This Sunday at 8pm ET, I will be announcing the winners of the major categories for THE 2013 LCJ MOVIE AWARDS on Twitter (@LCJReviews). Then at 8:30pm all the nominees and winners will be posted on the site. Here are some hints of what’s to come:
– 8 of the 10 Best Picture nominees are up for Academy Awards
– 4 of the 5 Best Animated Feature noms are up for the Oscar
– 4 of the 5 Best Director nominees did NOT receive Oscar nominations
– There are some big snubs in the acting categories, including stars from “Silver Linings Playbook”, “Django Unchained” and “The Master”
– Two actors who appeared in the same movie in 2012 are nominated in the same category, but for different films
– A new category is called “Actor of the Year”. In order to qualify, an actor or actress had to be in at least two films from 2012 and were consistently good in all their films. They also could not have been nominated in the four acting categories.