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Sorry Rallax, no idea why I can't make this accidental quote go away.

I can see all of those points, but honestly, I disagree with Spotlight being a "weak frontrunner." I've been saying it's a strong frontrunner for months, and so have alot of other people. I respect your opinions on here, but I honestly think you have and continue to allow your personal feelings on Spotlight to cloud your judgement on this. It's sweeping all the critics awards. It's the only Best Pic contender (except Big Short) to show up at SAG. It's shown up big at all the major award shows AND all the early critical ones in equal measure. It's the only movie consistently showing up everywhere, it has an Academy friendly topic, it's about competent people doing a job well, and it's the right balance of "edgy" and safe. Honestly, it's not looking like Boyhood or Social Network. It's looking much more like The Artist or Slumdog. It's a crazy and confused year, but I think that the frontrunner is clear. It seems like a juggernaut. I'd love for it to be more interesting, but I just think all pieces of evidence points to it being a clear, decisive frontrunner.

I think you calling The Martian "done" and saying that the Big Short might be favorited over Spotlight and saying that Hateful Eight, with its sterling reviews, "never had a chance" to get in, all seems pretttty reactionary. I'm all cool with those opinions but it seems like you're expressing them as facts.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I get to see maybe my favorite movie of all-time on the big screen for the first time! Too bad it's in 3D, but it's a worthy price to pay.

BFCA Association Noms! NOMINATIONS FOR THE 21st ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS MOVIE 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

The power of my avatar Willed Smith to a Globe nomination. TELL DA TRUTH

Fassbended DID get nominated. It was Damon who got left off.

Important to note that Hateful Eight is this year's Django/Wolf/Selma, so absolutely no one from SAG saw it. Any nom for Leigh, and even SLJ/Goggins/Ensemble, are still on the table. But what an absolutely bizarre field. Only got 1/5 in Supporting Actor. Only 3/5 in Ensemble (missed on Martian and Brooklyn). Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of all of these choices, but I am please with how eclectic and out of left field they sorta are. Jake kinda echoed my sentiments in saying they're boring in a way but exciting at the same time. Also, Michael Shannon's performance and 99 Homes in general turns into a schlockly TV B-movie for the third act. Too bad, because the first two thirds of that movie is spectacular, and Shannon is as good as anyone else this year.

They're the best. Rifftrax is pretty great, too, though they almost never release online content anymore (only some live shows in theaters). Their stuff for the Star Wars prequels and Twilight is pretty grade-A.

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Movies like Entourage and Beerfest, where the primary appeal is to the "bro" subculture of young white guys who like to go out and get smashed and act like Tucker Max, THOSE are bro movies. Creed is just a drama that appeals to men, just like Hunger Games is an action movie that "appeals to women." There's a difference between being preferred by one gender and pandering to a subset of one gendder.

You do understand there's a difference between male and "bro," right? I am a male. I saw this movie. I am NOT a fucking "bro."

Jesus, first the Revenant is called a "bro movie for frat boys" and now this, a well-received boxing drama appealing largely to an older and African-American audience, is one? Gotta love people throwing around useless terms without any meaning.

Mad Max was the runner-up. Spotlight swept all three today. Boyhood swept all three on the same day last year, but Spotlight seems like more of a favorite. Spotlight's first three BP wins of the season. Tally so far BP Spotlight: 3 Mad Max: 2 Carol: 1 BD Miller: 3 Haynes: 2 McCarthy: 1 Actor Dano: 2 Keaton: 1 Leo: 1 Fassbender: 1 DiCaprio: 1 Actress Larson: 3 Rampling: 2 Ronan: 1

Speaking of category fraud, Paul Dano, who is being pushed as Supporting for Love and Mercy, just won his second Best Lead Actor trophy of the day from NFCO.

Boston Winners. They went for Spotlight, which isn't remotely stunning considering this is a bunch of Globe journalists. Interesting to see Dano at Lead. Mark just won at NY Online and was runner up in LA- he's rapidly becoming the favorite, though Stallone is doing great, too. Stewart starting to round into shape for a nom. PICTURE: Spotlight FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: DIRECTOR: Todd Haynes – Carol (Runner-up: Tom McCarthy – Spotlight) LEAD ACTOR: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant and Paul Dano – Love and Mercy (tie) LEAD ACTRESS: Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria ENSEMBLE: Spotlight SCREENPLAY: Spotlight DOCUMENTARY: Amy (Runner-up: The Look of Silence) ANIMATED FILM: Anomalisa and Inside Out (tie) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Carol (Runner-up: The Revenant) BEST EDITING: Mad Max: Fury Road BEST USE OF MUSIC: Love and Mercy

DC usually gets at least 4/5 Best Pic noms, which is a good indication for either Max or Sicario, obviously. Sure, it's just one metric, but I do think both have a shot, actually. Max seems likely, at this point, but don't underestimate Sicario, which has shown up here and NBR. Like Jake Gittes mentioned in another topic, Sicario is the sort of movie that can get a ton of partisan number one support. It's about an important topic, showy performances, rising star director, and solid box office. With a good push, it can do some damage.

Nominees for DC Film Critics. Not for nothing, but DC film critics are probably the most accurate by far of the early precusors. Looking through their history, they usually pick 4/5 nominees in each major category, and quite a few winners. Still take it with a grain of salt, but perhaps a smaller grain of salt, because they're pretty accurate (this is an unpredictable year, though). Best Film: Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Sicario Spotlight Best Director: Alex Garland (Ex Machina) Todd Haynes (Carol) Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant) George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) Ridley Scott (The Martian) Best Actor: 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) Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back) Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) Best Supporting Actor: Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation) Tom Hardy (The Revenant) Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) Sylvester Stallone (Creed) Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) Rooney Mara (Carol) Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) Best Acting Ensemble: The Big Short The Hateful Eight Spotlight Steve Jobs Straight Outta Compton Best Youth Performance: Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation) Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland) Oona Laurence (Southpaw) Güneş Şensoy (Mustang) Jacob Tremblay (Room) Best Adapted Screenplay: Nick Hornby (Brooklyn) Phyllis Nagy (Carol) Drew Goddard (The Martian) Emma Donoghue (Room) Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs) Best Original Screenplay: Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies) Alex Garland (Ex Machina) Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley (Original Story by Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen) (Inside Out) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight) Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) Best Animated Feature: Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur Inside Out The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie Best Documentary: Amy Best of Enemies Cartel Land Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief The Look of Silence Best Foreign Language Film: The Assassin Goodnight Mommy Mustang The Second Mother Son of Saul Best Production Design: Production Designer: François Séguin, Set Decorators: Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay (Brooklyn) Production Designer: Judy Becker, Set Decorator: Heather Loeffler (Carol) Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Loschiavo-Ferretti (Cinderella) Production Designer: Thomas Sanders, Set Decorators: Jeffrey Melvin and Shane Vieau (Crimson Peak) Production Designer: Colin Gibson, Set Decorator: Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road) Best Cinematography: Yves Bélanger, CSC (Brooklyn) Ed Lachman, ASC (Carol) John Seale, ASC, ACS (Mad Max: Fury Road) Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Revenant) Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Sicario) Best Editing: Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road) Pietro Scalia, ACE (The Martian) Stephen Mirrione, ACE (The Revenant) Joe Walker, ACE (Sicario) Elliott Graham, ACE (Steve Jobs) Best Original Score: Michael Brook (Brooklyn) Carter Burwell (Carol) Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight) Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL (Mad Max: Fury Road) Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)

Krampus was a ridiculously silly fun time at the movies. Audience was roaring throughout. Destine to be a camp classic for holiday seasons moving forward.

Oooooooo I'm there. This looks terrific.

And Carol took picture. Most people were predicting they'd go big for it, and they did. Would have loved to see a surprise, but eh.

Michael Keaton won Best Lead Actor for Spotlight.

Well, there's no clear picture of how much those movies really screened for NBR members. They're both screening really late in the game outside of the DGA/PGA. Then again, so iss H8ful, and it got nominated. Also, how did Mad Max win best Picture and Miller NOT win Best Director? I know it's all a matter of opinion and stuff, but honestly, it seems pretty much impossible to separate Mad Max's greatness from it's direction. The direction is what makes it what it is in so many ways. The film's final product is as intricately linked to its direction as any movie in recent memory. I just don't follow the thought process where someone says "Yes, Mad Max is the best movie of the year, but the visionary director who MADE it the best movie of the year....is not the best director." But what do I know?

While some people online are already saying "Well, Most Wanted Year won Best Picture and didn't get nominated, so Fury Road won't either!, it's really worth noting that until last year, every single NBR Best Pic Winner since 2001 has been nominated for Best Picture (and many of those in years of only five nominees.) So this really does bode well for MM: FR picking up a nomination for Best Picture. Pretty great awards generally. Very, very popular films being picked, and can't really argue too with a single one. I don't really GET the hype for Ridley Scott's direction of the Martian- it was an average direction of a good screenplay based off a terrific book, IMO- but if the Oscars looked something like this, maybe we could get one year without people whining "Wahhh the Oscars only nominate pretentious indie films"- while still also having great movies nommed.

Sly won Best Supporting Actor from the National Board of Review. The Stalloscar train rolls on.