This post signifies the start of my 2014 film awards! While the other day I lamented stuff I had to exclude this post is all about celebration, or in the case of my worst films of the year list, derision. Since I am a writer/podcast producer at Awards Circuit, the following choices will represent part 1 of the ballot I will turn in, so you can’t blame me if the choices turn out boring lol jk. Anyways, here’s my special film awards.
Ensemble
- Dear White People
- Top Five
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Of Horses and Men
Breakthrough Actor
- Tessa Thompson, Dear White People
- Ghilherme Lobo, The Way He Looks
- Jessica Gunning, Pride
- Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
- Josh Wiggins, Hellion
Breakthrough Director
- Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Daniel Ribeiro, The Way He Looks
- Justin Simien, Dear White People
- Christina Voros, kink
- Wes Ball, The Maze Runner
Body of Work
- Alexandre Desplat (Godzilla, The Monuments Men, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Unbroken)
- Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher, The LEGO Movie, 22 Jump Street)
- Eva Green (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, White Bird in a Blizzard, 300: Rise of an Empire)
- Scarlett Johanssen (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Lucy, Chef, Under the Skin)
- Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year, Interstellar, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby)
Hybrid Works
- Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy
- Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Scott Adsit, Big Hero 6
- Elle Fanning, The Boxtrolls
- Chris Pratt, The LEGO Movie
Best Adapted Score/Soundtrack
- Boyhood
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Top Five
- Selma
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
WORST FILMS OF THE YEAR!
- The Legend of Hercules
- Hercules
- Occulus
- Life After Beth
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- 300: Rise of An Empire
- Pompeii
- Need for Speed
- Transcendence
- Wild