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2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations

December 14, 2016 by Andrew Carden in SAG

Congratulations to this year's Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees!

Best Ensemble

Captain Fantastic
Fences
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight


Best Lead Actor

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Lead Actress

Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Dev Patel, Lion

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

December 14, 2016 /Andrew Carden
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2016 Contenders in Best Original Score

December 13, 2016 by Andrew Carden in Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced 145 compositions are eligible for consideration in the category of Best Original Score. They are:

"The Abolitionists," Tim Jones, composer
"Absolutely Fabulous The Movie," Jake Monaco, composer
"The Accountant," Mark Isham, composer
"Alice through the Looking Glass," Danny Elfman, composer
"Allied," Alan Silvestri, composer
"Almost Christmas," John Paesano, composer
"American Pastoral," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"The Angry Birds Movie," Heitor Pereira, composer
"Anthropoid," Robin Foster, composer
"Armenia, My Love," Silvia Leonetti, composer
"Assassin's Creed," Jed Kurzel, composer
"Autumn Lights," Hugi Gudmundsson and Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson, composers
"The BFG," John Williams, composer
"Believe," Michael Reola, composer
"Ben-Hur," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers
"Bilal," Atli Ӧrvarsson, composer
"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, composers
"The Birth of a Nation," Henry Jackman, composer
"Bleed for This," Julia Holter, composer
"The Boss," Christopher Lennertz, composer
"Bridget Jones's Baby," Craig Armstrong, composer
"The Bronze," Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau, composers
"Captain America: Civil War," Henry Jackman, composer
"The Charnel House," Todd Haberman, composer
"The Choice," Marcelo Zarvos, composer
"Collateral Beauty," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"The Conjuring 2," Joseph Bishara, composer
"Criminal," Bryan Tyler and Keith Power, composers
"Deadpool," Tom Holkenborg, composer
"Deepwater Horizon," Steve Jablonsky, composer
"Denial," Howard Shore, composer
"Doctor Strange," Michael Giacchino, composer
"The Dressmaker," David Hirschfelder, composer
"Eddie the Eagle," Matthew Margeson, composer
"The Edge of Seventeen," Atli Ӧrvarsson, composer
"Elle," Anne Dudley, composer
"Eye in the Sky," Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian, composers
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," James Newton Howard, composer
"Fences," Marcelo Zarvos, composer
"Finding Dory," Thomas Newman, composer
"The First Monday in May," Ian Hultquist and Sofia Hultquist, composers
"Florence Foster Jenkins," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"Floyd Norman: An Animated Life," Ryan Shore, composer
"The Founder," Carter Burwell, composer
"Free State of Jones," Nicholas Britell, composer
"Ghostbusters," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"The Girl on the Train," Danny Elfman, composer
"Gleason," Dan Romer and Saul Simon MacWilliams, composers
"Gold," Daniel Pemberton, composer
"Greater," Stephen Raynor-Endelman, composer
"Hacksaw Ridge," Rupert Gregson-Williams, composer
"Hail, Caesar!," Carter Burwell, composer
"The Handmaiden," Cho Young-wuk, composer
"Hands of Stone," Angelo Milli, composer
"Hell or High Water," Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, composers
"Hidden Figures," Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch, composers
"High-Rise," Clint Mansell, composer
"How to Be Single," Fil Eisler, composer
"Hunt for the Wilderpeople," Lukasz Buda and Samuel Scott, composers
"The Huntsman: Winter's War," James Newton Howard, composer
"Ice Age: Collision Course," John Debney, composer
"Independence Day: Resurgence," Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser, composers
