THE MOVIEHOOVIE AWARDS - 2016

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”

(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?!)