The Critics' Choice Awards release annual list of films that were out this year, basically
After letting myriad industry guilds, print and online critics’ associations, and the foreign press have their say, finally it was time to hear from the broadcast film critics, who spend the year tirelessly crafting all the blurbed superlatives that mediocre movies need in order to advertise. Nominations are out for the 19th annual Critics’ Choice, and they contain all the hearty chunks of mainstream consensus simmered in superfluous gravy that your broadcast critic craves—stretching out categories like Best Feature to 10 nominees to avoid any possible snubs, and extending that spirit of inclusivity to being the first critical body to recognize the disembodied voice of Scarlett Johansson in Her. Furthermore, there are entire, separate categories created for Best Young Actor/Actress, Best Action and Comedy Movies—and Best Actor and Actress within each of those—to continue the broadcast critic’s mission to see that no movie from this year goes without some praise.
Here’s the complete, very long list. It’s AN AMAZING THRILL RIDE FROM BEGINNING TO END, and EASILY AMONG THE VERY BEST LISTS OF THE YEAR.
BEST PICTURE
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf Of Wall Street
BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor,12 Years A Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Scarlett Johansson, Her
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels’ The Butler
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield, Ender’s Game
Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is The Warmest Color
Liam James, The Way Way Back
Sophie Nelisse, The Book Thief
Tye Sheridan, Mud
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Nebraska
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf Of Wall Street