Disclaimer: This article was written when the SAG nominations were announced.
Can you hear the bells ring!? IT HAS ARRIVED. The wonderful kickoff of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Golden Globes and soon enough, the Academy Awards. I can’t contain the joy I have because the time has come to make the list of all the movies I have to see in order to be a fully functioning person, and I want to share that joy with you.
The movies that are competing this year are UNBELIEVABLE. As I stated in a previous article, fall movies are the best of its kind, but this year… Oh my God. I’ll only post the movie nominations for now, and discuss TV later since I haven’t been able to catch up on my TV roster.
Here’s the list of nominations:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell / John Du Pont – “Foxcatcher”
Benedict Cumberbatch / Alan Turing – “The Imitation Game”
Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom – “Nightcrawler”
Michael Keaton / Riggan – “Birdman”
Eddie Redmayne / Stephen Hawking – “The Theory Of Everything”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jennifer Aniston / Claire Bennett – “Cake”
Felicity Jones / Jane Hawking – “The Theory Of Everything”
Julianne Moore / Alice Howland-Jones – “Still Alice”
Rosamund Pike / Amy Dunne – “Gone Girl”
Reese Witherspoon / Cheryl Strayed – “Wild”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall / Joseph Palmer – “The Judge”
Ethan Hawke / Mason, Sr. – “Boyhood”
Edward Norton / Mike – “Birdman”
Mark Ruffalo / Dave Schultz – “Foxcatcher”
J.K. Simmons / Fletcher – “Whiplash”
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette / Olivia – “Boyhood”
Keira Knightley / Joan Clarke – “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone / Sam – “Birdman”
Meryl Streep / The Witch – “Into The Woods”
Naomi Watts / Daka – “St. Vincent”
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory Of Everything
My biggest excitements:
– Steve Carell for Foxcatcher. I need to see this movie with urgency. I’m not kidding. The trailers for this movie gave me chills and I’m convinced it’s because the entire movie is cringe-worthy.
– Jennifer Aniston for Cake: this is the first movie SAG nomination for her and I’m curious to see how she plays out.
– Julianne Moore for Still Alice: I saw the trailer today and it made me feel feelings and I have a good feeling about her on her way to her 3485739487th Oscar nomination.
– Anything Birdman related.
I saw Boyhood’s trailer recently and I’m looking forward to seeing this movie because I feel it’s going to be very crafty and artsy character-wise. I have the downloaded script but I’ll read it after I see it.
Further reports will come.
Award season has officially begun.