marcet
Written by: Carlos Marques-Marcet and Clara Roquet
Produced by: Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Diaz Juhl, Danielle Schleif and Pau Brunet

“’71”
U.K.
Directed by: Yann Demange
Written by: Gregory Burke
Produced by: Angus Lamont

“Party Girl”
France
Written and directed by: Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
Produced by: Marie Masmonteil and Denis Carot

“Wounded” (La Herida)
Spain
Directed by: Fernando Franco
Written by: Fernando Franco and Enric Rufas
Produced by: Koldo Zuazua

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: “Master of the Universe”
Germany/Austria
Directed by: Marc Bauder
Produced by: Marc Bauder and Markus Glaser
Investment bankers are the real Masters of the Universe, not politicians, armies or even countries.

“Just the Right Amount of Violence”
Denmark
Written and directed by: Jon Bang Carlsen
Produced by: Helle Ulsten and Jon Bang Carlsen
So-called “interventionists” enter suburban homes in the night and rip troubled teens from their beds to transport them, against their will, to a reform school in Utah.

“Of Men and War”
France/Switzerland
Written, directed & produced by: Laurent Becue-Renard
Anger consumes a dozen combat vets long after their return from the front as they attempt to make peace with themselves, their past, and their families.

“Sacro Gra”
Italy/France
Directed by: Gianfranco Rosi
Written by: Nicolo Bassetti
Produced by: Marco Visalberghi and Carole Solive
Rome’s giant ring road – the Grande Raccordo Anulare, or GRA – and the invisible worlds and possible futures harbored in this area of constant turmoil.

“Waiting for August”
Belgium
Written and directed by: Teodora Ana Mihai
Produced by: Hanne Phlypo and Antoine Vermeesch
During their mother’s absence, Georgiana has been catapulted into the role of head of the family, responsible for her six brothers and sisters in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania.

“We Come As Friends”
Austria
Written and directed by: Hubert Sauper
Produced by: Hubert Sauper and Gabriele Kranzelbinder
A science fiction-like odyssey in a home-made flying machine.

EFA JURY AWARDS
A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and decided on the following awards recipients:

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski for “Ida”

EUROPEAN EDITOR
Justine Wright for “Locke”

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Claus-Rudolf Amler for “The Dark Valley” (Das Finstere Tal)

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER
Natascha Curtius-Noss for “The Dark Valley” (Das Finstere Tal)

EUROPEAN COMPOSER
Mica Levi for “Under the Skin”

EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER
Joakim Sundstrom for “Starred Up”
[/spoiler]They do know a good soundtrack when they hear one!