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Critics Choice Association Announces Their 4th Annual Super Award Nominees

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The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced this week the nominees for the 4th annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action. Winners will be revealed on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Film Obsessive’s own Editor in Chief Don Shanahan is a CCA member in good standing.

Representing the high-flying action side of 2023 cinemas, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning leads this year’s film nominees. The Tom Cruise sequel earned five nominations including Best Action Movie. Cruise himself received a nomination for Best Actor in an Action Movie, while Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson and Pom Klementieff all received nods for Best Actress in an Action Movie.

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“The Super Awards consistently shine a bright light on the outstanding work being done in genre cinema and television,” said Sean O’Connell, CCA Director of the Super Awards. “We were blown away by the performances and craftsmanship that went into the slate of films and series recognized this year (for the 4th annual Super Awards). These nominations represent the absolute best in popular culture, and we’re excited to see which winners emerge.”

The full list of film nominees for the 4th annual Super Awards can be found below:

BEST ACTION MOVIE

Extraction 2

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

John Wick: Chapter 4

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Sisu

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Chris Hemsworth – Extraction 2

Keanu Reeves – John Wick: Chapter 4

Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 3

Donnie Yen – John Wick: Chapter 4

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

Hayley Atwell – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Rebecca Ferguson – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Priya Kansara – Polite Society

Pom Klementieff – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

Rina Sawayama – John Wick: Chapter 4

BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE*

Blue Beetle

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Nimona

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE*

Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Taron Egerton – Tetris

Michael Fassbender – The Killer

Xolo Maridueña – Blue Beetle

Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPERHERO MOVIE*

Ayo Edebiri – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Chloë Grace Moretz – Nimona

Zoe Saldaña – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Iman Vellani – The Marvels

BEST HORROR MOVIE

Evil Dead Rise

M3GAN

Scream VI

Talk to Me

When Evil Lurks

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR MOVIE

Dave Bautista – Knock at the Cabin

Tobin Bell – Saw X

Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario

Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid

Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE

Amie Donald and Jenna Davis – M3GAN

Mia Goth – Infinity Pool

Jenna Ortega – Scream VI

Alyssa Sutherland – Evil Dead Rise

Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me

BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE

Asteroid City

The Boy and the Heron

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One

Poor Things

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE

Timothée Chalamet – Wonka

Willem Dafoe – Poor Things

Ryunosuke Kamiki – Godzilla Minus One

Chris Pine – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE

Olivia Colman – Wonka

Kaitlyn Dever – No One Will Save You

Minami Hamabe – Godzilla Minus One

Emma Stone – Poor Things

Madeleine Yuna Voyles – The Creator

BEST VILLAIN IN A MOVIE

Godzilla – Godzilla Minus One

Chukwudi Iwuji – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

M3GAN – M3GAN

Jason Momoa – Fast X

Alyssa Sutherland – Evil Dead Rise

* Superhero categories also include comic book and video game-Inspired movies

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ABOUT THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION (CCA)

The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 600 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the intersection between film, television, and streaming content. For more information, visit:

www.CriticsChoice.com.

Follow the Critics Choice Super Awards on Twitter and Instagram @CriticsChoice and on Facebook/CriticsChoiceAwards.

Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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