89th Academy Awards ("Moonlight" wins Best Picture)

[Darth Marcus]

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARD WINNERS

Best Film: Manchester by the Sea
Best Director: Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Best Actor: Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress: Amy Adams - Arrival
Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Best Supporting Actress: Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese - Silence
Best Animated Feature: Kubo and the Two Strings
Breakthrough Performance (Male): Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
Breakthrough Performance (Female): Royalty Hightower - The Fits
Best Directorial Debut: Trey Edward Shults - Krisha
Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman
Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America
Best Ensemble: Hidden Figures
Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg & Mark Wahlberg
NBA Freedom of Expression Award: Cameraperson

Top Films:
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar!
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Moonlight
Patriots Day
Silence
Sully

Top 5 Foreign Language Films:
Elle
The Handmaiden
Julieta
Land of Mine
Neruda

Top 5 Documentaries:
De Palma
The Eagle Huntress
Gleason
Life, Animated
Miss Sharon Jones!

Top 10 Independent Films:
20th Century Women
Captain Fantastic
Creative Control
Eye in the Sky
The Fits
Green Room
Hello, My Name is Doris
Krisha
Morris from America
Sing Street

[Adam_ME]

Wow. My expectations for Manchester by the Sea keep going up. I loved Lonergan's You Can Count On Me, so we'll see if he can knock it out of the park again.

I guess I must be the only person who wasn't impressed with Naomie Harris in Moonlight. Not that I thought she was bad(although she looked too good for a crack addict), but Mahershala Ali was so good in that first act that he badly overshadowed her performance.

[MazeRunner]

Emma Stone will win.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by TakeApartYourHead

Emma Stone will win.

Best Actress? She's my pick right now, hands down. But Amy Adams will be a sentimental favorite with both Arrival and Nocturnal Animals. She's approaching Kate Winslet territory with 5 nominations and no wins. If she loses again, maybe she should do a Holocaust movie.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Best Actress? She's my pick right now, hands down. But Amy Adams will be a sentimental favorite with both Arrival and Nocturnal Animals. She's approaching Kate Winslet territory with 5 nominations and no wins. If she loses again, maybe she should do a Holocaust movie.

No, Natalie will win for Jackie. It's a political year. Hell, TWO years. Most of the Academy are men who remembered JFK's assassination. Trust me, she'll win.

But if Adams doesn't get nominated, then I may just watch the Red Carpet and screw the rest.

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

What the hell was I thinking?!

So,

Natalie Portman -- Jackie (she's going to win btw)
Amy Adams -- Arrival
Ruth Negga -- Loving
Emma Stone -- La La Land

Yeah. Even MORE complicated.

I think what's working against Jessica, even more that a lack of buzz, is that she plays a political character -- and god are we all sick of this BS after almost 2 years of junk. I'm not sure anyone really wants to vote for a character who is a backstabbing lobbyist after all of this we've been through.

Isabelle Hubbard - Elle, too.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

No, Natalie will win for Jackie. It's a political year. Hell, TWO years. Most of the Academy are men who remembered JFK's assassination. Trust me, she'll win.

But if Adams doesn't get nominated, then I may just watch the Red Carpet and screw the rest.

If it's a political year at the Oscars(and after the election result and Hollywood's reaction, I'd be stunned if it wasn't), I would expect Moonlight to dominate the Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay categories.

I don't really see how Natalie Portman will benefit from any political agenda. Jackie Kennedy/Onassis was never much of a political figure. JFK and his brothers, yes. But not Jackie.

I also think Lin-Manuel Miranda is a heavy favorite for Best Original Song for Moana after the Hamilton incident a few weeks ago.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Hucksta G

Isabelle Hubbard - Elle, too.

Truth.

And if she ends up beating Natalie -- given I have not seen either film -- then I will have an eruption. I'm sure that Huppert is amazing. Everyone says she is. But come on, Natalie is playing JACKIE! If she doesn't win for that role then she might as well go back into bio-chemistry or whatever she was studying at college.

Why even bother?

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

If it's a political year at the Oscars(and after the election result and Hollywood's reaction, I'd be stunned if it wasn't), I would expect Moonlight to dominate the Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay categories.

I don't really see how Natalie Portman will benefit from any political agenda. Jackie Kennedy/Onassis was never much of a political figure. JFK and his brothers, yes. But not Jackie.

I also think Lin-Manuel Miranda is a heavy favorite for Best Original Song for Moana after the Hamilton incident a few weeks ago.

I'm as interested in Moonlight as I am in getting punched in the face.

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Truth.

And if she ends up beating Natalie -- given I have not seen either film -- then I will have an eruption. I'm sure that Huppert is amazing. Everyone says she is. But come on, Natalie is playing JACKIE! If she doesn't win for that role then she might as well go back into bio-chemistry or whatever she was studying at college.

Why even bother?

You sure are approaching hyperbole territory in your want/need for Portman to win. I think you are putting far too much stock in this whole political year thing. I'm not saying she won't win, but it certainly won't be the most egregious thing if she doesn't. I still put Stone as the current favorite.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

You sure are approaching hyperbole territory in your want/need for Portman to win. I think you are putting far too much stock in this whole political year thing. I'm not saying she won't win, but it certainly won't be the most egregious thing if she doesn't. I still put Stone as the current favorite.

I'm going to have a conniption. And that's if I even watch the Oscars.

If I don't, it will be the first time in thirty years.

