HOLLYWOOD—Start making your predictions, because the movies that will be contenders this awards season have been announced. The 2017 Critic’s Choice nominations were unveiled on Thursday, December 1 and the musical “La La Land” lead the pack with 12 nominations including Best Picture. Followed close behind were the films “Arrival” and “Moonlight” with a total of 10 nominations. A list of nominees can be seen below:
Best Picture
-“Arrival”
-“La La Land”
-“Fences”
-“Hell or High Water”
-“Hacksaw Ridge”
-“Loving”
-“Lion”
-“Moonlight”
-“Manchester by the Sea”
-“Sully”
Best Director
-Damien Chazelle “La La Land”
-Barry Jenkins “Moonlight”
-David Mackenzie “Hell or High Water”
-Denzel Washington “Fences”
-Mel Gibson “Hacksaw Ridge”
-Kenneth Lonergan “Manchester by the Sea”
-Denis Villeneuve “Arrival”
Best Actor
-Denzel Washington “Fences”
-Tom Hanks “Sully”
-Casey Affleck “Manchester by the Sea”
-Joel Edgerton “Loving”
-Andrew Garfield “Hacksaw Ridge”
-Ryan Gosling “La La Land”
Best Actress
-Natalie Portman “Jackie”
-Emma Stone “La La Land”
-Ruth Negga “Loving”
-Annette Bening “20th Century Women”
-Amy Adams “Arrival”
-Isabelle Huppert “Elle”
Best Supporting Actress
-Viola Davis “Fences”
-Naomie Harris “Moonlight”
-Nicole Kidman “Lion”
-Janelle Monae “Hidden Figures”
-Michelle Williams “Manchester by the Sea”
-Greta Grewig “20th Century Women”
Best Supporting Actor
-Dev Patel “Lion”
-Mahershala Ali “Moonlight”
-Jeff Bridges “Hell or High Water”
-Ben Forster “Hell or High Water”
-Lucas Hedges “Manchester by the Sea”
-Michael Shannon “Nocturnal Animals”
Best Acting Ensemble
-“Hidden Figures”
-“Fences”
-“Hell or High Water”
-“Manchester by the Sea”
-“Moonlight”
-“20th Century Women”
Best Original Screenplay
-Barry Jenkins “Moonlight”
-Damien Chazelle “La La Land”
-Jeff Nichols “Loving”
-Taylor Sheridan “Hell or High Water”
-Kenneth Lonergan “Manchester by the Sea”
-Yorgos Lanthimos/Efthimis Filippou “The Lobster”
Best Adapted Screenplay
-Luke Davies “Lion”
-August Wilson “Fences”
-Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi “Hidden Figures”
-Todd Komarnicki “Sully”
-Tom Ford “Nocturnal Animals”
-Eric Heisserer “Arrival”
The ceremony will be held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday, December 11. Wow, that is indeed a quick turnaround from nominations to announcing the winners people! The ceremony will be hosted by comedian T.J. Miller.