I think it really hurts their legitimacy as an awards group (not that they were held to a high regard before). They could have easily delayed their voting just a few days and TFA could have made it in the same way as any of the other movies. The problem is that all those other films were compared with each other and all other movies this year in order to get nominated. The question of whether to add TFA or not does not allow for such a comparison, and I see this as purely an attempt to get better TV ratings.

I've never heard anyone say "I look forward to the Broadcast Film Critics winners", so I really don't think it matters what they do. It's the same with all of these critic's awards; the masses don't know or care about them. The only award shows that matter are the Oscars (everyone), the Golden Globes (people bitter at the Oscars), the BAFTAs (Brits), and the MTV Movie Awards (morons).

This. I have no problem with them nominating Star Wars, but wait until you have a chance to see the film before releasing your nominations, rather than revising them later like embarrassing flops.

The next televised award show is on Sunday. Final voting ballots go out this week.

Final ballots go out tomorrow. These are kinda tough, because of the calendar the specter of Sunday's Revenant mini-sweep could play into things. I'm going to go with The Revenant repeating BP/BD and Mad Max: Fury Road winning everything else not nailed down.

Best Picture
THE REVENANT

Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, THE REVENANT

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT

Best Actress
Brie Larson, ROOM

Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone, CREED

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Best Young Actor/Actress
Jacob Tremblay, ROOM

Best Acting Ensemble
THE BIG SHORT

Best Original Screenplay
SPOTLIGHT, Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

Best Adapted Screenplay
THE BIG SHORT, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay

Best Cinematography
THE REVENANT, Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Production Design
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Colin Gibson

Best Editing
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Margaret Sixel

Best Costume Design
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Jenny Beavan

Best Hair & Makeup
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Visual Effects
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Animated Feature
INSIDE OUT

Best Action Movie
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Actor in an Action Movie
Tom Hardy, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Actress in an Action Movie
Charlize Theron, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Comedy
THE BIG SHORT

Best Actor in a Comedy
Christian Bale, THE BIG SHORT

Best Actress in a Comedy
Amy Schumer, TRAINWRECK

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
EX MACHINA

Best Foreign Language Film
SON OF SAUL

Best Documentary Feature
AMY

Best Original Song
LOVE & MERCY, "One Kind of Love"

Best Original Score
THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Ennio Morricone

Spotlight being shut out would be nice.

Best Picture

SPOTLIGHT

Best Director

George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio, THE REVENANT

Best Actress

Saoirse Ronan, BROOKLYN

Best Supporting Actor

Sylvester Stallone, CREED

Best Supporting Actress

Rooney Mara, CAROL

Best Young Actor/Actress

Jacob Tremblay, ROOM

Best Acting Ensemble

SPOTLIGHT

Best Original Screenplay

SPOTLIGHT, Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

Best Adapted Screenplay

THE BIG SHORT, Charles Randolph and Adam McKay

Best Cinematography

THE REVENANT, Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Production Design

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Colin Gibson

Best Editing

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Margaret Sixel

Best Costume Design

THE DANISH GIRL, Paco Delgado

Best Hair & Makeup

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Visual Effects

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Animated Feature

INSIDE OUT

Best Action Movie

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Tom Hardy, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Charlize Theron, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Best Comedy

THE BIG SHORT

Best Actor in a Comedy

Christian Bale, THE BIG SHORT

Best Actress in a Comedy

Jennifer Lawrence, JOY

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

THE MARTIAN

Best Foreign Language Film

SON OF SAUL

Best Documentary Feature

AMY

Best Original Song

SPECTRE, "Writing's on the Wall"

Best Original Score

THE HATEFUL EIGHT, Ennio Morricone

Amy Schumer to get MVP Award.

https://twitter.com/CriticsChoice/statu ... 4037869568

I thought it might be useful to see how GG compares to BFCA, however I discovered that the Globes used to air AFTER the BFCA so voting trends are hard to nail down. The Globes and Critics Choice have matched their BP and BD picks 4 out of the last 6 races, including the last 3. So I guess a repeat of Sunday is more likely than not, though a Miller win would be awesome!

2014: GG BP/BD Boyhood - CC BP/BD Boyhood
2013 - GG BP 12 Years A Slave/BD Gravity - CC BP 12 Years A Slave/ BD Gravity
2012 - GG BP/BD Argo - CC BP/BD Argo
2011 - GG BP The Artist/BD Hugo - CC BP/BD The Artist
2010 - GG BP/BD The Social Network - CC BP/BD The Social Network
2009 - GG BP/BD Avatar - CC BP/BD The Hurt Locker

Apparently the voting window was just 24 hours to coincide with Oscar nominations.



They could very well be some pushback on the one-two punch of Revenant's GG wins and 12 Oscar nominations. Or it could be more of the same.

LMAO these people are such hacks. Can't wait to watch the awards on Sunday, I hope they're as much of a disaster as usual.

I'm going back and forth on what's going to happen tonight. Part of me thinks the whole reason they waited until after the Globes and Oscar nominations is to play bellwether for the race ahead, which would point to The Revenant. But then I also could see them wanted to be tastemakers and going with Spotlight. Not sure where that leaves Mad Max: Fury Road and it's lead nomination count. Maybe the tech and action/scifi categories?

I think they tend to award critics' favorites. Like when they gave BP to Sideways.

Inside Out won Best Animated Feature during the red carpet show.

Yeah, they have not been the one to indicate a shift in which film will be winning BP, as they awarded Boyhood and The Social Network the last few years.

Spotlight won Best Ensemble.

Stallone is gonna win the oscar, he is getting standing ovations every time he wins.

This is his last televised award I think, so he did a great job with the speech when it counted.

He should have acknowledged that he tried to thank Coogler and Jordan at the Globes. For those unfamiliar with that, it felt more like he was obligated to thank them. "Before I get into any more trouble..."

Seriously?

Alicia Vikander won Supporting Actress and Mad Max: Fury Road swept the Action categories (film, actor, actress).

Best Supporting Actress is up for grabs at the Oscars.

Ex Machina wins Best Sci-fi/Horror

Mad Max: Fury Road won

Best Editing, Best Make-Up and Hair, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Production Design

Best Cinematography went to The Revenant

I guess only Costume Design is slightly surprising.