Cat names

Kaya
Jenkins
Bast
Black Jack
Hepzibah
Skelton
Kit
Cooper
Bandit
Kismet
Vixen 
Poe
Tallulah
Nikita
Cali (but not for a Calico)
Kai
Roxie
Kinsey
Morgane
Griselda
Macavity
Octopussy
Kita
Kaliska
Kumquat
Loki
Jackson
Kameko
Circe
Morag
Sycorax
Catsby
Bloody Bart
Calico Jack
Captain Kidd
Keevan
Ciaran
Carrick
Caoimhe
Selina Kyle
Gypsy
Pooka
Puck
Archibald Fezziwig
Katniss
Poosy gato
Crackle
Killian
Bjork
Scully
Dexter
Kafka
Kierkegaard
Purr Bucket
Cavanaugh
Crippen
Clyde Barrow
Butch Cassidy
Ned Kelly

Pair names:
Frick and Frack
Bette Noir and PM
Harley and Quinn
Nikola and Macak
Columbia and Magenta
Frasquita and Mercedes
Grace and Janis
Gog and Magog
Cloak and Dagger
Hedda and Nora
Judy and Liza
Kurosawa and Kubrick
Croup and Vandemar
Gin and Tonic
Major Tom and Ground Control
Sonic and Tails
Embley and Yewbert
Sharks and Jets
Swash and Buckle
Salt and Pepa
Aeryn and Crichton
Dastardly and Muttley
Cagney and Lacy
Burke and Hare
Frank and Jesse
Leon and Mathilda
Buster and Keaton

Foursome:
Naeelah, Skrump, Hooglyboo, and Figbash

One of the winners of the 2012 world cat show was named Lion Blanc Too Sexy of Dolceamore.

Best Dance Sequences in Film

So I saw this cute video online:


and I thought I'd do a list of my favorite dances in films.

Granted - I have never seen any of the modern dance films (You Got Served, Step Up 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Rize, Honey, Save the Last Dance, Stomp the Yard, Planet B-Boy, Battle of the Year, Streetdance, I think there is something coming out with Derek Hough soon...) Anyways - glad those are out there, doing their thing.

I have also never seen Strictly Ballroom, and I don't want to spoil myself searching for dances, so that's not in here.

Honorable Mentions:
Free and Easy - Free and Easy (the first part is a little rough, but Buster Keaton as a marionette cracks me up)
500 Days Summer - You Make My Dreams
All that Jazz - Bye Bye Life 
Donnie Darko - Sparkle Motion
Flashdance - Audition
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion - Time After Time
Rent - Tango Maureen (this was the only number that I though they actually made cinematic for the movie version. Take, for example, how much better Today 4 U or Out Tonight are in the stage version, even if those aren't my particular favorite performers in those roles.)
Show Boat - I Might Fall Back on You
Blues Brothers - Do You See the Light
Damn Yankees - Whatever Lola Wants
Spring Breakers - Everytime (no good clip I could find)
The Red Shoes - the ballet. Unsurprisingly, the entire ballet piece (17 min) is not online that I could find.
Pulp Fiction - The Twist
Fantasia - Dance of the Hours
Jailhouse Rock - Jailhouse Rock
Saturday Night Fever - You Should Be Dancing
White Nights - Duo Dance (I have heard Baryshnikov is in the Turning Point, but I can find no clips, so.)
42nd Street - I'm Young and Healthy
Fame - Fame
Full Monty - Hot Stuff (tragically only this low quality clip)
Fantastic Mr. Fox - Let Her Dance (no clip that I could find)
A Chorus Line - One
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai - Ek Pal Ka Jeena
Slumdog Millionaire - Jai Ho
Pukar - Kay sera sera
Brigadoon - the Heather on the Hill
Black Swan - the Black Swan's dance
Footloose - Never
Kiss Me Kate - From This Moment On
Gold Diggers of 1933 - Remember My Forgotten Man
Top Hat - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
Pajama Game - Steam Heat
Bonus Sam Rockwell

Top 20:
Pee Wee's Big Adventure - Tequila:


Groove - Heaven Scent:


Evita - Waltz for Eva and Che:


Alps - Popcorn. I love the end of this film, when the rhythmic gymnast finally gets to dance to her pop song. She's so happy:


Pina - pretty much all of the film is brilliant, but here is Full Moon:

JWD awards - the winners

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave

Best Genre Flick
Rush

Best Director
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actress
Amy Seimetz, Upstream Color

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Bruhl, Rush

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay
Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave

Best Foreign Language Film
The Act of Killing

Best Documentary
The Act of Killing

Best Editing
Gravity

Best Cinematography
12 Years a Slave

Best Production Design
American Hustle

Best Costume Design
American Hustle
Hunger Games
(tie)

Best Score
Upstream Color

Best Song
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey (Great Gatsby)
 
Best Sound Editing
Gravity
Upstream Color
(tie)

Best Sound Mixing
All Is Lost
Rush
(tie)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity

Best Makeup
Dallas Buyers Club
Hunger Games
(tie)

Best Animated Short
The Missing Scarf

Best Live Action Short
Avant Que de Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)

Best Poster (top 10)
Hunger Games
Trance
Walter Mitty
Spring Breakers
Wolverine
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (both versions)
Upstream Color
Kiss of the Damned
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Thor

Best Trailer
Grand Budapest Hotel

Oscars Aftermath

Well, I won the pool at the party I went to, so that was nice. Overall, I got 20/24, which is pretty good. Not my best, but not my worst. Aside from Jorn Tromolto, I thought the show was fine. Not great, not bad. Beige.

So the actual winners:
Best picture
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Will Win: Gravity and 12 Years tied at the PGAs, which is crazy. American Hustle got the SAG ensemble, but I think it's probably out. I think 12 Years will win out. Maybe.

Best director
Should Win: I love Steve McQueen so much. But Gravity was such an achievement, I think Alfonso Cuaron.
Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron

Best actor
Should Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor or Leonardo DiCaprio (Haven't seen McConaughey)
Will Win: Matthew McConaughey. He's on such a hot streak, and the Oscars will probably want to reward leaving romcoms for indies. And True Detective has been on everyone's lips during voting.

HOW GODAWFUL WAS THAT SPEECH, THOUGH?! I can't wait to catch up on last night's True Detective to wash the taste out of my mouth. 

Best actress
Should Win: Haven't seen Blue Jasmine, but I've heard that. Otherwise Amy Adams.
Will Win: Cate Blanchett. Although I think Amy Adams actually has a bit of a shot.

Best supporting actor
Should Win: I haven't seen Leto, but he's annoyed me to no end this season. So Michael Fassbender.
Will Win: Jared Leto.

IT'S A PROBLEM WHEN JARED LETO GIVES A BETTER SPEECH THAN YOU, MCCONAUGHEY. Rambling and stupidly political though it may have been.

Best supporting actress
Should Win: Lupita Nyongo
Will Win: Lupita Nyongo (This category is pretty much a dead heat, though with JLaw)

Lupita!!!! I hope she manages to avoid the Oscar curse. 

Best original screenplay
Should Win: Her
Will Win: I think American Hustle's swell of support might land it here. But it REALLY SHOULDN'T. The performances were so much better than the script. But if Academy voters want to give David O. Russell something, they may vote judiciously. Her is my 2nd choice. I both really hope it wins, and will kick myself vigorously for going with my cynical instincts if it does. 

Happily kicking myself. SO GLAD that Spike Jonze got it. 

Best adapted screenplay
Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave (although apparently some writers really dislike John Ridley from the strike, in which case Philomena.)

I think I read that John Ridley was the 2nd black writer to win. Ever. Also, I sooo want to know what went down between him and Steve McQueen. 

Best animated feature
Should Win: ? Probably The Wind Rises
Will Win: Experts are saying Frozen, but The Wind Rises has won EVERYTHING in the lead up. But... I don't think Miyazaki as beloved by the Academy as the general population. And voters may have been more likely to see Frozen. I'm going Frozen. Against my better judgement.

Best foreign feature
Should Win: The Great Beauty/The Hunt/Broken Circle Breakdown
Will Win: The Great Beauty (The Hunt as spoiler)

Best music (original song)
Should Win: Let It Go
Will Win: Let It Go

ADELA DAZEEEM!!!!!

Best music (original score)
Should Win: Philomena
Will Win: Gravity. It was over-emphasized, but that meant it stood out to voter's ears.

Wah wah. Alex Ebert shoulda been up.

Best cinematography
Should Win: Inside Llewyn Davis
Will Win: Gravity
 I mentioned this a bit in my JWD awards, but I adore Emmanuel Lubezki. I'm really really glad he finally earned a well-deserved Oscar. I'm a tiny bit sad that it was for Gravity.

Best costume design
Should Win: I'm pretty torn between Gatsby and Hustle. I'll give Gatsby the edge for this dress, which I covet beyond all measure.
Will Win: Gatsby.

Best documentary feature
Should Win: The Act of Killing
Will Win: 20 Feet from Stardom. This film has been CAMPAIGNING. The Act of Killing has won most of the precursors, but I think it is just too disturbing for the Academy.

This one hurts. It was great to see Darlene Love up there, but... The Act of Killing was really up there with 12 Years as the best film of the year. It had at least 26 wins and nominations to 20 Feet's 8 in the run-up.

Best film editing
Should Win: Rush. But probably Gravity
Will Win: Gravity. Captain Phillips has its only real shot as runner-up here.

Best makeup and hairstyling
Should Win: Dallas Buyers Club
Will Win: Dallas Buyers Club

Best production design
Should Win: Gatsby
Will Win: Gravity. Gatsby, Gravity, and Her won the guild awards (Period, Fantasy, Contemporary) and the Oscars tend to like period films best, so Gatsby could get it. But I think Gravity may sweep the tech categories.

I was somewhat surprised on this one. I should have gone with my gut, and Oscar's tendency to reward period pieces in this category.

Best visual effects
Should Win: Gravity
Will Win: Gravity

Best sound mixing
Should Win: Inside Llewyn Davis
Will Win: Gravity

Best sound editing
Should Win: Gravity/All is Lost
Will Win: Gravity

Best short film, live action
Should Win: Avant Que De Tout Perdre
Will Win: The Voorman Problem

(Did win: Helium)

I underestimated the Academy's love of mawkishness at my own peril. They do sometimes go edgier in the shorts category, but not this time. The French one was robbed. It was far and away the best of the bunch.

Best short film, animated
Should Win: Possessions
Will Win: Get a Horse

(Did win: Mr. Hublot)

SO glad Get a Horse didn't win it. It was a cute concept that could have been executed better. Mr. Hublot was fine. Really, it's a tragedy the Missing Scarf wasn't up. That was easily the best of the year. 

Best documentary short

Should Win: ?
Will Win: The Lady in Number 6

Oscar Predictions

I never got to finish my Oscar spreadsheets this year. So I feel uninformed. I don't even know what won at the CAS guild awards. I'm a failure. But here are my picks anyway:

Best picture
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
"Captain Phillips"
"Her"
"American Hustle"
"Gravity"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Nebraska"
"Philomena"

Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Will Win: Gravity and 12 Years tied at the PGAs, which is crazy. American Hustle got the SAG ensemble, but I think it's probably out. I think 12 Years will win out. Maybe.

Best director
Steve McQueen -- "12 Years a Slave"
David O. Russell -- "American Hustle"
Alfonso Cuaron -- "Gravity"
Alexander Payne -- "Nebraska"
Martin Scorsese -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Should Win: I love Steve McQueen so much. But Gravity was such an achievement, I think Alfonso Cuaron.
Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron

Best actor
Bruce Dern -- "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor -- "12 Years a Slave"
Matthew McConaughey -- "Dallas Buyers Club"
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Christian Bale -- "American Hustle"

Should Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor or Leonardo DiCaprio (Haven't seen McConaughey)
Will Win: Matthew McConaughey. He's on such a hot streak, and the Oscars will probably want to reward leaving romcoms for indies. And True Detective has been on everyone's lips during voting.

Best actress
Amy Adams -- "American Hustle"
Cate Blanchett -- "Blue Jasmine"
Judi Dench -- "Philomena"
Sandra Bullock -- "Gravity"
Meryl Streep -- "August: Osage County"

Should Win: Haven't seen Blue Jasmine, but I've heard that. Otherwise Amy Adams.
Will Win: Cate Blanchett. Although I think Amy Adams actually has a bit of a shot.

Best supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi -- "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper -- "American Hustle"
Jonah Hill -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Jared Leto -- "Dallas Buyers Club"
Michael Fassbender -- "12 Years a Slave"

Should Win: I haven't seen Leto, but he's annoyed me to no end this season. So Michael Fassbender.
Will Win: Jared Leto.

Best supporting actress
Jennifer Lawrence -- "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o -- "12 Years a Slave"
June Squibb -- "Nebraska"
Julia Roberts -- "August: Osage County"
Sally Hawkins -- "Blue Jasmine"

Should Win: Lupita Nyongo
Will Win: Lupita Nyongo (This category is pretty much a dead heat, though with JLaw)

Best original screenplay
"American Hustle" -- David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer
"Blue Jasmine" -- Woody Allen
"Her" -- Spike Jonze
"Nebraska" -- Bob Nelson
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack

Should Win: Her
Will Win: I think American Hustle's swell of support might land it here. But it REALLY SHOULDN'T. The performances were so much better than the script. But if Academy voters want to give David O. Russell something, they may vote judiciously. Her is my 2nd choice. I both really hope it wins, and will kick myself vigorously for going with my cynical instincts if it does.

Best adapted screenplay
"12 Years a Slave" -- John Ridley
"Before Midnight" -- Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater
"The Wolf of Wall Street" -- Terence Winter
"Captain Phillips" -- Billy Ray
"Philomena" -- Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

Should Win: 12 Years a Slave
Will Win: 12 Years a Slave (although apparently some writers really dislike John Ridley from the strike, in which case Philomena.)

Best animated feature
"The Wind Rises"
"Frozen"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Ernest & Celestine"
"The Croods"

Should Win: ? Probably The Wind Rises
Will Win: Experts are saying Frozen, but The Wind Rises has won EVERYTHING in the lead up. But... I don't think Miyazaki as beloved by the Academy as the general population. And voters may have been more likely to see Frozen. I'm going Frozen. Against my better judgement.

Best foreign feature
"The Hunt" (Denmark)
"The Broken Circle Breakdown" (Belgium)
"The Great Beauty" (Italy)
"Omar" (Palestinian territories)
"The Missing Picture" (Cambodia)

Should Win: The Great Beauty/The Hunt/Broken Circle Breakdown
Will Win: The Great Beauty (The Hunt as spoiler)

Best music (original song)
"Frozen": "Let it Go" -- Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom": "Ordinary Love" -- U2, Paul Hewson
"Her": "The Moon Song" -- Karen O, Spike Jonze
"Despicable Me 2": "Happy" -- Pharrell Williams
"Alone Yet Not Alone": "Alone Yet Not Alone" -- Bruce Broughton, Dennis Spiegel

Should Win: Let It Go
Will Win: Let It Go

Best music (original score)
"Gravity" -- Steven Price
"Philomena" -- Alexandre Desplat
"The Book Thief" -- John Williams
"Saving Mr. Banks" -- Thomas Newman
"Her" -- William Butler and Owen Pallett

Should Win: Philomena
Will Win: Gravity. It was over-emphasized, but that meant it stood out to voter's ears.

Best cinematography
"Gravity" -- Emmanuel Lubezki
"Inside Llewyn Davis" -- Bruno Delbonnel
"Nebraska" -- Phedon Papamichael
"Prisoners" -- Roger Deakins
"The Grandmaster" -- Phillippe Le Sourd

Should Win: Inside Llewyn Davis
Will Win: Gravity

Best costume design
"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin
"12 Years a Slave" -- Patricia Norris
"The Grandmaster" -- William Chang Suk Ping
"American Hustle" -- Michael Wilkinson
"The Invisible Woman" -- Michael O'Connor

Should Win: I'm pretty torn between Gatsby and Hustle. I'll give Gatsby the edge for this dress, which I covet beyond all measure.
Will Win: Gatsby.

Best documentary feature
"The Act of Killing"
"20 Feet From Stardom"
"The Square"
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Dirty Wars"

Should Win: The Act of Killing
Will Win: 20 Feet from Stardom. This film has been CAMPAIGNING. The Act of Killing has won most of the precursors, but I think it is just too disturbing for the Academy.

Best film editing
"Gravity" -- Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
"12 Years a Slave"-- Joe Walker
"Captain Phillips" -- Christopher Rouse
"American Hustle" -- Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

Should Win: Rush. But probably Gravity
Will Win: Gravity. Captain Phillips has its only real shot as runner-up here.

Best makeup and hairstyling
"The Lone Ranger" -- Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" -- Stephen Prouty
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

Should Win: Dallas Buyers Club
Will Win: Dallas Buyers Club

Best production design
"12 Years a Slave" -- Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker
"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn
"American Hustle" -- Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler
"Gravity" -- Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
"Her" -- K.K. Barrett and Gene Serdena

Should Win: Gatsby
Will Win: Gravity. Gatsby, Gravity, and Her won the guild awards (Period, Fantasy, Contemporary) and the Oscars tend to like period films best, so Gatsby could get it. But I think Gravity may sweep the tech categories.

Best visual effects
"Gravity"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Star Trek Into Darkness"
"Iron Man 3"
"The Lone Ranger"

Should Win: Gravity
Will Win: Gravity

Best sound mixing
"Gravity"
"Captain Phillips"
"Lone Survivor"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"

Should Win: Inside Llewyn Davis
Will Win: Gravity

Best sound editing
"Gravity"
"All Is Lost"
"Captain Phillips"
"Lone Survivor"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"

Should Win: Gravity/All is Lost
Will Win: Gravity

Best short film, live action
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)"
"Helium"
"Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)"
"The Voorman Problem"

Should Win: Avant Que De Tout Perdre
Will Win: The Voorman Problem

Best short film, animated
"Feral"
"Get a Horse!"
"Mr. Hublot"
"Possessions"
"Room on the Broom"

Should Win: Possessions
Will Win: Get a Horse

Best documentary short
"CaveDigger"
"Facing Fear"
"Karama Has No Walls"
"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"

Should Win: ?
Will Win: The Lady in Number 6

The complete list of feature films nominated (bolded I've seen):
The Act of Killing – 1 nomination
All Is Lost – 1 nomination
American Hustle – 10 nominations
August: Osage County – 2 nominations
Before Midnight – 1 nomination
Blue Jasmine – 3 nominations
The Book Thief – 1 nomination
The Broken Circle Breakdown – 1 nomination
Captain Phillips – 6 nominations
The Croods – 1 nomination
Cutie And The Boxer – 1 nomination
Dallas Buyers Club – 6 nominations
Despicable Me 2 – 2 nominations
Dirty Wars – 1 nomination
Ernest & Celestine – 1 nomination
Frozen – 2 nominations
The Grandmaster – 2 nominations
Gravity – 10 nominations
The Great Beauty – 1 nomination
The Great Gatsby – 2 nominations
Her – 5 nominations
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – 3 nominations
The Hunt – 1 nomination
Inside Llewyn Davis – 2 nominations
The Invisible Woman – 1 nomination
Iron Man 3 – 1 nomination
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - 1 nomination
The Lone Ranger – 2 nominations
Lone Survivor – 2 nominations
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom – 1 nomination
The Missing Picture – 1 nomination
Nebraska – 6 nominations
Omar – 1 nomination
Philomena – 4 nominations
Prisoners – 1 nomination
Saving Mr. Banks – 1 nomination
The Square – 1 nomination
Star Trek Into Darkness – 1 nomination
12 Years A Slave – 9 nominations
20 Feet from Stardom – 1 nomination
The Wind Rises – 1 nomination
The Wolf Of Wall Street – 5 nominations

Top 20 Films of 2013

Given that this is.... a good two months late, and I just HAVEN'T been able to get to some of the films I really want to see, I'm just going to go ahead and post my list. But instead of little mini review/synopses, I'm going to do it a little differently and look at box office gross for my favorites.

So I actually quite enjoyed the top 2 films this year (the Hunger Games  - $416M and Iron Man 3 - $409M). (And I love that the top grossing film starred a woman for the first time in 40 years.) But I thought I'd include box office totals on my top 20 list. Even with Gravity, the top films on this list don't equal one of those. I just find it sad when really great films are completely unknown from the larger public. Okay, documentaries rarely make a lot of money, and ones on genocide are not going to bring in huge crowds. But there are so many interesting films out there that make less than 2 million dollars. That's fewer than 250,000 people seeing said film in theaters. Le sigh.

First up, two that I don't think made it out this year:
The Last Step (Not released?)
The Kill Team (release in 2014? I thought maybe HBO was going to show it?)

And my top 20:
20. Stories We Tell ($1.6M)
19. Philomena ($23.1M)
18. Prince Avalanche ($205K)
17. Kill Your Darlings ($1.0M)
16. Much Ado About Nothing ($4.3M)
15. The Kings of Summer ($1.3M)
14. The Hunt ($613K)
13. All is Lost  ($6.1M)
12. Nebraska ($9M) 
11. The World's End ($26.0M)
10. Stoker ($1.7M)
9. Rush  ($26.9M)
8. Leviathan ($76K)
7. Spring Breakers ($14.1M)
6. Wolf of Wall Street ($84.8M)
5. Gravity ($256M)
4. Upstream Color ($444K)
3. Inside Llewyn Davis ($10.3M)
2. The Act of Killing ($464K)
1. 12 Years a Slave ($39.5M)

And here's the list of films I didn't get to:
Ain't Them Bodies ($391K)
The Great Beauty ($1.1M)
The Past ($279K)
Dallas Buyers Club ($16.9M)
Place Beyond the Pines ($21.4M)
Broken Circle Breakdown ($108K)
Bling Ring ($5.8M)
Pain & Gain ($49.9M)
Prisoners ($61M)
Blue Jasmine ($33.1M)
Blue is the Warmest Color ($2.1M)
Laurence Anyways (n/a)
Mud ($21.6M)
Post Tenebras Lux ($39K)
A Touch of Sin ($137K)
Grandmaster ($6.6M)
At Berkeley ($29K)
Short Term 12 ($1.0M)
Fill the Void ($1.8M)
Something in the Air ($73K)
Shadow Dancer ($101K)
20 Feet from Stardom ($4.8M)
Fruitvale Station ($16.1M)
Spectacular Now ($6.9M)
We Are What We Are ($81K)
In a World ($3M)
Europa Report ($126K)
Blancanieves ($800K)
Sightseers ($41K)
A Hijacking ($414K)
The Square ($53K)
Sound City ($423K)
Lore ($970K)

JWD awards

Just.... tragically overdue. It's been a rough winter. 

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
Inside Llewyn Davis
Gravity
Wolf of Wall Street
Nebraska
Upstream Color
All Is Lost
Spring Breakers
Leviathan
The Act of Killing

Notable Omissions: Fruitvale Station, Short Term 12, Dallas Buyers Club, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Bling Ring, Blue is the Warmest Color, Broken Circle Breakdown, Fill the Void, Grandmaster,  Laurence Anyways, the Great Beauty, Mud, Place Beyond the Pines, Post Tenebras Lux, Prisoners, Something in the Air, Spectacular Now, the Past
*sigh*

Best Genre Flick
Rush
Pacific Rim
Hunger Games
Iron Man 3
Metallica Through the Never
This is the End
The World's End
Stoker

Notable Omissions: We Are What We Are, Sighseers, Europa Report

Best Director
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
The Coen Brothers, Inside Llewyn Davis
Spike Jonze, Her
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
Josh Oppenheimer, the Act of Killing

Best Actor
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Mads Mikkelsen, The Hunt
Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Robert Redford, All Is Lost

Notable Omissions: Dallas Buyers Club, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Fruitvale Station, Mandela

Best Actress
Amy Seimetz, Upstream Color
Judi Dench, Philomena
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Amy Acker, Much Ado About Nothing
Kathryn Hahn, Afternoon Delight
Sandra Bullock, Gravity

Notable Omissions: Blue Jasmine, Blue is the Warmest Color, the Past, Short Term 12, Invisible Woman, Concussion, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Spectacular Now, A Touch of Sin, Broken Circle Breakdown

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
James Franco, Spring Breakers
Dane DeHaan, Kill Your Darlings
Jonah Hill, Wolf of Wall Street
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Notable Omissions: Dallas Buyers Club, Mud, Prisoners, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Enough Said

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
June Squibb, Nebraska
Sarah Paulson, 12 Years a Slave
Amy Adams, Her
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle FOR LACK OF HAVING A FIFTH NAME. How about Jena Malone in Hunger Games? 

Notable Omissions: Blue Jasmine, Blue is the Warmest Color, Fruitvale Station

Best Original Screenplay
Inside Llewyn Davis
Her
Nebraska
Gravity
All is Lost

Notable omissions: The Past, Dallas Buyers Club, Mud, Prisoners, The Past

Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Philomena
Rush

Notable Omissions: Short Term 12, Before Midnight, The Spectacular Now, In a World, Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Foreign Language Film
The Hunt
The Act of Killing

Notable Omissions: Broken Circle Breakdown (which I SO want to see), The Great Beauty, Omar, The Past, Blue is the Warmest Color, The Grandmaster, A Touch of Sin, A Hijacking, White Lies

Best Documentary
The Act of Killing
Leviathan
Stories We Tell

Notable Omissions: The Square, Blackfish, 20 Feet from Stardom, At Berkeley, After Tiller, Sound City

Best Animated
Yeah.... no animated films this year. But The Wind Rises only just came out in theaters in SF this week.

Best Editing
Gravity
Rush
Captain Phillips
The World's End
All is Lost
Nebraska
Inside Llewyn Davis
Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle
12 Years a Slave

Notable Omissions: Dallas Buyers Club, Short Term 12, Filth

Best Cinematography (that wasn't on tv this year, because damn.)
Inside Llewyn Davis
12 Years a Slave
Leviathan
Spring Breakers
All is Lost
Rush

Gravity... I love Emmanuel Lubezki's work. I really do. Sleepy Hollow, The New World and Children of Men make me want to be a cinematographer. And obviously Gravity is a stunning achievement. But I think more and more cinematography needs to be split into CGI heavy and traditional 'film' movies. indieWire thinks so, too.

Notable Omissions: Prisoners, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Grandmaster

Best Production Design
Her
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Wolf of Wall Street

Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby
American Hustle
Inside Llewyn Davis
Stoker
Hunger Games

Notable Omissions: Laurence Anyways, Grandmaster, Invisible Woman, Oz

Best Score
Upstream Color
All Is Lost (I only JUST put two and two together and realized Alexander Ebert did Truth, which closed out last year's Oscar winner Curfew.)
Spring Breakers
12 Years a Slave
Stoker
Prince Avalanche
Rush
Nebraska

Notable Omissions: Ain't them Bodies Saints, Oblivion, Mud, How I Live Now, Les Salauds, Man of Steel, Prisoners

Best Song
Let It Go - Idina Menzel (Frozen) What? I'm a sucker for all things Idina Menzel
Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey (Great Gatsby). It was used poorly in the film, but I love the song.
A Little Party Never Killed Nobody - Fergie et al (Great Gatsby)
Last Mile Home - Kings of Leon (August Osage County)
Becomes the Color - Emily Wells (Stoker)
Cut Me Some Slack - Sirvana (Sound City)
I See Fire - Ed Sheeran (The Hobbit) 
Oblivion - M83 (Oblivion)

Please Mr. Kennedy deserves a special nod for Best Worst Song.

I don't entirely like this song, so it doesn't make the cut, but I found this a really interesting entry on the long list: The Courage to Believe - Q'orianka Kilcher (Free China Movie). Turns out she has a very lovely voice.
I also remember really liking Amen at the end of All Is Lost, but it didn't do as much for me on a second listen. Maybe I was just really excited about lyrics at the time?

Best Sound Editing
Gravity
All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Pacific Rim
Rush
Upstream Color

Notable Omissions: Lone Survivor, Man of Steel

Best Sound Mixing
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
All Is Lost
Rush
Captain Phillips
Upstream Color

Notable Omissions: Lone Survivor, Man of Steel

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
Pacific Rim
Lone Ranger
The Hobbit
Iron Man 3

Best Makeup
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Hunger Games
Rush

Best Animated Short
Kali, the Little Vampire
The Missing Scarf 
Possessions
Feral 
Social Satan
The Deep End
The Event

Best Live Action Short
Avant Que de Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
The Voorman Problem
3020 Laguna St. In Exitum
Night, Peace
In Full Bloom
Time Capsule
The Worst
Inferno
Brightwood
Tough Guy

Best Poster
Enemy (Louise Bourgeois!)
Escape from Tomorrow
Grand Budapest Hotel
Filth
Great Gatsby
Hunger Games
John Dies At the End
Maleficent
Parkland
Trance
Walter Mitty
Spring Breakers (This one is good too)
You're Next
Much Ado About Nothing (3 versions)
Stoker
Wolverine
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (both versions)
Side Effects
The Kings of Summer
Upstream Color
Kiss of the Damned
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Thor

Best Trailer
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Wolf of Wall Street
Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Grand Budapest Hotel
Don Jon
Gravity
Man of Steel
American Hustle
Stoker
Upstream Color
Only God Forgives

Best Action Scene: Hong Kong Battle, Pacific Rim. (runner up: Gravity opening)

Movie you Wanted to Love but Just Couldn't: The Counselor (runner up: Elysium)

Best mix of fiction and reality: Prince Avalanche (runner up: Stories We Tell)

Worst opening scene: Captain Philips

Best opening scene: Gravity

Most WTF: The Counselor
(Runner Up: Computer Chess, A La Francaise)

Best Scene: Stoker (can see parts of it in the film.com top 25 films. Opens the cut.)

Creepiest scene: the hangings before the start of ...And Justice for All, Metallica Through the Never

Best Cameo: Captain America in Thor (runner up: both surprises towards the end of This is the End)

Best subversion of a horror trope: You're Next. I didn't like the film overall, but I loved that they gave Sharni Vinson a credible reason for being a final girl.

Best Hair: Christian Bale, American Hustle

Most Sam Rockwell performance: Sam Rockwell in The Way, Way Back

Best Ode to Capitalism: Alien, Spring Breakers

Best sidekick: Yukio, Wolverine

Best post-credits scene: Stories We Tell

Also, best Dad: Stories We Tell. I loved Michael Polley in Slings & Arrows, and now I love him more.

Most ridiculously, stupidly entertaining music cue: The Lone Ranger

2nd most ridiculously, stupidly entertaining music cue: Spring Breakers

Best villain reveal: The Mandarin, Iron Man 3

Most misused villain: Kahn, Star Trek. A great villainous performance in search of a better film. 

Best Birds: Leviathan

Best Cat: Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Pig: Upstream Color

Best sing-along: Don Jon

Best zombie romance: Warm Bodies

Best surprising goth rocker: Jessica Chastain, Mama. I haven't actually gotten around to seeing this one, but she looks awesome. 

Best trailer for a film not released in the US in 2013: Filth redband trailer

The best thing that happened in not-film: Farewell, Yolanda.