Given how funny she is, it'd sure be nice if Tina Fey could actually star in a decent movie at some point. Maybe it'll be this one? Who knows. It's written by her 30 Rock and Kimmy Schmidt co-creator Robert Carlock and directed by the guys who did Focus and Crazy Stupid Love, so...signs point to mixed. But it is based on Kim Barker's actual memoir, so there could be something there. Maybe. It comes out in March.
Chicago Goes for 'Mad Max;' Las Vegas Picks 'Spotlight'
There seems to be no other movie besides Spotlight, Fury Road or Carol that can win Best Picture with the critics this year. Their loyalties are split between those three critical darlings.
CHICAGO
Mad Max was obviously loved here, winning the top prizes along with many techs- I'm wondering if we could have a split BP/BD year in which Spotlight takes Best Picture but George Miller is awarded in director for his artistic achievment with Fury Road.
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, EX MACHINA
Best Cinematography: John Seale, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Editing: Margaret Sixel, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Art Direction/Production Design: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Original Score: Ennio Morricone, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, SICARIO
Most Promising Performer: Jacob Tremblay, ROOM
Most Promising Filmmaker: Alex Garland, EX MACHINA
Best Original Screenplay: Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, SPOTLIGHT
Best Adapted Screenplay: Adam McKay & Charles Rudolph, THE BIG SHORT
Best Foreign Language Film: SON OF SAUL
Best Documentary: AMY
Best Animated Feature: INSIDE OUT
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT
Best Actress: Brie Larson, ROOM
Best Director: George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Picture: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
LAS VEGAS
The Vegas critics were more impressed by Spotlight this year, and you'll notice, after an early flirtation with Saoirse Ronan, the critics have now decided that Brie Larson is in fact, the one who should be winning Best Actress. I think you can thank the Golden Globes' dismissal of Brooklyn for that. Everyone likes to be right, and everyone is influenced by the preceding announcers, whether they admit it or not. But the category that's completely up in the air with not a single frontrunner or even guaranteed nominee seems to be Best Supporting Actor. Talk about a lack of consensus. That thing's all over the place. I'm personally hoping Stallone comes in and takes it- I'd love to see him at the podium, wouldn't you? Course, he has to get nominated first, which is the challenge.
Best Picture
Spotlight
Best Director
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Best Actress
Brie Larson (Room)
Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)
Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy)
Best Screenplay (Original)
Spotlight
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
The Martian
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Best Film Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Art Direction
Brooklyn
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Visual Effects
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Score
The Hateful Eight
Best Song
‘See You Again’ (Furious 7)
Best Ensemble
Spotlight
Best Animated Film
Inside Out
Best Documentary
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Best Foreign Film
Goodnight Mommy
Best Action Film
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Comedy Film
Trainwreck
Best Family Film
Cinderella
Best Horror / Sci-Fi Film
Ex Machina
Best Breakout Filmmaker
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Youth in Film Award
Jacob Tremblay (Room)
AFI Top 10 of 2015 Includes 'Star Wars'
The American Film Institute announced its top ten films of 2015, and since they pushed their release date back a week so they could see The Force Awakens first, it's not a huge surprise that it managed to make the list. The AFI list is the last Oscar Best Picture indicator before the guilds come in- any movie that managed to make this list, plus a combination of the Golden Globes, Critics Choice and SAG ensemble lists should be good for an Oscar nod.
AFI TOP 10
“The Big Short”
“Bridge of Spies”
“Carol”
“Inside Out”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“Room”
“Spotlight”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
“Straight Outta Compton”
So, this leave us with a pretty solid top seven, in my opinion. Looks like The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Carol, Mad Max, The Martian, Room and Spotlight are for sure getting nominated at the Oscars. But Best Picture can include up to ten slots- lately it's been nine, last year it was eight. Those last couple spots open will probably go to one or both of The Revenant and Brooklyn, the latter of which was apparently ineligible for this, but is presumed to have strong support coming from BAFTA- and possibly the guilds, but we'll see. The Revenant missing here is kind of a surprise- it may be the kind of movie that's more admired than loved, so that could be on the bubble. Inside Out and Star Wars will likely not show up in Best Picture, but Straight Outta Compton is a wild card after making SAG and AFI. Doesn't seem like a very Oscar-y choice though. Now we wait for the industry guild awards to come in the first week of January- the guilds usually support at least one film that hasn't been lauded much up to this point. It's hard to tell what that will be this time around- I just hope it's not Trumbo.
