The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That's right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. for this reason, you won't see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.
The nominations for The 27th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards have just been announced, and while there aren't that many surprises included, there's plenty of disappointment to be found among the final ten nominees for their top prize, The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (their equivalent of Best Picture).
The nominations for the 73rd Annual Golden Globes have just been announced, and unlike yesterday's Screen Actors Guild announcement, there wasn't really anything in the way of surprises to be found. Todd Haynes gorgeous and well-acted drama Carol led the way with five nominations, including Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, two nods for Best Actress (Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara), and Best Original Score. The Big Short, The Revenant, and Steve Jobs followed with four nominations apiece.
The nominations for the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have just been announced and there were even more surprises to be had than usual, starting off with the fact that Trumbo ended up leading the nominations with three. The great biopic was not expected to make a showing at all, and yet it has managed to get nods for Best Cast, Best Actor (Bryan Cranston), and Best Supporting Actress (Helen Mirren).
Today was a busy day for awards season, with the New York Film Critics Online, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Boston Society of Film Critics all weighing in of their favorite films of 2015. What's particularly interesting here is that, just like last year, all three groups have agreed on the their top pick, naming Tom McCarthy's journalist drama Spotlight as the best film of 2015. The film also took home Best Screenplay from all three groups, while also claiming Best Ensemble from Boston and New York, and Best Director from New York.
Remember yesterday when I mentioned that Carol was one of those films you shouldn't count out of the race just because the National Board of Review ignored it? Well today the New York Film Critics Circle showed just why by declaring it the best film of 2015, along with awarding it Best Director (Todd Haynes), Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. The win hardly comes as a surprise as the film is one of the most critically-praised of the year, scoring a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and an astonishing 95/100 on Metacritic.
Awards season has officially kicked off today with The National Board of Review naming their top picks for 2015. Their choice for Best Film is a rather interesting one, proclaiming George Miller's adrenaline-fueled (and critically-acclaimed) action opus Mad Max: Fury Road to be the best of the best.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just finished presenting the winners of The 87th Annual Academy Awards, resulting in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's masterpiece Birdman taking four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Wes Anderson's quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel also came out a big winner, taking four Oscars of its own, including Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, and Best Original Score.
With the Oscars just around the corner, it’s time to lay down my predictions for all 24 categories. While, as usual, most categories seem like a pretty solid lock, there’s always the possibility of a surprise or two, so let’s get right to it.
Tonight, the Writers Guild of America handed out their awards for achievements in writing for 2014, with The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game winning top honors, as was fully expected.
