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The Imitation Game leads Empire Awards nominations

The nominations have been released for the 20th Jameson Empire Awards.

Leading the way is World War II thriller The Imitation Game which has picked up 6 nominations – Jameson Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Thriller, Best British Film and Best Film. The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and Kingsman: The Secret Service all receive four nominations with Boyhood, Gone Girl, Interstellar and The Theory Of Everything collecting three each.

This year’s awards will take place on Sunday 29th March 2015 and will be presented by James Nesbitt. Movie fans can vote for their favourites by heading over to www.empireonline.com/awards2015

On hosting this yearā€™s awards, Nesbitt comments, ā€œLast yearā€™s Jameson Empire Awards were an incredible experience. Hollywood legends like Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emma Thompson were rubbing shoulders with the next generation of acting talent and the atmosphere was electric. They really do celebrate the true voice of the movie-going public and I’m looking forward to March 29!”

Commenting on this yearā€™s shortlist, Empireā€™s Editor-In-Chief, Morgan Rees, adds, “The Jameson Empire Awards 2015, powered by the savviest film-loving readership on the planet, are a huge celebration of the best cinema has to offer. 2014 gave us films that tackle the big questions of the universe and movies about walking trees and talking bears. It promises to be a fantastic night.”

The full list of nominations is:

Best Newcomer ā€” Male
Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)
Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Daniel Huttlestone (Into The Woods)
Jack Oā€™Connell (Unbroken)
Dan Stevens (The Guest)

Best Newcomer ā€” Female
Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service)
Carrie Coon (Gone Girl)
Essie Davis (The Babadook)
Karen Gillan (Guardians Of The Galaxy/Oculus)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy presented by MediCinema
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Guardians Of The Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Best Horror
Annabelle
The Babadook
The Guest
Oculus
Under The Skin

Best Comedy presented by Absolute Radio
22 Jump Street
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Inbetweeners 2
The LEGOĀ® Movie
Paddington

Best Thriller presented by Corinthia Hotel London
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Locke

Best British Film
The Imitation Game
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Paddington
The Theory Of Everything
Under The Skin

Jameson Best Actor
Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies)
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory Of Everything)
Andy Serkis (Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes)

Best Actress
Emily Blunt (Edge Of Tomorrow)
Felicity Jones (The Theory Of Everything)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Director
Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Christopher Nolan (Interstellar)
Matt Reeves (Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes)
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)

Best Film
Boyhood
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
The Imitation Game
Interstellar

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