Wizards Return in Harry Potter Prequel 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'
Eddie Redmayne joins the wizarding world in this prequel movie written by JK Rowling in her screenwriting debut. As a former teen Potter fanatic, I must admit I may have outgrown this universe now. Or maybe it's because I really don't like Eddie Redmayne that I have zero interest in this. Either way, I'm not too pumped for this one.
San Diego Likes 'Mad Max,' Jennifer Jason Leigh
San Diego critics awarded Mad Max with Best Picture and Director, while Brie Larson picks up another one and Jennifer Jason Leigh gets a prize in supporting for The Hateful Eight. Leonardo Dicaprio looks to be benefiting from his "overdue" narrative, so it looks like he's on his way to the Oscar stage as well.
Best Picture:
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Director:
George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Actor, Male:
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT
Best Actor, Female:
Brie Larson, ROOM
Best Supporting Actor, Male:
Tom Noonan, ANOMALISA
Best Supporting Actor, Female:
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Best Original Screenplay:
Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Emma Donoghue, ROOM
Best Documentary:
CARTEL LAND
Best Animated Film:
ANOMALISA
Best Foreign Language Film:
TAXI
Best Editing:
Margaret Sixel, Jason Ballantine MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Cinematography:
Roger Deakins, SICARIO
Best Production Design:
Francois Seguin, BROOKLYN
Best Sound Design:
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Visual Effects:
THE WALK
Best Use of Music in a Film:
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
Best Ensemble:
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
Breakthrough Artist:
Jacob Tremblay, ROOM
Body of Work:
Alicia Vikander
Southeastern, Indiana, Detroit and Dallas Ft. Worth Critics All Name 'Spotlight' as Year's Best
More regional critics groups today, as Spotlight swept them all, but Brie Larson is notably catching up with Saoirse Ronan in critical wins for Actress here- after that Globe dismissal of Brooklyn, I'm starting to think Brie for sure has the upper hand there now.
DETROIT
The coolest thing these guys did with their picks is hand Liev Schreiber a win for Best Supporting Actor in Spotlight- I'm not sure what movie everyone else saw, but Schreiber was for sure the MVP of that cast in my opinion.
BEST PICTURE: Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST ACTOR: Michael Caine, Youth
BEST ACTRESS: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Liev Schreiber, Spotlight
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
BEST ENSEMBLE: Spotlight
BREAKTHROUGH: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina, The Danish Girl
BEST SCREENPLAY: Spotlight
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Amy
SOUTHEASTERN FILM CRITICS
Other than the Bryan Cranston win for Trumbo, this is pretty solid as well- it's interesting that Alicia Vikander is gaining critics momentum for her turn in Ex Machina instead of The Danish Girl- but I have a feeling that's because critics are rebelling against her position in supporting for the latter, apparently a film in which she's actually the clear lead.
Top 10
01. Spotlight
02. Mad Max: Fury Road
03. Room
04. Brooklyn
05. Carol
06. The Big Short
07. The Martian
08. Inside Out
09. Bridge of Spies
10. Trumbo
Best Actor
Winner: Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Runner-up: Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Best Actress
Winner: Brie Larson, Room
Runner-up: Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Runner-up: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Runner-up: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Ensemble
Winner: Spotlight
Runner-up: The Big Short
Best Director
Winner: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Runner-up: Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer for Spotlight
Runner-up: Bob Petersen, Pete Docter for Inside Out
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Emma Donoghue for Room
Runner-up: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay for The Big Short
Best Documentary
Winner: Amy
Runner-up: Best of Enemies
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Son of Saul
Runner-up: The Assassin
Best Animated Film
Winner: Inside Out
Runner-up: Anomalisa
Best Cinematography
Winner: John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road
Runner-up: Luca Bigazzi for Youth
INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS
Undoubtedly the best choice here is their awarding Jacob Tremblay for his correct position, which is Best Actor, not supporting, in Room. That kid is the lead of that movie, and Brie if anything is supporting, not him. He's in every scene, narrates the story and drives all the action. Sorry guys, but just because it's a child does not mean the role is supporting.
