MOVIES OF THE YEAR
- American Sniper
- Birdman
- Boyhood
- Foxcatcher
- The Imitation Game
- Interstellar
- Into the Woods
- Nightcrawler
- Selma
- Unbroken
- Whiplash
This year the group has picked 11 films to honor and it's mostly the usual suspects give or take Into the Woods and perhaps American Sniper and Unbroken, all of which by the way has NOT been seen by the general audience because year-end film awards don't care about the audience at all. Neither here nor there though! I am curious at the momentum for a film like American Sniper as well as the lack of one for Gone Girl, which unrelatedly is looking to make over $165 million. Also missing is The Grand Budapest Hotel (came out forever ago), Wild (but it's about a woman), Theory of Everything (it's TOO British/not eligible?) and NBR's top pick A Most Violent Year (yeah, I don't know).
TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
- The Americans
- Fargo
- Game of Thrones
- How to Get Away With Murder
- Jane the Virgin
- The Knick
- Mad Men
- Orange is the New Black
- Silicon Valley
- Transparent
The absence of The Good Wife is giving me an allergic reaction, but this list is not baf at all. At least they didn't include True Detective, right? I haven't seen The Knick, Silicon Valley, and Transparent, but the other freshman shows on the list are excellent especially Jane the Virgin which is probably my favorite new show this year. Nice to see a couple of last year's freshman class hold fort (The Americans and Orange is the New Black) as well as some old standbys in Game of Thrones and Mad Men. Like last year, I'm just going to assume Orphan Black isn't "American" enough for this group.
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