{"id":3174,"date":"2017-01-25T12:33:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T20:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2017-01-25T14:08:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:08:45","slug":"2016-movie-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/2016-movie-awards\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"rss\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>

The Year’s Best Films<\/p>\n

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  1. Moonlight
    \nBeautiful, unexpected coming of age triptych<\/li>\n
  2. Hidden Figures
    \nExhilarating corrective racial history lesson<\/li>\n
  3. The Witch
    \nHorrifying depiction of religious madness<\/li>\n
  4. La La Land
    \nCandy-colored L.A. fantasia<\/li>\n
  5. Tickled
    \nJaw-dropping mystery documentary with an authentically juicy villain<\/li>\n
  6. OJ: Made in America
    \nTitanic use of the documentary form<\/li>\n
  7. Arrival
    \nA rare smart science fiction movie!<\/li>\n
  8. The Handmaiden
    \nA fever-dream of sex, deception and betrayal<\/li>\n
  9. Manchester By the Sea
    \nA very pure and heartfelt portrait of grief<\/li>\n
  10. Midnight Special
    \nForget Loving. THIS was the GOOD Jeff Nichols movie this year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Honorable Mention:<\/h1>\n

    The Nice Guys<\/p>\n

    The Wave [Norway]<\/p>\n

    Train to Busan<\/p>\n

    10 Cloverfield Lane<\/p>\n

    Don’t Think Twice<\/p>\n

    Eye in the Sky<\/p>\n

    Sing Street<\/p>\n

    Green Room<\/p>\n

    The Invitation<\/p>\n

    Love and Friendship<\/p>\n

    Hell or High Water<\/p>\n

    In Order of Disappearance [Norway]<\/p>\n

    Lion<\/p>\n

    Indignation<\/p>\n

    Perfectly Enjoyable<\/h1>\n

    Barbershop:\u00a0 The Next Cut<\/p>\n

    Edge of Seventeen<\/p>\n

    Tallulah<\/p>\n

    The Duelist [Russia]<\/p>\n

    The Meddler<\/p>\n

    Everybody Wants Some!!<\/p>\n

    Finding Dory<\/p>\n

    Ghostbusters<\/p>\n

    Don’t Breathe<\/p>\n

    The Shallows<\/p>\n

    De Palma<\/p>\n

    Women He’s Undressed<\/p>\n

    Becoming Mike Nichols<\/p>\n

    Sully<\/p>\n

    Lo and Behold:\u00a0 Reveries of the Connected World<\/p>\n

    Blue Jay<\/p>\n

    Actor<\/h1>\n

    Denzel Washington, Fences<\/p>\n

    Vincent Lindon, The Measure of a Man [France]<\/p>\n

    *Casey Affleck, Manchester-By-The Sea<\/p>\n

    Ryan Gosling, La La Land<\/p>\n

    Honorable Mention:\u00a0 John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane; Ralph Ineson, The Witch<\/p>\n

    Actress<\/h1>\n

    Viola Davis, Fences<\/p>\n

    Min-hee Kim, The Handmaiden<\/p>\n

    Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures<\/p>\n

    Isabelle Huppert, Elle<\/p>\n

    *Annette Bening, 20th<\/sup> Century Women<\/p>\n

    Honorable Mention:\u00a0 Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch; Natalie Portman, