I am in the final stretch of 2016 awards *cue applause* This week is all about films. I will release my top 10 Tuesday, a special 2016 film podcast on Wednesday, my “Oscar” ballot on Thursday and will cap it off with my favorite scenes of the year on Friday. Jam packed schedule I tell you. Before we get to that, I usually like to give some special awards to acknowledge certain elements from films I found interesting or celebrate performers I couldn’t nominate elsewhere. So these are the special citations for 2016 films.
Body of Work
tie, Michael Shannon and Mahershala Ali
Ensemble
Everybody Wants Some
Goat
Fences
Hidden Figures
Moonlight
Breakthrough Actor
Lamis Ammar, Sand Storm
Glen Powell, Everybody Wants Some
Ashton Sanders, Moonlight
Joe Seo, Spa Night
Hayden Szeto, Edge of Seventeen
Breakthrough Director
Andrew Ahn, Spa Night
Robert Eggers, The Witch
Dan Trachtenberg, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Mike Sobel, Take Me to the River
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Hybrid Works
Idris Elba, The Jungle Book
Hannibal Burress, The Nice Guys
Rooney Mara, Kubo and the Two Strings
Dwayne Johnson, Moana
Alan Tudyk, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best Adapted Score/Soundtrack
American Honey
Deadpool
Everybody Wants Some
Edge of Seventeen
Sing Street
Best Cameo
Margaret Bowman, Hell or High Water
Ralph Fiennes, Hail, Caesar!
Florence Kasumba, Captain America: Civil War
Katy Mixon, Hell or High Water
Veronica Osorio, Hail, Caesar!
Outstanding Performance by a Young Actor
Alden Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar!
Oakes Fegley, Pete’s Dragon
Jarrel Jherome, Moonlight
Veronica Osorio, Hail, Caesar!
Ashton Sanders, Moonlight
Best Villain
Evelyn (Barbra Crompton), Beyond the Gates
Shere Khan (Idris Elba), The Jungle Book
Keith (Josh Hamilton), Take Me to the River
Black Phillip, The Witch
Bellwether (Jenny Slate), Zootopia