In addition to talking about things, I also like to talk about stuff. Movies, music, science, technology, gaming, philosophy... many fingers in many pies, you get the idea. So, now I'm back with a brand new blog, and what better way to christen it than with the 3rd annual instalment of the BWAP awards. Let's not waste any time, here are the nominees:
Best Film
- Birdman
- Gone Girl
- The Imitation Game
- Whiplash
- The Wolf of Wolf Street
Best Director
- Damian Chazelle - Whiplash
- David Fincher - Gone Girl
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman
- James Marsh - The Theory of Everything
- Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
Best Actor
- Benedict Cumberbatch - Alan Turing in The Imitation Game
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street
- Chris Evans - Captain America in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Michael Keaton - Riggan Thomson in Birdman
- Eddie Redmayne - Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
- Anne Hathaway - Amelia Brand in Interstellar
- Felicity Jones - Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything
- Jennifer Lawrence - Katniss Evergreen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Rosamund Pike - Amy Elliot-Dunne in Gone Girl
- Emma Stone - Gwen Stacey in The Amazing Spider-Man
Best Supporting Actor
- Bradley Cooper - Rocket in Guardians of the Galaxy
- Jonah Hill - Donnie Azoff in The Wolf of Wall Street
- Edward Norton - Mike Shiner in Birdman
- Tyler Perry - Tanner Bolt in Gone Girl
- J.K. Simmons - Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
- Carrie Coon - Margo Dunne in Gone Girl
- Scarlett Johannson - Natasha Romanoff in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Kiera Knightly - Joan Clarke in The Imitation Game
- Margot Robbie - Naomi Lampaglia in The Wolf of Wall Street
- Emma Stone - Sam Thomson in Birdman
Best Original Screenplay
- Birdman - Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
- The Lego Movie - Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
- Whiplash - Damian Chazelle
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Imitation Game - Graham Moore (Adapted from "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges)
- Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (Adapted from "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn)
- Guardians of the Galaxy - James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Adapted from "Guardians of the Galaxy" by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning)
Best Visuals
- Birdman
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Interstellar
- The Lego Movie
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
Best Audio
- Gone Girl
- Interstellar
- Whiplash
Best Ensemble
- Birdman
- Gone Girl
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Lego Movie
- The Wolf of Wall Street
Most nominations:
Birdman: 8
Gone Girl: 8
The Imitation Game: 5
Whiplash: 5
The Wolf of Wall Street: 5
Guardians of the Galaxy: 4
The Theory of Everything: 3
Interstellar: 3
The Lego Movie: 3
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 2
The winners will be announced sometime. Until then, I will be gone and so will you. So do take care.
