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The Critics Choice Awards are definitely a departure from many awards show trends, especially with a wider swathe of genre categories. For this year, when it comes to comedy, the films nominated are all over the place (Deadpool, Central Intelligence and the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! are all nominated together), but some true gems that might not get recognized for other awards get some recognition here amidst all the noise from buzzworthy dramas like Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea.

Specifically, we’re happy to see Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice and The Lobster listed below (comedy nominees italicized).

Best Young Actor/Actress

Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Alex R. Hibbert – Moonlight
Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe
Sunny Pawar – Lion
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen

Best Original Screenplay

Damien Chazelle – La La LandBarry Jenkins – Moonlight
Yorgos Lanthimos/Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
Jeff Nichols – Loving
Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Consolata Boyle – Florence Foster Jenkins
Madeline Fontaine – Jackie
Joanna Johnston – Allied
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh – Love & Friendship
Mary Zophres – La La Land

Best Animated Movie

Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
The Red Turtle
Trolls
Zootopia

Best Action Movie

Captain America: Civil War
Deadpool
Doctor Strange
Hacksaw Ridge
Jason Bourne

Best Comedy

Central Intelligence
Deadpool
Don’t Think Twice
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
The Nice Guys

Best Actor in a Comedy

Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dwayne Johnson – Central Intelligence
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Actress in a Comedy

Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris
Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Foreign Language Film

Elle
The Handmaiden
Julieta
Neruda
The Salesman
Toni Erdmann

Best Song

Audition (The Fools Who Dream) – La La Land
Can’t Stop the Feeling – Trolls
City of Stars – La La Land
Drive It Like You Stole It – Sing Street
How Far I’ll Go – Moana
The Rules Don’t Apply – Rules Don’t Apply

The full list of nominees are available at the link above and the winners will be announced on the Critics Choice Awards telecast hosted by TJ Miller on December 11th.

“Hail, Caesar” in Theaters Today (You Should Go See It)

February 6, 2016

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The Coen Brothers’ latest offering Hail, Caesar! has just made its way into theaters today and it really is (and we’re not saying this lightly) one of their best.

Every bit of their signature dry humor that has found its way into even their grimmest dramas served itself very well throughout and the Coens spectacularly reveled in Hollywood’s Golden Age, lavish musical numbers, warts, and all. The stellar ensemble cast lives up to expectations including a nimble Channing Tatum in an intricate, decidedly non-Magic Mike dance routine.

Woven through all of that is some pretty great socio-economic, political, and spiritual commentary that puts Hail, Caesar! up there in the Coen Brothers canon with The Big Lebowski.

If you wanna catch it in LA, here are LA showtimes.

This Might Be the Funniest Trailer for “Hail, Caesar” Yet

January 12, 2016

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Less focused on the plot about a Hollywood fixer trying to rescue a studio’s leading man back in Hollywood’s Golden Age and more focused on classic Coen Brothers humor and the refined abilities of Ralph Fiennes, this trailer assures you that you should really go see Hail, Caesar! in theaters when it comes out on Feb. 5th.

Here’s a TV Spot for The Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

December 30, 2015

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There’s only a few more weeks left before the release of The Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! Specifically, the release is set for theaters on Feb. 5th.

The Coens return to comedy looks more and more enticing as evidenced by this brand new TV spot.

Here’s The First Trailer for The Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

October 9, 2015

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Have you been missing The Coen Brothers’ more humorous side as of late?

If so, you’ll been happy to know that their wonderfully dry comedy streak seems to run all through the trailer of their latest offering, “Hail, Caesar!”.

Boasting a stellar cast of Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, and Jonah Hill as well as lavishly done up set pieces of Hollywood’s classic Golden Age, Hail, Caesar! looks to be everything we were hoping it would be.

Watch the trailer here.

Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!” To Be a Musical Comedy, Sort Of

April 23, 2015

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

This might be more ambitious than what they did with O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The Coen Brothers’ upcoming “Hail, Caesar!” will follow a day in the life of a studio “fixer” in 1950s Hollywood and will also include going in between many productions and their various musical numbers. The actual main story won’t be a musical, but will have several different musicals within in it.

The problems that the “fixer” is there to see will apparently be serious, but the juxtaposition of those lavish musical numbers from Old Hollywood should provide the type of signature dry humor of The Coen Brothers.

We can’t wait to see what The Coens got up their sleeve this time. Maybe, they’ll run into Barton Fink?

Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!” Coming in 2016

October 30, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The Coen Brothers’ Hollywood-set-1950s period comedy “Hail Caesar!” following a “fixer” has drummed up excitement ever since it was first announced.

Taking a cue, perhaps, from the rising trend of announcing release dates years in advance, Hail, Caesar! has just locked a release date for Feb. 5th, 2016.

Fortunately, 2014 is almost over, so it’s closer to a year and a half that we’ll have to wait rather than two years for this.

Jonah Hill and Scarlett Johansson in Talks to Join Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

July 10, 2014

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The Coen Brothers’ latest edition to their period piece Hollywood comedy Hail, Caesar! might just be Jonah Hill and Scarlett Johansson. Both are currently in talks right now to join the cast and it comes as little surprise that the Coens could have a cast including Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum.

Potentially, Schmidt and Jenko could be in a Coen Brothers movie.

Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes Joining Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

June 24, 2014

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Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes Joining Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

The Coen Brothers’ latest comedy, Hail, Caesar!, is rounding out its cast quite nicely with Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, and Ralph Fiennes joining Josh Brolin and George Clooney in this 1950s Hollywood period piece.

Already, we can imagine the trailer with this cast being pretty spectacular.

Josh Brolin and George Clooney Set to Co-Star in The Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar!

June 10, 2014

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Josh Brolin and George Clooney Set to Co-Star in The Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar!

The Coen Brothers latest comedy Hail Caesar! is enlisting one of their favorites, especially when it comes to comedy, in George Clooney who was in Intolerable Cruelty and Burn After Reading. Josh Brolin will also be joining in for this 1950s Hollywood period piece focused on the fixers that protect celebrities.

Not that it would be otherwise, but we have a good feeling about this.

The Coen Brothers’ Next Film To Be “Hail Caesar” Set in 1950s Hollywood

May 16, 2014

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The Coen Brothers’ Next Film To Be “Hail Caesar” Set in 1950s Hollywood

Hail Caesar, The Coen Brothers’ next project, will focus on how the classic Hollywood studio system worked tirelessly to protect the reputation of their stars. Specifically, they’ll follow a “fixer” who was hired by studio brass to keep the glamorous lives of celebrities glamorous.

Just based off of their last foray of old Hollywood, Barton Fink, this should be a lot of fun.

Don’t Think Twice, The Lobster, Hail, Caesar! Get Critics Choice Awards Nominations

“Hail, Caesar” in Theaters Today (You Should Go See It)

This Might Be the Funniest Trailer for “Hail, Caesar” Yet

Here’s a TV Spot for The Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

Here’s The First Trailer for The Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!” To Be a Musical Comedy, Sort Of

Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!” Coming in 2016

Jonah Hill and Scarlett Johansson in Talks to Join Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes Joining Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”

Josh Brolin and George Clooney Set to Co-Star in The Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar!

The Coen Brothers’ Next Film To Be “Hail Caesar” Set in 1950s Hollywood