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"We&amp;#039;re delighted that Leonardo DiCaprio got nominated. And Her. And Philomena&amp;#039;s Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope. We actually agreed with a vast number of Oscar noms this year. However, there were some films and actors who we felt didn&amp;#039;t get the recognition they deserved, so we decided to honour them in a different form. Below are Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Alternative Oscar Awards, celebrating this year&amp;#039;s greatest who missed out on a nomination. Read on to find out the nominees and who we crowned the best of the rest.  Best Picture Before Midnight Blue Is the Warmest Colour Blue Jasmine Frozen Inside Llewyn Davis Much Ado About Nothing The Place Beyond the Pines Prisoners Rush Saving Mr Banks And the Alternative Oscar goes to... Inside Llewyn Davis   &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t see a lot of money here,&amp;quot; music manager Budd Grossman (F Murray Abraham) flatly tells struggling folk singer Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac), cutting him dead seconds after a particularly soulful performance.  For the endlessly unappreciated Llewyn, it&amp;#039;s just one more small failure in a litany of them, and it&amp;#039;s fitting in a sense that the Academy played along by failing to give the Coen brothers&amp;#039; wry, masterfully understated character study the recognition it deserved. But we&amp;#039;re not going to do the same.  Best Director JC Chandor (All Is Lost) Joel &amp;amp; Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) Spike Jonze (Her) Joss Whedon (Much Ado About Nothing) And the Alternative Oscar goes to... Spike Jonze for Her   So strong is the field for our Best Director Alternative Oscar, it was nearly impossible to single just one filmmaker out. Both JC Chandor and Paul Greengrass battled the elements at sea, Joss Whedon pulled a Shakespeare classic expertly into the modern day and the Coen brothers brilliantly recreated the &amp;#039;60s NY folk scene - but for us the stand-out has to be Spike Jonze. In Her, Jonze presents a rounded, specific vision of the near-future - from tech to architecture and fashion - wrapped up in a romance unlike any other. He also brought out a career high performance from Joaquin Phoenix, gave AI Samantha a voice to remember in Scarlett Johansson and turned Arcade Fire into legit big screen composers. The film, the first written entirely by Jonze, clearly comes from a deep personal place and is a sign of a director whose best years may still be in front of him. Best Actor Daniel Bruhl (Rush) Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) James McAvoy (Filth) Joaquin Phoenix (Her) And the Alternative Oscar goes to... Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis  It&amp;#039;s one thing for the Academy not to have warmed to the Coens&amp;#039; admittedly prickly exploration of New York&amp;#039;s 1960s folk music scene. But Isaac&amp;#039;s understated, multi-faceted turn is what gives the film warmth despite its cynicism, and his exceptional vocals and musical contributions make him a triple-threat in the same vein as 2012 winner Jean Dujardin (right down to the adorable furry sidekick). Abrasive and stubborn yet poignantly grief-stricken, Isaac&amp;#039;s Llewyn is one of the Coens&amp;#039; most intriguing lead characters yet. If there&amp;#039;s any justice in Hollywood (ha), this won&amp;#039;t be the closest Isaac ever gets to actual awards glory, but it&amp;#039;s the least we can do for now. Best Actress Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) Brie Larson (Short Term 12) Emma Thompson (Saving Mr Banks)  And the Alternative Oscar goes to... Emma Thompson for Saving Mr Banks  Disney&amp;#039;s dive back into the making of Mary Poppins looked like a strong early contender for Oscars but quickly fell away amidst accusations that it shirked portraying Walt in anything other than a positive light. Awards season gamesmanship may have cost Emma Thompson a nomination from the Academy, but we were so taken with her turn as PL Travers - a brittle old battle axe who eventually reveals a softer side - that we&amp;#039;re giving her our Alternative Oscar. Sure, the film may not be entirely accurate with the facts, but the story the filmmakers do choose to tell is executed wonderfully - and it wouldn&amp;#039;t work if not for Thompson. Best Supporting Actor Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness) James Franco (Spring Breakers) James Gandolfini (Enough Said) Tom Hanks (Saving Mr Banks) Ulysses (Inside Llewyn Davis) And the Alternative Oscar goes to... Benedict Cumberbatch for Star Trek Into Darkness  This Alternative Oscar was the most contested out of the lot, with passionate arguments being made in particular for James Franco in Spring Breakers. Benedict Cumberbatch won out in the end, though, proving his charisma and ability on the big screen by being the best thing about JJ Abrams&amp;#039;s divisive sequel. Cumberbatch completely outshines his co-stars as the antagonistic John Harrison. Virtually every scene he&amp;#039;s in, he steals the limelight with his commanding and at times terrifying presence. He makes Harrison a true villain to be feared, almost single-handedly elevating Star Trek Into Darkness into a thrilling blockbuster, and this is an accolade that is well-deserved for the Sherlock star. Best Supporting Actress Naomie Harris (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) Scarlett Johansson (Her) Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) Lea Seydoux (Blue Is the Warmest Colour) Oprah Winfrey (The Butler) And the Alternative Oscar goes to... Scarlett Johansson for Her   Though we have a soft spot for all the nominees in this Alternative Oscar category, we couldn&amp;#039;t give the award to anyone other than Scarlett Johansson. As artificial intelligence Samantha, she brings humanity and personality to the OS, making you believe that Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) would legitimately fall in love with her - and Johansson does all of that without using facial expressions or her body. Her role is primarily in service of Theodore&amp;#039;s journey, as the introverted protagonist struggles with life and goes through the motions after a failed marriage. But Her would simply fall apart without Johansson&amp;#039;s voice work. It&amp;#039;s an unconventional supporting performance, but one that we feel should have been recognised by the Academy. Best Original Song &amp;#039;Elastic Heart&amp;#039;, Sia ft. The Weeknd &amp;amp; Diplo (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) &amp;#039;The Money Chant&amp;#039;, Matthew McConaughey (The Wolf of Wall Street) &amp;#039;Oblivion&amp;#039;, M83 (Oblivion) &amp;#039;Please Mr Kennedy&amp;#039;, Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac &amp;amp; Adam Driver (Inside Llewyn Davis) &amp;#039;Young &amp;amp; Beautiful&amp;#039;, Lana Del Rey (The Great Gatsby) And the Alternative Oscar goes to... &amp;#039;Please Mr Kennedy&amp;#039;/&amp;#039;The Money Chant&amp;#039; tie It was impossible to separate them. Both &amp;#039;Please Mr Kennedy&amp;#039; and Matthew McConaughey&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Money Chant&amp;#039; proved to be cinematic ear worms of the highest order. The Inside Llewyn Davis track underlined everything wrong with the Coen brothers&amp;#039; latest hero (his chronic inability to make a smart choice), while the Wolf of Wall Street anthem has resulted in us never being able to eat lunch in the same way again!       Who would win your Alternative Oscars? Let us know in the comments box below. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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