"Indignation," Jay Wadley, composer
"The Invitation," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"Ithaca," John Mellencamp, composer
"Jack Reacher: Never Go Back," Henry Jackman, composer
"Jackie," Mica Levi, composer
"Julieta," Alberto Iglesias, composer
"The Jungle Book," John Debney, composer
"Keeping Up with the Joneses," Jake Monaco, composer
"Kicks," Brian Reitzell, composer
"Krisha," Brian McOmber, composer
"Kubo and the Two Strings," Dario Marianelli, composer
"La La Land," Justin Hurwitz, composer
"Land of Mine," Sune Martin, composer
"Landfill Harmonic," Michael A. Levine, composer
"The Legend of Ben Hall," Ronnie Minder, composer
"The Legend of Tarzan," Rupert Gregson-Williams, composer
"Life, Animated," Dylan Stark and T. Griffin, composers
"The Light between Oceans," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"Lights Out," Benjamin Wallfisch, composer
"Lion," Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka, composers
"The Little Prince," Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey, composers
"Live by Night," Harry Gregson-Williams, composer
"Loving," David Wingo, composer
"Maggie's Plan," Michael Rohatyn, composer
"Me before You," Craig Armstrong, composer
"The Meddler," Jonathan Sadoff, composer
"Midnight Special," David Wingo, composer
"Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates," Jeff Cardoni, composer
"Miracles from Heaven," Carlo Siliotto, composer
"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," Mike Higham and Matthew Margeson, composers
"Miss Sloane," Max Richter, composer
"Mr. Church," Mark Isham, composer
"Moana," Mark Mancina, composer
"Money Monster," Dominic Lewis, composer
"The Monkey King 2," Christopher Young, composer
"A Monster Calls," Fernando Velázquez, composer
"Moonlight," Nicholas Britell, composer
"Morgan," Max Richter, composer
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2," Christopher Lennertz, composer
"The Neon Demon," Cliff Martinez, composer
"The Nice Guys," John Ottman, composer
"No Letting Go," Alain Mayrand, composer
"Nocturnal Animals," Abel Korzeniowski, composer
"Now You See Me 2," Brian Tyler, composer
"O.J.: Made in America," Gary Lionelli, composer
"Off the Rails," Steve Gernes and Duncan Thum, composers
"The Other Side of the Door," Joseph Bishara, composer
"The Ottoman Lieutenant," Geoff Zanelli, composer
"Ouija: Origin of Evil," Taylor Stewart and John Andrew Grush, composers
"Our Kind of Traitor," Marcelo Zarvos, composer
"Passengers," Thomas Newman, composer
"Paterson," Carter Logan and Jim Jarmusch, composers
"Patriots Day," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers
"Pelé: Birth of a Legend," A. R. Rahman, composer
"Pete's Dragon," Daniel Hart, composer
"Po," Burt Bacharach, composer
"Queen of Katwe," Alex Heffes, composer
"Race," Rachel Portman, composer
"The Red Turtle," Laurent Perez Del Mar, composer
"Ride Along 2," Christopher Lennertz, composer
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," Michael Giacchino, composer
"Sausage Party," Alan Menken and Christopher Lennertz, composers
"The Secret Life of Pets," Alexandre Desplat, composer
"Silicon Cowboys," Ian Hultquist, composer
"Sing," Joby Talbot, composer
"Snowtime!," Eloi Painchaud and Jorane, composers
"Southside with You," Stephen James Taylor, composer
"Star Trek Beyond," Michael Giacchino, composer
"Storks," Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, composers
"Suicide Squad," Steven Price, composer
"Sully," Christian Jacob, composer
"Swiss Army Man," Andy Hull and Robert McDowell, composers
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows," Steve Jablonsky, composer
"10 Cloverfield Lane," Bear McCreary, composer
"10 Days in a Madhouse," Jamie Hall, composer
"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," Lorne Balfe, composer
"Trolls," Christophe Beck, composer
"20th Century Women," Roger Neill, composer
"Warcraft," Ramin Djawadi, composer
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot," Nick Urata, composer
"X-Men: Apocalypse," John Ottman, composer
"Zoolander 2," Theodore Shapiro, composer
"Zootopia," Michael Giacchino, composer

December 13, 2016 /Andrew Carden
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2016 Contenders in Best Original Song

December 13, 2016 by Andrew Carden in Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced 91 tunes are eligible for consideration in the category of Best Original Song. They are:

“Just Like Fire” from “Alice through the Looking Glass”
“Rise” from “American Wrestler: The Wizard”
“Friends” from “The Angry Birds Movie”
“Flicker” from “Audrie & Daisy”
“Seconds” from “Autumn Lights”
“A Minute To Breathe” from “Before the Flood”
“Glory (Let There Be Peace)” from “Believe”
“Mother’s Theme” from “Believe”
“Somewhere” from “Believe”
“The Only Way Out” from “Ben-Hur”
“Still Falling For You” from “Bridget Jones’s Baby”
“F That” from “The Bronze”
“Torch Pt. 2” from “Citizen Soldier”
“Drift And Fall Again” from “Criminal”
“Take Me Down” from “Deepwater Horizon”
“Land Of All” from “Desierto”
“Sad But True (Dreamland Theme)” from “Dreamland”
“Angel By The Wings” from “The Eagle Huntress”
“Blind Pig” from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“One Frame At A Time” from “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life”
“I’m Crying” from “Free State of Jones”
“Gold” from “Gold”
“Champion” from “Hands of Stone”
“Dance Rascal, Dance” from “Hello, My Name Is Doris”
“I See A Victory” from “Hidden Figures”
“Runnin” from “Hidden Figures”
“Sixty Charisma Scented Blackbirds” from “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change”
“My Superstar” from “Ice Age: Collision Course”
“Seeing You Around” from “Ithaca”
“The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
“City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
“Start A Fire” from “La La Land”
“Cateura Vamos A Soñar (We Will Dream)” from “Landfill Harmonic”
“Better Love” from “The Legend of Tarzan”
“Never Give Up” from “Lion”
“Equation” from “The Little Prince”
“Turnaround” from “The Little Prince”
“Moonshine” from “Live By Night”
“Loving” from “Loving”
“Hurry Home” from “Max Rose”
“Gone 2015” from “Miles Ahead”
“Wish That You Were Here” from “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
“I’m Still Here” from “Miss Sharon Jones!”
“How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
“We Know The Way” from “Moana”
“Even More Mine” from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2”
“Waving Goodbye” from “The Neon Demon”
“I’m Back” from “Never Surrender”
“Find My Victory” from “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice”
“On Ghost Ridge” from “100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice”
“Ordinary World” from “Ordinary World”
“Devil’s Girl” from “Outlaws and Angels”
“Levitate” from “Passengers”
“Ginga” from “Pelé: Birth of a Legend”
“Nobody Knows” from “Pete’s Dragon”
“Something Wild” from “Pete’s Dragon”
“Dancing With Your Shadow” from “Po”
“I’m So Humble” from “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”
“Stay Here” from “Presenting Princess Shaw”
“Celebrate Life” from “Queen Mimi”
“Back To Life” from “Queen of Katwe”
“Let The Games Begin” from “Race”
“Think About It” from “The Red Pill”
“The Rules Don’t Apply” from “Rules Don’t Apply”
“The Great Beyond” from “Sausage Party”
“Faith” from “Sing”
“Set It All Free” from “Sing”
“Drive It Like You Stole It” from “Sing Street”
“Go Now” from “Sing Street”
“The Veil” from “Snowden”
“Hymn” from “Snowtime!”
“Kiss Me Goodnight” from “Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four”
“Holdin’ Out” from “Storks”
“Heathens” from “Suicide Squad”
“Flying Home” from “Sully”
“Montage” from “Swiss Army Man”
“Petit Metier” from “They Will Have to Kill Us First – Malian Music in Exile”
“Letter To The Free” from “13th”
“Down With Mary” from “Too Late”
“Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
“Get Back Up Again” from “Trolls”
“Smile” from “The Uncondemned”
“We Will Rise” from “Veeram-Macbeth”
“LA Venus” from “We Are X”
“New Dogs, Old Tricks” from “What Happened Last Night”
“Runnin’ Runnin'” from “What Happened Last Night”
“What’s Happening Today” from “What Happened Last Night”
“Who I Am” from “What Happened Last Night”
“The Ballad Of Wiener-Dog” from “Wiener-Dog”
“Try Everything” from “Zootopia”

December 13, 2016 /Andrew Carden
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2016 Golden Globe Awards nominations

December 12, 2016 by Andrew Carden in Golden Globes

Congratulations to this year's wonderful (and, in many respects, very surprising) Golden Globe nominees! 

Best Motion Picture – Drama:
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
20th Century Women
Deadpool
La La Land
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen –  Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Amy Adams – Arrival
Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert – Elle
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill – War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone – La La Land
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel – Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Viola Davis – Fences
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

Best Director – Motion Picture:
Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Best Screenplay:
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Hell or High Water

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:
Divines – France
Elle – France
Neruda – Chile
The Salesman – Iran/France
Toni Erdmann – Germany

Best Motion Picture – Animated:
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:
Can’t Stop the Feeling – Trolls
City of Stars – La La Land
Faith – Sing
Gold – Gold
How Far I’ll Go – Moana

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:
Nicholas Britell – Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land
Johann Johannsson – Arrival
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures

December 12, 2016 /Andrew Carden
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2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations predictions

December 09, 2016 by Andrew Carden in SAG

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are never easy to predict, at least when it comes to nominations. This is the group, after all, that nominated the likes of Cloris Leachman in Spanglish; Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman; Hank Azaria in The Birdcage; Stockard Channing in Smoke; Gwen Verdon in Marvin's Room; Judi Dench in The Shipping News; and BOTH Gena Rowlands and Marisa Tomei in Unhook the Stars.

It is all but guaranteed there will be at least one real eyebrow-raiser of a nominee on SAG nominations morning. Could it be Warren Beatty in Rules Don't Apply? Margo Martindale in The Hollars? There are plenty of obscure contenders lurking around the corners of these categories.

With that said, here's my hunch on how the SAG nominations go down. Of course feel free to comment with your own thoughts as well!

Best Ensemble

  1. Moonlight
  2. Manchester By the Sea
  3. La La Land
  4. Hell or High Water
  5. Hidden Figures
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  6. Fences
  7. 20th Century Women
  8. Patriots Day
  9. Jackie
  10. Hail, Caesar!

Best Lead Actor

  1. Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
  2. Denzel Washington, Fences
  3. Ryan Gosling, La La Land
  4. Tom Hanks, Sully
  5. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
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  6. Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
  7. Joel Edgerton, Loving
  8. Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
  9. Michael Keaton, The Founder
  10. Warren Beatty, Rules Don't Apply

Best Lead Actress

  1. Emma Stone, La La Land
  2. Natalie Portman, Jackie
  3. Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
  4. Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
  5. Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures
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  6. Amy Adams, Arrival
  7. Isabelle Huppert, Elle
  8. Ruth Negga, Loving
  9. Sally Field, Hello, My Name Is Doris
  10. Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
  2. Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
  3. Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
  4. Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
  5. Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
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  6. Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
  7. Dev Patel, Lion
  8. Kevin Costner, Hidden Figures
  9. Alan Rickman, Eye in the Sky
  10. Adam Driver, Silence

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea
  2. Viola Davis, Fences
  3. Naomie Harris, Moonlight
  4. Nicole Kidman, Lion
  5. Molly Shannon, Other People
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  6. Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
  7. Helen Mirren, Eye in the Sky
  8. Janelle Monae, Hidden Figures
  9. Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
  10. Margo Martindale, The Hollars
December 09, 2016 /Andrew Carden
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