Mad Max Fury Road Named Top Film Of The Year

Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Mad Max: Fury Road" - Red Carpet
Mad Max: Fury Road has been named the best film of 2015 by the National Board of Review as the annual Hollywood awards season begins.
George Miller's latest instalment in the franchise, started in the 1979, was a radical and unconventional curveball from one of the oldest awards bodies in movies.
The post-apocalyptic movie, starring Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy, has made $376m at the box office worldwide but it has not been seen as a likely contender for major awards such as the Oscars or Golden Globes.
The science-fiction hit The Martian came away with the most wins, taking best actor for Matt Damon, best director for Ridley Scott and best adapted screenplay for Drew Goddard.
2015 has been a banner year for popular cinema. We are thrilled to be awarding George Miller and Ridley Scott, two iconic filmmakers at the top of their game, while also celebrating the next generation of talent," Board of Review president Annie Schulhof said in a statement.
The group, founded in 1909, has recently tried to shed its stodgy image, previously naming independent drama A Most Violent Year and Her its top movies.
Brie Larson took the best actress prize for her performance as a captive mother in Room.
But Oscar hopefuls such as Steve Jobs, Brooklyn and Joy were overlooked by the board which has a history of going against the mainstream.
Instead it chose popular fare such as boxing movie Creed, rap music film Straight Outta Compton, Catholic Church sex abuse tale Spotlight and Room among its top films of the yearSylvester Stallone was named best supporting actor for his role in Creed, a sequel to his hit Rocky movies.
The Board of Review will present its awards at a ceremony in New York on 5 January.
The Hollywood awards season runs for three months and ends with the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood on 28 February.

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