Time to Vote on the 2014 Cosmos!

Nominations have been announced for the 2014 Cosmique Movie Awards, and Birdman leads with 12 nominations, including nods for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Drama, followed by Into the Woods with 11 nominations, and Gone Girl and Nightcrawler with nine each.

The nominations were announced on Sunday, February 22, 2015 to coincidence with the Academy Awards.

In addition to Birdman, other Best Film nominations included Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Nightcrawler, and Selma.

A record number of 97 different films received one or more Cosmo nominations. In addition, 93 different people received one or more Cosmo nods, one shy of the record 94 set last year.

Scarlett Johansson received the most nominations of any individual this year, with four individual nominations. Although one of her nominations was for Worst Performance (for Lucy), she still received the most individual nominations this year. In addition, her nominations this year came for three different films, a Cosmo record. (Although others have received more individual nominations in previous years, none were for more than two different films in a single year.)

Voters have until Friday, March 20, 2015 to vote online to determine the winners.

The Nominees

You can check out the nominations for each of the five award groups:

1. Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame
2. Best Films Overall of 2014
3. Best Cinematic Performances of 2014
4. Best Films by Genre of 2014
5. Cinematic Worsts of 2014

Time to Vote!

1. Vote online by March 20, 2015 at midnight to determine the winners.
2. If you've voted and change your email, either email us your change or resubmit that part of your ballot, changing your vote for that award. Only your most recent submission will be considered.
3. If you're passionate about some of the nominees, lobby your friends and encourage them to vote, too.

Brief FAQ

I didn't vote in the nomination round. Can I still vote for the winners?

Yes! Many voters find the "fill in the blank" format of the nomination round to be overwhelming. Now that the nominees have been selected, you can still vote in the "fill in the bubble" final round.

Can I write in a film if I don't care for the nominees for a particular award?

No. The opportunity to write in a candidate was during the nomination round. At this point, only actual nominees can win.

The Worst awards have a "No winner for this award" option, but the other awards do not. Why is that?

We've noticed in previous years that an unusually large number of voters abstain in these categories. Perhaps it's because they simply weren't drawn to see these films (as many got terrible reviews), but it may be that some feel the Worst awards are too negative. We felt that if enough people felt strongly that none of the nominees deserved to be saddled with a negative award, that should be an option. The other awards are positive, so we don't see being "saddled" with a win as being a bad thing.

More questions? Write them in the comments below and we'll do our best to answer them.

Best Films Overall of 2014

Nominations have been announced for the 2014 Cosmique Movie Awards, and the nominees for the Best Overall awards are below.

The Best Overall awards recognize films in a variety of general and technical categories regardless of genre -- everything from Best Film of 2014 to Favorite Guilty Pleasure.

Best Film of 2014

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Nightcrawler
• Selma

Best Director of a 2014 Film

• Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
• David Fincher - Gone Girl
• Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu - Birdman
• Richard Linklater - Boyhood
• Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game

Best Script of a 2014 Film

• Birdman
• Gone Girl
• The Imitation Game
• Nightcrawler
• The Skeleton Twins
• Whiplash

Best Cinematography, Set Design or Art Direction for a 2014 Film

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Interstellar
• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• Snowpiercer

Best Costume Design or Make-Up for a 2014 Film

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• Snowpiercer

Best Visual Effects for a 2014 Film

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Interstellar
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Use of (Gratuitous?) Nudity 

• Birdman
• Gone Girl
• Neighbors
• That Awkward Moment
• Under the Skin
• Willow Creek

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure

• Divergent
• Dumb and Dumber To
• Life After Beth
• The Maze Runner
• Neighbors
• 22 Jump Street

Best Cinematic Performances of 2014

Nominations are in for the the 2014 Cosmique Movie Awards, and here are the nominees for the Best Performances of 2014.

Our awards range from the traditional to the irreverent, from Best Lead Actor to Best Female Villain and Sexiest Ensemble. Our top nominees have some overlap with the Oscars -- but here in particular, our voters showed their independence.

If you want to help select the final winners, you can vote online for each award. Ballots must be completed no later than midnight on Friday, March 20, 2015.

