Yappies nominations announced!

The 2014 Yappies nominations have been announced! On the heels of the Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, the Yappies reflect the best of the 2014 cinematic calendar, as nominated by the members of The Film Yap. Here are the nominations. Winners will be announced Monday morning: BEST FILM Whiplash The Imitation Game Boyhood Guardians of the Galaxy Nightcrawler Life Itself Calvary The Grand Budapest Hotel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Under the Skin Locke A Most Wanted Man Selma Cheap Thrills The Boxtrolls BEST ACTOR Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" Tom Hardy, "Locke" Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game" Michael Keaton, "Birdman" Ralph Fiennes, Grand Budapest Bradley Cooper, American Sniper Kevin Kline, My Old Lady Bill Murray, St. Vincent Brendan Gleeson, "Calvary Andy Serkis, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Chadwick Boseman, “Get On Up” Philip Seymour Hoffman, “A Most Wanted Man” Bill Hader, “The Skeleton Twins” Oscar Isaac, “A Most Violent Year” Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher” David Oyelowo, “Selma” BEST ACTRESS Reese Witherspoon, "Wild" Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl" Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything" Jenny Slate, 'Obvious Child" Julianne Moore, "Still Alice" Essie Davis, "The Babadook" Scarlett Johansson, “Under the Skin” Shailene Woodley, “The Fault in Our Stars” Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night” Gugu Mbatha-Raw, “Beyond the Lights” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR JK Simmons, "Whiplash" David Bautista, "Guardians of the Galaxy" Edward Norton, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Don Johnson, "Cold in July" Marco Perella, "Boyhood" Tyler Perry, Gone Girl Robert Duvall, The Judge Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood” Channing Tatum, “Foxcatcher” Ethan Embry, “Cheap Thrills” Gary Poulter, “Joe” Toby Kebbell, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Noah Wiseman, “The Babadook” Randall Park, “The Interview” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Hillary Swank, Homesman Julianne Moore, Still Alice Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game" Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood" Emma Stone, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" Kim Dickens, "Gone Girl" Melissa McCarthy, "St. Vincent" Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods” Rene Russo, “Nightcrawler” Jessica Chastain, “Interstellar” Emily Blunt, “Into the Woods” BEST ANIMATED FILM "The Lego Movie" "Big Hero 6" “The Boxtrolls” “How to Train Your Dragon 2” LINE OF THE YEAR "It would have saved me the parade of drunken assholes," Mason Jr. (Ellar Coltrane), "Boyhood" "She has no idea. If I had a blacklight, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock painting." Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), "Guardians of the Galaxy" "'Hey Max, remember from before when we did sex to each other? I'm having your abortion. Do you want to share a dessert?' Lead with that, definitely lead with that. Perfect." Donna Stern (Jenny Slate), "Obvious Child" "We are Groot" Groot (Vin Diesel), "Guardians of the Galaxy" "You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant... oh, fuck it." M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "I think she's bipolar. Or lactose intolerant. One of the two." Jack Brennan (Chris O'Dowd), "Calvary" "There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job.'" Terrence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), "Whiplash" “I’m putting cornstarch on my werewolves.” Martin (John Leguizamo), “Chef” "Did you catch the fox, Mother?" – Foxcatcher I would rather have you sit on my face after a brisk walk on a warm day than suffer through that fucking lava cake again." - Ramsey Michel (Oliver Platt), via Twitter to Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau), "Chef" “Autofellatio. What’s the origin of that?” “Loneliness.” – Bad Words “Say it with me, you pancake-eating motherfucker.” – “Draft Day” “I got my Lambo!” – “22 Jump Street” “Fucking centaurs.” - “Hercules” “Fucking gasoline! I knew it would ruin everything” – “Enemies Closer” “I’m distracting you, you turdblossom!” – “Guardians of the Galaxy” “I don’t believe anyone is 100% dick.” – “Guardians of the Galaxy” G “Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too quick.” – “Guardians of the Galaxy” “I’ll cue you in.” – “Whiplash” “I am the Hague.” – “The Expendables 3” BEST ORIGINAL SONG "Lost Stars," Adam Levine, "Begin Again" “Everything is AWESOME!,” Tegan & Sara feat. The Lonely Island, “The LEGO Movie” “Like a Fool,” Keira Knightley, “Begin Again” “A Step You Can’t Take Back,” Keira Knightley, “Begin Again” “I Love You All,” the Soronprfbs, “Frank” “All of the Stars,” Ed Sheeran, “The Fault in Our Stars” BEST USE OF A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED VOCAL SONG IN A MOVIE "Come and Get Your Love," Redbone, "Guardians of the Galaxy" "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," Elvin Bishop, "Guardians of the Galaxy" "I Want You Back," The Jackson 5, "Guardians of the Galaxy" "Obvious Child" Paul Simon, "Obvious Child" "Shelter from the Storm" Bob Dylan, "St. Vincent" 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Jefferson Starship, "The Skeleton Twins" "Yellow" (Coldplay), Boyhood “I Don’t Care” by Charli XCX, “3 Days to Kill” “Cherry Bomb” by the Runaways, “Guardians of the Galaxy” “Deep Blue” by the Arcade Fire, “Boyhood” “Wait” by White Lion, “Cold in July” “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” by Stevie B, “The Guest” BEST CAMEO Robert Downey, Jr. - Marvin, "Chef" Nathan Fillion - Monstrous Inmate, "Guardians of the Galaxy" Bill Murray - M. Ivan, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Michael Shannon, “They Came Together” BEST PERFORMANCE IN A BAD (OR DISAPPOINTING) MOVIE Angelina Jolie, Maleficent - "Maleficent" Denzel Washington, “The Equalizer” Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything” Quvenzhane Wallis, “Annie” Chadwick Boseman, “Get On Up” Michael Keaton, “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Edward Norton, “Birdman” Eva Green, “300: Rise of an Empire” WORST PERFORMANCE IN A GOOD MOVIE Rachel McAdams, Annabel Richter - "A Most Wanted Man" David Oyelowo, “Selma” Octavia Spencer, “Snowpiercer” Tilda Swinton, “Snowpiercer” James Spader, “The Homesman” BEST (AS IN MOST GRUESOME, CHILLING, INNOVATIVE OR MACABRELY HUMOROUS) DEATH SCENE Brendan Gleeson, Father James Lavelle - "Calvary" Neil Patrick Harris, Desi Collings - "Gone Girl" Mark Ruffalo, David Schultz - "Foxcatcher" Scarlett Johansson, “Under the Skin” Elyes Gabel as Julian, “A Most Violent Year” Randall Park as Kim Jong-Un, “The Interview” Jean-Claude van Damme as Xander, “Enemies Closer” Laura Birn as Leila Alvarez, “A Walk Among the Tombstones” Alfie Allen as Iosef Tarasov, “John Wick” Tom Cruise as Bill Cage, “Edge of Tomorrow” BEST OPENING “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” The LEGO Movie “The Skeleton Twins” “A Most Violent Year” “Hercules” “A Walk Among the Tombstones” “Cold in July” “The Expendables 3” BEST ENDING "Whiplash" "Calvary" "A Most Wanted Man" "Uzumasa Limelight" “The Babadook” “Cheap Thrills” “Under the Skin” “Locke” “Nightcrawler” “Snowpiercer” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” “Begin Again” “Frank” “The One I Love” “A Most Violent Year” “Two Days, One Night” “Foxcatcher” “Top Five” “Lucy” “John Wick” “St. Vincent” “Cold in July” BEST VILLAIN Josh Brolin, “Inherent Vice” J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler” Will Ferrell, “The LEGO Movie” Robert Redford, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Toby Kebbell, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Ed Harris, “Snowpiercer” Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl” The Babadook, “The Babadook” Randall Park, “The Interview” Jean-Claude van Damme, “Enemies Closer” David Harbour, “A Walk Among the Tombstones” Michael Nyqvist, “John Wick” Chris Pine, “Stretch” Christoph Waltz, “Big Eyes” Mel Gibson, “The Expendables 3” BEST SEQUEL “How to Train Your Dragon 2” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” “The Raid 2: Berandal” “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” “22 Jump Street” BEST COMEDY “The LEGO Movie” “Bad Words” “Guardians of the Galaxy” “Frank” “The Interview” “Top Five” “Chef” “22 Jump Street” “They Came Together” “Big Eyes” BEST ACTION FILM Guardians of the Galaxy Dawn of the Planet of the Apes “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” “The Raid 2: Berandal” Snowpiercer 3 Days to Kill Non-Stop Hercules John Wick BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN INANIMATE OBJECT Cap’s shield, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Peter Quill’s Walkman, “Guardians of the Galaxy” The food truck, "Chef" Locke’s car, “Locke” The cymbal, “Whiplash” Lou Bloom’s camera, “Nightcrawler” Lou Bloom’s Challenger, “Nightcrawler” The paper mache head, “Frank” BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ANIMAL Nick and Amy's cat, Gone Girl John Wick’s puppy, “John Wick” The dog, “The Babadook” The fox, “Wild” The horses, “Foxcatcher” Digby, “The Interview” HOTTEST SEX SCENE / BEST NUDITY Reese Witherspoon, "Wild" Katharine Waterston, "Inherent Vice" Eva Green, “300: Rise of an Empire” Eva Green, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” BEST ACTION SEQUENCE Prison Break, “Guardians of the Galaxy” Prison Break “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Climactic battle, “Fury” Nick Fury’s ambush, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” The helicarrier attacks, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Car chase, “The Raid: Berandal” Koba’s raid on the humans, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” The escape from the Kyln, “Guardians of the Galaxy” BEST USE OF 3D X-Men: Days of Future Past BEST FIGHT Battle for Xandar, "Guardians of the Galaxy" Prison Escape, "Guardians of the Galaxy" Riggan vs. Mike, “Birdman” The Ax Fight, "Snowpiercer" David Schultz vs. Mark Schultz training session, “Foxcatcher” Godzilla vs. the MUTOs, “Godzilla” Prison fight, “The Raid: Berandal” Rama vs. Hammer Girl and Bat Boy, “The Raid: Berandal” Final fight, “The Raid: Berandal” Caesar vs. Koba, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Dwayne Johnson, et. al. vs. the crazy bald people, “Hercules” Orlando Jones vs. Tom Everett Scott, “Enemies Closer” WORST FILM Transformers: Age of Extintion Earth to Echo V/H/S Viral The Other Woman Ouija I, Frankenstein The Legend of Hercules A Million Ways to Die in the West Winter’s Tale Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Transcendence Tusk BEST DIRECTOR Wes Anderson, Grand Budapest Damien Chazelle, Whiplash Jennifer Kent, Babadook Theodore Melfi, St. Vincent Jonathan Glazer, “Under the Skin” Richard Linklater, “Boyhood” Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, “Two Days, One Night” Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice” Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher” Ava Duvernay, “Selma” BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Steven Knight, "Locke" Theodore Melfi, "St. Vincent" Trent Haaga and David Chirchirillo, “Cheap Thrills” Chris Lord and Phil Miller, “The LEGO Movie” Richard Linklater, “Boyhood” Justin Lader, “The One I Love” Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawler” J.C. Chandor, “A Most Violent Year” E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, “Foxcatcher” Paul Webb, “Selma” BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash" Andrew Bovell, A Most Wanted Man Irena Brignull & Adam Pava, "The Boxtrolls" Nick Hornby, "Wild" Israel Horowitz, "My Old Lady" Jennifer Kent, "The Babadook" Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game" Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "The Fault in Our Stars" Walter Campbell and Jonathan Glazer, “Under the Skin"