My last minute super-campaigning for Perks of a Wallflower's Logan Lerman in Young Actor (at least) appears to have paid off though my other pleas did not. Nicole Kidman's remarkable transformation in The Paperboy continues to be ignored in the rush to give all prizes to the same 12 movies so this is hardly a surprise though still disappointing. But the most gob-smacking, head-scratching utterly-embarrassing ommission has to be Michael Fassbender missing out on a nomination for Prometheus as Actor in an Action Movie. It's the laziest star-fuckingest balloting ever by BFCA members -- none of whom should ever say a bad word about the Globes' tendency to do this in their columns ever again. They chose Bale as Batman and Downey Jr as Iron Man reheated do-overs of performance that were only great once or twice seven-ish years ago and they chose them while F***ing Fassbender was just off to the left mercilessly/scientifically wreaking havoc on humans while obsessing over Lawrence of Arabia. My fellow voters, I am sad to say, seem utterly without taste or at least are lost without the barometer of Oscar buzz to guide them; I don't know if you know this but The Academy Awards has no correlative Best Actor in an Action Movie category.
To cheer up myself up I'll just think about Annie and the 11 nominations for Les Miz.
She wore leg-bondage gear to the Les Miz premiere here in NYC! Speaking of Annie... I'd type up reactions to each Critics Choice race but for the fact that I'm due at a luncheon with the cast of Les Misérables right now. Obviously Anne & Hugh win the war of 'how should i spend my next couple of hours?' but more later today...
BFCA "CRITICS CHOICE" NOMINATIONS
Best Picture
Argo (7 nominations)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (3 nominations)
Django Unchained (2 nominations)
Life of Pi (9 nominations)
Lincoln (13 nominations)
The Master (7 nominations)
Les Miserables (11 nominations)
Moonrise Kingdom (5 nominations)
Silver Linings Playbook (10 nominations)
Zero Dark Thirty (5 nominations)
FULL LIST OF NOMINEES AFTER THE JUMP
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper,("Silver Linings Playbook")
Daniel Day-Lewis,("Lincoln")
John Hawkes ("The Sessions"),
Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables")
Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master")
Denzel Washington ("Flight")
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Marion Cotillard ("Rust and Bone")
Jennifer Lawrence ("Silver Linings Playbook")
Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour")
Quvenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild")
Naomi Watts ("The Impossible")
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin ("Argo")
Javier Bardem ("Skyfall")
Robert De Niro ("Silver Linings Playbook")
Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master")
Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln")
Matthew McConaughey ("Magic Mike")
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams ("The Master")
Judi Dench ("Skyfall")
Ann Dowd ("Compliance")
Sally Field ("Lincoln")
Anne Hathaway ("Les Miserables")
Helen Hunt ("The Sessions")
Best Young Actor/Actress
Elle Fanning ("Ginger & Rosa")
Kara Hayward ("Moonrise Kingdom")
Tom Holland ("The Impossible")
Logan Lerman ("The Perks of Being a Wallflower")
Suraj Sharma ("Life of Pi")
Quvenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild")
Best Acting Ensemble
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director
Ben Affleck ("Argo")
Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty")
Tom Hooper ("Les Miserables"),
Ang Lee ("Life of Pi")
David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook")
Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln")
Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino "Django Unchained"
John Gatins "Flight"
Rian Johnson "Looper"
Paul Thomas Anderson "The Master"
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola "Moonrise Kingdom"
"Mark Boal "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio "Argo"
David Magee "Life of Pi"
Tony Kushner "Lincoln"
Stephen Chbosky "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
David O. Russell "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Cinematography
Skyfall
Life Of Pi
Les Miserables
Lincoln
The Master
Best Art Direction
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Best Editing
Argo
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Costume Design
"Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran
"Cloud Atlas" Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
"The Hobbit" Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor
"Les Miserables" Paco Delgado
"Lincoln" Joanna Johnston
Best Makeup
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Best Visual Effects
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit
Life of Pi
Best Animated Feature
Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Action Movie
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Skyfall
Best Actor in an Action Movie
Christian Bale "The Dark Knight Rises"
Daniel Craig "Skyfall"
Robert Downey Jr. "The Avengers"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt "Looper"
Jake Gyllenhaal "End of Watch"
Best Actress in an Action Movie
Emily Blunt "Looper"
Gina Carano "Haywire"
Judi Dench "Skyfall"
Anne Hathaway "The Dark Knight Rises"
Jennifer Lawrence "The Hunger Games
Best Comedy Movie
Bernie
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
This Is 40
21 Jump Street
Best Actor in a Comedy Movie
Jack Black "Bernie"
Bradley Cooper "Silver Linings Playbook"
Paul Rudd "This Is 40"
Channing Tatum "21 Jump Street"
Mark Wahlberg "Ted"
Best Actress in a Comedy Movie
Mila Kunis "Ted"
Jennifer Lawrence "Silver Linings Playbook"
Shirley MacLaine "Bernie"
Leslie Mann "This Is 40"
Rebel Wilson "Pitch Perfect"
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
The Cabin in the Woods
Looper
Prometheus
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
The Intouchables
A Royal Affair
Rust & Bone
Best Documentary Feature
Bully
The Central Park Five
The Imposter
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis
Best Song
"For You", Act of Valor
"Learn Me Right", Brave
"Skyfall", Skyfall
"Still Alive", Paul Williams Still Alive
"Suddenly", Les Miserables
Best Score
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom