There were a fair number of disappointments in this year’s Oscar nominations, but they were followed by some pretty stellar wins at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Use them to salve your wounds.
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You can see all the nominations and winners here, but here are the ones that we’re pretty happy with:
BEST ACTOR
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory Of Everything
He’s considered a frontrunner, but it’s still one of the most deserving wins out there. Michael Keaton’s turn in Birdman blew us all away. Birdman won a lot of awards last night, and they are all completely deserved. Here are the rest:
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Jon Favreau – Chef
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bill Murray – St. Vincent
Chris Rock – Top Five
Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into The Woods
Selma
And even so, the whole cast delivered spot-on performances.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle
BEST CINEMATOGRAPY
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakins
BEST EDITING
Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
Gone Girl – Kirk Baxter
Interstellar – Lee Smith
Whiplash – Tom Cross
BEST SCORE
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson – The Theory Of Everything
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
To echo earlier sentiments, it is insane that Birdman’s score, which was practically a character in its own right.
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Guardians Of The Galaxy
American Sniper
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge Of Tomorrow
Fury
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Foxcatcher
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Into The Woods
Maleficent
In case there was any doubt that people didn’t love Guardians.
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 ANIMATED FEATURE
The Lego Movie
Big Hero 6
The Book Of Life
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Everything may not be awesome, but it is slightly better now.
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Tom Cruise – Edge Of Tomorrow
Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Brad Pitt – Fury
Chris Pratt – Guardians Of The Galaxy
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – Edge Of Tomorrow
Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Zoe Saldana – Guardians Of The Galaxy
Shailene Woodley – Divergent
And the one that’s actually the most debatable:
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Interstellar
The Babadook
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Snowpiercer
Under The Skin
