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35th Shadows Awards for 2015
The best and worst of the year... Complete lists posted on Thursday, 31 December 2015 All reviews are available on the site
B E S T F I L M ANOMALISA (Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson) With breathtakingly original stop-motion animation, this film explores identity and inter-connections in such a staggeringly personal way that it changes the way we see people around us. And more importantly, how we see ourselves. 2. 45 YEARS (Andrew Haigh) 3. ROOM (Lenny Abrahamson) 4. TANGERINE (Sean Baker) 5. CAROL (Todd Haynes) 6. SPOTLIGHT (Tom McCarthy) 7. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (JJ Abrams) 8. A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (Ana Lily Amirpour) 9. THE SALT OF THE EARTH (Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado) 10. THE TRIBE (Miroslav Slaboshpitsky) 11. Taxi Tehran (Jafar Panahi) 12. Girlhood (Celine Sciamma) 13. Joy (David O Russell) 14. Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle) 15. Victoria (Sebastian Schipper) 16. The New Girlfriend (Francois Ozon) 17. Love & Mercy (Bill Pohlad) 18. Sicario (Denis Villeneuve) 19. Inside Out (Pete Docter) 20. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller) 21. The Last of the Unjust (Claude Lanzmann) 22. The Forbidden Room (Guy Maddin) 23. The Martian (Ridley Scott) 24. The Falling (Carol Morley) 25. Amy (Asif Kapadia) 26. Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda) 27. The Treatment (Hans Herbots) 28. Creed (Ryan Coogler) 29. Ex Machina (Alex Garland) 30. From Afar (Lorenzo Vigas) 31. Jauja (Lisandro Alonso) 32. The Revenant (Alejandro G Inarritu) 33. Shaun the Sheep Movie (Mark Burton, Richard Starzack) 34. A Sinner in Mecca (Parvez Sharma) 35. X + Y (Morgan Matthews) 36. Best of Enemies (Robert Gordon) 37. Trumbo (Jay Roach) 38. Aaaaaaaah! (Steve Oram) 39. The Club (Pablo Larrain) 40. The Duff (Ari Sandel) 41. Boy Meets Girl (Eric Schaeffer) 42. Sherpa (Jennifer Peedom) 43. Coherence (James Ward Byrkit) 44. Futuro Beach (Karim Ainouz) 45. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (Francis Lawrence) 46. Song of the Sea (Tomm Moore) 47. John Wick (Chad Stahelski) 48. Queen of Earth (Alex Ross Perry) 49. A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino) 50. The D Train (Andrew Mogel, Jarrad Paul) NB. I saw 443 films in 2015 SHADOWS HALL OF FAME	2014 < SHADOWS AWARDS > 2016
	D I R E C T O R Andrew Haigh (45 Years) 2. Danny Boyle (Steve Jobs) 3. Celine Sciamma (Girlhood) 4. Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson (Anomalisa) 5. Sebastian Schipper (Victoria) 6. Carol Morley (The Falling) 7. Bill Pohlad (Love & Mercy) 8. Lenny Abrahamson (Room) 9. Todd Haynes (Carol) 10. Alejandro G Inarritu (The Revenant)	S C R E E N W R I T E R Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs) 2. Andrew Haigh (45 Years) 3. Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa) 4. Phyllis Nagy (Carol) 5. Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) 6. Francois Ozon (The New Girlfriend) 7. Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior) 8. Emma Donoghue (Room) 9. Alex Garland (Ex Machina) 10. Robert Eggers (The Witch)
	A C T R E S S Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) 2. Brie Larson (Room, Trainwreck) 3. Tilda Swinton (A Bigger Splash, Trainwreck) 4. Emily Blunt (Sicario) 5. Cate Blanchett (Carol, Truth, Cinderella, The Turning) 6. Regina Case (The Second Mother) 7. Jennifer Lawrence (Joy, Mockingjay Part 2) 8. Laia Costa (Victoria) 9. Elisabeth Moss (Queen of Earth, Listen Up Philip, High-Rise, Truth) 10. Toni Collette (Glassland, Miss You Already, Krampus)	A C T O R Alfredo Castro (From Afar, The Club) 2. Romain Duris (The New Girlfriend) 3. Tom Hardy (Legend, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, Child 44, London Road) 4. Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight, Avengers: Age of Ultron) 5. Josh Brolin (Sicario, Everest) 6. Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs, Macbeth, Slow West) 7. Jacob Tremblay (Room) 8. Matthias Schoenaerts (Disorder, A Bigger Splash, Far From the Madding Crowd, The Danish Girl, A Little Chaos, Suite Francaise) 9. Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Brooklyn, The Revenant, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) 10. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
	S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy, Pitch Perfect 2, Magic Mike XXL, Mockingjay Part 2) 2. Olivia Colman (The Lobster, London Road) 3. Jane Fonda (Youth) 4. Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs, A Little Chaos, Insurgent) 5. Isabella Rossellini (Joy) 6. Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight, Anomalisa) 7. Cynthia Nixon (James White, Five Flights Up) 8. Adriana Barraza (Cake, The 33) 9. Kristin Scott Thomas (Suite Francaise) 10. Rose Byrne (Spy, The Turning)	S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) 2. Richard Jenkins (Bone Tomahawk) 3. Ben Whishaw (The Lobster, Suffragette, The Danish Girl, Spectre, In the Heart of the Sea) 4. Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, The Gunman) 5. Will Poulter (The Revenant, Glassland) 6. Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, While We're Young) 7. Raphael Personnaz (The New Girlfriend) 8. Rafe Spall (X+Y, The Big Short) 9. Michael Stuhlbarg (Trumbo, Steve Jobs) 10. Michael Pena (Ant-Man, The Martian, The Vatican Tapes, Vacation)
	H A L L O F S H A M E WORST FILM 1. Absolutely Anything (Terry Jones) 2. Unfinished Business (Ken Scott) 3. Pixels (Chris Columbus) 4. The Gallows (Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing) 5. Accidental Love (Stephen Greene) 6. The Cobbler (Tom McCarthy) 7. Ratter (Branden Kramer) 8. The Visit (M Night Shyamalan) 9. The Scorch Trials (Wes Ball) 10. Buttercup Bill (Emilie Richard-Froozan, Remy Bennett) 11. Mortdecai (David Koepp) 12. Kill Your Friends (Owen Harris) 13. Still (Simon Blake) 14. Kill Me Three Times (Kriv Stenders) 15. Terminator Genisys (Alan Taylor) 16. Two by Two (Toby Genkel) 17. Infini (Shane Abbess) 18. Down Dog (Andres Dussan) 19. Taken 3 (Olivier Megaton) 20. Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (Christopher N Rowley) 21. Hackney's Finest (Chris Bouchard) 22. Hinterland (Harry Macqueen) 23. Leading Lady (Henk Pretorius) 24. The Gunman (Pierre Morel) 25. Under Milk Wood (Kevin Allen) BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Fantastic Four. High-Rise. Kill Your Friends. Absolutely Anything. The Hateful Eight. MOST PRETENTIOUS: By the Sea. Still. Concussion. MOST INDULGENT: Lost River. Buttercup Bill. Macbeth. The Cobbler. MOST DERIVATIVE: San Andreas. The Gallows. Kill Me Three Times. Poltergeist. MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): Avengers: Age of Ultron. Self/Less. Terminator Genisys. LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: Fantastic Four. Absolutely Anything. Goosebumps. The Scorch Trials. MOST ANTI-CLIMACTIC REUNION: Vacation. Absolutely Anything. By the Sea. WORST USE OF 3D: Terminator Genisys. The Scorch Trials. Goosebumps. WORST MESSAGE: The Gunman. Trainwreck. Paper Towns. WORST TITLE: Terminator Genisys. Southpaw. The Walk. Life. Spy. Sisters. MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Morgan Freeman (Five Flights Up). Nat Wolff (Paper Towns). Chris Evans (Playing It Cool). MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Ken Scott (Unfinished Business). Jalmari Helander (Big Game). MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Tarsem Singh (Self/Less). David Koepp (Mortdecai). David O Russell (Accidental Love). SHOULD RETIRE: Adam Sandler. Kate Beckinsale. Johnny Depp. Pierre Morel. PLEASE STOP: Wheezy middle-age action (Taken 3, Run All Night, The Gunman, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Pixels). Found-footage horror (The Gallows, The Visit, Ratter). Overwrought action-based superhero movies (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fantastic Four). WORST MANAGEMENT: Forest Whitaker (Taken 3, Southpaw). Steve Buscemi & Dustin Hoffman (The Cobbler). John Cusack (Dragon Blade). Peter Dinklage (Pixels).	N O N - F I L M P I C K S TV SERIES Transparent (Amazon) 2. Fargo (FX) 3. Mad Men (AMC) 4. You're the Worst (FX) 5. Please Like Me (ABC) 6. Grace and Frankie (Netflix) 7. Looking (HBO) 8. Parks and Recreation (NBC) 9. Shameless (Showtime) 10. Wolf Hall (BBC) 11. Veep (HBO) 12. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) 13. Sense8 (Netflix) 14. The Grinder (Fox) 15. My Jihad (BBC) 16. Empire (Fox) 17. London Spy (BBC) 18. Nurse Jackie (Showtime) 19. Master of None (Netflix) 20. Modern Family (ABC) 21. The Brink (Showtime) 22. Game of Thrones (Sky) 23. House of Cards (Netflix) 24. Downton Abbey (ITV) 25. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (Netflix) 26. Inside Amy Schumer (CC) 27. Homeland (Showtime) 28. Girls (HBO) 29. You, Me and the Apocalypse (Sky) 30. Schitt's Creek (CBN) SINGLE Omen (Disclosure & Sam Smith) 2. Four Five Seconds (Kanye West, Rihanna & Paul McCartney) 3. Hello (Adele) 4. Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars) 5. Powerful (Major Lazer, Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley) 6. Hold Back the River (James Bay) 7. Preach (M.O.) 8. Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding) 9. Congregation (Foo Fighters) 10. Bang My Head (David Guetta, Sia & Fetty Wap) 11. Shine (Years & Years) 12. Adventure of a Lifetime (Coldplay) 13. Saint Cecilia (Foo Fighters) 14. Ship to Wreck (Florence + the Machine) 15. Gravity (DJ Fresh & Ella Eyre) 16. Focus (Ariana Grande) 17. Whisky Story (Example) 18. What I Did for Love (David Guetta & Emeli Sande) 19. Bills (LunchMoney Lewis) 20. Doing It (Charli XCX & Rita Ora) 21. King (Years & Years) 22. Someone New (Hozier) 23. Bloodstream (Ed Sheeran & Rudimental) 24. Good for You (We Are the Ocean) 25. I Bet My Life (Imagine Dragons) 26. Hopelessly Coping (Wilkinson & Thabo) 27. The Girl Is Mine (99 Souls, Destiny's Child & Brandy) 28. Take Me Home (Jess Glynne) 29. Believe (Mumford & Sons) 30. Jealous (Nick Jonas)
	S P E C I A L A W A R D S
	ENSEMBLE: Joy 2. Spotlight 3. Steve Jobs 4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 5. A Bigger Splash BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) 2. Sean Baker (Tangerine) 3. Alex Garland (Ex Machina) 4. Morgan Matthews (X+Y) 5. S Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk) BREAKOUT ACTOR: Cara Delavingne (The Face of an Angel, Paper Towns, Pan) 2. Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Legend) 3. Jacob Tremblay (Room) 4. Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) 5. Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) CINEMATOGRAPHY: Carol (Edward Lachman) 2. Creed (Maryse Alberti) 3. The Falling (Agnes Godard) 4. Victoria (Sturla Brandth Grovlen) 5. Room (Danny Cohen) MUSIC: Carol (Carter Burwell) 2. Sicario (Johann Johannsson) 3. Mad Max: Fury Road (Tom Holkenborg) 4. The Martian (Harry Gregson-Williams) 5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams) EDITING: Steve Jobs (Elliot Graham) 2. Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel) 3. The Revenant (Stephen Mirrione) 4. Spotlight (Tom McArdle) 5. Room (Nathan Nugent) PRODUCTION DESIGN: Anomalisa (John Joyce, Huy Vu) 2. Carol (Judy Becker) 3. Mad Max: Fury Road (Colin Gibson) 4. Love & Mercy (Keith Cunningham) 5. Macbeth (Fiona Crombie) EFFECTS: Ex Machina 2. The Martian 3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 4. Mockingjay Part 2 5. The Walk. MAKEUP & HAIR: Carol The New Girlfriend. Steve Jobs. Cinderella. The Danish Girl. SOUND DESIGN: Love & Mercy Anomalisa. The Martian. Ex Machina. Room. COSTUMES: Love & Mercy The Man From UNCLE. Carol. Cinderella. Mad Max: Fury Road. STUNTS: Mad Max: Fury Road Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Spectre. Furious 7. The Revenant. BEST CASTING: Jane Fonda (Youth) Ian McKellen (Mr Holmes). Jude Law & Jason Statham (Spy). Al Pacino (Danny Collins). WORST CASTING: Johnny Depp (Mortdecai) Paul Bettany (Mortdecai). Olga Kurylenko (The Water Diviner). Dane DeHaan (Life). BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Black ram (The Witch). The hound (Jauja). Buffy the hamster (Closet Monster). BEST HAIR: Charlize Theron & Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road) Cate Blanchett (Carol). Romain Duris (The New Girlfriend). Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight). WORST HAIR: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt (The Big Short) Hugh Jackman (Chappie). Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant). Maggie Smith (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). BABE OF THE YEAR: Emily Blunt (Sicario). Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Man From UNCLE). Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). Romain Duris (The New Girlfriend). Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl). HUNK OF THE YEAR: Jake Lacy (Love the Coopers, Carol) Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Legend). Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey). Ryan Guzman (The Boy Next Door). Tyson Ritter (Miss You Already). BEST CHEMISTRY: Drew Barrymore & Toni Collette (Miss You Already). Lake Bell & Simon Pegg (Man Up). Daisy Ridley & John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). Kevin Hart & Josh Gad (The Wedding Ringer). WORST CHEMISTRY: Adam Sandler & Melonie Diaz (The Cobbler). Adam Sandler & Michelle Monaghan (Pixels). Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, Tom Wilkinson (Unfinished Business). BEST VILLAIN: Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, The Goob). Alexander Panivan (The Tribe). Bella Thorne (The Duff). Samuel L Jackson (Kingsman: The Secret Service). Das Sound Machine (Pitch Perfect 2). MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Antonio Banderas (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water). Sienna Miller (Unfinished Business). Ioan Gruffudd (San Andreas). Hugh Laurie (Tomorrowland). BEST SCENE-STEALING: Richard Jenkins (Bone Tomahawk). Hana (Taxi Tehran). Michael Pena (Ant-Man, The Martian). Alan Rickman (A Little Chaos). Olivia Williams (Man Up). Tilda Swinton (Trainwreck). BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Emma Thompson (The Legend of Barney Thomson). Stanley Tucci (A Little Chaos, Wild Card). Nick Nolte (A Walk in the Woods). Ben Kingsley (Life, The Walk). Conchata Ferrell (Krampus). WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: Jada Pinkett Smith (Magic Mike XXL) Joel Kinnaman (Child 44). Helena Bonham Carter (Cinderella). Giovanni Ribisi (Ted 2). Adrien Brody (Dragon Blade). BEST COSTAR-CHEWING (THE ALIVE AWARD): Tom Hardy (The Revenant). In the Heart of the Sea. Amor Eterno. BIGGEST HAM: Eddie Redmayne (Jupiter Ascending, The Danish Girl). Andie MacDowell (Magic Mike XXL). Michael Caine & Ben Kingsley (Stonehearst Asylum). Henry Cavill (The Man From UNCLE). Ewan McGregor (Mortdecai). BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Maggie Smith (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Lady in the Van). Samuel L Jackson (Big Game, Barely Lethal, The Hateful Eight). Paul Giamatti (Straight Outta Compton, Love & Mercy). Eva Mendes (Lost River). BEST CAMEO: Mark Hamill (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). The History Boys (The Lady in the Van). Nick Offerman (Danny Collins, A Walk in the Woods). Kelsey Grammer (Entourage). Daniel Radcliffe & Marisa Tomei (Trainwreck). MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Mark Hamill (Kingsman: The Secret Service). Rita Ora (Fifty Shades of Grey, Southpaw). Juno Temple (Black Mass). Martin Sheen & Rooney Mara (Trash). William H Macy (Cake). WORST CAMEO: Cloris Leachman (The Wedding Ringer). EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Ralph Fiennes & Matthias Schoenaerts (A Bigger Splash). Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl). Karl Glusman (Love). Tripod (Beasts of No Nation). Chris Hemsworth (Vacation).	MOST UNDERRATED: Love & Mercy 2. The D Train 3. John Wick 4. Danny Collins 5. Suite Francaise MOST OVERRATED: Straight Outta Compton 3. The Assassin 3. Dheepan 4. Trainwreck 5. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl MOST IMPORTANT FILM: The Salt of the Earth 2. Anomalisa 3. Sicario 4. Ex Machina 5. Girlhood. MOST INVENTIVE: Anomalisa. Aaaaaaaah! Taxi Tehran. The Tribe. Coherence. CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: Ex Machina. 45 Years. The Lobster. Hard to Be a God. Miss You Already GUILTY PLEASURE: Kingsman: The Secret Service 2. A Little Chaos 3. Furious 7 4. The Wave 5. Dude Bro Party Massacre III NICEST SURPRISE: Mad Max: Fury Road. Creed. Ant-Man. Man Up. John Wick. MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL: Pitch Perfect 2. Jurassic World. Insurgent. Insidious: Chapter 3. Ted 2. MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL REMAKE: Cinderella MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL ADAPTATION: Fifty Shades of Grey MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. The Treatment. Bone Tomahawk. SuperBob. Maggie. BEST SHOW-STOPPER: "Brothel" raid (Tangerine). Good Vibrations (Love & Mercy). Diamonds (Girlhood). Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Anomalisa). Hit by a truck (The Tribe). BEST HEART-STOPPER: The rescue (Room) Slideshow in the attic (45 Years). Bing Bong fades away (Inside Out). The church (Kingsman: The Secret Service). Horseback chase (The Revenant). FUNNIEST MOVIE: Tangerine. Man Up. The Duff. Pitch Perfect 2. Spy. LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: Unfinished Business. The Cobbler. Down Dog. Mortdecai. Absolutely Anything. SEXIEST MOVIE: Magic Mike XXL. Love. Anomalisa. Fifty Shades of Grey. LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: Aloha. SCARIEST MOVIE: The Witch The Treatment. Cub. War Book. The Big Short. MOST THRILLING THRILLER: Mad Max: Fury Road. Victoria. Sicario. John Wick. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. LEAST THRILLING THRILLER: The Gallows. Sinister 2. Pressure. The Hallow. YUCKIEST MOVIE: Hard to Be a God. The Treatment. Aaaaaaaah! Men & Chicken. GRISLIEST MOVIE: Everly. Rigor Mortis. Dude Bro Party Massacre III. Bone Tomahawk. GIRLIEST MOVIE: The Falling. Pitch Perfect 2. The Age of Adaline. Miss You Already. The Danish Girl. MANLIEST MOVIE: The Revenant. Magic Mike XXL. In the Heart of the Sea. TRASHIEST MOVIE (THE JOHN WATERS AWARD): Aaaaaaaah! Men & Chicken. High-Rise. MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD): Lost River. Maggie. Mississippi Grind. MOST INSPIRING DOC: The Salt of the Earth. Dreamcatcher. Alive! MOST DEPRESSING DOC: Amy. The Last of the Unjust. Chemsex. MOST BLOOD-BOILING DOC: Maidan. The Emperor's New Clothes. The Yes Men Are Revolting. MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC: Woman in Gold.. The Danish Girl. THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Grandma. Crimson Peak. Joy. Macbeth. STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): Legend. The Lady in the Van. Life. GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROMANCE AWARD): The Wedding Ringer. Get Hard. Dude Bro Party Massacre III. GAYEST GAY MOVIE: Carol. The D Train. From Afar. BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: Room Carol. The New Girlfriend. Far From the Madding Crowd. Sunset Song. WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Mortdecai Kill Your Friends. Black Mass. High-Rise. BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: Kingsman: The Secret Service. Ant-Man. WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: Fantastic Four. Avengers: Age of Ultron. BEST TV-TO-FILM: Shaun the Sheep Movie. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. WORST TV-TO-FILM: Spooks: The Greater Good. Entourage. BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: Anomalisa. War Book. Ruben Guthrie. Macbeth. WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: Under Milk Wood. WORST GAME-TO-FILM: Pixels. BEST FAIRYTALE-TO-FILM: Song of the Sea BEST BIOPIC: Joy Love & Mercy. Trumbo. Amy. WORST BIOPIC: Life. Black Mass. BEST REMAKE: A Bigger Splash. Cinderella. Far From the Madding Crowd. WORST REMAKE: Fantastic Four. BEST SEQUEL: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Mad Max: Fury Road. Creed. Mockingjay Part 2. Pitch Perfect 2. WORST SEQUEL: Terminator Genisys. The Scorch Trials. Taken 3. Sinister 2. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. BEST PREQUEL: Insidious: Chapter 3. Minions. WORST PREQUEL: Pan. THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Danish Girl, Burnt, Testament of Youth, Son of a Gun, Seventh Son, A Royal Affair, The Man From UNCLE, Tulip Fever). Matthias Schoenaerts (Far from the Madding Crowd, Suite Francaise, A Little Chaos, The Danish Girl, A Bigger Splash, Disorder, The Loft). BEST NEW TREND: Genre reinvention (Maggie, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ex Machina, SuperBob, Creed, Bone Tomahawk). iPhone inventiveness (Tangerine). WORST NEW TREND: Generic, forgettable titles (The Gift, The Program, The Walk, The Intern, Life, The Visit, Sisters). MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2016: Rogue One. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Hail, Caesar! Everybody Wants Some!! The BFG. Captain Fantastic. The Girl on the Train. Bad Santa 2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Zoolander No 2. Star Trek Beyond. X-Men: Apocalypse. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie. LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2016: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. The Purge 3. The Conjuring 2. Gods of Egypt. The Huntsman: Winter's War. Alice Through the Looking Glass. Ouija 2. Now You See Me 2.
	S H A D O W S S W E E P S T A K E S 2 0 1 6 The final standings on 2.Mar.16 with 155 awards tabulated...
	F I L M 762 Inside Out++ 648 Amy++ 612 Spotlight*+ 581 Mad Max: Fury Road+ 546 Carol* 409 The Look of Silence+ 378 Son of Saul* 357 Brooklyn*+ 334 The Big Short++ D I R E C T O R 369 Alejandro G Inarritu - The Revenant*++ 339 George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road+ 262 Todd Haynes - Carol* 220 Tom McCarthy - Spotlight+ 190 Ridley Scott - The Martian+ S C R E E N P L A Y 527 Spotlight - Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer.++ 338 The Big Short - Adam McKay, Charles Randolph++ 296 Carol - Phyllis Nagy+ 186 Room - Emma Donoghue 183 Ex Machina - Alex Garland.* A C T R E S S 495 Brie Larson - Room*++ 329 Cate Blanchett - Carol+ 320 Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn+ 306 Rooney Mara - Carol+ 266 Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years* A C T O R 470 Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant*++ 325 Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs+, Macbeth, Slow West 207 Tom Hardy - Legend, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant* 195 Matt Damon - The Martian* 178 Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl+ S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S 472 Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina, The Danish Girl++ 286 Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs+ 211 Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight, Anomalisa 174 Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria 113 Rachel McAdams - Spotlight+ S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R 412 Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies*+ 198 Sylvester Stallone - Creed 176 Christian Bale - The Big Short+ 175 Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation++ 129 Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight*, Infinitely Polar Bear E N S E M B L E 186 Spotlight++ 85 The Big Short++ 70 Straight Outta Compton++ 35 Trumbo+ 34 Joy+	B R E A K T H R O U G H A C T O R 89 John Boyega** - Star Wars: The Force Awakens 88 Jacob Tremblay - Room 53 Bel Powley* - A Royal Night Out, The Diary of a Teenage Girl 45 Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl, Ex Machina 39 Taron Egerton* - Kingsman, Legend B R E A K T H R O U G H F I L M M A K E R 146 Alex Garland - Ex Machina++ 89 Naji Abu Nowar - Theeb* 65 Marielle Heller - The Diary of a Teenage Girl+ 50 Stephen Fingleton - The Survivalist* 45 Laszlo Nemes - Son of Saul+ A R T 942 Mad Max: Fury Road*++ 367 Carol+ 363 The Revenant++ 324 The Danish Girl++ 250 Cinderella+ M U S I C 299 The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone* 172 Carol - Carter Burwell+ 133 Sicario - Johann Johannsson 115 Fifty Shades of Grey* - Danny Elfman 106 Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams* C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y 330 The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki*++ 257 Carol - Edward Lachman+ 226 Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale+ 168 Sicario - Roger Deakins+ 76 Bridge of Spies - Janusz Kaminski+ T E C H 525 Mad Max: Fury Road++ 408 Star Wars: The Force Awakens++ 395 The Revenant++ 312 The Martian+ 212 Ex Machina E D I T I N G 314 Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel+ 130 The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione+ 119 The Big Short - Hank Corwin+ 85 Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey+ 83 Spotlight - Tom McArdle W O R S T F I L M 152 Fifty Shades of Grey 145 Fantastic Four 113 Pixels 109 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 93 Jupiter Ascending 69 Mortdecai
	Oscar/Bafta nominees winners guild* +nominees ++winners. Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system, combining year-end awards, Oscarwatchers, top-ten lists and much more.

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