Critics' Choice Movie Awards Finally Give the Year's Most Versatile Actress Her ...

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Most of the usual suspects are here on the annual list of Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations. At this point, it's a shock when Boyhood doesn't lead the pack, as it does here with 13 nods. But unlike most film voting bodies, which usually tip five nominees in each category, the Broadcast Film Critics Association often chooses to nominate at least six. That's how you wind up with acting nominations slightly outside the box like Josh Brolin for Inherent Vice and Tilda Swinton for Snowpiercer. Every actress on this list is versatile and accomplished, but between Snowpiercer, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Only Lovers Left Alive, Swinton achieved a chameleonic hat trick in 2014 that had less to do with prosthetic makeup, teeth, and wigs and more to do with her ability to dissolve into any role. It's wonderful to see her recognized outside of the more niche awards lists.

It's also great news to see the film Selma nominated in full force here after its recent SAG snub. Between the Critics's Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, the timely civil rights drama is picking up a head of steam as we barrel towards the Oscars.

But the Critics' Choice Awards is about more than helping to predict the Oscar race. Sure, the Golden Globes split their major nominations between dramatic and musical/comedy categories, but the Critics' Choice Awards does it one better. They include several genre categories like Best Action Film and Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film. That's why you'll find some audience favorite like Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes nominated in categories outside of the technical sphere. These genre picks make the Critics' Choice Awards the fun, swingy event of the long awards season. Who doesn't want to see a Chris Pratt acceptance speech?

Finally, the Critics' Choice Awards is one of the few major ceremonies to single out the younger performers who made this year in film so unforgettable. In other words, the titular boy from Boyhood, Ellar Coltrane, is finally getting some awards love. The Critics' Choice Awards ceremony will be held Jan. 15 at the Hollywood Palladium, hosted by Michael Strahan and airing live on A&E.

Best Picture

WhiplashThe Theory of EverythingSelmaThe Imitation GameUnbrokenGone GirlGrand Budapest HotelBirdmanBoyhoodNightcrawlerBest Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Acting from an Ensemble

BirdmanBoyhoodThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Imitation GameInto the WoodsSelmaBest Animated Film

Best Action Movie

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Best Comedy

Best Actor in a Comedy

Best Actress in a Comedy

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

Best Young Actor/Actress

Ellar Coltrane, BoyhoodAnsel Elgort, The Fault in Our StarsMackenzie Foy, InterstellarJaeden Lieberher, St. VincentTony Revolori, The Grand Budapest HotelQuvenzhane Wallis, AnnieNoah Wiseman, The Babadook

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best Art DirectionBirdmanThe Grand Budapest HotelInherent ViceInterstellarInto the WoodsSnowpiercer

Best Editing

Best Costume Design

Best Hair and MakeupBest Visual Effects

Best Documentary Feature

CitizenfourGlen Campbell: I'll Be MeJodorowsky's DuneLast Days in VietnamLife ItselfThe Overnighters

Best Song

Best Score