2012 Awards

When I see a movie that I consider deserving of at least a nomination I will include it on the following lists.  Top 5 for each category are nominated for Movie Quacks.  Golden Globe and Academy Award Nominees are notated.  Films the I have reviewed are linked, with others to be updated as quickly as I can.  Check back for the Movie Quack Winners for 2012. 

GG: Golden Globe Nominee
AA: Academy Award Nominee
MQ: Movie Quack Winner

Who else did I snub?  This is also a great place for fans to Quack Back!!!

BEST FILM
Moonrise Kingdom GG
Argo GG AA
Django Unchained GG AA
Zero Dark Thirty GG AA
Headhunters

snubs: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel GG; Les Misérables GG AA; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen GG; Silver Linings Playbook GG AA; Life of Pi GG AA; Lincoln GG AA; Promised Land; Amour AA; Beasts of the Southern Wild AA

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck, Argo GG
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty GG
Ang Lee, Life of Pi GG AA
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln GG AA
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained GG

snubs: Gus Van Sant, Promised Land, David O. Russel, Silver Linings Playbook AA; Behn Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild AA; Michael Hanake, Amour AA

BEST ACTOR
John Hawkes, The Sessions GG
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln GG AA
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master GG AA
Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock
Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained

snubs: Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch; Jude Law, Anna Karenina; Matt Damon, Promised Land; Denzel Washington, Flight GG AA; Jack Black, Bernie GG; Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables GG AA; Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson GG; Richard Gere, Arbitrage GG; Ewan McGregor,  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen GG; Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook GG AA

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty GG AA
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone GG
Naomi Watts, The Impossible GG AA
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea GG
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts Of The Southern Wild AA

snubs: Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen GG; Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel GG; Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook GG AA; Maggie Smith, Quartet GG; Meryl Streep, Hope Springs GG; Helen Mirren, Hitchcock GG; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour AA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master GG AA
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained GG AA
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Jason Clarke, Lawless or Zero Dark Thirty
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook AA (he was better in Being Flynn)

snubs: Alan Arkin, Argo GG AA; Bryan Cranston, Argo; Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln GG AA; Ezra Miller, Perks of Being a Wallflower; John Krasinski, Promised Land; Tom Hiddleston, The Deep Blue Sea; Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained GG

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Fields, Lincoln GG AA
Amy Adams, The Master GG AA
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables GG AA
Helen Hunt, The Sessions GG AA
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook AA

snubs: Frances McDormand, Promised Land; Ann Dowd, Compliance, Susan Sarandon, Arbitrage; Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy GG

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom AA
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained GG AA
Matt Damon and John Krasinski, Promised Land
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty GG AA

snubs:  Lynn Shelton, Your Sister's Sister; Sergio Sanchez, The Impossible; John Gatins, Flight AA; Michael Hanake, Amour AA

BEST ADAPATED SCREENPLAY
David O. Russel, Silver Linings Playbook GG AA
Ben Lewin, The Sessions
Stephen Chbosky, Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chris Terrio, Argo GG AA
Tony Kushner, Lincoln GG AA

snubs: John McLaughlin, Hitchcock; David Magee, Life of Pi AA; Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild AA

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