Best of the Rest of 2016

BEST BREAKTHROUGH: Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, and Trevante Rhodes


Honorable Mentions: Anya Taylor-Joy, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monáe, Madison Wolfe, Lucy Boynton, Auli'i Cravalho, Lucas Hedges, Angourie Rice, Brianna Hildebrand



BEST ENSEMBLE: The Cast of Moonlight


Honorable Mentions: Sausage Party, Manchester By The Sea, The Nice Guys, Shin Godzilla, Zootopia, Captain America: Civil War



BEST DIRECTOR: Damien Chazelle - La La Land


Honorable Mentions: Robert Eggers (The Witch), Shane Black (The Nice Guys), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), Tim Miller (Deadpool), Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester By The Sea), Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special), Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made In America), John Carney (Sing Street), Fede Alvarez (Don't Breathe), Stephen Chow (The Mermaid)



BEST SCREENPLAY: Robert Eggers - The Witch


Honorable Mentions: Jared Bush and Phil Johnston (Zootopia), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester By The Sea), Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special)



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Linus Sandgren - La La Land


Honorable Mentions: Jarin Blaschke (The Witch), James Laxton (Moonlight, Pedro Luque (Don't Breathe), Adam Stone (Midnight Special), Sean Porter (Green Room), Flavio Labiano (The Shallows)



BEST EDITING: Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, and Ben Sozanski - O.J.: Made In America


Honorable Mentions: Hideaki Anno and Atsuki Sato (Shin Godzilla), Tom Cross (La La Land), Louise Ford (The Witch), Julia Bloch (Green Room), Jennifer Lame (Manchester By The Sea)



BEST SCORE: Mark Korven - The Witch


Honorable Mentions: Brooke Blair and Will Blair (Green Room), Danny Elfman (The Girl On The Train)



BEST SONG: "Drive It Like You Stole It" by Sing Street - Sing Street


Honorable Mentions: "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" by Emma Stone (La La Land), "The Great Beyond" by Sausage Party Cast (Sausage Party), "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by Regina Spektor (Kubo and the Two Strings), "Get Back Up Again" by Anna Kendrick (Trolls), "City Of Stars" by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (La La Land), "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" by The Ain't Rights (Green Room), "Heathens" by Twenty One Pilots (Suicide Squad), "You're Welcome" by Dwayne Johnson (Moana), "How Fall I'll Go" by Auli'i Cravalho (Moana), "Can't Stop The Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake and Cast (Trolls), "Go Now" by Adam Levine (Sing Street), "A Beautiful Sea" by Sing Street (Sing Street), "The Riddle Of The Model" by Sing Street (Sing Street), "Set It All Free" by Scarlett Johannson (Sing)



BEST PREEXISTING SONG: "Hello Stranger" by Barbara Lewis - Moonlight


Honorable Mentions: "Freedom! '90" by George Michael (Keanu), "Sinister Purpose" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Green Room)



BEST OPENING CREDITS: Deadpool


Honorable Mentions: Hardcore Henry, 10 Cloverfield Lane, La La Land



BEST ENDING CREDITS: Suicide Squad


Honorable Mentions: Sausage Party, Deadpool, The Conjuring 2



BEST STINGER: Doctor Strange


Honorable Mentions: Deadpool



BEST POSTER ART: Deadpool (Romantic Comedy)


Honorable Mentions: Moonlight, O.J.: Made In America, Kubo and the Two Strings (Japanese Art), The Neon Demon, Café Society, The Love Witch, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Birth of a Nation



BEST TRAILER: The Woods


Honorable Mentions: Suicide Squad ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), Sing ("Sing For The Moment"), 10 Cloverfield Lane



BEST ACTION FILM: Captain America: Civil War


Honorable Mentions: Rogue One



BEST ANIMATED FILM: Zootopia


Honorable Mentions: Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, Trolls, Kung Fu Panda 3, Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders, Miss Hokusai, Sing



BEST COMEDY FILM: Sausage Party


Honorable Mentions: The Nice Guys, Deadpool, Keanu



BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: O.J.: Made In America


Honorable Mentions: Weiner



BEST HORROR FILM: The Witch


Honorable Mentions: The Shallows, Don't Breathe



BEST SCI-FI FILM: Shin Godzilla


Honorable Mentions: Midnight Special, 10 Cloverfield Lane



BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: Suicide Squad



FUTURE CULT AND APPRECIATION

Films that I feel will grow on me, beyond my initial expectations and opinions and become the great films that they sought to be.

10 Cloverfield Lane
Doctor Strange
Don't Breathe
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Shallows


UNDERRATED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED

Actors and actresses that gave great performances in bad films and/or in roles with little material and screen time.

Sean Bean (The Young Messiah)
Maria Bello (Lights Out)
Chadwick Boseman (Gods Of Egypt)
Richard Brake (31)
Kyle Chandler (Manchester By The Sea)
Rosemarie DeWitt (La La Land)
Anna Faris (Keanu)
Jeff Goldblum (Independence Day: Resurgence)
Lena Headey (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)
Allison Janney (The Girl On The Train)
Andrea Martin (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2)
Wendy McColm (Internet Famous)
Deobia Oparei (Independence Day: Resurgence)
Kristen Schaal (The Boss)
Jim Ward (Ratchet & Clank)