The Reel Society of Film Critics Awards Ceremony 2015

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The Reel Society of Film Critics Awards Ceremony 2015

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Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 2015 Reel Society Of Film Critics Awards, the ceremony that celebrates and honours the movies and actors that sought not just to ensure quality, but also to entertain each and every member of the fantaverse and beyond. All movies released during 2014 within the United States have been considered, and after a long and diligent process, the valued members of the committee have narrowed down the prestige of those movies to tonight's nominees. It is from these nominees that voting has been canvased, and tonight I will reveal the winners of each award.

Now, I took the initiative this year to delay the Awards from it's usual slot just prior to the Academy Awards. Now I took this decision for two reasons; one because it gave the committee an extra couple of weekends to see every movie that may have been up for consideration at every stage of voting, and two this is a better, more interesting award show! This is a ceremony for the Fantaverse, by the Fantaverse.

2014 was another spectacular year in cinema, from the visually stunning Interstellar, where Christopher Nolan has proved once again to be a master of 21st Century cinema, to success on a relatively smaller, rectangular scale in The LEGO Movie which delighted (and will continue to delight) audiences young and old. Former RS Best Picture winner Wes Anderson returned with his new movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, which turned out to be his biggest yet, while David Fincher went back to his roots with the psycho-drama Gone Girl. After many years, we finally got to see a big budget movie featuring Martin Luther King in Selma, while taking almost as long to get to the big screen was coming of age drama Boyhood, 12 years in the making. Jazz also made a welcome return in 2014, via the cat and mouse drama of Whiplash and the vibrant score attributed to the showbiz satire of Alejandro Innaritu's Birdman, while we were also treated to new visions of Hollywood cinema in Dan Gilroy's debut Nightcrawler and Joon-ho Bong's first English language film, Snowpiercer. Each movie proved that film is still at its absolute pinnacle in terms of craft, story and entertainment, and we look forward to honouring them all tonight. So please, will you join me in looking back at the year that has passed and the movies that graced our cinemas, courtesy of Fantaverse member, Sleepy Skunk.



There will be in total 16 awards handed out this evening, celebrating films for their acting, technicalities, writing and overall vision, and they will be announced in the following order, with Best Picture nominees celebrated at various points of the evening:

Best Breakthrough Performance

Birdman Featurette

Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay

Boyhood Featurette

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Gone Girl Featurette

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Interstellar Featurette

Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Feature

Nightcrawler Featurette

Best Cinematography
Best Visual Effects

Selma Featurette

Best Score
Best Foreign Language Picture

Snowpiercer Featurette

Best Cast

The Grand Budapest Hotel Featurette

Best Actress In A Leading Role

The Lego Movie Featurette

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Whiplash Featurette

Best Director

Best Picture

Lots of exciting moments to anticipate of the next couple of hours so, without further adue, I give you, The 2015 Reel Society Of Film Critics Awards!

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And HERE WE GO!

First award of the evening is for:

Best Breakthrough Artist

The nominees are:

Macon Blair, Blue Ruin
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
David Oyelowo, Selma
Chris Pratt, Guardians Of The Galaxy
Dan Stevens, The Guest


And the winner is...

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David Oyelowo, Selma

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Alright, let's see if Selma can top its Oscar take here.
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We're off to a good start! He WAS MLK.
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Courtesy of Jas, our first Best Picture Featurette of the evening:

Birdman

The struggle to get out of the shadow of one’s superhero persona for one more shot at greatness  is the story of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Alejandro G. Inarritu’s dark comedic commentary on Hollywood, Broadway, social media, and the pursuit of becoming relevant develops an amazing manic pace and energy, thanks to Antonio Sanchez’s score combined with the seamless all in one shot cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki which puts us right there for all the backstage insanity of this Broadway production. The tremendously talented cast led by Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts deliver some of the best performances of the year that would bring down any theater house in roaring applause. Nominated for 9 awards tonight including Best Picture, this is Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).

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When I saw Birdman in the theatre, everyone talked through the whole thing. Not a good theatre experience.
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Best Original Screenplay

The nominees are:

Birdman
Boyhood
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Grand Budapest Hotel


And the winner is...

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The Grand Budapest Hotel, written by Wes Anderson

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Best Adapted Screenplay

The nominees are:

Gone Girl
Inherent Vice
Snowpiercer
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

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Whiplash, written by Damien Chazelle

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Oooh yeah! We have a showdown brewing....
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So far so fine. I don't think any of the winners were exceptional in their categories. Grand Budapest was a great film due to its style more than script. Same with Whiplash. And Oyelowo doesn't feel like a breakthrough.That said, I like em all and that kind of result is still good for me.

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Only one of the opening three winners were my top picks, yet at the same time they were all very worthy. Oyelowo, like you say Geez, made Selma, I just wished the rest of the movie was up to his standard. I voted for Ellar Coltrane, but I suppose in terms of who can go on to greater things following their performance, I think Oyelowo has launched himself into the top bracket now. Grand Budapest, while on the surface very funny, had a very touching heart to it all, while Whiplash was a phenomenol cat and mouse fight driven by two great performances.

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