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Complete lists posted on Tuesday, 31 December 2024
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44th shadows awards

B E S T   F I L M
 All of Us Strangers Kneecap
dir-scr Rich Peppiatt

A blast of profane cinematic energy, this Irish film stirs comedy, drama, music and politics into a chaotically heady stew. It also lifts us out of our seats with adrenaline-fuelled performances and deeper ideas that catch us by surprise.

2. THE WILD ROBOT (Chris Sanders)
3. A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (James Mangold)
4. EMILIA PEREZ (Jacques Audiard)
5. NO OTHER LAND (Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor)
6. CHALLENGERS (Luca Guadagnino)
7. LA CHIMERA (Alice Rohrwacher)
8. ANORA (Sean Baker)
9. THE BRUTALIST (Brady Corbet)
10. THE SUBSTANCE (Coralie Fargeat)
11. September 5 (Tim Fehlbaum)
12. Dune: Part Two (Denis Villeneuve)
13. Orlando, My Political Biography (Paul B Preciado)
14. The Beast (Bertrand Bonello)
15. Crossing (Levan Akin)
16. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham)
17. Nosferatu (Robert Eggers)
18. All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia)
19. We Live in Time (John Crowley)
20. My Old Ass (Megan Park)
21. Wicked: Part I (Jon M Chu)
22. Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross)
23. Hit Man (Richard Linklater)
24. Things Will Be Different (Michael Felker)
25. The Girl With the Needle (Magnus von Horn)
26. Blue Giant (Yuzuru Tachikawa)
27. The Summer With Carmen (Zacharias Mavroeidis)
28. I'm Still Here (Walter Salles)
29. Late Night With the Devil (Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes)
30. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Mohammad Rasoulof)
31. The Dead Don't Hurt (Viggo Mortensen)
32. Better Man (Michael Gracey)
33. Unicorns (Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd)
34. Apollo Thirteen: Survival (Peter Middleton)
35. Omen (Baloji)
36. Black Dog (Guan Hu)
37. Sing Sing (Greg Kwedar)
38. Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)
39. Kinds of Kindness (Yorgos Lanthimos)
40. Scared Shitless (Vivieno Caldinelli)
41. Hollywoodgate (Ibrahim Nash'at)
42. Transformers One (Josh Cooley)
43. If Only I Could Hibernate (Zoljargal Purevdash)
44. The Nature of Love (Monia Chokri)
45. A Different Man (Aaron Schimberg)
46. Ama Gloria (Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq)
47. Nightbitch (Marielle Heller)
48. Close Your Eyes (Victor Erice)
49. Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot)
50. Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass)

NB. I saw 403 films in 2024
See also:
SHADOWS HALL OF FAME
2023   <   SHADOWS AWARDS

director: guadagnino D I R E C T O R

Luca Guadagnino
Challengers, Queer
2. RaMell Ross - Nickel Boys
3. Coralie Fargeat - The Substance
4. Alice Rohrwacher - La Chimera
5. Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
6. Sean Baker - Anora
7. Payal Kapadia - All We Imagine as Light
8. Halina Reijn - Babygirl
9. Denis Villeneuve - Dune: Part Two
10. Rose Glass - Love Lies Bleeding

Honourable mention: Levan Akin (Crossing). Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap). Chris Sanders (The Wild Robot). Andrea Arnold (Bird). Marielle Heller (Nightbitch).

screenwriter: sanders S C R E E N W R I T E R

Chris Sanders
The Wild Robot
2. Payal Kapadia - All We Imagine as Light
3. Megan Park - My Old Ass
4. Alice Rohrwacher - La Chimera
5. Rich Peppiatt - Kneecap
6. Levan Akin - Crossing
7. Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold - The Brutalist
8. James Mangold, Jay Cocks - A Complete Unknown
9. Sean Baker - Anora
10. Justin Kuritzkes - Challengers, Queer

Honourable mention: Coralie Fargeat (The Substance). Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain). Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar (Sing Sing). Aaron Schimberg (A Different Man). Colin Cairnes & Cameron Cairnes (Late Night With the Devil).

actress: gascon A C T R E S S

Karla Sofía Gascón
Emilia Pérez
2. Demi Moore - The Substance
3. Mikey Madison - Anora
4. Mzia Arabuli - Crossing
5. Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hard Truths
6. Soheila Golestani - The Seed of the Sacred Fig
7. Amy Adams - Nightbitch
8. Florence Pugh - We Live in Time, Dune: Part Two
9. Nykiya Adams - Bird
10. Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here