Best Lead Actress of 2014

• Jennifer Aniston - Cake
• Jessica Chastain - The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
• Essie Davis - The Babadook
• Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
• Julianne Moore - Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Best Lead Actor of 2014

• Ben Affleck - Gone Girl
• Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
• Michael Keaton - Birdman
• Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
• Miles Teller - Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress of 2014

• Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
• Anna Kendrick - Into the Woods
• Rene Russo - Nightcrawler
• Emma Stone - Birdman
• Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
• Naomi Watts - Birdman

Best Supporting Actor of 2014

• Neil Patrick Harris - Gone Girl
• Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
• Ian McKellen - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Edward Norton - Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

Best Young Actress of 2014

• Lilla Crawford - Into the Woods
• Elle Fanning - Maleficent
• Mackenzie Foy - Interstellar
• Lorelei Linklater - Boyhood
• Chloë Grace Moretz - If I Stay
• Quvenzhané Wallis - Annie

Best Young Actor of 2014

• Emjay Anthony - Chef
• Ellar Coltrane - Boyhood
• Daniel Huttlestone - Into the Woods
• Jaeden Lieberher - St. Vincent
• Charlie Tehan - Love Is Strange
• Noah Wiseman - The Babadook

Best Ensemble Cast of a 2014 Film

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Imitation Game
• Into the Woods

Sexist Ensemble Cast of a 2014 Film

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
• Neighbors
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Favorite 2014 Male Heroic Character

• Chris Evans - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Andrew Garfield - The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Ian McKellen - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Evan Peters - X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Aaron Swartz - The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
• Brenton Thwaites - The Giver

Favorite 2014 Female Heroic Character

• Cate Blanchett - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Emily Blunt - Edge of Tomorrow
• Anne Hathaway - Interstellar
• Scarlett Johansson - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
• Zoe Saldana - Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Male Villain of a 2014 Film

• Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
• Benedict Cumberbatch - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Dane DeHaan - The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Peter Dinklage - X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
• Sebastian Stan - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Best Female Villain of a 2014 Film

• Emily Foxler - Coherence
• Angelina Jolie - Maleficent
• Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
• Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
• Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer
• Kate Winslet - Divergent

Actor’s Character From a 2014 Film You Would Most Like to be Intimate With

• Dave Franco - Neighbors
• Andrew Garfield - The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Dylan O'Brien - The Maze Runner
• Chris Pratt - Guardians of the Galaxy
• Daniel Radcliffe - Horns
• Brenton Thwaites - Maleficent

Actress’ Character From a 2014 Film You Would Most Like to be Intimate With

• Scarlett Johansson - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Angelina Jolie - Maleficent
• Anna Kendrick - Into the Woods
• Jennifer Lawrence - X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Emma Stone - Birdman
• Charlize Theron - A Million Ways to Die in the West

Best Films by Genre of 2014

Here are the Best Films by Genre nominations for the 2014 Cosmique Movie Awards.

This year has several new awards. Best Fantasy Film and Best Science Fiction Film remain split, like last year, and are joined by a new Best Superhero Film of 2014. In addition, we have finally split the Best Mystery, Suspense, Horror, or Thriller Films award into two separate awards for Best Mystery/Suspense Film of 2014 and Best Horror/Thriller Film of 2014.

If you wish to vote for the winners, you can submit a ballot online. Voting must be completed by Friday, March 20, 2015 by midnight.

Best Action/Adventure Film of 2014

• Edge of Tomorrow
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• The Maze Runner
• Need for Speed
• Nightcrawler
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Animated Film of 2014

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Mr. Peabody and Sherman
• Paddington
• Penguins of Madagascar

Best Comedic Film of 2014

• Dear White People
• The Double
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Interview
• Obvious Child
• St. Vincent

Best Documentary Film of 2014

• Citizenfour
• Finding Vivian Maier
• The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
• Jodorowsky's Dune
• Life Itself
• To Be Takei

 

Best Dramatic Film of 2014

• Birdman
• Foxcatcher
• Gone Girl
• The Imitation Game
• Nightcrawler
• Whiplash

Best Fantasy Film of 2014

• Afflicted
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Horns
• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• Only Lovers Left Alive

Best Historical Film of 2014

• American Sniper
• Foxcatcher
• The Imitation Game
• Rosewater
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything

Best Horror/Thriller Film of 2014

• Afflicted
• Annabelle
• The Babadook
• Oculus
• Only Lovers Left Alive
• Willow Creek

Best Musical Film of 2014

• Frank
• Get On Up
• Into the Woods
• Jersey Boys
• Muppets Most Wanted
• Whiplash

Best Mystery/Suspense Film of 2014

• Blue Ruin
• Coherence
• Enemy
• Gone Girl
• Nightcrawler
• The Signal

Best Queer Film of 2014

• The Imitation Game
• Lilting
• Love Is Strange
• Pride
• The Skeleton Twins
• Test

Best Science Fiction Film of 2014

• Coherence
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Interstellar
• Snowpiercer
• Under the Skin

Best Superhero Film of 2014

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Big Hero 6
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Robocop
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Worst Films of 2014

The nominations are in for the 2014 Cosmique Movie Awards, and here are the nominees for the Worst of 2014.

If you wish to help determine the "winner" of these three awards, you can vote online, but ballots must be completed by March 20, 2015.

Most Overrated Film of 2014

• The Fault in Our Stars
• Godzilla
• The Interview
• Joe
• The Lego Movie
• Lucy

Worst Film of 2014

• The Congress
• The Guest
• The Interview
• Lucy
• Winter's Tale
• The Zero Theorem

Worst Performance of 2014

• Nicolas Cage - Joe
• Scarlett Johansson - Lucy
• Melissa McCarthy - Tammy
• Adam Sandler - Blended
• Dan Stevens - The Guest
• Shailene Woodley - White Bird in a Blizzard

Oscar voter dishes on the nominations

The Daily Beast has a fascinating interview with an anonymous voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences about her thoughts on this year's Oscar nominations. This member, a woman who appears (to me) to be a member of the Acting division, had some strong opinions. It's a fascinating read. Among her thoughts:

• She's baffled by Selma's snubs in most categories, particular for Ava DuVernay's lack of a Best Director nomination. Since this voter, at least, received her screener copy with plenty of time to watch it, she downplays (but doesn't entirely discount) the studio's limited campaigning as a factor. The controversy over the portrayal of LBJ may have been a bigger factor.

If you took away the controversy, you’d be in a different position, but it was too late to recover from that. As for the timing, I got my screener with plenty of time. And it isn’t like there aren’t precedents for holiday releases. You’ve got a black woman and a black film and you’re pitching it to a liberal organization -- if anyone should be open to it, it’s that body. 12 Years a Slave was an extraordinary accomplishment and a shot out of the dark. If you were going to split hairs, that is a better movie, but the last thing I want to come off as is, “We’ve got two black movies, so let’s marginalize them and accommodate one.” Selma is really a strong film, especially in a weak year.

• She doesn't get Boyhood as a movie and thinks Birdman will hold up and stand the test of time. As much as she thinks Birdman director Alejandro González Inarritu is very unlikable, which could be a factor in a tight vote, she's still leaning towards voting for him for Best Director.
• She hasn't seen Still Alice yet, but thinks Julianne Moore is utterly charming at the Academy lunches and is so likely win the Best Actress Oscar that she thinks that's when everyone will plan to go to the bathroom.
• She thinks Kiera Knightley's Supporting Actress nomination for The Imitation Game was wasted, and Meryl Streep was great in Into the Woods but it was more of a stunt performance. She's leaning towards voting for Emma Stone for Best Supporting Actress for Birdman but thinks Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) has it sewn up.
• She's seen enough one-note drill sargent performances, and so although J.K. Simmons is winning all of the Suppporting Actor awards for Whiplash, she's going to vote for Edward Norton's more nuanced performance in Birdman.

Read the full interview for more of this Academy voter's thoughts and insights.

The Daily Beast's 10 Oscar surprises

The Daily Beast has a rundown of what they consider to be the most surprising snubs and other surprises for this year's Oscar nominations, including more love than they expected for American Sniper and a lot less than they thought for Selma.

The list includes:

• The Lego Movie snubbed for Best Animated Feature
• Marion Cotillard's Best Actress nomination for Two Days, One Night
• Selma snubbed for Best Director (Ava DuVernay) and Best Actor (David Oyelowo
• African Americans mostly snubbed across the board
• Foxcatcher got nominations for Best Director (Bennett Miller), Best Actor (Steve Carell), Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), and Original Screenplay ... without also getting a Best Picture nomination. (Only eight films got Best Picture consideration this year.)
• Gone Girl ignored for everything except Best Actress (Rosamund Pike)
• Life Itself, the documentary about legendary film critic Roger Ebert, snubbed for Best Documentary
• Six nominations for American Sniper, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Bradley Cooper)
• Jake Gyllenhaal snubbed for Nightcrawler
• Jennifer Aniston's lack of a nomination for Cake

Check out the full article for more about why they were surprised.

Oscar nominations announced

The Academy of Motion Arts & Pictures announced their nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards this morning, with Birdman and The Grant Budapest Hotel leading the pack with nine nominations each.

The Lego Movie, widely considered a frontrunner for Best Animated Feature, was a surprise snub in that category, though it did receive a nomination for Best Original Song. Although Jennifer Anistan's performance in Cake and Jake Gyllenhaal's performance in Nightcrawler were receiving recent awards momentum, neither were nominated.

The awards will be telecast on Sunday, February 22, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting.

Best Picture

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Directing

• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Best Actor

• Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
• Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
• Michael Keaton, Birdman
• Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

• Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Duvall, The Judge
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Edward Norton, Birdman
• Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Laura Dern, Wild
• Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
• Emma Stone, Birdman
• Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Cinematography

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Ida
• Mr. Turner
• Unbroken

Costume Design

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Inherent Vice
• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• Mr. Turner

Foreign Language Film

• Ida, Poland
• Leviathan, Russia
• Tangerines, Estonia
• Timbuktu, Mauritania
• Wild Tales, Argentina

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy

Original Score

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Interstellar
• Mr. Turner
• The Theory of Everything

Adapted Screenplay

• American Sniper
• The Imitation Game
• Inherent Vice
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Original Screenplay

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Nightcrawler

Animated Feature Film

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Song of the Sea
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Documentary Feature

• Citizenfour
• Finding Vivian Maier
• Last Days in Vietnam
• The Salt of the Earth
• Virunga

Documentary Short Subject

• Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
• Joanna
• Our Curse
• The Reaper (La Parka)
• White Earth

Film Editing

• American Sniper
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Whiplash

Original Song

• "Everything Is Awesome," The Lego Movie
• "Glory," Selma
• "Grateful," Beyond the Lights
• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
• "Lost Stars," Begin Again

Production Design

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Interstellar
• Into the Woods
• Mr. Turner

Animated Short Film

• The Bigger Picture
• The Dam Keeper
• Feast
• Me and My Moulton
• A Single Life

Live Action Short Film

• Aya
• Boogaloo and Graham
• Butter Lamp
• Parvaneh
• The Phone Call

Sound Editing

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Interstellar
• Unbroken

Sound Mixing

• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Interstellar
• Unbroken
• Whiplash

Visual Effects

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Interstellar
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer

We hadn't heard of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards before now, but they sound awfully fun.

Like the Cosmique Movie Awards, they give awards to films in both traditional and unconventional categories. Some of their more conventional awards this year went to Boyhood for Best Film, Richard Linklater (Boyhood) for Best Director, Michael Keaton (Birdman) for Best Actor, and Julianne Moore (Still Alice) for Best Actress.

But they also have some really fun awards of note that are limited only to female nominees, including:

• Best Woman Director - Ava DuVernay for Selma
• Best Female Action Star - Emily Blunt for Edge of Tomorrow
• Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction - Scarlett Johansson for Under the Skin
• Actress Defying Age and Ageism - Tilda Swinton (who also won Best Supporting Actress for Snowpiercer)
• Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest - Colin Firth (b. 1960) and Emma Stone (b. 1988) for Magic in the Moonlight
• Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent - Cameron Diaz for Sex Tape

We're going to make a note to keep this one on our radar. Check out their full list of winners.

(H/T: CriticWire)

The 2014 Cosmique Movie Awards

It's time to start planning for the Eleventh Cosmique Movie Awards, honoring the best (and worst) films of 2014.

