National Board of Review 2012 Award Winners

The National Board of Review presents its picks of the best of 2012 from the over 250 films that they viewed this year.  On top of the list is Zero Dark Thirty with wins for best picture, director and best actress as well.  I'm so pleased to see Looper's screenplay get a well deserved win for Rian Johnson.  A big hurrah for the sic-fi genre.  

Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd, Compliance

Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Looper

Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature: Wreck-It Ralph

Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Ben Affleck, Argo

Breakthrough Actor: Tom Holland, The Impossible

Breakthrough Actress: Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Directorial Debut: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Foreign Language Film: Amour

Best Documentary: Searching for Sugarman

William K. Everson Film History Award: 50 Years of Bond Films

Best Ensemble: Les Miserables

Spotlight Award: John Goodman (Argo, Flight, Paranorman, Trouble with the Curve)

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Central Park Five

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Promised Land

Top Films (in alphabetical order)

ARGO

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

DJANGO UNCHAINED

LES MISÉRABLES

LINCOLN

LOOPER

THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

PROMISED LAND

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK



Top 5 Foreign Language Films (In Alphabetical Order)

BARBARA

THE INTOUCHABLES

THE KID WITH A BIKE

NO

WAR WITCH



Top 5 Documentaries (In Alphabetical Order)

AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY

DETROPIA

THE GATEKEEPERS

THE INVISIBLE WAR

ONLY THE YOUNG



Top 10 Independent Films (In Alphabetical Order)

ARBITRAGE

BERNIE

COMPLIANCE

END OF WATCH

HELLO I MUST BE GOING

LITTLE BIRDS

MOONRISE KINGDOM

ON THE ROAD

QUARTET

SLEEPWALK WITH ME

Around the World in Posters: Monsters University, The Host, Movie 43 and more!

The film adaptation of the popular YA series Beautiful Creatures featuring a solid adult cast of Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson and Viola Davis.  Yes, seriously!

Yet another book adaptation, this time from Twilight's Stephanie Meyer.  It's The Host featuring Saoirse Ronan.  

Sulley and Mike as roomies in the new poster for Monsters University.

I really don't see the point of re-releasing every successful movie franchise in 3D.  But Jurassic Park... I can literally feel myself wavering.  

Les Miserables poster featuring Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) and Marius (Eddie Redmayne).

And another featuring the colorful duo, the Thenardiers (Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter).

A trio of gorgeous Life of Pi posters detailing a fantastical tale. And who can resist those adorable meerkats? I do believe the one in front is posing for us.

The mother of all star cast films, Movie 43.  

Spectacular banner poster for Oz: The Great and Powerful. 

And finally, my favorite out of the bunch, the Italian poster for Looper. Simple yet so effective.  

Around the World in Posters: Django Unchained, Looper, Savages and more!

(Poster: Empire Online)

No title mentioned but here's the new poster of the next film from Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained.  

(Poster: Slash Film)

Rian Johnson's Looper where Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a young Bruce Willis or Bruce Willis plays a grown up Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  Which is it? 

(Poster: Jo Blo)

I think I might have to break my no scary movie rule to watch the Joss Whedon written The Cabin in the Woods.  I love this poster design. 

(Poster: Cosmopolis Facebook)

Why is Robert Pattinson's name above David Cronenberg's for the Cosmopolis poster?

(Poster: BuzzSugar)

Almost didn't recognize Chloe Grace Moretz there, it's the poster for Hick with co-stars Blake Lively and Eddie Redmayne.  

(Poster: Jo Blo)

Blake Lively is also in the ensemble cast of Oliver Stone's Savages along with Taylor Kitsch, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Uma Thurman, Emile Hirsch, Aaron Johnson and John Travolta.