Awards Season 2019: Critics' Choice Movie Awards Nominations

So, more awards season frippery today with the announcement of the nominations for the 24th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Here are a selection of their nominees:

BEST PICTURE

Black Panther

BlackKkKlansman

The Favourite

First Man 

Green Book

If Beale Street Could Talk

Mary Poppins Returns

Roma

A Star Is Born

Vice

BEST DIRECTOR

Damien Chazelle (First Man)

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Peter Farrelly (Green Book)

Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)

Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)

Adam McKay (Vice)

BEST ACTOR

Christian Bale (Vice)

Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)

Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)

Ryan Gosling (First Man)

Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)

Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)

Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

BEST ACTRESS

Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)

Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)

Glenn Close (The Wife)

Toni Collette (Hereditary)

Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)

Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)

Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)

Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)

Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)

Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams (Vice)

Claire Foy (First Man)

Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)

Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Emma Stone (The Favourite)

Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)

A full list of nominees can be found here

 So, a lot of the same names have cropped up again, solidifying their chances of an Oscar nomination. The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) who give out the Critics' Choice Awards have followed the HFPA- the awarding body for the Golden Globes- in giving Black Panther a nomination for Best Picture. It'll be interesting to see whether other award bodies do the same. 

The Critics' Choice Awards also recognise individual categories for action movies, sci-fi/horror (bizarrely lumped in together), and comedy, so there are nods for Avengers: Infinity War, A Quiet Place, Suspiria, Deadpool 2, and The Death Of Stalin as well. As there are these separate categories, Christian Bale, Viggo Mortensen, Emily Blunt, and Olivia Colman all get two nominations for the same role (one in the Best Actor/Actress and another in Best Actor/Actress in A Comedy), whilst The Favourite is nominated for Best Picture and Best Comedy. 

The Favourite does certainly seem to be the favourite, leading nominations with an impressive 14! Black Panther is no slouch, though, with 12 and First Man is actually third with 10. 

The Critics' Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday January 13th 2019. Congratulations to all the nominees!

Our final stop on the Awards Season trail- before we take a break over the Christmas period- is the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards which are being announced on Wednesday (12th December).