At the moment, Birdman and Boyhood seem to be bringing in the most nominations from other film awards (like the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, the BAFTAs, and more), followed by The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, and The Theory of Everything.

Historically, Cosmo voters have often been in fairly close agreement with other awards shows for many of our nominations, but usually with some surprising twists. (Last year's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was the Cosmos' top nominated film despite being largely ignored except for technical categories for most other awards.) Will The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies be this year's top nominee? If Ian McKellen and Peter Jackson get nominated again, they will have been nominated for every single film in the Middle Earth series. How will a whole host of superheroes -- mutants, avengers, robots, and more -- fare in our specialty categories against the films already being lauded by more traditional award shows? You get to help decide!

Award Changes

Last year we made a few significant changes that will be continued this year.

• We increased the total number of potential nominees to six for every award (though we reserve the option to lower it or increase it for specific awards to deal with ties, insufficient nominations, or other unforeseen issues). 
• The award for Best Young Performer, which was revived in 2012 after being dormant for a decade, was split into separate male and female awards for Best Young Actress and Best Young Actor. 
• And the award for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film was split into separate awards for Best Fantasy Film and Best Science Fiction Film.

All of those changes are being retained. In addition, this year we're creating another new award to address the popularity of genre films among Cosmo voters: Best Superhero Film. While films that qualify for this award may well also qualify for others, particular Best Fantasy Film or Best Science Fiction Film, we're hoping that adding this one will help us recognize more films in a genre that has always been very popular among Cosmo voters.

The Schedule

As usual, the Cosmo Awards schedule is built to follow the Oscars. Many of our voters use the Academy Awards as a guide for what to see. We therefore open our nomination process on the day the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announces the Oscar nominees, and we announce our nominees (and start voting for the winners) on the day of the Academy Awards.

Here's our schedule:

• Thursday, January 15, 2015 - Cosmo nominations open. (Oscar nominations announced.)
• Friday, February 13, 2015 - Cosmo nomination ballots due.
• Sunday, February 22, 2015 - Cosmo nominations announced; final voting begins. (Academy Awards are held.)
• Friday, March 20, 2015 - Final Cosmo ballots due.
• TBD - Winners announced.

We'll post the nomination ballots on Thursday.

Final Cut 2014

Here's another mashup of films released in 2014 edited by Nick Bosworth:

2014 Movie Trailer Mashup (The Sleep Skunk)

It's the time of year when we get a million recaps of the year, top 10 lists, and mashups. Our favorite movie trailer mashups always seem to come The Sleepy Skunk, and they're out now with their mashup of 2014 movie trailers.

Check it out:


Credits are below the break....

Prioritizing your Oscar queue

When the Oscar nominations are announced, many people rush out and try to see as many of the Oscar-nominated films that they can before the awards ceremony. (The next Academy Awards will be on February 22, 2015.)

To help you get a head start, we've looked at Gold Derby's Oscar predictions and created a weighted list based on their predictions for the top six categories: Best Picture, Best Director, and the four lead and supporting acting awards. (We figure those are the awards that casual viewers are most interested in.)

Their lists rank their predictions in each category, extending far beyond the number of available nominees for each award. This chart I've made shows:

• Predicted Noms in Top 6 Categories: For each film, the number of times in the top six categories their odds have placed them high enough to be nominated in that category.
• Total Weight: My own mathematical weight for each film that appears on any of Gold Derby's lists, even if they're farther down. The higher they appear on a list, the greater the weight. Some films may have a high weight but still not be predicted for an award if they were on many prediction lists but just below the cutoff for each category.