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I'm going to have a conniption. And that's if I even watch the Oscars.

If I don't, it will be the first time in thirty years.

You sure are a funny one. Portman winning is a life/death situation, yet it's Adams being nominated to whether you even watch it or not.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

You sure are a funny one. Portman winning is a life/death situation, yet it's Adams being nominated to whether you even watch it or not.

I give up on this whole thing. Good luck to Moonlight.

I'll be watching the Red Carpet and that's it.

[Talleyrand]

So to be clear, you think Portman should win because she is playing Jackie?

If that were the case, wouldn't all actresses produce low buget films about her, star in them, and get guaranteed Oscars?

I mean, the film and performance looks phenomenal, but let's not go overboard.

~

Anyways, in that categogry I suspect it will be Portman, Negis, Stone, Collins* and either Adams or Huppert. I honestly hope it goes to Huppert, I love Amy Adams and she does deserve to win sometime, but not for Arrival

*people underestimating Beatty make me laugh. That film is going to be nominated in every major category, and probably twice for lead actor.

[imsounoriginal]

The Beatty movie tanked and reviews aren't laudatory enough to compensate. It's not going anywhere.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

The Beatty movie tanked and reviews aren't laudatory enough to compensate. It's not going anywhere.

I saw it a couple weeks ago and nearly fell asleep. And it was an AARP screening with a bunch of older folks there(the intended audience and the largest demographic of Oscar voters) and they were less than enthused as they left the theater. If it gets any major nominations, I'll be stunned.

[Talleyrand]

It was a decent film at best, but it's Beatty we're talking about, he tends to work magic.

[Darth Marcus]

2016 CRITICS' CHOICE FILM NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Best Picture:
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Lion
Loving
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Sully

Best Actor:
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Tom Hanks – Sully
Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Actress:
Amy Adams – Arrival
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Emma Stone – La La Land

Best Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Ben Foster – Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel – Lion
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress:
Viola Davis – Fences
Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

Best Young Actor/Actress:
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Alex R. Hibbert – Moonlight
Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe
Sunny Pawar — Lion
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen

Best Acting Ensemble:
20th Century Women
Fences
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Director:
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Original Screenplay:
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Barry Jenkins — Moonlight
Yorgos Lanthimos/Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Jeff Nichols – Loving
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Luke Davies – Lion
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Eric Heisserer – Arrival
Todd Komarnicki – Sully
Allison Schroeder/Theodore Melfi – Hidden Figures
August Wilson – Fences

Best Cinematography:
Stéphane Fontaine – Jackie
James Laxton – Moonlight
Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals
Linus Sandgren – La La Land
Bradford Young – Arrival

Best Production Design:
Arrival – Patrice Vermette, Paul Hotte/André Valade
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig/James Hambridge, Anna Pinnock
Jackie – Jean Rabasse, Véronique Melery
La La Land – David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Live by Night – Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

Best Editing:
Tom Cross – La La Land
John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge
Blu Murray – Sully
Nat Sanders/Joi McMillon — Moonlight
Joe Walker – Arrival

Best Costume Design:
Colleen Atwood – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Consolata Boyle – Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine – Jackie
Joanna Johnston – Allied
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh – Love & Friendship
Mary Zophres – La La Land

Best Hair & Makeup:
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hacksaw Ridge
Jackie
Star Trek Beyond

Best Visual Effects:
A Monster Calls
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Jungle Book

Best Animated Feature:
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
The Red Turtle
Trolls
Zootopia

Best Action Movie:
Captain America: Civil War
Deadpool
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne

Best Actor In An Action Movie:
Benedict Cumberbatch – Doctor Strange
Matt Damon – Jason Bourne
Chris Evans – Captain America: Civil War
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Actress In An Action Movie:
Gal Gadot – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Scarlett Johansson – Captain America: Civil War
Margot Robbie – Suicide Squad
Tilda Swinton – Doctor Strange

Best Comedy:
Central Intelligence
Deadpool
Don’t Think Twice
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
The Nice Guys

Best Actor In A Comedy:
Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dwayne Johnson – Central Intelligence
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Actress In A Comedy:
Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris
Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie:
10 Cloverfield Lane
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Don’t Breathe
Star Trek Beyond
The Witch

Best Foreign Language Film:
Elle
The Handmaiden
Julieta
Neruda
The Salesman
Toni Erdmann

Best Song:
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” – La La Land
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Trolls
“City of Stars” – La La Land
“Drive It Like You Stole It” – Sing Street
“How Far I’ll Go” — Moana
“The Rules Don’t Apply” – Rules Don’t Apply

Best Score:
Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
Micachu – Jackie
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion

**The Critics’ Choice will be celebrated on December 11 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and broadcast live on A&E starting at 8PM ET/ 5PM PT.**

[imsounoriginal]

Dev Patel is Supporting for Lion? Thought he was the lead, at least based on what I've read about the movie. Anyway, nice to see Arrival and Hell or High Water among the contenders. Still surprised that Sully is making such noise.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Dev Patel is Supporting for Lion? Thought he was the lead, at least based on what I've read about the movie. Anyway, nice to see Arrival and Hell or High Water among the contenders. Still surprised that Sully is making such noise.

I'm not necessarily surprised at Sully, critics and the Academy have always had love for just about anything Eastwood. To me the only glaring omission in this list is Silence, which of course has only been screened to a handful of critics so far, so that's why it's notably absent.