Best Film
Winner: "Spotlight"
Runner-up: "Room"
Other finalists (listed alphabetically):
"Anomalisa"
"The Big Short"
"Carol"
"The End of the Tour"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"Steve Jobs"
"Straight Outta Compton"
Best Animated Feature
Winner: "Anomalisa"
Runner-up:"Inside Out"
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: "Son of Saul"
Runner-up:"Goodnight Mommy"
Best Documentary
Winner:"Amy"
Runner-up:"Meru"
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, "Spotlight"
Runner-up: Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, "Bridge of Spies"
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Emma Donoghue, "Room"
Runner-up: Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, "The Big Short"
Best Director
Winner: George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Runner-up: Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
Best Actor
Winner: Jacob Tremblay, "Room"
Runner-up: Jason Segel, "The End of the Tour"
Best Actress
Winner: Brie Larson, "Room"
Runner-up: Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight"
Runner-up: Idris Elba, "Beasts of No Nation"
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Greta Gerwig, "Mistress America"
Runner-up: Elizabeth Banks, "Love & Mercy"
Best Vocal/Motion-Capture Performance
Winner: Phyllis Smith, "Inside Out"
Runner-up: Tom Noonan, "Anomalisa"
Best Musical Score
Winner: Junkie XL, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Runner-up: Disasterpeace, "It Follows"
DALLAS FT. WORTH
Some love for The Revenant here, where it won Director and Actor, plus some techs, while Spotlight still came out on top. But again, Brie Larson triumphed here too, adding to her growing collection of hardware, where the Oscar will probably reside soon as well.
Best Picture: Spotlight
Best Animated Feature: Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Best Documentary: Amy
Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Best Actress: Brie Larson (Room)
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Dano (Love and Mercy)
Best Supporting Actress: Rooney Mara (Carol)
Best Screenplay: Spotlight
Best Cinematography: The Revenant
Best Musical Score: The Revenant
Enterprise Crew Returns in Trailer for 'Star Trek Beyond'
Crap. Rumors were that the studio wanted the Star Trek franchise to be more like Guardians of the Galaxy and this trailer is certainly trying to sell it as a cross between that and Fast and Furious. I loved the 2009 Star Trek, but I can't say I have a good feeling about this one. Sorry, but I don't trust anything from the director of a Fast and Furious movie.
'Mad Max' Leads the Critics Choice Nominations with 13
The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced their nominees today, and for whatever reason, they're always worth looking at because they happen to match closest with the Oscar Best Picture nominees due to a similar taste. They usually leave out one or two at most from the eventual BP lineup, so in looking at these, I'd say we have a pretty solid top nine- this list minus Sicario is probably what will happen. A snub of any of these other films at this point would be surprising. I really can't believe that Mad Max is on its way to a Best Picture nomination, but it certainly looks like that's the case. As always, we'll know more when the guilds announce, but the BFCA BP lineup is usually pretty solid.
BEST PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
BEST ACTOR
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Johnny Depp – Black Mass
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Helen Mirren – Trumbo
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Shameik Moore – Dope
Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay – Room
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Trumbo
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes – Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
Drew Goddard – The Martian
Emma Donoghue – Room
Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol – Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
The Martian – Dariusz Wolski
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario – Roger Deakins
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
Brooklyn – François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay
Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
The Danish Girl – Eve Stewart, Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson
The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
BEST EDITING
The Big Short – Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel
The Martian – Pietro Scalia
The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight – Tom McArdle
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Carol – Sandy Powell
Cinderella – Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Black Mass
Carol
The Danish Girl
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
BEST ACTION MOVIE
Furious 7
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Sicario
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig – Spectre
Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Pratt – Jurassic World
Paul Rudd – Ant-Man
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – Sicario
Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST COMEDY
The Big Short
Inside Out
Joy
Sisters
Spy
Trainwreck
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Steve Carell – The Big Short
Robert De Niro – The Intern
Bill Hader – Trainwreck
Jason Statham – Spy
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Tina Fey – Sisters
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Melissa McCarthy – Spy
Amy Schumer – Trainwreck
Lily Tomlin – Grandma
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Ex Machina
It Follows
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Mustang
The Second Mother
Son of Saul
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Cartel Land
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade Next
BEST SONG
Fifty Shades of Grey – Love Me Like You Do
Furious 7 – See You Again
The Hunting Ground – Til It Happens To You
Love & Mercy – One Kind of Love
Spectre – Writing’s on the Wall
Youth – Simple Song #3
BEST SCORE
Carol – Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto
Sicario – Johann Johannsson
Spotlight – Howard Shore
Obviously these guys like to cover their bases withe six nominees in each category- they basically only exist to see if they can predict the Oscars most accurately. That doesn't give the BFCA a whole lot of integrity as its own organization, but since that is its mission statement, they're worth scanning to see if any potential surprises might be coming. I'd say that Charlize Theron has a really excellent chance to land a surprise Best Actress nod at the Oscars, especially if Mad Max is really strong. Watch out for her- which would be the coolest nomination of all time, very Sigourney Weaver-esque.
