The Bob Award Winners!

It’s here again! The most prestigious movie award ceremony on the planet that does not in fact have a ceremony. I don’t have commercial breaks but if I did I wouldn’t make the cinematographers and film editors receive their trophies- which I also don’t have- during them. So instead of watching an Oscars sure to be even more boring than the Super Bowl, save yourself four hours and read these.

Cinematography
Mandy – Benjamin Loeb

Costume Design
The Favourite – Sandy Powell

Film Editing
They Shall Not Grow Old – Jabez Olssen

Makeup
Overlord

Original Score
Thoroughbreds – Erik Friedlander

Production Design
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Justin Thompson

Sound
They Shall Not Grow Old

Visual Effects
Annihilation

Animated Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Supporting Actor
Linus Roache – Mandy

Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Debicki – Widows

Actor
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

Actress
Olivia Colman – The Favourite

Ensemble Cast
The Death of Stalin

Adapted Screenplay
The Death of Stalin – Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows

Original Screenplay
The Favourite – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara

Director
Panos Cosmatos – Mandy

Top 10 Movies of 2018
10. First Man (Director: Damien Chazelle)
9. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Morgan Neville)
8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman)
7. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie)
6. Avengers: Infinity War (Anthony Russo & Joe Russo)
5. Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham)
4. They Shall Not Grow Old (Peter Jackson)
3. The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci)
2. The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)

Best Picture
Mandy

And now the fun stuff…

Best Opening: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Opening Credits Sequence: Isle of Dogs

Most Entertaining Movie: Mandy

Funniest Movie: The Death of Stalin

Bill Murray Award for Funniest Performance: Jesse Plemons – Game Night

Funniest Scene: Voting (“Carried u…nanimously”) – The Death of Stalin

Funniest Quote: As delivered in context by Jesse Plemons, “How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?” – Game Night

Nick and Norah Charles Award for Best Couple: Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman – Game Night

Withnail & I Award for Best Friendship: Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly – Stan & Ollie

Tron Award for Movie That Makes You Feel Like You’re 10 Years Old: The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Best Family Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Villain: Linus Roache – Mandy

Best Movie in a Pre-Existing Franchise: Avengers: Infinity War

Best Comic Book Movie: The Death of Stalin (Yes, it’s based on a graphic novel)

Best Action Sequence: Helicopter Chase – Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Best Fight Scene: Chainsaw v. Chainsaw – Mandy; honorable mention for the bathroom fight in which Henry Cavill reloads his arms – Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Best Cameo: Bill Duke – Mandy

Best Vocal Performance: Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War

Worst Major Release I Subjected Myself to: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Biggest Disappointment: The Predator

Shockingly Dull Throwbacks to ‘80s/’90s Action Films: (big budget) – Skyscraper, (low budget) – Black Water, or as I like to call it, Submarine Office

Movie I Wanted to Love but Just Didn’t Connect with: Roma

Most Emotionally Powerful Scene: The transition to color – They Shall Not Grow Old

Most Underrated Film: Overlord

Breakout Performers and Filmmakers: Cory Finley (writer/director) – Thoroughbreds; Elsie Fisher (actress) – Eighth Grade; Bo Burnham (writer/director) – Eighth Grade; John David Washington (actor) – BlackkKlansman; Cynthia Erivo (actress) – Bad Times at the El Royale and Widows; Julius Avery (director) – Overlord; Thomasin McKenzie (actress) – Leave No Trace; Millicent Simmonds (actress) – A Quiet Place; Ari Aster (writer/director) – Hereditary; Milly Shapiro (actress) – Hereditary

Best Ending: Avengers: Infinity War (Before the credits)

Best Post-Credits Scene: Ralph Breaks the Internet