Best of the Rest of 2012

BEST BREAKTHROUGH: Gina Carano


Honorable Mentions: Dane DeHaan, Frank Grillo, Iko Uwais, Quvenzhané Wallis, Genesis Rodriguez, Kara Hayward, Dwight Henry


BEST ENSEMBLE: The Cast of The Avengers


Honorable Mentions: Silver Linings Playbook, Django Unchained, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, End of Watch, Polisse, The Hunger Games


BEST DIRECTOR: Joss Whedon, The Avengers


Honorable Mentions: Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), Ben Affleck (Argo), Sam Mendes (Skyfall), Leos Carax (Holy Motors), Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible), Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods)


BEST SCREENPLAY: Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon, The Cabin in the Woods


Honorable Mentions: Chris Butler (ParaNorman), Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty), Max Landis (Chronicle), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Seth MacFarlane, Allen Sulkin, & Wellesley Wild (Ted), Chris Terrio (Argo), Phil Johnston & Jennifer Lee (Wreck-It Ralph)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins, Skyfall


Honorable Mentions: Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty), Robert Yeoman (Moonrise Kingdom), Matt Flannery (The Raid: Redemption), Oscar Faura (The Impossible), Ben Richardson (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Rodrigo Prieto (Argo)


BEST EDITING: Jay Cassidy, Silver Linings Playbook


Honorable Mentions: William Goldenberg (Argo), Bob Ducsay (Looper), David Blackburn (Detention)


BEST SCORE: Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight Rises


Honorable Mentions: Alexandre Desplat (Zero Dark Thirty), Henry Jackman (Wreck-It Ralph), Paul Leonard-Morgan (Dredd), Cecil Corbel (The Secret World of Arrietty), Dave Holmes (Haywire), Mike Shinoda & Joseph Trapanese (The Raid: Redemption), Thomas Newman (Skyfall)


BEST SONG: "Skyfall" by Adele, Skyfall


Honorable Mentions: "Abraham's Daughter" by Arcadia Fire (The Hunger Games), "Sugar Rush" by AKB48 (Wreck-It Ralph), "Ancora Qui" by Ennio Morricone & Elisa Toffoli (Django Unchained), "Who Did That to You?" by John Legend (Django Unchained), "Bug Hunt (Noisia Remix)" by Skrillex (Wreck-It Ralph), "Breath of Life" by Florence + The Machine (Snow White & the Huntsman), "Casa de Mi Padre" by Christina Aguilera (Django Unchained), "Undercover Love" by Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages)


BEST OPENING CREDITS: Casa de Mi Padre


Honorable Mentions: Django Unchained, Skyfall


BEST STINGER: The Avengers


Honorable Mentions: The Grey, Wreck-It Ralph, Casa de Mi Padre


BEST POSTER ART: Django Unchained


Honorable Mentions: Zero Dark Thirty, The Dark Knight Rises, V/H/S, Moonrise Kingdom, Chronicle, The Cabin in the Woods, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Wreck-It Ralph, Prometheus, ParaNorman, Savages


BEST TRAILER: Prometheus Teaser


Honorable Mentions: Zero Dark Thirty, Wreck-It Ralph


BEST ANIMATED FILM: Wreck-It Ralph


Honorable Mentions: ParaNorman, Rise of the Guardians, The Secret World of Arrietty, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, The Pirates! Band of Misfits


BEST DOCUMENTARY: Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present


Honorable Mentions: Jiro Dreams of Sushi


BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: The Possession



FUTURE CULT AND APPRECIATION

Films that I feel will grow on me beyond my initial expectations and opinions and become the great films that they sought to be.


Casa de Mi Padre
Dredd
Haywire
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Kill List
Looper
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
Premium Rush
Skyfall
Ted


UNDERRATED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED

Actors and Actresses that gave great performances in terrible films and/or in roles with little material and screentime.


Josh Brolin (Men in Black 3)
Michael Caine (The Dark Knight Rises)
Jessica Chastain (Lawless)
Lynn Collins (John Carter)
Eva Green (Dark Shadows)
Tom Hardy (Lawless)
Richard Jenkins (The Cabin in the Woods, Killing Them Softly, Darling Companion)
Karen Maruyama (The Campaign)
Elizabeth Olsen (Silent House)
Guy Pierce (Lawless)
Rihanna (Battleship)
Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games)
Mark Strong (Zero Dark Thirty)
Vanilla Ice (That's My Boy)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook, The Five-Year Engagement)