2014 Awards Thread

The NY Film Critics Circle has announced their winners.

Delighted for Spall. Hoping he takes the Oscar.

Best Film
Boyhood

Best Actor
Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant; Two Days, One Night

Best Director
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Animated Film
The Lego Movie (dirs. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller)

Best Screenplay
The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson)

Special Award
Adrienne Mencia

Best Cinematography
Darius Khondji, The Immigrant

Best First Film
Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook




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Updated On: 12/1/14 at 04:22 PM

Very happy that Wes Anderson won for his best movie yet (though Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom are both wonderful) and that The Lego Movie won for best animated movie, though there wasn't much competition aside from How to Train Your Dragon 2 which was a letdown from the first one.

Updated On: 12/1/14 at 07:36 PM

"Glad to see J.K. Simmons, a criminally underrated actor is finally getting some recognition."

^^This^^

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Glad to see Spall pick up some recognition -- he's one of the best out there, and MR. TURNER has some of his best work to date, he's entirely deserving of the Oscar which can only mean he won't get it. And Linklater's getting long overdue attention too, may it continue.

A shame that silly BIRDMAN thing is still getting attention...

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Updated On: 12/2/14 at 11:24 AM

National Board of Review Winners:
Best Film: A Most Violent Year
Best Directo: Clint Eastwood, American Sniper (What a joke.)
Best Actor: (TIE) Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year & Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton, Birdman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Top Films (in alphabetical order): American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, Fury, Gone Girl, The Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, The Lego Movie, Nightcrawler, Unbroken

Updated On: 12/2/14 at 02:55 PM

They're still tossing awards to that Eastwood hack. Unbelievable.

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I suppose it it slightly more honest to just criticize people outright as undeserving of praise for movies that aren't even out yet than waiting until they are released and pretending the opinion was informed by the actual movie.

There are ways to see films before they are widely released.

Thanks though.

Screenings and screeners, folks. They do exist.

Just watched Still Alice this past weekend. I hope Julianne Moore doesn't win the Oscar for this. If she does, it'll just be a makeup/career win, which would be a shame. Moore deserves to win for a magnificent performance that would be listed with some of the greats. IMO, she should have won for Boogie Nights and/or Far From Heaven.

Still Alice plays like a TV Movie of the Week, and it doesn't give Moore much to do. I mean, Moore is reliable, meaning that she always tries to give it her all to every role she has, regardless of quality, but the script doesn't let her shine. The movie ends abruptly just as she's beginning to impress. If she wins, years from now people will say, "She won an Oscar for that?!"

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But that was the point, that you can't really question Eastwood getting undue accolades for a movie you didn't see yet. I mean, I guess you can...

I am done talking about Eastwood.

In regards to Still Alice, I will agree with StageManager2. Even with her performance having moments of greatness, the film is quite Lifetime-y. At this point, and it is still quite early, I'm sure she will win Best Actress. She has the narrative, and I suppose it is her turn. (I'm secretly rooting for Rosamund Pike.)

Where'd you see STILL ALICE?

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