Kansas City Critics: Sicario is Top Nommed; The Revenant, Mad Max, Ex Machina Hit
The Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the second oldest film critic organization in the country, released their nominees for the 50th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards, recognizing the best in film for 2015. Sicario came out on top with five mentions; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Emily Blunt), Best Supporting Actor (Benicio Del Toro) and Best Original Screenplay. It’s the best showing yet for the film at the later regional critics awards. Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight and The Revenant also performed well, as they have all season, and Ex Machina made one of its strongest showings today.
Curiously, Brie Larson missed out on Best Actress while her film, Room, made it into Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. On the other side, Saoirse Ronan got a Best Actress nomination while her film, Brooklyn, was snubbed everywhere else.
Winners will be voted on and the results released this Sunday, December 20th.
Below is a complete list of nominees:
BEST PICTURE:
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Spotlight
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR:
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Denis Villeneuve, Sicario
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
BEST ACTOR:
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Emily Blunt, Sicario
Bel Powley, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Benicio Del Toro, Sicario
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Elizabeth Banks, Love & Mercy
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Sicario
Spotlight
Trainwreck
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
The Big Short
Carol
The Martian
Room
Steve Jobs
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Anomalisa
Inside Out
Minions
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Phoenix
Son of Saul
The Tribe
White God
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Amy
Best of Enemies
The Look of Silence
Where to Invade
The Wrecking Crew
VINCE KOEHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY or HORROR FILM:
Ex Machina
Goodnight Mommy
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
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