THE MOVIEHOOVIE AWARDS - 2016
(all runners up are expressed in preferred order)
FAVORITE FILM:
(usually means I expect to watch it many times over)
“THE HATEFUL 8”
(runners up: "Star Wars: Ep. VII", “Mistress America”, “The Voices” & “Kingsman”)
BEST DRAMA:
“STEVE JOBS”
(runners up: “Spotlight”, “Room”, “Bridge of Spies” & “Carol”)
BEST ACTION / SPECTACLE:
“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”
(runners up: “The Revenant”, “M:I - Rogue Nation”, “Kingsman”, "Sicario")
FUNNIEST COMEDY:
(pure comedies only; based on laugh-ratio)
“ WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: FIRST DAY OF CAMP”
(runners up: “What We Do in the Shadows”, “Spy”, “Get Hard” & "Mistress America")
BEST COMEDIC FILM:
(a little more mixed-genre; a little more mood-based than laugh-based, perhaps)
“MISTRESS AMERICA”
(runners up: "The Voices", "Kingsman", "Results" & “Ned Rifle”)
BEST HORROR / THRILLER:
“BONE TOMAHAWK”
(runners up: "The Gift", "It Follows", "Spring" & "We Are Still Here")
BEST TINY-BUDGET INDIE THAT COULD*!:
(*could make me feel like making a successful feature is entirely possible)
“JAMES WHITE”
(runners up: "Tangerine", "Buzzard", "Heaven Knows What" & "Two Step")
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
“INSIDE OUT”
(runners up: I didn't see any others! Oh well.)
BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY:
“EX MACHINA”
(runners up: "Star Wars: Ep. VII", "Tomorrowland", "Chappie", "The Martian")
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
“A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE”
(runners up: "Clouds of Sils Maria", "Phoenix", "Duke of Burgundy", "Felix & Meira")
BEST LARGE-SCALE DIRECTION:
ALEJANDRO G. INARRITU - “THE REVENANT”
(runners up: "Mad Max: Fury Road", "Sicario", "Bridge of Spies" & "The Martian")
BEST SMALE-SCALE DIRECTION:
DANNY BOYLE - “STEVE JOBS”
(runners up: "Spotlight", "The Hateful 8", "Queen of Earth", "The Big Short")
BEST ACTOR-DIRECTION:
(Sometimes you can see when the director really helped affect the performances)
LENNY ABRAMSON - “ROOM”
(runners up: "James White", "Clouds of Sils Maria", "The Voices", "Beasts of No Nation")
BEST ACTOR:
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - “THE REVENANT”
(runners up: Michael Fassbender - "Steve Jobs", Jason Segal - "End of the Tour", Johnny Depp - "Black Mass", Ryan Reynolds - "The Voices")
BEST ACTRESS:
BRIE LARSON - “ROOM”
(runners up: Cate Blanchett - "Carol", Rooney Mara - "Carol", Elizabeth Moss - "Queen of Earth", Emily Blunt - "Sicario")
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
OSCAR ISAAC - “EX MACHINA”
(runners up: Mark Rylance - "Bridge of Spies", Tom Hardy - "The Revenant", Idris Elba - "Beasts of No Nation", Benicio Del Toro - "Sicario")
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH - "THE HATEFUL 8"
(runners up: Kate Winslet - "Steve Jobs", Kristen Stewart - "Clouds of Sils Maria", Sarah Snook - "Predestination", Katherine Waterston - "Queen of Earth")
BEST CHILD ACTOR:
ABRAHAM ATTAH - “BEASTS OF NO NATION”
(runners up: Jacob Tremblay - "Room", Raffey Cassidy - "Tomorrowland", Zsofia Psotta - "White God", Danielle Rose Russell, "Aloha")
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE:
RYAN REYNOLDS - “THE VOICES”
(runners up: Guy Pearce - "Results", Paul Rudd - "(Everything)", Melissa McCarthy - "Spy", Greta Gerwig - "Mistress America")
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
“THE REVENANT”
(runners up: "Mad Max: Fury Road", "Sicario", "Carol", "The Hateful 8")
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
“THE REVENANT”
(runners up: "Sicario", "Ex Machina", "Star Wars: Ep. VII", "Mad Max: Fury Road")
BEST EXTERIOR PRODUCTION DESIGN:
“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”
(runners up: "Star Wars: Ep. VII", "The Revenant", "Bridge of Spies", "Sicario")
BEST INTERIOR PRODUCTION DESIGN & COSTUME:
“THE HATEFUL 8”
(runners up - Design: "Carol", "Crimson Peak", "Ex Machina", "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch...")
(runners up - Costume: "Fury Road", "Carol", "Crimson Peak", "Far From the Madding Crowd")
BEST STUNTS:
TOM CRUISE! - "MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION"
(runners up: "Mad Max: Fury Road", "Star Wars: Ep. VII", "The Revenant", probably "Furious 7")
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “STEVE JOBS”
(runners up: "The End of the Tour", "The Big Short", "Room", "Carol")
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “THE HATEFUL 8”
(runners up: "The Voices", "Ex Machina", "Spotlight", "Mistress America")
BEST EDITING: “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”
(runners up: "The Big Short", "Ex Machina", "Steve Jobs", "Bridge of Spies")
BEST SCORE: ENNIO MORRICONE - “THE HATEFUL 8”
BEST SCORE: ENNIO MORRICONE - “THE HATEFUL 8”
(runners up: Sorry, no contest)
BEST SOUND EDITING & SOUND MIXING: “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”
(runners up: Just cut and paste the Oscars here)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: ‘SEE YOU AGAIN’, BY WIZ KHALIFA - “FURIOUS 7”
(runners up: Hey, this song's good! What the hell, Academy?!)