Honourable mention: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: Part I). Kani Kusruti (All We Imagine as Light). Vicky Krieps (The Dead Don't Hurt). Lili Farhadpour (My Favourite Cake). Tilda Swinton (The Room Next Door, Problemista, The End).

actor: stan A C T O R

Sebastian Stan
A Different Man, The Apprentice
2. Colman Domingo - Sing Sing, Drive-Away Dolls
3. Timothee Chalamet - A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two
4. Payman Maadi - Opponent
5. Jesse Plemons - Kinds of Kindness, Civil War
6. Josh O'Connor - Challengers, La Chimera
7. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
8. Nicholas Hoult - Nosferatu, Juror #2, The Order
9. Andrew Garfield - We Live in Time
10. Hugh Grant - Heretic, Paddington in Peru, Unfrosted

Honourable mention: David Dastmalchian (Late Night With the Devil, The Last Voyage of the Demeter). Michael C Pitt (Day of the Fight). Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge). George MacKay (The Beast, The End). Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice.

supporting: saldana S U P P O R T I N G
A C T R E S S

Zoe Saldaña
Emilia Pérez
2. Isabella Rossellini - Conclave, La Chimera, Problemista
3. Lesley Manville - Queer
4. Isabelle Huppert - The Crime Is Mine, A Traveller's Needs
5. Margaret Qualley - Kinds of Kindness, The Substance, Drive-Away Dolls
6. Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
7. Guslagie Malanda - The Beast
8. Ilca Moreno Zego - Ama Gloria
9. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - Nickel Boys
10. Divya Prabha - All We Imagine as Light

Honourable mention: Michele Austin (Hard Truths). Leonie Benesch (September 5). Katy O'Brian (Love Lies Bleeding, Twisters). Hong Chau (Kinds of Kindness, The Instigators). Anna Baryshnikov (Love Lies Bleeding).

supporting: culkin S U P P O R T I N G
A C T O R

Kieran Culkin
A Real Pain
2. Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
3. John Magaro - September 5, Day of the Fight
4. Marcel Otete Kabeya - Omen
5. Jonathan Bailey - Wicked: Part I
6. Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
7. Scoot McNairy - Nightbitch, A Complete Unknown, Speak No Evil, The Line
8. Clarence Maclin - Sing Sing
9. Yura Borisov - Anora
10. Fred Hechinger - Thelma, Nickel Boys, Gladiator II, Kraven the Hunter

Honourable mention: Anders Danielsen Lie (Mothers' Instinct, Handling the Undead). Solly McLeod (The Dead Don't Hurt, Jericho Ridge). Harris Dickinson (Babygirl). Franz Rogowski (Bird). Denzel Washington (Gladiator II).

H A L L   O F   S H A M E

worst: borderlands W O R S T   F I L M
Borderlands
dir Eli Roth
2. The Garfield Movie (Mark Dindal)
3. Reagan (Sean McNamara)
4. The Exorcism (Joshua John Miller)
5. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Adam Wingard)
6. Strictly Confidential (Damian Hurley)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Kenji Kamiyama)
8. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah)
9. Cellar Door (Vaughn Stein)
10. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Mark Molloy)
11. Dead Money (Luc Walpoth)
12. The Day the Earth Blew Up (Peter Browngardt)
13. Salem's Lot (Gary Dauberman)
14. State of Consciousness (Marcus Stokes)
15. Detained (Felipe Mucci)
16. The Bricklayer (Renny Harlin)
17. Silver Haze (Sacha Polak)
18. Notice to Quit (Simon Hacker)
19. We Forgot to Break Up (Karen Knox)
20. Bonded (Anthony Bawn)
21. Harold and the Purple Crayon (Carlos Saldanha)
22. The First Omen (Arkasha Stevenson)
23. Argylle (Matthew Vaughn)
24. Rumours (Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson)
25. Janet Planet (Annie Baker)
26. Someone Like You (Tyler Russell)
27. Wolves Against the World (Quinn Armstrong)
28. Kraven the Hunter (JC Chandor)
29. The Line (Ethan Berger)
30. Lisa Frankenstein (Zelda Williams)
MISSED OPPORTUNITY:
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Civil War. The Garfield Movie. The Day the Earth Blew Up.
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: The Garfield Movie
Borderlands. Argylle. The Day the Earth Blew Up.
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: Joker: Folie a Deux
LEAST SCARY THRILLER: Longlegs
Salem's Lot. The Exorcism. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: Madame Web
Borderlands. Argylle. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
 disappointment: rumours BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Rumours
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Borderlands. The Critic. The Day the Earth Blew Up.
MOST PRETENTIOUS:
Someone Like You
Mother, Couch. The End.
MOST DERIVATIVE: Atlas
Twisters. The Underdoggs. Detained.
WORST MESSAGE: Reagan
Civil War. The Present.
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD):
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Boy Kills World. Argylle. State of Consciousness.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
MOST OVERSTUFFED: The End
Megalopolis. Rumours. Argylle. Unfrosted.
MOST UNDERCOOKED: Red One
Civil War. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
Twisters. Lisa Frankenstein.
MOST CYNICALLY PACKAGED:
Reagan. Sight.
WORST TITLE:
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Rebel Ridge. The American Society of Magical Negroes.
MOST THANKLESS ROLE:
Connie Nielsen (Gladiator II)
Harris Dickinson (Blitz). Lashana Lynch (Bob Marley: One Love). Tahar Rahim (Madame Web). Vanessa Hudgens (Bad Boys: Ride or Die).
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER
(THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD):
Rob Peace
MURKIEST SOUND MIX: Silver Haze
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR:
Bill Oliver (Our Son)
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR:
Barry Jenkins (Mufasa: The Lion King)
JC Chandor (Kraven the Hunter).
SHOULD RETIRE: Eli Roth
Martin Lawrence.
PLEASE STOP: Thinly veiled remakes disguised as legacy sequels (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Twisters).
Preachy kids' movies.
WORST MANAGEMENT:
Cate Blanchett (Borderlands, Rumours)

A R T I S T I C   A C H I E V E M E N T   A W A R D S

ensemble: kneecap ENSEMBLE: Kneecap
2. Emilia Perez
3. September 5
4. Saturday Night
5. A Complete Unknown
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER:
Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap)
2. Megan Park (My Old Ass)
3. Magnus von Horn (The Girl With the Needle)
4. Dev Patel (Monkey Man)
5. Colin & Cameron Cairnes (Late Night With the Devil)
BREAKOUT ACTOR:
Mikey Madison (Anora)
2. Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez)
3. Nykiya Adams (Bird)
4. Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
5. Ethan Herisse (Nickel Boys)
music: the wild robot MUSIC:
The Wild Robot (Kris Bower)
2. Challengers (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
3. Emilia Perez (Clement Ducol & Camille)
4. The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
5. Kneecap (Michael 'Mikey' J Asante)
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Nickel Boys (Jomo Fray)
2. The Girl With the Needle (Michal Dymek)
3. Challengers (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
4. La Chimera (Helene Louvart)
5. Strange Darling (Giovanni Ribisi)
EDITING:
Challengers (Marco Costa)
2. September 5 (Hansjorg Weissrich)
3. Anora (Sean Baker)
4. Emilia Perez (Juliette Welfling)
5. We Live in Time (Justine Wright)
 design: brutalist PRODUCTION DESIGN:
The Brutalist (Judy Becker)
2. Wicked: Part I (Nathan Crowley)
3. Queer (Stefano Baisi)
4. Nosferatu (Craig Lathrop)
5. Late Night With the Devil (Otello Stolfo)
COSTUMES: Wicked: Part I (Paul Tazewell)
2. Unicorns (Nirage Mirage)
3. Kinds of Kindness (Jennifer Johnson)
4. Challengers (Jonathan Anderson)
5. Dune: Part Two (Jacqueline West)
MAKEUP & HAIR: The Substance
2. A Different Man
3. Nosferatu
4. Dune: Part Two
5. A Complete Unknown
effects: dune part two EFFECTS: Dune: Part Two
2. The Substance
3. The Beast
4. Late Night With the Devil
5. Better Man
ANIMATION: The Wild Robot
2. The Boy and the Heron
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
    Mutant Mayhem
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
STUNTS: Anora
3. Kill
3. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
4. Stuntman
5. The Fall Guy
SOUND DESIGN: A Quiet Place: Day One
2. September 5
3. The Substance
4. Nosferatu
5. The Brutalist

