EARLY BIRDS MISS A FEW WORMS TOO: 2016 CRITICS CHOICE NOMINATIONS

In their latest desperate attempt at appearing 'relevant,' the Broadcast Film Critics Association has bumped its awards dates way up, resulting in nominations arriving today, the 1st of December, and awards next week, on the 11th. Subsequently, this group has not had the chance to catch all of the titles that would otherwise have been eligible; that hasn't stopped them before, though, and it didn't stop them shunting Star Wars: The Force Awakens into their already-announced Best Picture lineup after it turned out to be a huge hit, despite no members having even cast a vote for it. That decision prompted resignations from the BFCA, and their choice to push their 2016 dates so far forward (and thereby surely only diminishing their potential to maintain relevance to the Oscar race) has prompted more still. It's a laughable situation from a laughable organization, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Nominations and awards for documentaries have already taken place. Take a look at all the new announcements below:

Best Picture

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Lion

Loving

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Sully

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

David MacKenzie (Hell or High Water)

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Denzel Washington (Fences)

Best Actress

Amy Adams (Arrival)

Annette Bening (20th Century Women)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Emma Stone (La La Land)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Joel Edgerton (Loving)

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

Tom Hanks (Sully)

Denzel Washington (Fences)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Nicole Kidman (Lion)

Janelle Monae (Hidden Figures)

Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

Ben Foster (Hell or High Water)

Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

Dev Patel (Lion)

Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

Best Original Screenplay

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Jeff Nichols (Loving)

Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Luke Davies (Lion)

Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals)

Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

Todd Komarnicki (Sully)

Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures)

August Wilson (Fences)

Best Cinematography

Stephane Fontaine (Jackie)

James Laxton (Moonlight)

Seamus McGarvey (Nocturnal Animals)

Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

Bradford Young (Arrival)

Best Editing

Tom Cross (La La Land)

John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge)

Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders (Moonlight)

Blu Murray (Sully)

Joe Walker (Arrival)

Best Production Design

Stuart Craig, James Hambridge and Anna Pinnock (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)

Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh (Live by Night)

Paul Hotte, Andre Valade and Patrice Vermette (Arrival)

Jean Rabasse and Veronique Melery (Jackie)

Sandy Reynolds-Wasco and David Wasco (La La Land)

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)

Consolata Boyle (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Madeline Fontaine (Jackie)

Joanna Johnston (Allied)

Eimer ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (Love & Friendship)

Mary Zophres (La La Land)

Best Visual Effects

Arrival

Doctor Strange

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The Jungle Book

A Monster Calls

Best Hair & Makeup

Doctor Strange

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Hacksaw Ridge

Jackie

Star Trek Beyond

Best Score

Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran (Lion)

Nicholas Britell (Moonlight)

Johann Johannsson (Arrival)

Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Mica Levi (Jackie)

Best Song

'Audition (The Fools Who Dream)' (La La Land)

'Can't Stop the Feeling' (Trolls)

'City of Stars' (La La Land)

'Drive It Like You Stole It' (Sing Street)

'How Far I'll Go' (Moana)

'The Rules Don't Apply' (Rules Don't Apply)

Best Acting Ensemble

20th Century Women

Fences

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Animated Feature

Finding Dory

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

The Red Turtle

Trolls

Zootopia

Best Foreign Language Film

Elle

The Handmaiden

Julieta

Neruda

The Salesman

Toni Erdmann

Best Action Movie

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Doctor Strange

Hacksaw Ridge

Jason Bourne

Best Comedy

Central Intelligence

Deadpool

Don't Think Twice

The Edge of Seventeen

Hail, Caesar!

The Nice Guys

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Movie

10 Cloverfield Lane

Arrival

Doctor Strange

Don't Breathe

Star Trek Beyond

The Witch

Best Young Actor / Actress

Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

Alex R. Hibbert (Moonlight)

Lewis MacDougall (A Monster Calls)

Madina Nalwanga (Queen of Katwe)

Sunny Pawar (Lion)

Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Gal Gadot (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice)

Scarlett Johansson (Captain America: Civil War)

Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad)

Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange)

Best Actress in a Comedy

Kate Beckinsale (Love & Friendship)

Sally Field (Hello, My Name Is Doris)

Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters)

Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen)

Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange)

Matt Damon (Jason Bourne)

Chris Evans (Captain America: Civil War)

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)

Best Actor in a Comedy

Ryan Gosling (The Nice Guys)

Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Dwayne Johnson (Central Intelligence)

Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)

REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST SOUND

1. The Walk

2. Knight of Cups

3. Goodnight Mommy

4. The Assassin

5. The Witch

6. The Revenant

7. Sicario

8. Mad Max: Fury Road

9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

10. The Nightmare

REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST MAKEUP

1. Mr. Holmes

2. Mad Max: Fury Road

3. Tale of Tales

4. Bone Tomahawk

5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

6. The Revenant

7. Black Mass

8. Avengers: Age of Ultron

9. The Witch

10. Crimson Peak

REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1. Mad Max: Fury Road

2. The Walk

3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

4. The Revenant

5. Avengers: Age of Ultron

6. Jupiter Ascending

7. Ex Machina

8. Spectre

9. Jurassic World

10. The Martian

IT'S A TIE! MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS AWARDS

As if to offer up confirmation as to the deadlocked state of the Oscar sound category races this year, the Motion Picture Sound Editors has declared a tie in its top award between the two frontrunners, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant. Across the group's seven categories there were eight different winners, with each of the three most-nominated titles (the aforementioned two plus Star Wars: The Force Awakens) among the recipients. Take a look at what the MPSE nominated here, and their choices for award winners below:

Best Sound Effects & Foley

Chris Aud, Phil Barrie, Cate Cahill, Nigel Christensen, Jared Dwyer, Mario Gabrielli, Scott Hecker, Rick Lisle, Mark A. Mangini, Chuck Michael, Andrew Miller, Emma Mitchell, Michael Mitchell, Stuart Morton, Wayne Pashley, Fabian Sanjurjo, John Simpson, Blair Slater, Julian Slater, Alicia Slusarski and David White (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Gregg Barbanell, Lon Bender, Bill Dean, Dino DiMuro, Andrea Gard, Hector Gika, Vincent Guisetti, Catherine Harper, Martin Hernandez, Adam Kopald, Mark Larry, Nancy McCleod, David McMoyler, Rick Owens, Stephen Robinson, Katy Rose, Pernell L. Salinas, Geordy Sincavage, D. Chris Smith, Aran Tanchum, Randy Thom, Gretchen Thomas, Jon Title, Todd Toon and Randy Wassil (The Revenant)

Best Dialogue & ADR

Brian Chumney, Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom and Steve Slanec (Bridge of Spies)

Best Music Score Editing

Paul Apelgren and Ramiro Belgardt (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR - Animation

Jeremy Bowker, Tom Brennan, Stephen M. Davis, Alyson Dee Moore, Malcolm Fife, David C. Hughes, Ren Klyce, Daniel Laurie, Shannon Mills and John Roesch (Inside Out)

Best Sound Editing - Documentary

Cameron Frankley, Dan Kenyon and Jon Michaels (Cobain: Montage of Heck)

Best Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR - Foreign Film

Beke Tamas, Szekely Tamas and Zanyi Tamas (Son of Saul)

Best Music Editing in a Musical

Nicholas Renbeck (Love & Mercy)

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS WINS TOP VES AWARD

As with many of the technical Oscar categories this year, Visual Effects is a tough one to call. But not between Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant, as in many cases - instead, it's between Mad Max and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the latter film has received the Visual Effects Society's seal of approval. Indeed, there were awards only for all three films mentioned above in the Photoreal categories,  with The Revenant claiming the Best Supporting Visual Effects award. The Good Dinosaur fairly cleaned up in the Animated categories, missing only one award to fellow Pixar feature Inside Out. Check out VES' nominees here, and their award winners below:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Luke O'Byrne and Patrick Tubach (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

Ivy Agregan, Nicolas Chevallier, Richard McBride, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer (The Revenant)

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

Matthew Denton, Landis Fields, Cyrus Jam and Joshua Lee - 'BB-8' (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

Colin Benoit, Paul Kavanagh, Greg Salter and Yukuhiro Susumu - 'Falcon chase / graveyard' (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

T. C. Harrison, Charles Lai, Donny Rausch and Alan Travis - 'Bear attack' (The Revenant)

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

Yannick Dusseault, Quentin Marmier, Justin van der Lek and Mike Wood - 'Falcon chase / graveyard' (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Outstanding Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

Dan Bethell, Clinton Downs and Chris Young' - 'Toxic storm' (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

Karin Cooper, Leandro Estebecorena, Gaelle Morand and Matt Shumway - 'The bear' (The Revenant)

Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

Sanjay Bakshi, Denise Ream, Jon Reisch and Michael Venturini (The Good Dinosaur)

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

Matt Kuruc, Tom Miller, David Munier and Matthew Webb - 'The farm' (The Good Dinosaur)

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

Hemagiri Arumugam, Michael Hall, Stephen Marshall and Magnus Wrenninge (The Good Dinosaur)

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

Alexis Angelidis, Tanja Krampfert, Shawn Krause and Jacob Merrell - 'Joy' (Inside Out)

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

Francesco Faranna and Andreas Feix (Citipati)

MPSE NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED: MAD MAX, REVENANT, STAR WARS LEAD

Nominations for the 63rd Motion Picture Sound Editors awards have been announced - yes, that's 63 years of awards for sound editors, and how many of them can you even recall? It's also 63 years of practice for the MPSE, yet they still can't perfect the names of their own nominees, crediting What Happened, Miss Simone? as 'What Happened to Miss Simone', bizarrely. Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant and Star Wars: The Force Awakens nab the total number of nominations available to each - three - and will face off against one another in all of those categories. Also claiming three nods are ace sound editor Martin Hernandez (all for The Revenant), who has worked on some of the most notable soundscapes in film since his debut on collaborator Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Amores Perros in 2000 (I've made my feelings on The Revenant pretty clear, but it thoroughly deserves all these sound nominations), and Paul Apelgren, whose work on three of 2015's blockbuster films sees him recognised with three mentions in the Music Score Editing category. Winners will be announced on the 27th of February, one day before the Oscars. Check out the nominees below:

Best Sound Effects & Foley

Lon Bender, Martín Hernández and Randy Thom (The Revenant)

Scott Hecker and Mark A. Mangini (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Daniel Laurie and Shannon Mills (Ant-Man)

Alan Robert Murray (Sicario)

Al Nelson and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (Jurassic World)

Oliver Tarney (The Martian)

Mandell Winter (Southpaw)

Matthew Wood (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Dialogue & ADR
Lon Bender, Martín Hernández and Randy Thom (The Revenant)

Niall Brady (Room)

Scott Hecker and Mark A. Mangini (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Greg Hedgepath and Mark P. Stoeckinger (Straight Outta Compton)

Richard Hymns (Bridge of Spies)

Alan Robert Murray (Sicario)

Oliver Tarney (The Martian)

Matthew Wood (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Music Score Editing

Paul Apelgren (Jupiter Ascending)

Paul Apelgren (Jurassic World)

Paul Apelgren (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Bob Badami (Mad Max: Fury Road)

John Finklea (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation)

Martín Hernández (The Revenant)

Tony Lewis (The Martian)

Ronald Webb (Creed)

Best Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR – Animation

Christopher S. Aud and Aaron Glascock (Anomalisa)

Anthony Bayman and Adrian Rhodes (Shaun the Sheep Movie)

Ren Klyce and Shannon Mills (Inside Out)

Dennis Leonard (Minions)

Shannon Mills (The Good Dinosaur)

Geoffrey G. Rubay (Hotel Transylvania 2)

Randy Thom and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (The Peanuts Movie)

Best Sound Editing – Documentary

Christopher Barnett and Tim Nielsen (Racing Extinction)

Bob Bronow (The Wrecking Crew)

Cameron Frankley (Cobain: Montage of Heck)

Luke Gibleon and Mark P. Stoeckinger (A Faster Horse)

Stephen Griffiths and Andy Shelley (Amy)

Pete Horner (Best of Enemies)

Oleg Kulchytskyi (Winter on Fire)

Tony Volante (What Happened, Miss Simone?)