Rank	Film	Predicted Noms in Top 6 Cats	Total Weight
1	Birdman	5	568
2	Foxcatcher	4	628
3	Boyhood	4	483
4	The Imitation Game	3	385
5	The Theory of Everything	3	374
6	Interstellar	2	846
7	Gone Girl	2	557
8	Unbroken	2	460
9	Wild	2	427
10	Selma	1	705
11	Into the Woods	1	676
12	Mr. Turner	1	400
13	The Judge	1	372
14	American Sniper	1	355
15	Whiplash	1	353
16	Big Eyes	1	335
17	Still Alice	1	256
18	Inherent Vice		732
19	The Grand Budapest Hotel		514
20	Kill the Messenger		512
21	St. Vincent		474
22	A Most Violent Year		419
23	Fury		418
24	The Homesman		380
25	Get On Up		375
26	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby		370
27	Men Women and Children		361
28	Dear White People		358
29	Exodus: Gods and Kings		353
30	Love Is Strange		333
31	The Gambler		327
32	The Fault in Our Stars		316
33	Begin Again		295
34	Rosewater		294
35	Miss Julie		283
36	The Good Lie		280
37	Nightcrawler		271
38	Pride		244
39	Calvary		225
40	Annie		198
41	Chef		187
42	Maps to the Stars		174
43	Top Five		172
44	The Hobbit: The Battle of the 5 Armies		160
45	Two Days One Night		90
46	Tracks		89
47	Maleficent		85
48	Locke		84
49	A Most Wanted Man		82
50	The Hundred-Foot Journey		81
51	Trash		76
52	The Lego Movie		74
53	The Giver		69
54	Noah		63
55	This Is Where I Leave You		59

Trailer: Big Eyes (2014)

Tim Burton has released the trailer for Big Eyes, a biopic starring Amy Adams about Margaret Keane (Adams), who painted wildly popular kitsch paintings in the 1950s and 60s of children with enormous eyes, and her husband Walter (Christoph Waltz), who took credit for her work.

The film is slated to be released on December 25, 2014.

Meryl Streep song cut from "Into the Woods"

An original song written for Meryl Streep's character has been cut from the Hollywood adaption of Into the Woods, according to an interview with director Rob Marshall (Broadway World).

Marshall was quick to caution that the cut had nothing to do with Streep's performance. "I don't think people will be remotely ready to hear her sing this material," he told Entertainment Weekly. "The power from her is off the charts."

Into the Woods is a cinematic adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical that originally starred Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, and Chip Zien. The play mashes up a number of classic fairy tales, including Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstock, and more. The film stars Meryl Streep (the Witch), James Corden (the Baker), Emily Blunt (the Baker's Wife) Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy), and Johnny Depp (the Wolf).

There's no word whether Streep's cut song may still make it's way into the film's closing credits, which would still make it eligible for a Best Original Song Oscar nomination. Many film adaptations of musicals add a new song, since Academy rules preclude songs previously released from being eligible for Best Original Song. Chicago skirted this by including a song that had been written for but ultimately cut from the Broadway productions. Other movie musicals that have scored Oscar nominations for new songs include "You Must Love Me" in the 1996 film Evita, and "Listen," "Love You I Do," and "Patience" in the 2006 film Dreamgirls and "Suddenly" in the 2012 film Les Miserables.

Trailer: The Maze Runner (2014)

From 20th Century Fox comes The Maze Runner, based on the dystopian young adult novel by James Dashner. Yeah, I know, yet another dystopian movie adapted from a young adult novel. But this one stars Dylan O'Brien (MTV's Teen Wolf) along with Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones, Love Actually), and Will Poulter (We're the Millers).

From the official release notes:

When Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape. Based on the best-selling novel by James Dashner.

The film hit theaters September 19th.

Trailer: Into the Woods (2014)

Disney has released a teaser trailer for Into the Woods, a movie based on Stephen Sondheim's musical starring Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, and more. From the official release notes:

“Into the Woods” is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy)—all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife (James Corden & Emily Blunt), their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch (Meryl Streep) who has put a curse on them.

It's just a teaser trailer with no actual singing, but it provides a sense of the film's flavor.

Trailer: Horns (2014)

Daniel Radcliffe, who received a Cosmo Best Actor nomination last year for Kill Your Darlings, stars in the upcoming thriller Horns, to be released in November. From the studio's description:

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

Check out the trailer released at ComicCon.

Trailer: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014)

Earlier we posted the teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1. Now at least we have a full trailer:

Trailers: The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

It's here at last, the teaser trailer for the final Hobbit film: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

Last year's film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, was the top-nominated film at the 2013 Cosmique Movie Awards, and together with The Lord of the Rings films, the franchise has earned more nominations and awards than any other film franchise in Cosmo history.