OSCAR WATCH: Critics Choice Nominations

Once again, 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle rise to the top, taking the lions share of nominations. The Critics Choice nominations were announced this morning and both films lead the field with 13 nominations each! David O. Russell's film in particular is picking up heat, notably with Christian Bale asserting himself in the competitive Best Actor category. It's all a lot to take in (especially with those silly action and comedy categories), so I'll just leave you to ruminate over the full list of nominees:

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress
Scarlett Johansson, Her
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey, The Butler

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Spike Jonze, Her
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Young Actor/Actress
Asa Butterfield, Ender’s Game
Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color
Liam James, The Way Way Back
Sophie Nelisse, The Book Thief
Tye Sheridan, Mud

Best Acting Ensemble
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Nebraska
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Screenplay
Eric Singer & David O. Russell, American Hustle
Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
Spike Jonze, Her
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Bob Nelson, Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay
Tracy Letts, August: Osage County
Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope, Philomena
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Cinematography
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
12 Years a Slave

Best Art Direction
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
12 Years a Slave

Best Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Costume Design
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave

Best Makeup
American Hustle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Butler
Rush
12 Years a Slave

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek into Darkness

Best Animated Feature
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

Best Action Movie
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Iron Man 3
Lone Survivor
Rush
Star Trek into Darkness

Best Actor in an Action Movie
Henry Cavill, Man of Steel
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 3
Brad Pitt, World War Z
Mark Wahlberg, Lone Survivor

Best Actress in an Action Movie
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Evangeline Lilly, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man 3

Best Comedy Movie
American Hustle
Enough Said
The Heat
This Is the End
The Way Way Back
The World’s End

Best Actor in a Comedy Movie
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Simon Pegg, The World’s End
Sam Rockwell, The Way Way Back

Best Actress in a Comedy Movie
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Sandra Bullock, The Heat
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Melissa McCarthy, The Heat

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
The Conjuring
Gravity
Star Trek into Darkness
World War Z

Best Foreign Language Film
Blue Is the Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
Wadjda

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
Tim’s Vermeer
20 Feet from Stardom

Best Song
"Atlas", The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
"Happy", Despicable Me 2
"Let It Go", Frozen
"Ordinary Love", Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
"Please Mr. Kennedy", Inside Llewyn Davis
"Young and Beautiful", The Great Gatsby

Best Score
Gravity
Her
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave