THE MOVIEHOOVIE AWARDS - 2017
(all runner-ups are expressed in preferred order)


FAVORITE FILM:

(will, or have, re-watched; am obsessing over; just love, love, love)

“LA LA LAND”

(runners up: “Manchester by the Sea”, "Nocturnal Animals", "Paterson", "Pete's Dragon")

BEST EMOTIONAL DRAMA:

“MANCHESTER BY THE SEA”

(runners up: “Moonlight”, “20th Century Women”, “Hacksaw Ridge”, “American Pastoral”)

BEST CEREBRAL DRAMA:

“NOCTURNAL ANIMALS”

(runners up: “Childhood of a Leader”, “Indignation”, “Louder than Bombs”, “Chronic”)

BEST ACTION / SPECTACLE:

“CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR” 

(runners up: "X-Men: Apocalypse", “Jack Reacher 2”, “Rogue One", "The Magnificent 7")

FUNNIEST COMEDY:

(pure comedies only; based mainly on laugh-ratio)

“MIKE & DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES”

(runners up: “Deadpool”, “Sausage Party”, “Masterminds”, "Bad Santa 2")

BEST COMEDIC FILM:

(a little more mixed-genre; a little more mood-based than laugh-based, perhaps)

“SWISS ARMY MAN” 

(runners up: “Love & Friendship”, "Hail, Caesar!", “The Lobster”, "Hunt for the Wilderpeople")

BEST HORROR FILM:

“THE WITCH” 

(runners up: "Train to Busan", "The Conjuring 2", "The Wailing", "Eyes of My Mother")

BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER:

“DON'T BREATHE”

(runners up: "Green Room", "The Invitation", "Neon Demon", "10 Cloverfield Lane")

BEST SMALL-SCALE INDIES THAT COULD*!:

(*low-budget; no significant star-power; tiny distribution)

“SUNSET SONG”

(runners up: "Too Late", "The Invitation", "Lamb", "White Girl")

BEST FAMILY FILM:

“PETE'S DRAGON”

(runners up: "Zootopia", "The BFG", "Finding Dory", "Kubo & the Two Strings".)

BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY:

“ARRIVAL”

(runners up: "The Lobster", "Nerve", "Doctor Strange", "Midnight Special")

BEST FOREIGN FILM:

“THE HANDMAIDEN” 

(runners up: "Right Now, Wrong Then", "Elle", "Train to Busan", "The Wailing")

BEST LARGE-SCALE DIRECTION:

(Big set-pieces / big casts / complex technical accomplishments effectively rendered)

DAMIEN CHAZELLE - “LA LA LAND” 

(runners up: "Hell or High Water", "Hacksaw Ridge", "Silence", "Captain America: Civil War")

BEST SMALL-SCALE DIRECTION:

(Uniquely stylized and assured direction of films told among limited locations/sets)

 BRADY CORBET - “CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER” 

(runners up: "Nocturnal Animals", "The Witch", "The Handmaiden", "Green Room")

BEST INTIMATE DIRECTION:

(Low-key direction with particular attention to story and performances)

BARRY JENKINS - “MOONLIGHT” 

(runners up: "Manchester by the Sea", "Paterson", "Right Now, Wrong Then", "Louder than Bombs")

BEST ACTOR:

CASEY AFFLECK - “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA”

(runners up: Andrew Garfield - "Hacksaw Ridge", Jake Gyllenhal - "Nocturnal Animals", Logan Lerman - "Indignation", Nate Parker "The Birth of a Nation")

BEST ACTRESS:

EMMA STONE - “LA LA LAND”

(runners up: Isabelle Huppert - "Elle", Annette Bening - "20th Century Women", Amy Adams - "Arrival", Kate Beckinsale - "Love & Friendship")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

MAHERSHALA ALI - “MOONLIGHT” 

(runners up: Aaron Taylor-Johnson - "Nocturnal Animals", Lucas Hedges - "Manchester by the Sea", Jeff Bridges - "Hell or High Water", Michael Shannon - "Nocturnal Animals")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

VIOLA DAVIS - "FENCES"

(runners up: Michelle Williams - "Manchester by the Sea", Nicole Kidman - "Lion", Tilda Swinton - "A Bigger Splash", Octavia Spencer - "Hidden Figures")

BEST CHILD ACTOR:

SUNNY PAWAR - “LION” 

(runners up: Ashton Sanders - "Moonlight", Tom Sweet - "Childhood of a Leader", Julian Dennison - "Hunt for the Wilderpeople", Ferida Walsh-Peelo - "Sing Street")

BEST CHILD ACTRESS:

MADISON WOLFE - “THE CONJURING 2” 

(runners up: Hannah Nordberg - "American Pastoral", Angourie Rice - "The Nice Guys", Ruby Barnhill - "The BFG", Oona Laurence - "Lamb")

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE:

RYAN REYNOLDS - “DEADPOOL” 

(runners up: Ryan Gosling - "Nice Guys", Daniel Radcliffe - "Swiss Army Man", Alden Ehrenreich - "Hail, Caesar", Tom Bennett - "Love & Friendship")

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

“LA LA LAND” 

(runners up: "The Handmaiden", "Silence", "Arrival", "Nocturnal Animals")

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

“THE JUNGLE BOOK” 

(runners up: "Captain America: Civil War", "Rogue One", "Passengers", "The BFG")

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/COSTUMES/NATURAL MAKEUP:

“NOCTURNAL ANIMALS”

(runners up: "La La Land", "Hail Caesar", "The Handmaiden", "Silence")

BEST FANTASY MAKEUP:

“STAR TREK BEYOND”

(runners up: NOT Wiggle-Witch from "Suicide Squad")

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “MOONLIGHT”

(runners up: "Indignation", "Love & Friendship", "Arrival", "Fences")

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA”

(runners up: "Nocturnal Animals, "The Lobster", "La La Land", "20th Century Women")

BEST EDITING: “ARRIVAL”

(runners up: "La la Land", "Hacksaw Ridge", "The Handmaiden", "Hell or High Water")


BEST SCORE AND SONGS: “LA LA LAND” (All Songs)

(runners up - score: "Childhood of a Leader", "The Handmaiden", "Moonlight", "Swiss Army Man")
(runners up - song(s): All Songs - "Sing Street", All Songs - "Moana", The Ballad of Weiner-Dog - "Weiner-Dog", Dance Rascal, Dance - "My Name is Doris")

BEST SOUND EDITING & SOUND MIXING: “ARRIVAL”

(runners up: I dunno, just cut and paste The Oscars here)

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WORST MOVIE OF 2016:

“MISS SLOANE”

(runners up: "Triple 9", "Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", "Suicide Squad", "Gold")