MANILA, Philippines - The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, to be held on Friday, Jan. 16, in L.A., are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. The BFCA is the largest film critics’ organization in the US and Canada, representing almost 300 television, radio and online critics. BFCA members are the primary source of information for today’s film-going public.
Historically, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations. The awards night is hosted by legendary Super Bowl champion Michael Strahan.
• Honorees: Kevin Costner, Lifetime Achievement Award;
Ron Howard, Louis XIII Genius Award; Jessica Chastain, Critics’ Choice MVP Award.
• Best Picture: Birdman; Boyhood; Gone Girl; The Grand Budapest Hotel; The Imitation Game; The Grand Budapest Hotel 3; Nightcrawler; Selma; The Theory of Everything; Unbroken; and Whiplash.
• Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game; Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Michael Keaton, Birdman; David Oyelowo, Selma; and Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything.
• Best Actress: Jennifer Aniston, Cake; Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night; Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything; Julianne Moore, Still Alice; Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl; and Reese Witherspoon, Wild.
• Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice; Robert Duvall, The Judge; Ethan Hawke, Boyhood; Edward Norton, Birdman; Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher; and J.K. Simmons, Whiplash.
• Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood; Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year; Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game; Emma Stone, Birdman; Meryl Streep, Into the Woods; and Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer.
• Best Director: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Ava DuVernay, Selma; David Fincher, Gone Girl; Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman; Angelina Jolie, Unbroken; and Richard Linklater, Boyhood.
• Best Actor in an Action Movie: Bradley Cooper, American Sniper; Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow; Chris Evans, Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Matthew McConaughey, Interstellar 6; Brad Pitt, Fury; and Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Best Actress in an Action Movie: Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow; Scarlett Johansson, Lucy; Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1; Zoe Saldana, Guardians of the Galaxy; and Shailene Woodley, Divergent.
• Best Comedy: Birdman; The Grand Budapest Hotel; St. Vincent; Top Five; and 22 Jump Street.
• Best Actor in a Comedy: Jon Favreau, Chef; Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Michael Keaton, Birdman; Bill Murray, St. Vincent; Chris Rock, Top Five; and Channing Tatum, 22 Jump Street.
• Best Actress in a Comedy: Rose Byrne, Neighbors; Rosario Dawson, Top Five; Melissa McCarthy, St. Vincent; Jenny Slate, Obvious Child; and Kristen Wiig, The Skeleton Twins.
• Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie: The Babadook; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Interstellar; Snowpiercer; and Under the Skin.
• Best Foreign Film: Force Majeure; Ida Leviathan; Two Days, One Night; and Wild Tales.