S U P E R L A T I V E S

underrated: transformers one MOST UNDERRATED:
Transformers One
2. Nightbitch
3. Rebel Ridge
4. Bird
5. The Dead Don't Hurt
MOST OVERRATED:
Longlegs
2. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3. Vermiglio
4. The Piano Lesson
5. Deadpool & Wolverine
MOST IMPORTANT FILM:
Sing Sing
2. The Substance
3. La Chimera
4. Memoir of a Snail
5. I'm Still Here
MOST INVENTIVE: Orlando, My Political Biography
Kneecap. La Chimera. The Beast. Late Night With the Devil.
MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE:
Better Man
The Wild Robot. Things Will Be Different.
Anora. The Book of Clarence.
SMARTEST TAKE ON A COMPLEX ISSUE: The Substance
Kneecap. A Real Pain. Hard Truths. Memoir of a Snail.
important: no other land MOST IMPORTANT DOC:
No Other Land
2. Hollywoodgate
3. Dahomey
4. Will & Harper
5. 2073
MOST INVENTIVE DOC:
Hollywoodgate
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things.
Grand Theft Hamlet. Desire Lines.
The Pilgrimage of Gilbert & George.
MOST INSPIRING DOC:
Never Look Away
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. The Echo. Commitment to Life. Maya and the Wave.
MOST ENTERTAINING DOC: Apollo Thirteen: Survival
Will & Harper. Steve! (Martin).
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer. Never Look Away.
MOST DEPRESSING DOC: 2073
Sugarcane. Calls From Moscow. Hollywoodgate.
MOST BLOOD-BOILING DOC: A Story of Bones
No Other Land. How to Build a Truth Engine.
LEAST OBJECTIVE DOC:
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
biopic: a complete unknown BEST BIOPIC: A Complete Unknown
2. Piece by Piece
3. Better Man
4. I'm Still Here
5. The Apprentice.
WEAKEST BIOPIC: Reagan
Rob Peace. Widow Clicquot.
Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia.
MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC:
Back to Black. Unfrosted.
FUNNIEST MOVIE:
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2. Wicked Little Letters
3. The Summer With Carmen
4. The Crime Is Mine
5. Scared Shitless
NUTTIEST MOVIE: Inherit the Witch
Riddle of Fire. Immaculate. Boy Kills World. Rumours.
SILLIEST MOVIE: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Strictly Confidential. A Family Affair. Lisa Frankenstein.
SEXIEST MOVIE: Challengers
Babygirl. Anora. Queer. The Nature of Love.
 remake: nosferatu BEST REMAKE: Nosferatu.
Speak No Evil.
WORST REMAKE: Salem's Lot
Mean Girls.
BEST SEQUEL: Dune: Part Two
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Despicable Me 4. Paddington in Peru.
WORST SEQUEL:
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
MOST SURPRISINGLY
NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL:
Alien: Romulus. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
BEST PREQUEL: Wicked: Part I
Transformers One. A Quiet Place: Day One.
WORST PREQUEL: The First Omen
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL PREQUEL:
Alien: Romulus. Transformers One.
WORST REBOOT: The Garfield Movie
The Day the Earth Blew Up.
BEST SPINOFF: The Book of Clarence
WORST SPINOFF: Kraven the Hunter
BEST SHORT: The Lime Green Shirt
book-to-film: the wild robot BEST BOOK-TO-FILM:
The Wild Robot
Dune: Part Two. Conclave. Nightbitch.
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Salem's Lot
WORST FOOTNOTE-TO-FILM:
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: Blue Giant
Ultraman: Rising. Deadpool & Wolverine. The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe.
WORST COMIC-TO-FILM:
Kraven the Hunter. Madame Web.
BEST TV-TO-FILM: The Fall Guy
BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: Wicked: Part I
WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: Mean Girls
WORST GAME-TO-FILM: Borderlands
BEST TOY-TO-FILM: Transformers One
thriller: close your eyes MOST THRILLING THRILLER:
Close Your Eyes
September 5. Strange Darling.
Mothers' Instinct. Jericho Ridge.
SCARIEST MOVIE: Nosferatu
Late Night With the Devil.
Love Lies Bleeding. Speak No Evil.
The Apprentice.
GRISLIEST MOVIE: Boy Kills World
Monkey Man. Kill. The Substance. MaXXXine.
GIRLIEST MOVIE: Love Lies Bleeding
Emilia Perez. All We Imagine as Light.
Mean Girls. Backspot.
MANLIEST MOVIE: Queer
Sing Sing. Monkey Man. Conclave. The Summer With Carmen.
MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD):
Joker: Folie a Deux. Sky Peals. Janet Planet.
The Outrun. The Almond and the Seahorse.
TALKIEST MOVIE: Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia
YUCKIEST MOVIE: The Substance
Boy Kills World. Immaculate. Sasquatch Sunset. MaXXXine.
TRASHIEST MOVIE (THE JOHN WATERS AWARD):
Drive-Away Dolls. Dogman. Love Lies Bleeding.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Ricky Stanicky.
STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): Gladiator II. Mean Girls.
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: Sasquatch Sunset
His Three Daughters. Hard Truths.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Didi.

E V E N   M O R E   P R I Z E S !

casting: butler BEST CASTING:
Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two)
2. Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)
3. Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
4. Marisa Abela (Back to Black)
5. Ian McKellen (The Critic)
See also: Sing Sing. A Complete Unknown. Saturday Night.
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE:
Lupita Nyong'o (The Wild Robot)
2. Sarah Snook (Memoir of a Snail)
3. Arinze Kene (Tuesday)
4. Lou Gossett Jr (IF)
5. Adele Exarchopoulos (Inside Out 2)
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE:
Xin (Black Dog)
Carmen (The Summer With Carmen).
Frodo (A Quiet Place: Day One). Dogman.
BEST HAIR: Nykiya Adams (Bird).
Aswan Reid (The New Boy). Marc Zinga (Omen).
Sasquatch Sunset.
WORST HAIR: Nicolas Cage (Longlegs)
Hilary Swank (Ordinary Angels).
LaKeith Stanfield (The Book of Clarence).
WORST MAKE-UP: Rufus Sewell (Scoop)
LEAST EXPRESSIVE FACE:
Daniel Bruhl (Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia)
Johnny Depp (Jeanne du Barry). Ashley Judd (Lazareth).
babe: zendaya BABE OF THE YEAR: Zendaya
(Challengers, Dune: Part Two)
Adria Arjona (Hit Man, Los Frikis).
Eiza Gonzalez (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare).
Anna Diop (The Book of Clarence). Margaret Qualley (The Substance).
HUNK OF THE YEAR:
Jonathan Bailey (Wicked: Part I)
Glen Powell (Hit Man, Twisters).
Paul Mescal (Gladiator II).
Drew Starkey (Queer).
Micheal Ward (The Beautiful Game, The Book of Clarence).
MOTHER OF THE YEAR:
Jodie Comer (The End We Start From)
Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez).
Sydney Sweeney (Immaculate).
Jessica Chastain & Anne Hathaway (Mothers' Instinct).
Cate Blanchett (The New Boy)
BEST CHEMISTRY:
Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike Faist (Challengers)
Eddie Peng & Xin (Black Dog).
Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman (Deadpool & Wolverine). Divya Prabha & Hridhu Haroon (All We Imagine as Light).
Lea Seydoux & George MacKay (The Beast).
WORST CHEMISTRY: humans and monsters
(Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire)
BEST VILLAIN:
Fred Hechinger (Nickel Boys, Gladiator II)
Hugh Grant (Heretic). Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two).
Solly McLeod (The Dead Don't Hurt).
Olivia Colman (Paddington in Peru).
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN:
Chris Hemsworth (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)
Monica Bellucci (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice).
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
scene stealer: rossellini BEST SCENE-STEALING:
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
Adam Pearson (A Different Man).
Lesley Manville (Queer).
Tilda Swinton (Problemista).
David Hyde Pierce (The Exorcism).
BEST SCENE-CHEWING:
Isabelle Huppert (The Crime Is Mine)
Sergio Castellitto (Conclave).
Olwen Fouere (All You Need Is Death). Nicolas Cage (Longlegs).
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II).
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING:
Martin Lawrence (Bad Boys: Ride or Die)
Zachary Levi (Harold and the Purple Crayon).
Busy Philipps (Mean Girls). Jack Black (Borderlands).
Tom Sturridge (Widow Clicquot).
BEST COSTAR-CHEWING (THE ALIVE AWARD):
Bill Skarsgard (Nosferatu)
 guilty pleasure: juror #2 GUILTY PLEASURE: Juror #2
2. Wicked Little Letters
3. Immaculate
4. The Fall Guy
5. Ricky Stanicky
NICEST SURPRISE: Better Man
2. Late Night With the Devil
3. Transformers One
4. Kneecap
5. Hard Truths
BEST HEART-STOPPER:
Jumping in the sea (Ama Gloria)
Tulika's death (Kill). The crash (Emilia Perez).
The delivery (We Live in Time).
BEST SHOW-STOPPER:
MacArthur Park (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)
Rock DJ (Better Man). Rita's song (All You Need Is Death). Bieber fantasy (My Old Ass).
Emma's dance (Kinds of Kindness).
MOST PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE:
Mikey Madison (Anora)
Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga). Jodie Comer
(The End We Start From). Paul Mescal (Gladiator II).
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE:
Haley Bennett (Widow Clicquot)
The original cast (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire).
BEST LINE OF DIALOG:
"Every word you say in Irish is a bullet" (Kneecap)
"Death by day-player" (Deadpool & Wolverine).
FILM HISTORY AWARD: Made in England
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer. Merchant Ivory.
cameo: grant BEST CAMEO:
Hugh Grant (Paddington in Peru)
Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls). Idina Menzel & Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked: Part I).
Jason Momoa (The Fall Guy).
Anya Taylor-Joy (Dune: Part Two).
CAMEO-RAMA: Unfrosted
Deadpool & Wolverine. IF. Saturday Night. The End We Start From.
THEY'RE ACTUAL ROLES, NOT CAMEOS: Dafne Keen, Chris Evans, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes (Deadpool & Wolverine)
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Matt Lucas (Gladiator II)
Oprah Winfrey (The Six Triple Eight).
Richard E Grant (Argylle). Miley Cyrus (Drive-Away Dolls).
Jon Hamm (Mean Girls).
WORST CAMEO: Heather Thomas (The Fall Guy)
MOST OVER-BILLED CAMEO: Halsey (MaXXXine)
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD:
Yorgos Tsiantoulas (The Summer With Carmen)
Sebastian Stan (A Different Man). Omar Apollo (Queer). Willem Dafoe (Kinds of Kindness). Birder. Rock Bottom.
hardest working: mcnairy THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: Scoot McNairy (A Complete Unknown, Nightbitch, Speak No Evil.
Blood for Dust, The Line).
JK Simmons (Juror #2, Saturday Night,
Red One, The Union, You Can't Run Forever).
Stephen Graham (Blitz, The Young Woman and the Sea, Venom: The Last Dance,
Buffalo Kids, Modi).
BEST REINVENTION:
Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
Dave Franco (Love Lies Bleeding).
BEST NEW TREND:
Properly sexy movies (Challengers, The Idea of You, Anora).
Properly freaky spider movies (Infested, Sting).
Practical stunts (Furiosa, The Fall Guy, Stuntman).
Reinventing animation (The Wild Robot, Transformers One).
WORST NEW TREND:
Pregnant nun horror (Immaculate, The First Omen).
Busy but pointless sequels (Twisters, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Sonic the Hedgehog 3).
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2025:
Wicked: For Good
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Mickey 17. Presence. Star Trek: Section 31. 28 Years Later.
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Ballerina.
LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2025: Snow White
Captain America: Brave New World. Thunderbolts.
Karate Kid: Legends. Superman. F1.

N O N - F I L M   P I C K S

tv: somebody somewhere T V   S E R I E S
Somebody Somewhere
Max
2. Hacks 3 (Max)
3. The Bear 3 (FX)
4. Shogun (Hulu)
5. The Sympathizer (Max)
6. Fargo 5 (FX)
7. Disclaimer (Apple)
8. Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show (Max)
9. Ripley (Netflix)
10. Only Murders in the Building 4 (Hulu)
11. Sugar (Apple)
12. True Detective: Night Country 4 (HBO)
13. A Man on the Inside (Netflix)
14. The Conners 6 (ABC)
15. The Regime (Max)
16. Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
17. Heartstopper 3 (Netflix)
18. What We Do in the Shadows 6 (FX)
19. Bridgerton 3 (Netflix)
20. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)
21. Acapulco 3 (Apple)
22. One Day (Netflix)
23. Mary & George (Sky)
24. The Gentlemen (Netflix)
25. The Curse (Showtime)
26. Expats (Prime)
27. Squid Games 2 (Netflix)
28. A Gentleman in Moscow (Paramount)
29. Fantasmas (Max)
30. Frasier 2 (Paramount)
tv performance: white L E A D   T V
P E R F O R M A N C E
Hiroyuki Sanada
Shogun
2. Cooper Koch - Monsters
3. Juno Temple - Fargo
4. Andrew Scott - Ripley
5. Jeremy Allen White - The Bear
6. Kevin Kline - Disclaimer
7. Jodie Foster - True Detective: Night Country
8. Bridget Everett - Somebody Somewhere
9. Lee Jung-jae - Squid Game
10. Cate Blanchett - Disclaimer
tv ensemble: bear T V
E N S E M B L E
The Bear
2. Shogun
3. Disclaimer
4. The Regime
5. Expats
6. Only Murders in the Building
7. Somebody Somewhere
8. Squid Game
9. Bridgerton
10. Palm Royale

GUILTY PLEASURES: The Traitors. The Great British Bake-Off. Strictly Come Dancing. Drag Race (16, Canada 4, UK vs the World 2, UK 6, Global All-Stars). Britain's Got Talent. The Boyfriend. Don't Hate the Player. Dating Naked.
WORST TV SERIES: Supersex. Snowpiercer.
My Life With the Walter Boys. Abbott Elementary.
Time Bandits. Night Court.
 single: apt. S I N G L E
APT.
Rosé & Bruno Mars
2. Lose Control - Teddy Swims
3. Beautiful Things - Benson Boone
4. A Bar Sony (Tipsy) - Shaboozey
5. Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan
6. Kiss the Sky - Maren Morris
7. Illusion - Dua Lipa
8. Too Sweet - Hozier
9. Birds of a Feather - Billie Eilish
10. Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter
11. The Door - Teddy Swims
12. Forbidden Road - Robbie Williams
13. Nothing Matters - Last Dinner Party
14. Yes, And? - Ariana Grande
15. Alibi - Ella Henderson & Rudimental
16. Houdini - Eminem
17. II Most Wanted - Beyonce & Miley Cyrus
18. Slow it Down - Benson Boone
19. J Christ - Lil Nas X
20. Can't Catch Me Now - Olivia Rodrigo
21. Taste - Sabrina Carpenter
22. End of Beginning - DJO
23. I Had Some Help - Post Malone & Morgan Wallen
24. Lovers in a Past Life - Calvin Harris & Rag 'n' Bone Man
25. Hot to Go - Chappell Roan
26. We Pray - Coldplay
27. Apple - Charli XCX
28. Starburster - Fontaines DC
29. Fortnite - Taylor Swift & Post Malone
30. Texas Hold 'Em - Beyonce

tv performance: leigh S U P P O R T I N G   T V
P E R F O R M A N C E
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Fargo
2. Carol Burnett - Palm Royale
3. Tadanobu Asano - Shogun
4. Nabhaan Rizwan - Kaos
5. Liza Colon Zayas - The Bear
6. Allison Janney - Palm Royale
7. Robert Downey Jr - The Sympathizer
8. Ebon Moss Bacharach - The Bear
9. Hayley Atwell - Heartstopper
10. Sacha Baron Cohen - Disclaimer
stagr: acosta's carmen S T A G E   S H O W S
Carlos Acosta’s Carmen
at Sadler's Wells
2. Macbeth (Pinter)
3. Assembly Hall (Sadler's Wells)
4. Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England (Southwark Playhouse)
5. Wall (Sadler's Wells)
6. Fiddler on the Wall (Regent's Park)
7. Akram Khan's Giselle (Sadler's Wells)
8. Stamptown (Soho Theatre)
9. The Sex Lives of Puppets (Southwark Playhouse)
10. Knight Fever: Jazz Emu (Soho Theatre)
STAGE PERFORMANCES: David Tenant (Macbeth). Alex Hill (Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England). Cecilia Yip (King Lear). June Carryl (Blue). Zack Zucker (Stamptown, Jack Tucker Comedy Show).
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Assembly Hall (Sadler's Wells). Macbeth (Pinter). The Nutcracker (Royal Albert Hall). Carlos Acosta's Carmen (Sadler's Wells). Wall (Sadler's Wells).
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