WGA NOMINATIONS DELIVER FEW SURPRISES

Don't be dismayed by the absence of several frontrunners in the screenplay categories this awards season in today's WGA nominations. They were all ineligible, remember? Except Inside Llewyn Davis, which was eligible, but was not nominated, just like it wasn't nominated at the PGA or SAG. Looks like the guilds are not on board with the Coens this year - that's just weird. Meanwhile, Lone Survivor receives a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, confirming that WGA members failed to make it out of bed this year to actually see any films or read any scripts. They probably thought it was The Lone Ranger. That's a better movie, no rly, it is. Winners to be announced on the 1st of February. Do I even give a shit?

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)

Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)

Spike Jonze (Her)

Bob Nelson (Nebraska)

David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Peter Berg; based on the book by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson (Lone Survivor)

Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater; based on characters created by Kim Krizan and Richard Linklater (Before Midnight)

Tracy Letts; based on his play (August: Osage County)

Billy Ray; based on the book ‘A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS and Dangerous Days at Sea’ by Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty (Captain Phillips)

Terence Winter; based on the book by Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Documentary Screenplay

Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks)

Paul Laikin and Janet Tobias (No Place on Earth)

Sara Lukinson and Michael Stevens (Herblock: The Black & the White)

Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell)

David Riker and Jeremy Scahill (Dirty Wars)