BOX OFFICE 12/11-12/13: 'In the Heart of the Sea' Bombs with 11 million
A really slow weekend at the box office left the top four movies all scrambling for first place with earnings between 10 and 11 million. In the end, it was the Hunger Games movie that landed its fourth week on top, pulling in just a tad more than Ron Howard's epic In the Heart of the Sea, which crashed and burned with a measly opening in second place. The movie had close to a 100 million budget too, which is just the latest flop for WB this year, having opened Jupiter Ascending, Pan and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. to similarly awful numbers.
The Good Dinosaur came in third with 10 million, but the movie will end up being one of Pixar's lowest ever grossers, with a total so far of just 89 million. Creed held well in fourth, also bringing in 10 million and looking to end up crossing 100 million in the end if it can withstand the pummeling all movies are going to take from Star Wars opening next weekend. And in fifth was Krampus, which fell over 50 percent and has earned 28 million for its trouble.
Top 5:
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2- 11.3 million
- In the Heart of the Sea- 11 million
- The Good Dinosaur- 10.5 million
- Creed- 10.1 million
- Krampus- 8 million
In limited release, The Big Short had a terrific opening this weekend from 8 locations, earning a 90k pre screen average for a 720k total, second only to the opening of Steve Jobs this year. Of course, we all know what happened to that film when it expanded, so we'll have to see what happens when The Big Short goes wide on December 23rd. Next week is the big one, guys. Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally comes out and we'll see if it really does manage to break all the box office records it's being rumored to- my guess is that it actually won't beat Jurassic World, although that's a minority opinion. But I have a hunch. We'll see.
More Critics Weigh in as Toronto, San Francisco and the Online Society Split It Up Between 'Carol,' 'Spotlight' and 'Mad Max'
It seems obvious now there are three critical darlings in the race this year, as three more critics groups announce and go different ways for the top prize, one for each pick.
TORONTO
These guys loved Carol as the year's best and picked a variety for the rest, including nods for the direction of Ex Machina and Phoenix. A nice touch in choosing Shaun the Sheep for best animated film too.
- Best First Film: Ex Machina
- Best Foreign Language Film: Phoenix
- Best Documentary: The Look of Silence
- Best Animated Feature: Shaun the Sheep Movie
- Best Screenplay: The Big Short
- Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
- Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
- Best Actress: Nina Hoss, Phoenix
- Best Actor: Tom Hardy, Legend
- Best Director: Todd Haynes, Carol
- Best Picture: Carol
SAN FRANCISCO
The Bay area critics went with Spotlight up top but also loved Brooklyn and Love and Mercy to some extent, showering both with screenplay and acting wins, along with Mad Max in the tech and director categories.
- Best Picture: “Spotlight”
- Best Director: George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
- Best Original Screenplay: “Love & Mercy”
- Best Adapted Screenplay: “Brooklyn”
- Best Actor: Paul Dano, “Love & Mercy”
- Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
- Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, “99 Homes”
- Best Supporting Actress: Mya Taylor, “Tangerine”
- Best Animated Feature: “Anomalisa”
- Best Foreign Language Film: “Son of Saul”
- Best Documentary: “Listen to Me Marlon”
- Best Cinematography: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
- Best Production Design: “Carol”
- Best Film Editing: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
ONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
The OFCS went all in for Mad Max, as could be expected, but they also liked Carol quite a bit and yay- another one for Michael Fassbender in Best Actor. If Fassbender was the kind of guy who agreed to campaign, I do believe he could win that Oscar for this- right now Leo Dicaprio appears the frontrunner, but only as a default choice, since the movie isn't exactly beloved. It's definitely up for grabs if Fassy wanted it.
- Best Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
- Best Animated Feature: Inside Out
- Best Film Not in the English Language: The Assassin (Taiwan)
- Best Documentary: The Look of Silence
- Best Director: George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
- Best Actor: Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
- Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Carol)
- Best Supporting Actor: Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
- Best Supporting Actress: Rooney Mara (Carol)
- Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Carol
- Best Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road
- Best Cinematography: Mad Max: Fury Road
Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman Return in Trailer for 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
So, the latest entry in our nostalgia-crazed culture is the sequel to 1995's Independence Day, and call me crazy but whatever this is looks nothing like the cheesy, B-movie fun of that disaster epic, even with Roland Emmerich at the helm again. Doesn't this look overly self-serious and drab? Funny, that's not what I remember that movie being like at all. No Will Smith in this one, but we do get Liam Hemsworth, so...yay?
X-Men Are Back in Trailer for 'Apocalypse'
So Jennifer Lawrence doesn't feel like putting hours worth of makeup on, even though she's playing a comic book character who's entirely blue, so the answer to that is shapeshifter Mystique is now a blond girl all the time who looks jut like Jennifer Lawrence and no one else. That's bullshit. That's the most annoying thing about this trailer. I don't even care about anything else.