2017 Golden Globe Nominations

Congratulations to this year's Golden Globe nominees! (Oh, and never again will I underestimate their infatuation with Denzel and Dame Helen.)

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Ridley Scott, All the Money in the World
Steven Spielberg, The Post

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Drama

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Tom Hanks, The Post
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Drama

Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World

Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy

Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy

Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

Best Screenplay

The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Post
Molly’s Game

Best Original Score

Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
John Williams, The Post
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk

Best Original Song

“Home,” Ferdinand
“Mighty River,” Mudbound
“Remember Me,” Coco
“The Star,” The Star
“This Is Me,“ The Greatest Showman

Best Animated Feature

The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent

Best Foreign Language Film

A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
Loveless
The Square

2017 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Congratulations to this year's Boston Society of Film Critics honorees!

Best Picture
Phantom Thread

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread

Best Actor
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out

Best Actress
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Best Supporting Actress
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Best Screenplay
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird

Best Cinematography
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Dunkirk

Best Documentary
Dawson City: Frozen in Time

Best Foreign-Language Film
The Square

Best Animated Film
Coco

Best Film Editing
David Lowery, A Ghost Story

Best New Filmmaker
Jordan Peele, Get Out

Best Ensemble
The Meyerowitz Stories

Best Original Score
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread

2017 SAG Awards Nomination Predictions

Oh hell yes! The Screen Actors Guild Awards are never easy to predict, at least in nominations, which is why I so enjoy them. This is, after all, the guild that recognized the likes of Hank Azaria in The Birdcage, Stockard Channing in Smoke, Cloris Leachman in Spanglish, Gena Rowlands in Unhook the Stars and Gwen Verdon in Marvin's Room, which virtually no other precursor had them on their radar.

Odds are, there will be at least one eyebrow-raising nominee on SAG nominations morning. (Last year, it was Emily Blunt in The Girl on the Train that left awards season junkies giggling.) Could it be living legends Jane Fonda and/or Robert Redford in Our Souls at Night? How about Debra Winger in The Lovers? Or perhaps even a posthumous nod for Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: The Last Jedi or Harry Dean Stanton in Lucky? There are plenty of obscure possibilities here.

With that said, here's what I'm thinking goes down, from most to least likely to be nominated. Feel free, of course, to comment with your own predictions too!

Best Ensemble

1. The Post
2. Lady Bird
3. Call Me By Your Name
4. Mudbound
5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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6. Get Out
7. The Shape of Water
8. Dunkirk
9. The Florida Project
10. Murder on the Orient Express

Best Lead Actor

1. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
3. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
4. Tom Hanks, The Post
5. James Franco, The Disaster Artist
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6. Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
7. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
8. Jacob Tremblay, Wonder
9. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
10. Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky

Best Lead Actress

1. Meryl Streep, The Post
2. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
3. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
5. Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
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6. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
7. Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
8. Annette Bening, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
9. Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
10. Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes

Best Supporting Actor

1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
2. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
4. Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
5. Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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6. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
7. Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water
8. Jason Mitchell, Mudbound
9. Patrick Stewart, Logan
10. Idris Elba, Molly's Game

Best Supporting Actress

1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
3. Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
4. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
5. Julia Roberts, Wonder
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6. Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
7. Catherine Keener, Get Out
8. Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
9. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
10. Carrie Fisher, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 Golden Globe Nomination Predictions

Ah, the Golden Globes. Truth be told, I'm not their number one fan.

Sure, on occasion, they produce an awesome winner (Sally Kirkland! Sigourney Weaver twice in '88!!) but this is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association we're talking about, the group that has infamously handed out honors to the likes of Sharon Stone (love her but that bizarre nom for The Muse was legit the result of Rolex watches she sent every member), Pia Zadora and others in exchange for glitzy goodies.

That said, I do of course still get some pleasure of the Globes and predicting them. I love that I can list the likes of Sam Elliott, Aubrey Plaza and Debra Winger, none of who have a prayer at surfacing on Oscar nominations morning.

So, here's my hunch on how the 2017 Golden Globe nominations might just pan out, ranked from most to least likely to be nominated.

Enjoy reading and of course feel free to offer up your own two cents too!

Best Motion Picture - Drama

1. Dunkirk
2. The Post
3. The Shape of Water
4. Call Me By Your Name
5. Phantom Thread
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6. Darkest Hour
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. The Florida Project
9. Mudbound
10. Wonder Woman

Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

1. Lady Bird
2. Get Out
3. The Disaster Artist
4. I, Tonya
5. Victoria & Abdul
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6. The Big Sick
7. Baby Driver
8. Beauty and the Beast
9. The Greatest Showman
10. Downsizing

Best Director

1. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
2. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
3. Steven Spielberg, The Post
4. Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name
5. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
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6. Jordan Peele, Get Out
7. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
8. Joe Wright, Darkest Hour
9. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
10. Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman

Best Screenplay

1. James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
2. Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
3. Jordan Peele, Get Out
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
5. Aaron Sorkin, Molly's Game
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6. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist
7. Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
8. Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, The Post
9. Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
10. Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk

Best Lead Actor - Drama

1. Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
2. Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
3. Tom Hanks, The Post
4. Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
5. Christian Bale, Hostiles
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6. Jake Gyllenhaal, Stronger
7. Robert Pattinson, Good Time
8. Hugh Jackman, Logan
9. Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
10. Jacob Tremblay, Wonder

Best Lead Actress - Drama

1. Meryl Streep, The Post
2. Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
3. Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
5. Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
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6. Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread
7. Annette Bening, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
8. Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman
9. Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman
10. Isabelle Huppert, Happy End

Best Lead Actor - Comedy/Musical

1. James Franco, The Disaster Artist
2. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
3. Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories
4. Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
5. Ali Fazal, Victoria & Abdul
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6. Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes
7. Sam Elliott, The Hero
8. Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver
9. Kumail Nanjani, The Big Sick
10. Matt Damon, Downsizing

Best Lead Actress - Comedy/Musical

1. Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
2. Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul
3. Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
4. Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes
5. Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner
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6. Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast
7. Allison Williams, Get Out
8. Debra Winger, The Lovers
9. Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker
10. Aubrey Plaza, Ingrid Goes West

Best Supporting Actor

1. Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
2. Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
3. Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
4. Idris Elba, Molly's Game
5. Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name
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6. Ben Mendelsohn, Darkest Hour
7. Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water
8. Mark Rylance, Dunkirk
9. Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
10. Patrick Stewart, Logan

Best Supporting Actress

1. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
2. Allison Janney, I, Tonya
3. Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
4. Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
5. Julia Roberts, Wonder
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6. Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
7. Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour
8. Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
9. Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
10. Melissa Leo, Novitiate

Best Animated Feature

1. Coco
2. Loving Vincent
3. The Breadwinner  
4. The Lego Batman Movie
5. Despicable Me 3
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6. The Star
7. Ferdinand
8. Cars 3
9. The Girl Without Hands
10. The Boss Baby

Best Foreign Language Film

1. First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
2. A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
3. In the Fade (Germany)
4. BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France)
5. A Letter to the President (Afghanistan)
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6. Her Love Boils Bathwater (Japan)
7. A Taxi Driver (South Korea)
8. The Square (Sweden)
9. Summer 1993 (Spain)
10. Foxtrot (Israel)

Best Original Score

1. Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
2. Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
3. Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk
4. Dario Marianelli, Darkest Hour
5. Thomas Newman, Victoria & Abdul
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6. Michael Giacchino, Coco 
7. John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
8. John Debney, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, The Greatest Showman
9. Carter Burwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
10. Carter Burwell, Wonderstruck

Best Original Song

1. "Remember Me," Coco
2. "Evermore," Beauty and the Beast
3. "The Mystery of Love," Call Me By Your Name
4. "This Is Me," The Greatest Showman
5. "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," Fifty Shades Darker
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6. "The Star," The Star
7. "Prayers for This World," Cries from Syria
8. "Mighty River," Mudbound
9. "There's Something Special," Despicable Me 3
10. "Home," Ferdinand

2017 Critics Choice Awards Nominees

Congratulations to this year's Critics Choice Awards honorees!

Best Picture

The Big Sick
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Director

Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Luca Guadagnino – Call Me By Your Name
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Steven Spielberg – The Post

Best Actor

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Jake Gyllenhaal – Stronger
Tom Hanks – The Post
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Meryl Streep – The Post

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name
Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Patrick Stewart – Logan
Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name

Best Supporting Actress

Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
Hong Chau – Downsizing
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water

Best Ensemble

Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Mudbound
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Young Actor/Actress

Mckenna Grace – Gifted
Dafne Keen – Logan
Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project
Millicent Simmonds – Wonderstruck
Jacob Tremblay – Wonder

Best Animated Film

The Breadwinner
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The LEGO Batman Movie
Loving Vincent

Best Foreign Language Film

BPM (Beats Per Minute)
A Fantastic Woman
First They Killed My Father
In the Fade
The Square
Thelma

Best Original Screenplay

Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor – The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick
Liz Hannah and Josh Singer – The Post
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele – Get Out

Best Adapted Screenplay

James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Disaster Artist
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams – Mudbound
Aaron Sorkin – Molly’s Game
Jack Thorne, Steve Conrad, Stephen Chbosky – Wonder

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk
Dan Laustsen – The Shape of Water
Rachel Morrison – Mudbound
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Call Me By Your Name

Best Costume Design

Renée April – Blade Runner 2049
Mark Bridges – Phantom Thread
Jacqueline Durran – Beauty and the Beast
Lindy Hemming – Wonder Woman
Luis Sequeira – The Shape of Water

Best Film Editing

Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar – The Post
Paul Machliss, Jonathan Amos – Baby Driver
Lee Smith – Dunkirk
Joe Walker – Blade Runner 2049
Sidney Wolinsky – The Shape of Water

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Wonder

Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
Dario Marianelli – Darkest Hour
Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer – Blade Runner 2049
John Williams – The Post
Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk

Best Original Song

"Evermore" – Beauty and the Beast
"Mystery of Love" – Call Me By Your Name
"Remember Me" – Coco
"Stand Up for Something" – Marshall
"This Is Me" – The Greatest Showman

Best Production Design

Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin – The Shape of Water
Jim Clay, Rebecca Alleway – Murder on the Orient Express
Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis – Dunkirk
Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola – Blade Runner 2049
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Beauty and the Beast
Mark Tildesley, Véronique Melery – Phantom Thread

Best Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman