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B E S T   F I L M
 Life of Pi

LIFE OF PI
(Ang Lee)
Has a Hollywood-financed film ever tackled a big issue like faith in such an open-handed way, letting each of us draw our own conclusions? Meanwhile, Ang Lee has also created the most artistic film in recent memory.
2. RUST AND BONE (Jacques Audiard)
3. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax)
4. SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (Colin Trevorrow)
5. AMOUR (Michael Haneke)
6. CHRONICLE (Josh Trank)
7. TABU (Miguel Gomes)
8. THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (Eugene Jarecki)
9. SIGHTSEERS (Ben Wheatley)
10. PITCH PERFECT (Jason Moore)
11. The Imposter (Bart Layton)
12. Five Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi)
13. No (Pablo Larrain)
14. Silver Linings Playbook (David O Russell)
15. London: Babylon (Julien Temple)
16. The Adopted (Melanie Laurent)
17. Argo (Ben Affleck)
18. Wild Bill (Dexter Fletcher)
19. Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland)
20. The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan)
21. Keep the Lights On (Ira Sachs)
22. Lawless (John Hillcoat)
23. A Simple Life (Ann Hui)
24. Grabbers (Jon Wright)
25. Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley)
26. North Sea Texas (Bavo Defurne)
27. Sister (Ursula Meier)
28. Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
29. Call Me Kuchu (Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall)
30. Café de Flore (Jean-Marc Vallee)
31. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow)
32. The Impossible (JA Bayona)
33. Ernest & Celestine (Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner)
34. Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)
35. Unconditional (Bryn Higgins)
36. Michael (Markus Schleinzer)
37. In the House (Francois Ozon)
38. The Hunger Games (Gary Ross)
39. Promised Land (Gus Van Sant)
40. ParaNorman (Chris Butler, Sam Fell)
41. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin)
42. Love Free or Die (Macky Alston)
43. Frankenweenie (Tim Burton)
44. Absent (Marco Berger)
45. Bullhead (Michael R Roskam)
46. Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul)
47. Looper (Rian Johnson)
48. Chasing Ice (Jeff Orlowski)
49. Even the Rain (Iciar Bollain)
50. 21 Jump Street (Phil Lord, Chris Miller)
NB. I saw 483 films in 2012
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director: lee D I R E C T O R

Ang Lee
 (Life of Pi)
2. David O Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
3. Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio)
4. Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz)
5. Michael Haneke (Amour)
6. Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
7. Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone)
8. Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
9. Miguel Gomes (Tabu)
10. Leos Carax (Holy Motors)

screenplay: rust and bone S C R E E N P L A Y

Jacques Audiard and
Thomas Bidegain
(Rust and Bone)
2. Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
3. David O Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
4. David Magee (Life of Pi)
5. Derek Connolly (Safety Not Guaranteed)
6. Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
7. Chris Terrio (Argo)
8. Kay Cannon (Pitch Perfect)
9. Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo (Tabu)
10. Pedro Peirano (No)

actress: lawrence A C T R E S S

Jennifer Lawrence
(Silver Linings Playbook,
The Hunger Games)
2. Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone, The Dark Knight Rises)
3. Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
4. Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
5. Michelle Williams (Take This Waltz)
6. Olympia Dukakis (Cloudburst)
7. Suzanne Clement (Laurence Anyways)
8. Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
9. Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, Lawless)
10. Deannie Yip (A Simple Life)

actor: cooper A C T O R

Denis Lavant
(Holy Motors)
2. Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone, Bullhead)
3. Jean-Louis Trintignant (Amour)
4. Toby Jones (Berberian Sound Studio, Red Lights)
5. Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
6. Tom Holland (The Impossible)
7. Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, Haywire)
8. Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master, A Late Quartet)
9. James Floyd (My Brother the Devil)
10. Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)

supporting: hathaway S U P P O R T I N G
A C T R E S S

Anne Hathaway
(The Dark Knight Rises,
Les Misérables)
2. Frances McDormand (Promised Land, Moonrise Kingdom)
3. Amy Adams (The Master, Trouble With the Curve)
4. Isabelle Huppert (Amour)
5. Anna Kendrick (End of Watch, Pitch Perfect)
6. Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect, People Like Us, The Hunger Games)
7. Olivia Williams (Wild Bill, Anna Karenina, Now Is Good)
8. Teresa Madrugada (Tabu)
9. Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect, Bachelorette, A Few Best Men)
10. Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook, The Five Year Engagement)

supporting: serkis S U P P O R T I N G
A C T O R

Eddie Redmayne
(Les Misérables)
2. Will Poulter (Wild Bill)
3. Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike, Bernie, Killer Joe)
4. Christopher Walken (A Late Quartet, Seven Psychopaths)
5. Domhnall Gleeson (Anna Karenina, Shadow Dancer, Dredd)
6. Alan Arkin (Argo)
7. Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
8. Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
9. Samuel Joslin (The Impossible)
10. Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty, Lawless)

H A L L   O F   S H A M E

worst: savages WORST FILM
Savages (Oliver Stone)
2. Piranha 3DD (John Gulager)
3. The Knot (Jesse Lawrence)
4. The Watch (Akiva Shaffer)
5. A Thousand Kisses Deep (Dana Lustig)
6. Fun Size (Josh Schwartz)
7. The Darkest Hour (Chris Gorak)
8. The Lucky One (Scott Hicks)
9. Mercenaries (Paris Leonti)
10. Fred (Richard Ledes)
11. Late September (Jon Sanders)
12. The Lorax (Chris Renaud)
13. Iron Sky (Timo Vuorensola)
14. Taken 2 (Olivier Megaton)
15. What to Expect When You're Expecting (Kirk Jones)
16. The Man With the Iron Fists (RZA)
17. Pusher (Luis Prieto)
18. The Babymakers (Jay Chandrasekhar)
19. Contraband (Baltasar Kormakur)
20. On the Road (Walter Salles)
disappointment: on the road BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: On the Road
Hitchcock. Joyful Noise. Gambit. Hyde Park on Hudson
MOST PRETENTIOUS: Flight
Cosmopolis. A Thousand Kisses Deep. Red Lights. The Grey.
MOST INDULGENT: Midnight's Children
The Watch. What to Expect When You're Expecting. Total Recall. Laurence Anyways
MOST DERIVATIVE: The Knot
Total Recall. Taken 2. Lovely Molly. What to Expect When You're Expecting. Ill Manors
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): Les Miserables
How I Spent My Summer Vacation. Total Recall. The Expendables 2. Safe. Battleship
MOST ANTI-CLIMACTIC REUNION: Taken 2
WORST MESSAGE: Act of Valor
Taken 2. Flight. Zero Dark Thirty. The Angels' Share
WORST TITLE: John Carter
Jack Reacher. Alex Cross. Taken 2. The Watch. Flight
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Blake Lively (Savages)
Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children). Channing Tatum (The Vow). Simon Callow (Acts of Godfrey)
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Todd Graff (Joyful Noise)
Michael Hoffman (Gambit). Oliver Stone (Savages). Andy Fickman (Parental Guidance)
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Chris Gorak (The Darkest Hour)
Asger Leth (Man on a Ledge). Baltasar Kormakur (Contraband). Scott Hicks (The Lucky One)
SHOULD RETIRE: Noel Clarke
Nicholas Sparks. Len Wiseman
WORST MANAGEMENT: Liam Neeson (Taken 2, Battleship, The Grey, Wrath of the Titans)
Clive Owen (Intruders). Zac Efron (The Lucky One)

N O N - F I L M   P I C K S

tv: homeland TV SERIES
Homeland (Showtime)
2. Mad Men (AMC)
3. Veep (HBO)
4. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
5. Parade's End (BBC)
6. Sherlock (BBC)
7. True Blood (HBO)
8. Modern Family (ABC)
9. Dexter (Showtime)
10. The Thick of It (BBC)
11. Peep Show (C4)
12. Downton Abbey (ITV)
13. 30 Rock (NBC)
14. The Walking Dead (FX)
15. Twenty Twelve (BBC)
16. Girls (HBO)
17. Glee (Fox)
18. Nurse Jackie (BBC)
19. Community (NBC)
20. The Newsroom (HBO)
single: wonder SINGLE
Wonder (Naughty Boy & Emeli Sandé)
2. Ill Manors (Plan B)
3. Charlie Brown (Coldplay)
4. Skyfall (Adele)
5. Sweet Nothing (Calvin Harris & Florence Welch)
6. Do You Think of Me (Misha B)
7. Ho Hey (The Lumineers)
8. Diamonds (Rihanna)
9. Feel the Love (Rudimental & John Newman)
10. We'll Be Coming Back (Calvin Harris & Example)
11. Picking Up the Pieces (Paloma Faith)
12. Black Treacle (Artic Monkeys)
13. Next to Me (Emili Sande)
14. Princess of China (Coldplay & Rihanna)
15. Breakin' a Sweat (Skrillex & The Doors)
16. Some Nights (Fun)
17. Titanium (David Guetta & Sia)
18. Candy (Robbie Williams)
19. In the End (Snow Patrol)
20. Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye & Kimbra)
21. Only the Horses (Scissor Sisters)
22. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (Pink)
23. Troublemaker (Olly Murs & Flo Rida)
24. Primadonna (Marina and the Diamonds)
25. One Thing (One Direction)
26. Domino (Jesse J)
27. One More Night (Maroon 5)
28. Can't Say No (Conor Maynard)
29. Hold On (Skepta)
30. We Are Young (Fun & Janelle Monae)

S P E C I A L   A W A R D S

ensemble: pitch perfect ENSEMBLE: Pitch Perfect
2. Les Miserables
3. Argo
4. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
5. Seven Psychopaths
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Bart Layton (The Imposter)
2. Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil)
3. Dexter Fletcher (Wild Bill)
4. Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed)
5. Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
BREAKOUT ACTOR: Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, Lawless)
2. Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
3. James Floyd (My Brother the Devil)
4. Samantha Barks (Les Miserables)
5. Jack Reynor (What Richard Did)
music: master MUSIC: The Master (Jonny Greenwood)
2. Lawless (Nick Cave, Warren Ellis)
3. Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)
4. Lincoln (John Williams)
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi (Cloudio Miranda)
2. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Ben Richardson)
3. Berberian Sound Studio (Nic Knowland)
4. Cafe de Flore (Pierre Cottereau)
5. Tabu (Rui Pocas)
EDITING: Argo (William Goldenberg)
2. Zero Dark Thirty (Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg)
3. Berberian Sound Studio (Chris Dickens)
4. Tabu (Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes)
5. Life of Pi (Tim Squyres)
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Berberian Sound Studio (Jennifer Kernke)
2. Holy Motors (Florian Sanson)
3. Life of Pi (David Gropman)
4. Frankenweenie (Rick Heinrichs)
5. Zero Dark Thirty (Jeremy Hindle)
EFFECTS: Life of Pi
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. Chronicle
4. Rust and Bone
5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
STUNTS: Haywire
The Raid. The Impossible. Skyfall. Premium Rush
casting:brolin BEST CASTING: Josh Brolin (Men in Black 3)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln). Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2). Richard Briers (Cockneys vs Zombies). Ewan McGregor (!) (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen)
WORST CASTING: Real Navy Seals (Act of Valor). Sally Field (Lincoln)
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Richard Parker (Life of Pi)
The ugly-cute cat (A Simple Life). Poppy and Banjo (Sightseers). The kitten (Moonrise Kingdom). The alpha-wolf (The Grey)
BEST HAIR: Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator, Les Miserables). Tilda Swinton (Moonrise Kingdom)
WORST HAIR: Simon Pegg (A Fantastic Fear of Everything)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Savages). Sylvester Stallone (The Expendables 2)
LEAST CONVINCING MAKE-UP: Just Go With It. J Edgar
babe: hathaway BABE OF THE YEAR: Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises)
Megan Fox (This Is 40, Friends With Kids, The Dictator). Gina Carano (Haywire). Genesis Rodriguez (Man on a Ledge). Melvil Poupaud (Laurence Anyways)
HUNK OF THE YEAR: Channing Tatum (Haywire, The Vow, 21 Jump Street, Magic Mike)
Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone, Bullhead). Rodrigo Santoro (What to Expect When You're Expecting). Chris Hemsworth (The Cabin in the Woods, The Avengers, Snow White and the Huntsman). Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike)
BEST CHEMISTRY: Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena (End of Watch)
Marion Cotillard & Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone). Carloto Cotta & Ana Moreira (Tabu). Francois Cluzet & Omar Cy (The Intouchables). Michelle Williams & Luke Kirby (Take This Waltz)
WORST CHEMISTRY: Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz (Gambit)
Taylor Kitch, Blake Lively & Aaron Johnson (Savages). Keira Knightley & Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Anna Karenina)
BEST VILLAIN: Javier Bardem (Skyfall)
Ray Sahetapy & Yayan Ruhian (The Raid). Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises). Andy Serkis (Wild Bill). Werner Herzog (Jack Reacher)
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Kronos (Wrath of the Titans)
Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spider-man). Gabriel Iglesias (Magic Mike). Ed Harris (Man on a Ledge)
scene stealers: banks & higgins BEST SCENE-STEALING: Elizabeth Banks & John Michael Higgins (Pitch Perfect)
Fran Kranz (The Cabin in the Woods). Kristin Scott Thomas (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Bel Ami, The Woman in the Fifth). Chelsea Handler (This Means War). Allison Janney (Liberal Arts, The Oranges)
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike)
Julia Roberts (Mirror Mirror). Sam Rockwell (Seven Psychopaths). Tom Hanks (Cloud Atlas). Rupert Everett (Hysteria)
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: Giovanni Ribisi (Contraband)
Guy Pearce (Lawless). Charlize Theron (Snow White and the Huntsman). Keira Knightley (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World). Michael Shannon (Premium Rush)
BEST COSTAR-CHEWING (THE ALIVE AWARD): Dylan Smith (Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal)
BIGGEST HAM: Dolly Parton (Joyful Noise)
Michael Caine (Journey 2). Bette Midler (Parental Guidance). Bill Nighy (Wrath of the Titans, Total Recall). Tom Conti (StreetDance 2)
BEST ACCENT: Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator)
WORST ACCENT: Sacha Baron Cohen (Les Miserables)
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Maggie Smith (Quartet, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
Helen Mirren (Hitchcock). Liam Neeson (Taken 2, The Grey, Battleship, Wrath of the Titans). Robert De Niro (Red Lights). Bruce Willis (Looper)
cameo: keitel BEST CAMEO: Harvey Keitel (Moonrise Kingdom)
Ryan Reynolds (Ted). Johnny Depp, Peter DeLuise & Holly Robinson (21 Jump Street). Megan Mullally (What to Expect When You're Expecting). Mimi Rogers (Hope Springs)
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: John Barrowman (Zero Dark Thirty)
Lena Dunham (This Is 40). Jesse L Martin (Joyful Noise). Patton Oswalt (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World). Elisabeth Shue (Hope Springs)
WORST CAMEO: Gary Busey (Piranha 3DD)
 Nicole Scherzinger (Men in Black 3). Jonah Hill (Django Unchained)
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Denis Lavant (Holy Motors)
Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained). Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone). Jason Biggs (American Reunion). Joe LoTruglio (Wanderlust)
 underrated: pitch perfect MOST UNDERRATED: Pitch Perfect
2. Dredd
3. 21 Jump Street
4. Wanderlust
5. John Carter
MOST OVERRATED: The Intouchables
2. Flight
3. Wreck-it Ralph
4. Les Miserables
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
MOST IMPORTANT FILM: Amour
2. Life of Pi
3. Promised Land
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. My Brother the Devil
MOST ESSENTIAL DOC: The House I Live In
Call Me Kuchu. Chasing Ice. Five Broken Cameras. Mission to Lars
MOST INVENTIVE: Berberian Sound Studio
Holy Motors. Haywire. Tabu. Looper
CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: Holy Motors
Life of Pi. No. My Brother the Devil. Beasts of the Southern Wild
guilty pleasure: sapphires GUILTY PLEASURE: The Sapphires
2. 21 Jump Street
3. This Means War
4. John Carter
5. Breaking Dawn Part 2
NICEST SURPRISE: Chronicle
Pitch Perfect. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Grabbers. Dredd
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL: The Expendables 2
Breaking Dawn Part 2. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL REMAKE: Dredd
 The Amazing Spider-man
MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE: Haywire
Wild Bill. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The Cabin in the Woods
BEST USE OF 3D: Life of Pi
Titanic. A Liar's Autobiography. The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists! Frankenweenie
WORST USE OF 3D: Piranha 3DD
Top Cat: The Movie. Men in Black 3. The Darkest Hour
funniest: pitch perfect FUNNIEST MOVIE: Pitch Perfect
21 Jump Street. Grabbers. Seven Psychopaths. Jackpot
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: Fun Size
The Watch. The Knot. American Reunion. The Three Stooges
SCARIEST MOVIE: The Impossible
Berberian Sound Studio. Chasing Ice. In the Dark Half. Sinister
LEAST SCARY THRILLER: Intruders
Lovely Molly. Silent House. Man on a Ledge
SEXIEST MOVIE: Rust and Bone
Take This Waltz. Absent. The Sessions. The Players
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: A Thousand Kisses Deep
Bel Ami. Savages. The Lucky One. What to Expect When You're Expecting
GIRLIEST MOVIE: Damsels in Distress
The Source. Ginger & Rosa. The Women on the 6th Floor. Fast Girls
MANLIEST MOVIE: Magic Mike
Act of Valor. Special Forces. Contraband. Red Tails
MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD): Now Is Good
A Thousand Kisses Deep. The Myth of the American Sleepover. The Vow. Late September
YUCKIEST MOVIE: Killer Joe
Excision. Prometheus. American Mary. In Darkness
LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: Piranha 3DD
Cloud Atlas. Breaking Dawn Part 2.
depressing: catastroika MOST DEPRESSING DOC: Catastroika
Chasing Ice. The House I Live In. West of Memphis. We Are Legion
MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC: Hitchcock
Hyde Park on Hudson. Hysteria. We Bought a Zoo. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: Amour
The Imposter. Killer Joe. The Perfect Family. Lawless
BEST SHOW-STOPPER: The slap (Amour)
I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables). The self-administered C-section (Prometheus). Iko Uwais & Donny Alamsyah vs Yayan Ruhian (The Raid). The mega-calving (Chasing Ice)
STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): Magic Mike
This Means War. On the Road. Savages. Bernie
GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROMANCE AWARD): 21 Jump Street
The Raid. The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best. End of Watch. American Reunion
book-to-film: life of pi BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: Life of Pi
Anna Karenina. Pitch Perfect. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The Hunger Games
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Trishna
Midnight's Children. Bel Ami. The Lorax. On the Road
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: The Dark Knight Rises. Dredd
BEST TV-TO-FILM: 21 Jump Street
WORST TV-TO-FILM: Top Cat: The Movie
BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: Les Miserables
The Woman in Black
WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: Rock of Ages
biopic: bern ie BEST BIOPIC: Bernie
The Sapphires. The Sessions. Frankenweenie
WORST BIOPIC: Hyde Park on Hudson. We Bought a Zoo
BEST REMAKE: Frankenweenie. Dredd
WORST REMAKE: Gambit. Pusher
BEST SEQUEL: The Dark Knight Rises
2 Days in New York. Yossi. Skyfall
WORST SEQUEL: Piranha 3DD
American Reunion. Taken 2. Men in Black 3. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
BEST PREQUEL: Prometheus
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
WORST PREQUEL: The Expendables 2
hardest workin: chastain THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: Kristin Scott Thomas (Love Crime, In Your Hands, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, The Woman in the Fifth, Bel Ami, In the House) and Bryan Cranston (Red Tails, John Carter, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Rock of Ages, Total Recall, Argo)
BEST NEW TREND: Fluff with substance (Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street, Pitch Perfect,Bernie, Wanderlust, Friends With Kids)
WORST NEW TREND: Blanded-down name-only titles (John Carter, Jack Reacher, Alex Cross)
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2013: Star Trek: Into Darkness
The Great Gatsby. Man of Steel. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. World War Z. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Kick-Ass 2. Anchorman: The Legend Continues. The Lone Ranger
LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2013: The Hangover Part III
300: Rise of an Empire. The Smurfs 2. Iron Man 3. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

S H A D O W S   S W E E P S T A K E S   2 0 1 3
The final standings on 25.Feb.13 with 152 awards tabulated...

F I L M
866 Amour **
 815 Argo **++
649 Zero Dark Thirty *+
595 Lincoln *+
495 Beasts of the Southern Wild *+
425 Silver Linings Playbook *+
405 Les Miserables *+
398 Moonrise Kingdom +
388 Life of Pi *+
351 The Master
D I R E C T O R
318 Ben Affleck (Argo) ++
 295 Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) +
247 Ang Lee (Life of Pi) **+
206 Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) *+
178 Michael Haneke (Amour) *
W R I T E R
344 Argo (Chris Terrio) **++
 310 Lincoln (Tony Kushner) *+
281 Silver Linings Playbook (David O Russell) *+
254 Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal). *++
203 Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino). **
A C T R E S S
521 Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook **++, The Hunger Games)
 365 Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) *+
351 Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) *
206 Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone +, The Dark Knight Rises)
185 Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) *
A C T O R
589 Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) **++
 320 Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) *
249 Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables) *+
221 Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook) *+
207 John Hawkes (The Sessions) +
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S
501 Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables **++, The Dark Knight Rises)
 262 Sally Field (Lincoln) *+
243 Helen Hunt (The Sessions) *+
212 Amy Adams (The Master *, Trouble With the Curve, On the Road)
129 Judi Dench (Skyfall, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R
330 Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master *+, A Late Quartet)
 318 Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln *++, Hope Springs)
264 Alan Arkin (Argo) *+
184 Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained) **
154 Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike, Killer Joe, Bernie)
E N S E M B L E
102 Argo ++
 80 Silver Linings Playbook +
65 Lincoln +
64 Les Miserables +
60 Moonrise Kingdom
 B R E A K T H R O U G H   A C T O R
151 Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
 76 Tom Holland (The Impossible)
47 James Floyd (My Brother the Devil)
40 Saskia Rosendahl (Lore)
39 Jack Reynor (What Richard Did)
B R E A K T H R O U G H   F I L M M A K E R
114 Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
 110 Bart Layton (The Imposter)
72 Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil)
65 Dexter Fletcher (Wild Bill)
42 Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
A R T
377 Anna Karenina **++
 349 Les Miserables **+
261 Lincoln **+
150 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey *+
137 Life of Pi *++
S C O R E
191 Skyfall (Thomas Newman) **
 182 Life of Pi (Mychael Danna) **
120 Lincoln (John Williams) *
104 Argo (Alexandre Desplat) *
90 The Master (Jonny Greenwood)
C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y
325 Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda) **+
 227 Skyfall (Roger Deakins) *++
129 Beasts of the Southern Wild (Ben Richardson)
109 Lincoln (Janusz Kaminski) *+
100 The Master (Mihai Malaimare Jr)
T E C H
398 Life of Pi **++
 230 Les Miserables **++
201 Skyfall **++
171 The Avengers *++
160 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey *+
E D I T I N G
254 Argo (William Goldenberg) **++
 174 Zero Dark Thirty (Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg) *+
98 Life of Pi (Tim Squyres) *+
88 Silver Linings Playbook (Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers) *++
63 Lincoln (Michael Kahn) *+
W O R S T   F I L M
153 Battleship
 129 That's My Boy
119 Piranha 3DD
113 Breaking Dawn Part 2
95 The Knot
92 A Thousand Words
91 Savages
89 Cloud Atlas
88 The Watch
79 Alex Cross
Oscar *nominees **winners           guild +nominees ++winners.
Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system,
combining year-end awards, Oscarwatchers, top-ten lists and much more.
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