Sunday, January 24, 2016

Cosmo nominations are open!

Oscar nominations for the Academy Awards have been announced, and that means that it's time to start casting your nominations for the Twelfth Cosmique Movie Awards.

Upset about the Oscars? Unhappy that no people of color were nominated for acting awards? Mad that Carol wasn't recognized for Best Picture or Best Director? Annoyed that The Martian got nominated for comedic awards at the Golden Globes? The Cosmos are your opportunity to show who you think should have been nominated instead.

And we have plenty of awards for things they don't recognize, either. Awards for favorite heroes and villains, as well as for Action Adventure, Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Superhero films, among other genre awards. Sexy awards like Sexiest Ensemble, characters you most want to be intimate with, and best nudity -- gratuitous or otherwise. Plus dishonorable mentions for worst film, most overrated film, and worst performance.

Timeline


  • Sunday, February 14, 2016 - Nomination ballots are due by midnight
  • Sunday, February 28, 2016 - Nominations announced, final ballots open
  • TBD - Final ballots due
  • TBD - Winners announced

Preparing to Vote (Optional)


If you wish, download one of our lists of eligible films to refresh your memory of what you've seen this year.


Casting Your Nominations


Long story, but the web form ballot is currently not working. We have ballots in MS Word and in plain text formats. Download either one, fill it out at your leisure, and email it to ballots@cosmomovieawards.com no later than midnight on Sunday, February 14, 2016.


If you've returned a ballot and want to make a change, just email us before Sunday, February 14 and explain the changes you would like to make.


Saturday, January 16, 2016

Oscar nominations announced

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced their nominees for the 88th Academy Awards, and The Revenant leads with 12 nominations, followed by Mad Max: Fury Road with 10 and The Martian with seven.

All three were nomination for Best Picture, along with The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Room, and Spotlight.

Both The Revenant and Mad Max score Best Director nominations for Alejandro G. Iñárritu and George Miller, respectively. The other Best Director nominees included Lenny Abrahamson for Room, Tom McCarthy for Spotlight, and Adam McKay for The Big Short.

Here is the complete list of nominees:

Best Picture

  • The Big Short
  • Bridge of Spies
  • Brooklyn
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Room
  • Spotlight


Best Director

  • Lenny Abrahamson - Room
  • Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
  • Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
  • Adam McKay - The Big Short
  • George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road


Best Actress

  • Cate Blanchett - Carol
  • Brie Larson - Room
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
  • Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
  • Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

Best Actor

  • Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
  • Matt Damon - The Martian
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
  • Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
  • Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Best Supporting Actress

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
  • Rooney Mara - Carol
  • Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
  • Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
  • Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Supporting Actor

  • Christian Bale - The Big Short
  • Tom Hardy - The Revenant
  • Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
  • Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
  • Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Big Short
  • Brooklyn
  • Carol
  • The Martian
  • Room

Best Original Screenplay

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Ex Machina
  • Inside Out
  • Spotlight
  • Straight Outta Compton

Best Animated Feature

  • Anomalisa
  • Boy and the World
  • Inside Out
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie
  • When Marnie Was There

Best Cinematography

  • Carol
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Sicario

Best Production Design

  • Bridge of Spies
  • The Danish Girl
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant

Best Costume Design

  • Carol
  • Cinderella
  • The Danish Girl
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant

Best Makeup and Hair Styling

  • The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant

Best Visual Effects

  • Ex Machina
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Documentary Feature

  • Amy
  • Cartel Land
  • The Look of Silence
  • What Happened, Miss Simone?
  • Winter on Fire

Best Original Song

  • "Earned It" - Fifty Shades of Grey
  • "Til It Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground
  • "Manta Ray" - Racing Extinction
  • "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre
  • "Simple Song #3" - Youth

Best Original Score

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Carol
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Sicario
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens


Best Sound Editing

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Sicario
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing

  • Bridge of Spies
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Martian
  • The Revenant
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Film Editing

  • The Big Short
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Revenant
  • Spotlight
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia
  • Mustang - France
  • Son of Saul - Hungary
  • Theeb - Jordan
  • A War - Denmark

Best Animated Short

  • Bear Story
  • Prologue
  • Sanjay's Super Team
  • We Can't Live Without Cosmos
  • World of Tomorrow


Best Documentary Short

  • Body Team
  • Chau, Beyond the Lines
  • Claude Lanzmann
  • A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
  • Last Day of Freedom

Best Live Action Short


  • Ava Maria
  • Day One
  • Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
  • Shok
  • Stutterer