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B E S T   F I L M
 American Hustle AMERICAN HUSTLE
(David O Russell)

My favourite movies are the ones with the strongest characters, and this prickly comedy is packed with them. Russell's direction wisely focusses on the personal interplay, because who really cares about Abscam anymore?
2. 12 YEARS A SLAVE (Steve McQueen)
3. FILTH (Jon S Baird)
4. FRUITVALE STATION (Ryan Coogler)
5. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR (Abdellatif Kechiche)
6. STORIES WE TELL (Sarah Polley)
7. IN A WORLD... (Lake Bell)
8. BLANCANIEVES (Pablo Berger)
9. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (Paul Greengrass)
10. BEHIND THE CANDELABRA (Steven Soderbergh)
11. I Wish (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
12. Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach)
13. Our Children (Joachim Lafosse)
14. Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski)
15. Blood Brother (Steve Hoover)
16. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)
17. The Broken Circle Breakdown (Felix Van Groeningen)
18. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)
19. Stranger by the Lake (Alan Guiraudie)
20. Wadjda (Haifaa Al Mansour)
21. Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve)
22. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)
23. How to Survive a Plague (David France)
24. Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
25. What Maisie Knew (Scott McGeehee, David Siegel)
26. Le Week-end (Roger Michell)
27. The Way, Way Back (Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)
28. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
29. Facing Mirrors (Negar Azarbayjani)
30. August: Osage County (John Wells)
31. God Loves Uganda (Roger Ross Williams)
32. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)
33. The Past (Asghar Farhadi)
34. Philomena (Stephen Frears)
35. Beyond the Walls (David Lambert)
36. Her (Spike Jonze)
37. Gloria (Sebastian Lelio)
38. Les Invisibles (Sebastien Lifshitz)
39. Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
40. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
41. Compliance (Craig Zobel)
42. We Went to War (Michael Grigsby)
43. The Spectacular Now (James Ponsoldt)
44. Bwakaw (Jun Robles Lana)
45. Side Effects (Steven Soderbergh)
46. Call Girl (Mikael Marcimain)
47. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Francis Lawrence)
48. Any Day Now (Travis Fine)
49. The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola)
50. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Declan Lowney)
NB. I saw 539 films in 2013
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director: baird D I R E C T O R

Jon S Baird
(Filth)
2. David O Russell (American Hustle)
3. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
4. Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell)
5. Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty)
6. Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
7. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
8. Felix Van Groeningen (The Broken Circle Breakdown)
9. Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
10. Abdellatif Kechiche (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)

screenplay: bell S C R E E N W R I T E R

Lake Bell
(in a World...)
2. Asghar Farhadi (The Past)
3. Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha)
4. Eric Warren Singer, David O Russell (American Hustle)
5. Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda)
6. Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope (Philomena)
7. Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
8. John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
9. Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelabra)
10. Hirokazu Kore-eda (I Wish, Like Father Like Son)

actress: dequenne A C T R E S S

Emilie Dequenne
(Our Children)
2. Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)
3. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
4. Paulina Garcia (Gloria)
5. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
6. Berenice Bejo (The Past, Populaire)
7. Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks, Beautiful Creatures)
8. Lindsay Duncan (Le Week-end, About Time)
9. Luminita Gheorghiu (Child's Pose)
10. Judi Dench (Philomena)

actor: ejiofor A C T O R

Chiwetel Ejiofor
(12 Years a Slave)
2. James McAvoy (Filth, Welcome to the Punch, Trance)
3. Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra, Elysium, The Zero Theorem)
4. Johan Heldenbergh (The Broken Circle Breakdown)
5. Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips, Saving Mr Banks)
6. Jack O'Connell (Starred Up, The Liability)
7. Tahar Rahim (The Past, Our Children)
8. Jim Broadbent (Le Week-end, Filth)
9. Christian Bale (American Hustle, Out of the Furnace)
10. Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra, Last Vegas)

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

Margo Martindale
(August: Osage County,
Beautiful Creatures)
2. Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives, The Invisible Woman, Looking for Hortense)
3. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
4. Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy, Stoker, The Railway Man)
5. Pernilla August (Call Girl)
6. Amy Adams (American Hustle, Her, Man of Steel)
7. June Squibb (Nebraska)
8. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
9. Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
10. Julianne Moore (What Maisie Knew, Don Jon, Carrie)

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

James Franco
(Spring Breakers, As I Lay Dying, The Iceman, Homefront)
2. Dane DeHaan (Kill Your Darlings, The Place Beyond the Pines, Jack & Diane)
3. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
4. David Oyelowo (The Paperboy, The Butler)
5. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
6. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave, The Counsellor)
7. Chris Cooper (August: Osage County)
8. Tom Hiddleston (Thor: The Dark World)
9. Daniel Bruhl (Rush)
10. Eddie Marsan (Filth, The World's End)

H A L L   O F   S H A M E

worst: grown ups 2 WORST FILM
Grown Ups 2 (Dennis Dugan)
2. R.I.P.D. (Robert Schwentke)
3. G.I Joe: Retaliation (Jon M Chu)
4. Bula Quo! (Stuart St Paul)
5. Run for Your Wife (Ray Cooney, John Luton)
6. Movie 43 (various)
7. Summer in February (Christopher Menaul)
8. The Family (Luc Besson)
9. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (Roman Coppola)
10. Runner Runner (Brad Furman)
11. Powder Room (MJ Delaney)
12. Jack & Diane (Bradley Rust Gray)
13. Not Another Happy Ending (John MacKay)
14. Who Needs Enemies (Peter Stylianou)
15. Trap for Cinderella (Iain Softley)
16. You're Next (Adam Wingard)
17. The Invisible Woman (Ralph Fiennes)
18. Jake Squared (Howard Goldberg)
19. Stuck in Love (Josh Boone)
20. Pain & Gain (Michael Bay)
disappointment: pacific rim BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Pacific Rim
The Counsellor. Kick-Ass 2. The Butler. Labor Day
MOST PRETENTIOUS: To the Wonder
Upstream Color. The Wall.
MOST INDULGENT: The Great Gatsby
The Butler. The Hangover Part III. The Internship. Upstream Color
MOST DERIVATIVE: 21 & Over
Oblivion. The Conjuring. Starred Up. Runner Runner
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): A Good Day to Die Hard
The Great Gatsby. G.I Joe: Retaliation. Oz the Great and Powerful. Identity Thief
LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: Sharknado
Machete Kills. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
MOST ANTI-CLIMACTIC REUNION: The Internship
The Hangover Part III. RED 2. Grown Ups 2
WORST MESSAGE: Maniac
A Good Day to Die Hard. Grown Ups 2
WORST TITLE: Summer in February
Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes. The Wolverine. One Direction: This Is Us. Escape Plan
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Roger Allam (The Book Thief)
Tobey Maguire (The Great Gatsby, Labor Day). Forest Whitaker (The Butler)
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Josh Boone (Stuck in Love)
Dean Parisot (RED 2)
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Lasse Halstrom (Safe Haven)
Robert Schwentke (R.I.P.D.)
SHOULD RETIRE: Adam Sandler
Charlie Sheen. Sylvester Stallone. Arnold Schwarzenegger
PLEASE STOP: Fighting-robot finales (Iron Man 3, Pacific Rim, The Wolverine)
Quirky Johnny Depp characters (The Lone Ranger)
WORST MANAGEMENT: everyone in Movie 43
Josh Duhamel (Fire With Fire, Safe Haven). Jeff Bridges (R.I.P.D.).

N O N - F I L M   P I C K S

tv: mad men TV SERIES
Mad Men (AMC)
2. Top of the Lake (BBC)
3. Veep (HBO)
4. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
5. Girls (HBO)
6. Homeland (Showtime)
7. Dancing on the Edge (BBC)
8. Black Mirror (C4)
9. Modern Family (ABC)
10. 30 Rock (NBC)
11. Shameless (Showtime)
12. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
13. Dexter (Showtime)
14. Masters of Sex (Showtime)
15. Family Tree (HBO)
16. Downton Abbey (ITV)
17. True Blood (HBO)
18. Game of Thrones (Sky)
19. The Walking Dead (Fox)
20. Community (NBC)
21. The Simpsons (Sky)
22. Utopia (C4)
23. Glee (Fox)
24. The Newsroom (HBO)
25. Franklin & Bash (TNT)
single: super rich kids SINGLE
Super Rich Kids (Frank Ocean & Earl Sweatshirt)
2. Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
3. Happy (Pharrell Williams)
4. Royals (Lorde)
5. Crying for No Reason (Katy B)
6. I See Fire (Ed Sheeran)
7. Riptide (Vance Joy)
8. Wake Me Up (Avicii)
9. Roar (Katy Perry)
10. Lay Down Your Weapons (K Koke & Rita Ora)
11. Burn (Ellie Golding)
12. Losing Sleep (John Newman)
13. Somewhere Only We Know (Lily Allen)
14. Skip to the Good Bit (Rizzle Kicks)
15. Story of My Life (One Direction)
16. Same Love (Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Mary Lambert)
17. Seen it All (Jake Bugg)
18. What I Might Do (Ben Pearce)
19. Counting Stars (One Republic)
20. Stay (Rihanna & Mikky Ekko)
21. Step Up for the Cool Cats (Palma Violets)
22. When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars)
23. Army of Two (Olly Murs)
24. Do What U Want (Lady Gaga & R Kelly)
25. Just Give Me a Reason (Pink & Nate Ruess)
26. Atlas (Coldplay)
27. Here's to Everything (Ooh La La) (Misha B)
28. The Monster (Eminem & Rihanna)
29. Love Me Again (John Newman)
30. Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams & TI)

S P E C I A L   A W A R D S

ensemble: american hustle ENSEMBLE: American Hustle
2. August: Osage County
3. Blue Jasmine
4. Prisoners
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Jon S Baird (Filth)
2. Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda)
3. Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12)
4. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Don Jon)
5. Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)
BREAKOUT ACTOR: Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)
2. Michael B Jordan (Fruitvale Station)
3. Liam James (The Way Way Back)
4. Conner Chapman (The Selfish Giant)
5. Chloe Pirrie (Shell)
music: inside llewyn davis MUSIC: Inside Llewyn Davis (T Bone Burnett)
2. Only God Forgives (Cliff Martinez)
3. Nebraska (Mark Orton)
4. 12 Years a Slave (Hans Zimmer)
5. Her (Arcade Fire)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Captain Phillips (Barry Ackroyd)
2. To the Wonder (Emmanuel Lubezki)
3. Her (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
4. The Bling Ring (Harris Savides, Christopher Blauvett)
5. Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
EDITING: Captain Phillips (Christopher Rouse)
2. Gravity (Cuaron/Sanger)
3. American Hustle (Baumgarten/Cassidy/Struthers)
4. Rush (Hanley/Hill)
5. Fruitvale Station (Castello/Shaw)
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Renoir (Benoit Barouh)
2. American Hustle (Judy Becker)
3. Her (KK Barrett)
4. 12 Years a Slave (Adam Stockhausen)
5. Behind the Candelabra (Howard Cummings)
EFFECTS: Gravity
2. Her
3. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
4. Star Trek Into Darkness
5. Rush
STUNTS: Lone Survivor
Captain Phillips. All Is Lost. Gravity. Kon-Tiki
BEST USE OF 3D: Gravity
The Great Gatsby. The Croods. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
WORST USE OF 3D: G.I Joe: Retaliation
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. The Wolverine. Star Trek Into Darkness
casting: franco BEST CASTING: James Franco as Alien (Spring Breakers)
Michael Douglas as Liberace (Behind the Candelabra). Kristin Scott Thomas as mum (Only God Forgives). Emma Thompson as PL Travers (Saving Mr Banks)
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Tilikum (Blackfish)
Baby Boy (Behind the Candelabra). The cats (Inside Llewyn Davis)
BEST HAIR: Christian Bale (American Hustle)
James Franco (Spring Breakers). Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra). Kristin Scott Thomas (Only God Forgives). Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
WORST HAIR: Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club). Will Ferrell (Anchorman 2). Steve Coogan (The Look of Love)
babe: johansson BABE OF THE YEAR: Scarlett Johansson (Don Jon, Her)
Mila Kunis (Oz the Great and Powerful). Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness). Amber Heard (Machete Kills). Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers, The Frozen Ground)
HUNK OF THE YEAR: Chris Hemsworth (Thor: The Dark World, Rush)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra). Matthew Goode (Stoker). Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire). Nolan Gerard Funk (Riddick, The Canyons)
BEST CHEMISTRY: Michael Douglas & Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
Sandra Bullock & Melissa McCarthy (The Heat). Jim Broadbent & Lindsay Duncan (Le Week-end). Adele Exarchopoulos & Lea Seydoux (Blue Is the Warmest Colour). Macarena Garcia & Sergio Dorado (Blancanieves)
WORST CHEMISTRY: Naomi Watts & Naveen Andrews (Diana)
Karen Gillan & Stanley Weber (Not Another Happy Ending). Jennifer Aniston & Jason Sudeikis (We're the Millers)
BEST VILLAIN: Vithaya Pansringarm (Only God Forgives)
John Cusack (The Paperboy). Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3). Paul Dano (Prisoners, 12 years a Slave). Nature (Gravity, All Is Lost).
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Sharlto Copley (Oldboy)
Vinnie Jones (Escape Plan). Anthony Hopkins (RED 2). Robert Patrick (Identity Thief). Mel Gibson (Machete Kills)
scene stealer: lowe BEST SCENE-STEALING: Rob Lowe (Behind the Candelabra)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle). Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3). Kathryn Hahn (We're the Millers). Minnie Driver (I Give It a Year)
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Nicole Kidman (Stoker, The Paperboy)
Melissa Leo (Prisoners). Catherine Zeta-Jones (Side Effects, Broken City). Pernilla August (Call Girl). Paul Dano (12 Years a Slave, Prisoners)
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: James Deen (The Canyons)
Ken Jeong (The Hangover Part III). Stephen Merchant (I Give It a Year). Neil Morrissey (Run for Your Wife). Famke Janssen (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
BIGGEST HAM: Simon Cowell (One Direction: This Is Us)
Johnny Depp (The Lone Ranger). Catherine Zeta-Jones (RED 2). Mel Gibson (Machete Kills). George Clooney (Gravity)
BEST ACCENT: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch (12 Years a Slave)
WORST ACCENT: Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Chris Hemsworth (Rush)
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Bruce Willis (A Good Day to Die Hard, Fire With Fire, RED 2)
Sam Neill (Escape Plan). Dan Stevens (Summer in February). Salma Hayek (Grown Ups 2)
cameo: hathaway & tatum BEST CAMEO: Anne Hathaway & Channing Tatum (Don Jon)
James Franco (The Iceman, Lovelace). Richard Griffiths & Richard E Grant (About Time). Michael Cera (This Is the End). Alfre Woodard (12 Years a Slave)
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Judi Dench, Rolf Harris and Cliff Richard (Run for Your Wife)
Matt Lucas (The Look of Love). Antonio Banderas & Penelope Cruz (I'm So Excited). Gus Van Sant (The Canyons). Vanessa Hudgens (Machete Kills)
WORST CAMEO: Brad Pitt (12 Years a Slave)
Jane Curtin (The Heat). Tobey Maguire (Labor Day). Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug). Shaquille O'Neal (Grown Ups 2)
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: James Deen (The Canyons)
Will Poulter (We're the Millers). Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street). Rafe Spall (I Give It a Year). Jude Law (Dom Hemingway). With honourable mention to the casts of I Want Your Love and Stranger by the Lake
 underrated: side effects MOST UNDERRATED: Side Effects
2. In a World...
3. The Bling Ring
4. Only God Forgives
5. The Lone Ranger
MOST OVERRATED: The Butler
2. Gravity
3. The Conjuring
4. Frozen
5. Her
MOST IMPORTANT FILM: Fruitvale Station
2. Compliance
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. Wadjda
5. What Maisie Knew
MOST INVENTIVE: The Act of Killing
Gravity. Filth. A Field in England. Europa Report
CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: Paradise: Love, Faith, Hope
Stories We Tell. Our Children. Compliance. Escape From Tomorrow
guilty pleasure: this is the end GUILTY PLEASURE: This Is the End
2. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
3. Thor: The Dark World
4. Spring Breakers
5. White House Down
NICEST SURPRISE: Blue Jasmine
Behind the Candelabra. Don Jon. Rush. The Heat
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Star Trek Into Darkness. Insidious: Chapter 2. Riddick
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL REMAKE: Evil Dead
 MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE: Blancanieves
Filth. Side Effects. The Heat. Byzantium. The Purge
BEST SHOW-STOPPER: James sings Britney at the poolside piano (Spring Breakers).
Ben goes off-camera (Iron Man 3). Cameron on a Ferrari (The Counsellor). Robbing Audrina's house (The Bling Ring). The tracheotomy (The Heat)
BEST HEART-STOPPER: The hanging (12 Years a Slave)
Tom's debrief (Captain Phillips). Wayfaring Stranger (The Broken Circle Breakdown). Kristin's entrance (Only God Forgives). Falling into a ravine (Lone Survivor)
funniest: in a world FUNNIEST MOVIE: In a World...
The Heat. This Is the End. Behind the Candelabra. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: Grown Ups 2
The Hangover Part III. Austenland. Run for Your Wife. Movie 43
SEXIEST MOVIE: Stoker
Her. The Broken Circle Breakdown. I Want Your Love
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: Diana
Summer in February. Not Another Happy Ending. I Give It a Year
SCARIEST MOVIE: Compliance
Stranger by the Lake. The Purge. Captain Phillips. Evil Dead
LEAST SCARY THRILLER: You're Next. The Conjuring
YUMMIEST MOVIE: Jadoo. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
YUCKIEST MOVIE: Filth
Only God Forgives. No One Lives
GIRLIEST MOVIE: Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Afternoon Delight. Populaire. Passion. The Heat
MANLIEST MOVIE: Kon-Tiki
Lone Survivor. Rush. Out of the Furnace. Behind the Candelabra
TRASHIEST MOVIE (THE JOHN WATERS AWARD): The Paperboy
Filth. The Canyons. I'm So Excited! Spring Breakers
MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD): Safe Haven
To the Wonder. Jack & Diane. Touchy Feely. Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes
depressing: invisible war MOST DEPRESSING DOC: The Invisible War
Mea Maxima Culpa. Pandora's Promise. How to Make Money Selling Drugs. Long Distance Revolutionary
MOST BLOOD-BOILING DOC: God Loves Uganda
Fire in the Blood. We're Not Broke. Blackfish. Terms and Conditions May Apply.
MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC: The Butler
Chasing Mavericks. One Direction: This Is Us
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: August: Osage County
Stories We Tell. Blue Jasmine. Only God Forgives. Adore
STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): 21 & Over
This Is the End. Pain & Gain. Filth. The Lone Ranger
GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROMANCE AWARD): Fast & Furious 6
Escape Plan. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Stoker
GAYEST GAY MOVIE: I'm So Excited!
Behind the Candelabra. I Want Your Love
book-to-film: filth BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: Filth
12 Years a Slave. Behind the Candelabra. Philomena. The Paperboy
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Foxfire
Austenland. The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: Thor: The Dark World. Iron Man 3
WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: RED 2. The Wolverine
BEST TV-TO-FILM: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
WORST TV-TO-FILM: The Lone Ranger
BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: August: Osage County. Some Girl(s)
WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: Run for Your Wife. Powder Room
BEST FAIRYTALE-TO-FILM: Blancanieves
WORST FAIRYTALE-TO-FILM: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
biopic: 12 years a slave BEST BIOPIC: 12 Years a Slave
Behind the Candelabra. Philomena. Dallas Buyers Club. Rebellion
WORST BIOPIC: Diana. The Invisible Woman
BEST REMAKE: Interior Leather Bar. Evil Dead
WORST REMAKE: Maniac. Oldboy. Passion
BEST SEQUEL: The Dark Knight Rises
2 Days in New York. Yossi. Skyfall
WORST SEQUEL: Grown Ups 2
G.I Joe: Retaliation. RED 2. Machete Kills. The Hangover Part III
BEST PREQUEL: Monsters University
WORST PREQUEL: Oz the Great and Powerful
WORST SPINOFF: Planes
hardest workin: franco THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: James Franco (Spring Breakers, This Is the End, The Iceman, Lovelace, As I Lay Dying, Interior Leather Bar, Homefront) and Paul Giamatti (12 Years a Slave, Parkland, Saving Mr Banks, Romeo & Juliet, All Is Bright, The Congress, Turbo)
BEST NEW TREND: one-actor shows (Gravity, All Is Lost, Locke)
WORST NEW TREND: super-bland titles (Snitch, Admission, Epic, 42, The Internship, etc)
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2014: X-men: Days of Future Past
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. Interstellar. Nymphomaniac. Into the Woods
LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2014: Transformers 4
Non-stop. The Expandables 3. Teenage Mutanrt Ninja Turtles. Planes: Fire & Rescue

S H A D O W S   S W E E P S T A K E S   2 0 1 4
The final standings on 3.Mar.14 with 130 awards tabulated...

F I L M
945 12 Years a Slave**++
 664 Gravity*++
610 Blue Is the Warmest Colour
454 The Act of Killing*
415 American Hustle*+
414 Frozen**++
381 The Great Beauty**
366 Her*+
344 The Wind Rises*
332 Inside Llewyn Davis
D I R E C T O R
654 Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity**++
 528 Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave*+
254 David O Russell - American Hustle*+
214 Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street*+
197 Paul Greengrass - Captain Phillips+
W R I T E R
491 12 Years a Slave - John Ridley**
 451 Her - Spike Jonze.**++
317 American Hustle - Eric Warren Singer, David O Russell.*+
266 Philomena - Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope*
262 Before Midnight - Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy*+
A C T R E S S
792 Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine**++
 329 Sandra Bullock - Gravity*+, The Heat
267 Judi Dench - Philomena*+
248 Amy Adams - American Hustle*, Her, Man of Steel
239 Emma Thompson - Saving Mr Banks+
A C T O R
639 Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave*+
 454 Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club**++, The Wolf of Wall Street, Mud
328 Bruce Dern - Nebraska*+
276 Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street*, The Great Gatsby
231 Tom Hanks - Captain Phillips+, Saving Mr Banks
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S
659 Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave**++
 458 Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle*+, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
287 June Squibb - Nebraska*+
199 Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine*
169 Julia Roberts - August: Osage County*+
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R
636 Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club**++
 342 Barkhad Abdi - Captain Phillips*+
297 Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave*+
150 Daniel Bruhl - Rush+
150 James Franco - Spring Breakers
E N S E M B L E
170 American Hustle++
 63 August: Osage County+
59 12 Years a Slave+
44 Prisoners
39 Mud
 B R E A K T H R O U G H   A C T O R
121 Adele Exarchopoulos - Blue Is the Warmest Colour
 65 George MacKay - How I Live Now, For Those in Peril
55 Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
55 Will Poulter - We're the Millers
44 Tye Sheridan - Mud
B R E A K T H R O U G H   F I L M M A K E R
155 Ryan Coogler - Fruitvale Station
 67 Paul Wright - For Those in Peril
55 Jon S Baird - Filth
53 Scott Graham - Shell
50 Kieran Evans - Kelly + Victor
A R T
482 The Great Gatsby**++
 353 American Hustle*++
254 Behind the Candelabra++
234 12 Years a Slave*++
188 Gravity*++
M U S I C
216 Gravity - Steven Price**
 193 Frozen - Christophe Beck**++
191 Her - Arcade Fire*
168 Inside Llewyn Davis - T Bone Burnett
142 12 Years a Slave - Hans Zimmer
C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y
446 Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki**++
 200 Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel*
151 12 Years a Slave - Sean Bobbitt
103 Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael*
93 Prisoners - Roger Deakins*
T E C H
772 Gravity**++
 219 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*++
150 Captain Phillips*++
141 Lone Survivor*++
130 Star Trek Into Darkness*+
E D I T I N G
283 Gravity - Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger**+
 183 Captain Phillips - Christopher Rouse*++
150 12 Years a Slave - Joe Walker*+
121 American Hustle - Baumgarten, Cassidy, Struthers*++
104 Rush - Daniel Hanley, Mike Hill
W O R S T   F I L M
100 Movie 43
 81 Grown Ups 2
66 Run for Your Wife
62 Diana
57 G.I. Joe: Retaliation
54 After Earth
52 Austenland
51 Only God Forgives
45 R.I.P.D.
44 The Family
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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