The Las Vegas Film Critics Society Honors Oppenheimer!


The Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced their picks for the best of 2023!  The winners are listed in bold.

Best Picture
Barbie
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress
Annette Bening – Nyad
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Natalie Portman – May December

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

Best Director
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Original Screenplay
Air
Barbie
Maestro
May December
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Cinematography
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Best Film Editing
Air
Barbie
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Score
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Song
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
What Was I Made For? – Barbie
Road to Freedom – Rustin
Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Better Place – Trolls Band Together

Best Documentary
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best International Movie
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
When Evil Lurks
The Zone of Interest

Best Costumes
Barbie
The Color Purple
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Art Direction
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Action Movie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Comedy
American Fiction
Barbie
Dumb Money
Joy Ride
No Hard Feelings

Best Horror/Sci-FI Movie
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Talk To Me
Thanksgiving
When Evil Lurks

Best Family Film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Barbie
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Ensemble
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Breakout Filmmaker
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Adele Lim – Joy Ride
Celine Song – Past Lives
Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman – Theater Camp

Best Stunts
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society
Silent Night

Youth In Film (Male)
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Jake Ryan – Asteroid City
Christian Convery – Cocaine Bear
Jude Hill – A Haunting in Venice
Chase Dillion – Haunted Mansion

Youth in Film (Female)
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Elle Graham – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie
Iman Vellani – The Marvels
Violet McGraw – M3GAN

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Nicolas Cage
Paul Giamatti
Hayao Miyazaki
Julianne Moore
Rodrigo Prieto

Here Are The 2023 Nominations of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society


The Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced their nominations for the best of 2023 on December 8th.  While a lot of the usual suspects make an appearance on the list, there are still a few interesting nominations, like David Fincher’s The Killer for Best Picture and Nicolas Cage for Best Actor in Dream Scenario.

The winners will be announced on December 13th!

Best Picture
Barbie
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Actress
Annette Bening – Nyad
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Natalie Portman – May December

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress
Jodie Foster – Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Julianne Moore – May December
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

Best Director
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

Best Original Screenplay
Air
Barbie
Maestro
May December
Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Cinematography
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Best Film Editing
Air
Barbie
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Score
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Song
I’m Just Ken – Barbie
What Was I Made For? – Barbie
Road to Freedom – Rustin
Peaches – The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Better Place – Trolls Band Together

Best Documentary
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best International Movie
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
When Evil Lurks
The Zone of Interest

Best Costumes
Barbie
The Color Purple
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Art Direction
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Action Movie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Best Comedy
American Fiction
Barbie
Dumb Money
Joy Ride
No Hard Feelings

Best Horror/Sci-FI Movie
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Talk To Me
Thanksgiving
When Evil Lurks

Best Family Film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Barbie
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Ensemble
Barbie
The Color Purple
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Breakout Filmmaker
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Adele Lim – Joy Ride
Celine Song – Past Lives
Nida Manzoor – Polite Society
Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman – Theater Camp

Best Stunts
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society
Silent Night

Youth In Film (Male)
Milo Machado Graner – Anatomy of a Fall
Jake Ryan – Asteroid City
Christian Convery – Cocaine Bear
Jude Hill – A Haunting in Venice
Chase Dillion – Haunted Mansion

Youth in Film (Female)
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Elle Graham – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie
Iman Vellani – The Marvels
Violet McGraw – M3GAN

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Nicolas Cage
Paul Giamatti
Hayao Miyazaki
Julianne Moore
Rodrigo Prieto

Las Vegas Honors Everything Everywhere All At Once


The Las Vegas Film Critics Society has announced their picks for the best of 2022!  The winners are below and you can see all the nominees by clicking here!

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Actor
Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actress
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Original Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bones and All

Best Cinematography
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Film Editing
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Score
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Original Song
“Vegas” – Elvis

Best Documentary
Bad Axe

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet On The Western Front

Best Costume Design
Elvis

Best Art Direction
Babylon

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way Of The Water

Best Action Film
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Family Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Ensemble
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Breakout Filmmaker
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Best Male Youth Performance (Under 21)
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans

Best Female Youth Performance (Under 21)
Frankie Corio – Aftersun

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Jamie Lee Curtis

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society!


Here are the 2022 nominees of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society!  The winners will be announced on the 12th.

(Las Vegas not nominating Elvis for Best Picture just feels wrong.)

Best Picture
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Whale

Best Actor
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Bill Nighy – Living

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Olivia Coleman – Empire Of Light
Danielle Deadwyler – Till
Jennifer Lawrence – Causeway
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano – The Fabelmans
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Mark Rylance – Bones and All

Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky – The Whale
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Nope
TÁR

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bones and All
Living
She Said
The Whale
Women Talking

Best Cinematography
All Quiet On The Western Front
Bardo, or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Empire Of Light
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Film Editing
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Score
The Batman
The Fabelmans
The Northman
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Women Talking

Best Original Song
“Life Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Vegas” – Elvis
“Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR
“Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick

Best Documentary
Bad Axe
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

Best Animated Film
The Bad Guys
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet On The Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Decision To Leave
EO
RRR

Best Costume Design
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Northman
The Woman King

Best Art Direction
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Action Film
Avatar: The Way Of The Water
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Northman
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Comedy Film
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Bros
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Triangle Of Sadness
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film
Barbarian
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
Pearl

Best Family Film
The Bad Guys
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Wendell & Wild

Best Ensemble
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Women Talking

Breakout Filmmaker
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun
Mimi Cave – Fresh
John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal
Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny
Domee Shi – Turning Red

Best Male Youth Performance (Under 21)
Jalyn Hall – Till
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans
Gregory Mann – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Michael Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time
Mason Thames – The Black Phone

Best Female Youth Performance (Under 21)
Vanessa Burghardt – Cha Cha Real Smooth
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Xochitl Gomez – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Jenna Ortega – The Fallout
Sadie Sink – The Whale

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Angela Bassett
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Lee Curtis
Henry Selick
Bruce Willis

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society Honors Belfast!


The Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced their picks for the best of 2021 today and it was another victory for Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast!

Here are the winners:

Top 10 Films Of 2021
1. Belfast
2. West Side Story
3. The Power of the Dog
4. Licorice Pizza
5. CODA
6. tick, tick… BOOM!
7. King Richard
8. Dune
9. Spencer
10. Mass

Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
Licorice Pizza
tick, tick… BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Emilia Jones – CODA
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Troy Kotsur – CODA
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Sian Heder – CODA
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Screenplay (Original)
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Pig

Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Cyrano
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
West Side Story

Best Film Editing
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick… BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Score
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Song
“Down to Joy” – Belfast
“Every Letter” – Cyrano
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die

Best Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best Documentary
Flee
The Rescue
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul

Best International Film
A Hero
Benedetta
Flee
Titane
The Worst Person in the World

Best Costume Design
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Spencer
West Side Story

Best Art Direction
Being the Ricardos
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
West Side Story

Best Visual Effects
Dune
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Godzilla vs. Kong
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad

Best Action Film
Black Widow
Nobody
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad

Best Comedy
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
The Mitchells vs the Machines

Best Family Film
CODA
Encanto
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Jungle Cruise
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Horror/Sci-Fi
A Quiet Place II
Army of the Dead
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
Werewolves Within

Best Ensemble
Being the Ricardos
CODA
House of Gucci
The French Dispatch
West Side Story

Best Breakout Filmmaker
Nia DaCosta – Candyman
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Fran Krantz – Mass
Questlove – Summer of Soul

Best Male Youth in Film
Gregory Diaz IV – In the Heights
Jude Hill – Belfast
Noah Jupe – A Quiet Place II
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Charlie Shotwell – John and the Hole

Best Female Youth in Film
McKenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Emilia Jones – CODA
Lia Mchugh – Eternals
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place II

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society Takes A Gamble By Not Nominating Power of the Dog For Best Picture


Here are the 2021 nominations of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society!  The winners will be announced tomorrow!

Best Picture
Belfast
CODA
Licorice Pizza
tick, tick… BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Emilia Jones – CODA
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Troy Kotsur – CODA
J.K. Simmons – Being the Ricardos
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Ann Dowd – Mass
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Sian Heder – CODA
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Screenplay (Original)
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Licorice Pizza
Pig

Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Cyrano
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Cinematography
Dune
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
West Side Story

Best Film Editing
Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick… BOOM!
West Side Story

Best Documentary
Flee
The Rescue
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
The Sparks Brothers
Summer of Soul

Best Score
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Song
“Down to Joy” – Belfast
“Every Letter” – Cyrano
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“No Time to Die” – No Time to Die Best

Best Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon

Best International Film
A Hero
Benedetta
Flee
Titane
The Worst Person in the World

Best Costume Design
Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Spencer
West Side Story

Best Art Direction
Being the Ricardos
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
West Side Story

Best Visual Effects
Dune
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Godzilla vs. Kong
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad

Best Action Film
Black Widow
Nobody
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
The Suicide Squad

Best Comedy
Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
The Mitchells vs the Machines

Best Family Film
CODA
Encanto
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Jungle Cruise
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Best Horror/Sci-Fi
A Quiet Place II
Army of the Dead
Dune
Godzilla vs. Kong
Werewolves Within

Best Ensemble
Being the Ricardos
CODA
House of Gucci
The French Dispatch
West Side Story

Best Breakout Filmmaker
Nia DaCosta – Candyman
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Rebecca Hall – Passing
Fran Krantz – Mass
Questlove – Summer of Soul

Best Male Youth in Film
Gregory Diaz IV – In the Heights
Jude Hill – Belfast
Noah Jupe – Quiet Place II
Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
Charlie Shotwell – John and the Hole

Best Female Youth in Film
McKenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Emilia Jones – CODA
Lia Mchugh – Eternals
Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place II