2012 Awards

Here's the start of my end of 2012 movie lists.  If I were submitting a ballot to the Oscars, these would be my nominees (*'s next to those I would pick to win):

BEST DIRECTOR
*Paul Thomas Anderson, THE MASTER
Wes Anderson, MOONRISE KINGDOM
Rian Johnson, LOOPER
Steven Spielberg, LINCOLN
Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST ACTOR
*Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, LINCOLN
Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe, LOOPER
Matthew McConaughey as Joe Cooper, KILLER JOE
Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell, THE MASTER

BEST ACTRESS
*Jessica Chastain as Maya, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Keira Knightley as Anna Karenina, ANNA KARENINA
Sara Paxton as Claire, THE INNKEEPERS
Alicia Vikander as Caroline Mathilde, A ROYAL AFFAIR
Quvenzhane Wallis as Hushpuppy, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie, DJANGO UNCHAINED
Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd, THE MASTER
Scoot McNairy as Frankie, KILLING THEM SOFTLY
*Christopher Walken, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
Christoph Waltz, DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams as Peggy Dodd, THE MASTER
Emily Blunt as Sara, LOOPER
Ann Dowd as Sandra, COMPLIANCE
*Anne Hathaway as Fantine, LES MISERABLES
Juno Temple as Dottie Smith, KILLER JOE

BEST SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED
*Tony Kushner, LINCOLN
Rian Johnson, LOOPER
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, MOONRISE KINGDOM
Martin McDonagh, SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

BEST DOCUMENTARY
THE AMERICAN SCREAM
BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING
HEAD GAMES
INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE
THE INVISIBLE WAR
LAST DAY AT LAMBEAU
THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
SIDE BY SIDE
STEP UP TO THE PLATE
*UNDEFEATED

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
*HOLY MOTORS
THE KID WITH A BIKE
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
OSLO, AUGUST 31
A ROYAL AFFAIR

BEST MUSIC
*BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LINCOLN
LOOPER
THE MASTER

BEST SOUND
DJANGO UNCHAINED
HAYWIRE
KILLING THEM SOFTLY
*LOOPER
ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST MAKEUP
DJANGO UNCHAINED
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
*HOLY MOTORS
LINCOLN
LOOPER

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LIFE OF PI
LOOPER
*PROMETHEUS

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
*BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LINCOLN
THE MASTER
MOONRISE KINGDOM

BEST EDITING
KILLING THEM SOFTLY
LINCOLN
LOOPER
MOONRISE KINGDOM
*SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ANNA KARENINA
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
LOOPER
*THE MASTER
SKYFALL


Nominations Count (Wins Count):
10 - LOOPER (1)
7 - THE MASTER (2)
7 - LINCOLN (2)
7 - DJANGO UNCHAINED
4 - BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (2)
4 - MOONRISE KINGDOM
4 - THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
3 - SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (2)
3 - KILLING THEM SOFTLY
2 - HOLY MOTORS (2)
2 - ZERO DARK THIRTY (1)
2 - KILLER JOE
2 - ANNA KARENINA
2 - A ROYAL AFFAIR
1 - LES MISERABLES (1)
1 - PROMETHEUS (1)
1 - THE INNKEEPERS
1 - COMPLIANCE
1 - THE KID WITH A BIKE
1 - ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
1 - OSLO, AUGUST 31
1 - HAYWIRE
1 - THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
1 - LIFE OF PI
1 - SKYFALL