West Side Story, Encanto, Luca and More Earn Critics Choice Nominations

The big news in the entertainment world today is that the 27th Annual Critics Choice Award nominations for the year have come out and West Side Story was among the most nominated in 11 categories. Disney also faired well when it comes to animated films with both Encanto and Luca being nominated. 

Disney+ took to Twitter this evening to congratulate many of the nominees. 

Congratulations to the cast and crew of #DisneyEncanto for their #CriticsChoice nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Dos Oruguitas” from Lin-Manuel Miranda. pic.twitter.com/GIt3W0rEcI

— Disney+ (@disneyplus) December 13, 2021

Here’s a rundown of the nominations that Disney and Co. Earned today:  

BEST PICTURE

• Belfast
• CODA
• Don’t Look Up
• Dune
• King Richard
• Licorice Pizza
• Nightmare Alley
• The Power of the Dog
• tick, tick…Boom!
• West Side Story

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
• Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
• Ann Dowd – Mass
• Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
• Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
• Rita Moreno – West Side Story

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Jude Hill – Belfast
• Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza
• Emilia Jones – CODA
• Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
• Saniyya Sidney – King Richard
• Rachel Zegler – West Side Story

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Belfast
• Don’t Look Up
• The Harder They Fall
• Licorice Pizza
• The Power of the Dog
• West Side Story

 (Disney/Image Group LA)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
• Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
• Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
• Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
• Siân Heder – CODA
• Tony Kushner – West Side Story
• Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth – Dune

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Greig Fraser – Dune
• Janusz Kaminski – West Side Story
• Dan Laustsen – Nightmare Alley
• Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog
• Haris Zambarloukos – Belfast

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Jim Clay, Claire Nia Richards – Belfast
• Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau – Nightmare Alley
• Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – The French Dispatch
• Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo – West Side Story
• Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune

BEST EDITING

• Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn – West Side Story
• Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast
• Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza
• Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog
• Joe Walker – Dune

CRUELLA
Emma Stone as Cruella

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Jenny Beavan – Cruella
• Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley
• Paul Tazewell – West Side Story
• Jacqueline West, Robert Morgan – Dune
• Janty Yates – House of Gucci

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

• Cruella
• Dune
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye
• House of Gucci
• Nightmare Alley

Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) in Marvel Studios’ SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Dune
• The Matrix Resurrections
• Nightmare Alley
• No Time to Die
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

BEST COMEDY

• Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
• Don’t Look Up
• Free Guy
• The French Dispatch
• Licorice Pizza

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Encanto
• Flee
• Luca
• The Mitchells vs the Machines
• Raya and the Last Dragon

BEST SONG

• Be Alive – King Richard
• Dos Oruguitas – Encanto
• Guns Go Bang – The Harder They Fall
• Just Look Up – Don’t Look Up
• No Time to Die – No Time to Die

The Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer on TBS on Sunday, January 9 from 7 – 10pm ET.  

This is a story that we’ll continue to follow closely so keep following along with us here at MickeyBlog and congratulations to all the nominees! 

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