Aaaaand awards season really well and truly kicks off with these.

Best Film
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Films of the Year
BRIDGE OF SPIES
CREED
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
INSIDE OUT
THE MARTIAN
ROOM
SICARIO
SPOTLIGHT
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

Best Director
Ridley Scott, THE MARTIAN

Best Actor
Matt Damon, THE MARTIAN

Best Actress
Brie Larson, ROOM

Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone, CREED

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Best Ensemble
THE BIG SHORT

Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Best Adapted Screenplay
Drew Goddard, THE MARTIAN

Best Animated Feature
INSIDE OUT

Breakthrough Performance
Abraham Attah, BEASTS OF NO NATION
Jacob Tremblay, ROOM

Best Directorial Debut
Jonas Carpignano, MEDITERRANEA

Best Foreign Language Film
SON OF SAUL

Best Documentary
AMY

Spotlight Award
SICARIO, for outstanding collaborative vision

NBR Freedom of Expression Award
BEASTS OF NO NATION
MUSTANG

Top Foreign Language Films
GOODNIGHT MOMMY
MEDITERRANEA
PHOENIX
THE SECOND MOTHER
THE TRIBE

Top Documentaries
BEST OF ENEMIES
THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION
THE DIPLOMAT
LISTEN TO ME MARLON
THE LOOK OF SILENCE

Top Independent Films
'71
45 YEARS
COP CAR
EX MACHINA
GRANDMA
IT FOLLOWS
JAMES WHITE
MISSISSIPPI GRIND
WELCOME TO ME
WHILE WE'RE YOUNG

http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/20 ... d-winners/

Weird they'd pick MM but not Miller. Interesting choices though!

Were they high when they were voting? That's the only way MM can win anything.

It's worth noting NBR are notorious whores for Warner Bros. movies. Still bodes well for Mad Max though.

So, after A Most Violent Year last year they thought "Fuck that shit, gonna go for blockbusters this year!"?

I just noticed a total zero mentions for Carol. Last year they shut out Whiplash, Foxcatcher and The Theory of Everything completely.

^ Same goes for Brooklyn, The Revenant and Joy. Just for comparison, NBR matched with Oscar 4/8 last year, and 4/9 the year before.

surprised at Mad Max, besides last year they were usually a strong predictor of Oscar BP nominee

lol GOODNIGHT MOMMY in Top Foreign Language Films

STALLONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A lot of male-oriented, high testosterone movies in that list.

So the last time a film missed NBR top 10 and still won BP at Oscars was ROTK, before that A Beautiful Mind; that's it since 1990. That spells good news for Spotlight given the major contenders that missed out (The Revenant, Joy, Carol).

Can we completely rule out The Martian winning BP?

I mean Gravity would have won had it not been up against a movie with a very very important message.

The Martian seems like a much likelier candidate to win Director for Ridley Scott than Picture, but something has to be considered a challenger to Spotlight.

Mad Max for BP nomination is a thing. Warner Bros. doesn't have a lot of options. Heck Miller has a decent chance at making director too

I don't think NBR means a great deal, but Stallone might honestly win Best Supporting. Why not?

They have Creed and In the Heart of the Sea, which are much more likely to get a nomination for BP than Fury Road, right? I don't know, but Mad Max just feels too long ago and not very Oscar-y.

But I think Stallone is now guaranteed a spot for Best Supporting Actor, and in my opinion, also the underdog front-runner for the win.

"underdog front runner"

Mad Max is not a Best picture worthy film.

Go back to the Nickelodeon awards!

Two years in a row where they actually pick the best movie of the year? I might die.

Nice of them to give Mad Max a little bit of life.

The Martian is going to get in. It's too much of a crowd pleasing sci fi film and it gets Ridley showing up.

fucking ridiculous statement