Prediction Time! Vol. 2 (Critics Choice Awards)

Keith NoakesDecember 15, 2015n/a13 min

Another awards show is on the horizon, The 2016 Critics Choice Awards, with that comes more predictions. If you would like to read my previous predictions, click here. I have including the applicable nominations for each below. I’ve also added links to my reviews. Unfortunately I have not seen all the films that have been nominated so if I see any of those films before each award show, I will update my predictions if I find something more worthy.I will also highlight the winners after each as well.

2016 Critics Choice Awards

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 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 Score

Carol , Carter Burwell

The Hateful Eight , Ennio Morricone

The Revenant , Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto

Sicario , Johann Johannsson

Spotlight , Howard Shore

 

The 2016 Critics Choice Awards will take place on Sunday, January 17th, 2016.

When the Academy Awards are announced on January 14th, I will talk about them as well.