Best Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR – Foreign Film

Amrit Pritam Dutta and Resul Pookutty (Unfreedom)

Markus Glunz and Peter Staubli (Northmen: A Viking Saga)

Enrique Greiner and Frédéric le Louet (Days of Grace)

Zányi Tamás (Son of Saul)

Best Music Editing in a Musical

Amanda Goodpaster (Pitch Perfect 2)

Nicholas Renbeck (Love & Mercy)

Jason Ruder (Straight Outta Compton)

CAROL MISSES BEST FILM NOM FROM CENTRAL OHIO CRITICS

Welcome back to awards season 2015-16, where it's business as usual with critics groups, at least those outside of major cities. Despite featuring ten films on their Best Film list, the Central Ohio Film Critics Association has failed to find a slot for Carol. And yet they seem fairly keen on the film in other categories (save Adapted Screenplay, alas...). No idea when they reveal their award winners. Have a look:

Best Film

The Big Short

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Sicario

Spotlight

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Denis Villeneuve (Sicario)

Best Actor

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Johnny Depp (Black Mass)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro (Sicario)

Tom Hardy (The Revenant)

Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Screenplay

Josh Cooley, Pete Docter and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out)

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Taylor Sheridan (Sicario)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Emma Donoghue (Room)

Drew Goddard (The Martian)

Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Dariusz Wolski (The Martian)

Best Film Editing

Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Tom McArdle (Spotlight)

Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)

Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Joe Walker (Sicario)

Best Score

Carter Burwell (Carol)

Michael Giacchino (Inside Out)

Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)

Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Best Ensemble

The Big Short

Ex Machina

The Hateful Eight

Spotlight

Steve Jobs

Best Animated Film

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary

Amy

Best of Enemies

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

The Look of Silence

The Wolfpack

Best Foreign Language Film

The Assassin

Goodnight Mommy

Phoenix

Timbuktu

The Tribe

Wild Tales

Best Overlooked Film

The End of the Tour

The Gift

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Mistress America

Slow West

The Tribe

Best Breakthrough Film Artist

Sean Baker (Tangerine)

Joel Edgerton (The Gift)

David Robert Mitchell (It Follows)

Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Alicia Vikander (Burnt / The Danish Girl / Ex Machina / The Man from U.N.C.L.E. / Seventh Son / Testament of Youth)

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

Cate Blanchett (Carol / Cinderella / Truth)

Michael Fassbender (Macbeth / Slow West / Steve Jobs)

Domhnall Gleeson (Brooklyn / Ex Machina / The Revenant / Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Tom Hardy (Child 44 / Legend / Mad Max: Fury Road / The Revenant)

Alicia Vikander (Burnt / The Danish Girl / Ex Machina / The Man from U.N.C.L.E. / Seventh Son / Testament of Youth)

OSCAR VISUAL EFFECTS CATEGORY: THE TOP TEN ANNOUNCED

The final branch of the Academy to whittle down its contenders for next month's nominations, among those branches that do so, is the visual effects crowd. They've declared their top ten achievements in effects work for the year, each of which will participate in a bake-off for votes before the final five is announced. Nominations will be declared on the 14th of January. Have a look:

Ant-Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ex Machina
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Tomorrowland
The Walk

REVIEW - STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (J. J. ABRAMS)

All that history, and for what? Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a film shaped by the past, yet wholly for the future. Objectively, it simmers with exuberance for the potential revenues to come, both financial and artistic, yet lacks the clarity and originality of vision that has built the franchise upon which these new foundations have been so carefully placed. The Force Awakens technically owes as little to its forebears as any other film, and the feeling that the filmmakers are here using history only to expand upon it is abundant throughout - nods to mythology are unburdened by the portentousness that crippled the older movies, but that also characterised them. As promising as it is to see J. J. Abrams steer Star Wars into new narrative territory, these winking little hints to the past aren't cute, they're just silly, and the lightness he brings to this film is, stylistically, far less satisfying than George Lucas' cumbersome grandiosity - less sincere and considerably more calculated. And yet, for all that The Force Awakens may resemble too many other modern blockbusters (often more than it resembles any other Star Wars movie), the basic technique is hard to fault. It's generically enjoyable, looks and feels as expensive as it no doubt is, and hits all the requisite beats to work, as the piece of premium grade entertainment it needs to be. This is 2015, so surely we couldn't expect anything less, but there's nothing especially wrong with The Force Awakens, even if there's nothing especially right about it either. No dud performances, no shaky effects, no needlessly annoying characters. Disney aspires to move forward with speed and surety with this franchise; looking forward, this is the least we could expect.

CRITICS CHOICE NOMINATIONS ARE IN - MAD MAX: FURY ROAD LEADS

The nominations for the 21st annual Critics Choice awards have been revealed, and the usual suspects of awards season 2015-16 are pretty much all in attendance. Carol misses an Adapted Screenplay nomination (in an increasingly crowded field), but the big contenders are pretty much all there: Mad Max: Fury Road leading with 13 and Spotlight posing the biggest threat to win the top awards, naturally. Awards will be handed out at the ceremony on the 17th of January. Have a look at what's up right below:

Best Picture

The Big Short

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Sicario

Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies)

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 Original Screenplay

Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies)

Josh Cooley, Pete Docter and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out)

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Emma Donoghue (Room)

Drew Goddard (The Martian)

Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Edward Lachman (Carol)

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Dariusz Wolski (The Martian)

Best Editing

Hank Corwin (The Big Short)

Tom McArdle (Spotlight)

Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)

Pietro Scalia (The Martian)

Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Production Design

Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler (Carol)

Celia Bobak and Arthur Max (The Martian)

Rena DeAngelo and Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Jennifer Oman, François Séguin and Louise Tremblay (Brooklyn)

Michael Standish and Eve Stewart (The Danish Girl)

Best Costume Design

Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl)

Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Brooklyn)

Sandy Powell (Carol)

Sandy Powell (Cinderella)

Best Visual Effects

Ex Machina

Jurassic World

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

The Walk

Best Hair & Makeup

Black Mass

Carol

The Danish Girl

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Revenant

Best Score

Carter Burwell (Carol)

Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)

Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Carsten Nicolai and Sakamoto Ryûichi (The Revenant)

Howard Shore (Spotlight)

Best Song

‘‘Til It Happens to You’ (The Hunting Ground)

‘Love Me Like You Do’ (Fifty Shades of Grey)

‘One Kind of Love’ (Love & Mercy)

‘See You Again’ (Furious 7)

‘Simple Song #3’ (Youth)

‘Writing’s on the Wall’ (Spectre)

Best Acting Ensemble

The Big Short

The Hateful Eight

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton

Trumbo

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

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 Foreign Language Film

The Assassin

Goodnight Mommy

Mustang

The Second Mother

Son of Saul

Best Action Movie

Furious 7

Jurassic World

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

Sicario

Best Comedy

The Big Short

Inside Out

Joy

Sisters

Spy

Trainwreck

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Movie

Ex Machina

It Follows

Jurassic World

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

Best Young Actor / Actress

Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation)

R. J. Cyler (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)

Shameik Moore (Dope)

Milo Parker (Mr. Holmes)

Jacob Tremblay (Room)

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 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 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 Actress in a Comedy

Tina Fey (Sisters)

Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)

Melissa McCarthy (Spy)

Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)

Lily Tomlin (Grandma)