The 2nd Annual BWAP Awards: The Nominees

Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the nominee announcement for the 2nd ever annual BWAP awards, the awards show dedicated to honouring the actual best films of the year, rather than whatever film best panders to the academy's tastes (looking at you, King's Speech and Artist). A few announcements first however...

1. To my deep regret, this year there will be no "Best Actress" category. I apologise profusely for this, but the fact is that I just didn't see that many films this year featuring women in a leading role. I know I'm gonna have feminists knocking my door down, but it is what it is, again, I apologise.

Alright so it was just the once announcement, so let's not waste anymore time, let's get right down to it, here are the nominations for the 2013 BWAP awards:

Best Supporting Actress

• Emily Blunt - Sara Rollins in Looper
• Anne Hathaway - Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises
• Maggie Smith - Muriel Donnolly in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Best Supporting Actor

• Michael Caine - Alfred in The Dark Knight Rises
• Tommy Lee Jones - Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln
• Mark Ruffalo - The Avengers
• Alex Russel - Chronicle
• Tom Wilkinson - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Best Visuals

• The Avengers
• Looper
• Dredd

Best Audio

• The Dark Knight Rises
• Looper
• Skyfall

Best Screenplay (Adapted or Original)

• Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon - The Cabin in the Woods
• Rian Johnson - Looper
• Tony Kushner - Lincoln
• Max Landis - Chronicle
• Joss Whedon - The Avengers

Best Ensemble

• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• The Cabin in the Woods
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Lincoln
• Looper

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis - Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln
• Dane DeHaan - Andrew Detmer in Chronicle
• Robert Downey Jr - Tony Stark/Iron Man in The Avengers
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Joe Simmons
• Karl Urban - Judge Dredd in Dredd

Best Director

• Drew Goddard - The Cabin in the Woods
• Rian Johnson - Looper
• Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight Rises
• Josh Trank - Chronicle
• Joss Whedon - The Avengers

And now, last but not least, the big one, here are the nominees for 2012's... 

Best Film

• The Avengers
• Chronicle
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Lincoln
• Looper

And there we have it, the nominees. The 2013 BWAP awards will be announced on March 31st. See you then.