The 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards - ArrivalsGetty.

Got award show fatigue yet? No? Good, because we’re in the thick of it now, folks. Last night, for instance, was the Critics’ Choice Awards, which are fascinating for many reasons: The voters who award the trophies are professional movie watchers (sometimes known as "critics"), so they’ve often seen all the movies they’re voting on, which is actually not always the case with the Oscars. They’re also a generally accurate bell-weather for the Oscars, much more so than the Golden Globes, which can go a bit rogue.
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