Weeks after awards were handed out by regional film critic groups, such as those in New York and Los Angeles, the Broadcast Film Critics Association joined the party.
On Sunday, the BFCA held the Critics’ Choice Awards and gave its top honor to “Roma.” Other pictures having a good night included “The Favourite,” winning Best Ensemble and “Black Panther” snagging awards in several tech categories.
In the performance categories, Christian Bale won Best Actor for “Vice,” while Glenn Close and Lady Gaga earned Best Actress in a tie for “The Wife” and “A Star is Born.”
The full list of winners is below:
BEST PICTURE
- Roma
BEST ACTOR
- Christian Bale – Vice
BEST ACTRESS (TIE)
- Glenn Close – The Wife
- Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Mahershala Ali – Green Book
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
- Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
- The Favourite
BEST DIRECTOR
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Paul Schrader – First Reformed
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart – Black Panther
BEST EDITING
- Tom Cross – First Man
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Ruth Carter – Black Panther
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
- Vice
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Black Panther
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST ACTION MOVIE
- Mission: Impossible – Fallout
BEST COMEDY
- Crazy Rich Asians
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
- Christian Bale – Vice
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite
BEST SCI-FI OR HORROR MOVIE
- A Quiet Place
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Roma
BEST SONG
- Shallow – A Star Is Born
BEST SCORE
- Justin Hurwitz – First Man
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At the weekend box office, “Aquaman” was finally dethroned after holding the No. 1 spot for three weeks. Winning the top spot over the weekend was the feel good flick, “The Upside” with $19.5 million. “Aquaman” was still strong, though, taking in $17.2 million.
The full top five was:
1. The Upside – $19,590,000
2. Aquaman – $17,265,000
3. A Dog’s Way Home – $11,300,000
4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – $9,000,000
5. Escape Room – $8,900,000
For the upcoming weekend, the major new release is M. Night Shyamalan’s sequel “Glass.”
On the small screen, meanwhile, films available for home services include:
- Hell Fest, my rating: 2 out of 5, Large Association of Movie Blogs rating: 2.58 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40%.
- Mid90s, Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 77%.
- The Oath, Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 61%.
- What They Had, Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88%
- Halloween, my rating: 3.75 out of 5, Large Association of Movie Blogs rating: 3.54 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 79%.
- Goosebumps 2, Large Association of Movie Blogs rating: 2.75 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 47%.
- The Old Man & The Gun, Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92%.
