Jameson Empire Film Awards Nominations

The Jameson Empire Awards are coming up on the 20th of March. While not on the same level of prestige as the BAFTAs or Oscars, it’s worth noting that Empire is a very well respected publication and these awards are both shortlisted and voted for by the public, readers of Empire magazine, so better reflect cinema goers preferences when the other awards are often accused of being ‘out of touch’. It’s worth noting too how much more diversity is represented as well as the blockbusting crowd-pleasers that usually get overlooked.

I’m not going to work my way through these with the same level of ferocity in which I do the BAFTA and Oscar nominees, however there are a few on the list that I had planned to watch once the big awards were out of the way, and a couple I’d seen but not written reviews of, so I’ll start with those.

Best Male Newcomer

Abraham Attah (Beasts Of No Nation)
John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Thomas Mann (Me And Earl And The Dying Girl)
Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton)
Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Female Newcomer

Olivia Cooke (Me And Earl And The Dying Girl)
Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation)
Maika Monroe (It Follows)
Bel Powley (The Diary Of A Teenage Girl)
Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Comedy presented by Absolute Radio

Ant-Man
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
Spy
Trainwreck
Inside Out

Best Horror

Crimson Peak
The Hallow
Insidious: Chapter 3
It Follows
Krampus

Best Thriller presented by Corinthia Hotel London

Bridge Of Spies
The Gift
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation
Sicario
Spectre

Best British Film presented by The Hollywood Reporter

45 Years
Legend
Macbeth
Spectre
Suffragette

Jameson Best Actor

Matt Damon (The Martian)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Macbeth/Steve Jobs)
Tom Hardy (Legend/Mad Max: Fury Road)
Michael B. Jordan (Creed)

Best Actress

Emily Blunt (Sicario)
Brie Larson (Room)
Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2)
Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Best Director

J. J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Ryan Coogler (Creed)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Best Film presented by Sky Movies

The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best TV Series

Marvel’s Daredevil
Fargo
Game Of Thrones
Marvel’s Jessica Jones
This Is England ’90

Best Screenplay

The Big Short — Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino
Spotlight — Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
Trainwreck — Amy Schumer

Best Animated Film

Inside Out
Minions
Shaun The Sheep The Movie
Song Of The Sea
The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya

Best Documentary

Amy
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison of Belief
He Named Me Malala
The Jinx: The Life And Deaths Of Robert Durst
Making A Murderer

Best Soundtrack

The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Sicario
Straight Outta Compton

Best Costume Design

Carol
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling

Crimson Peak
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Visual Effects

Ant-Man
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens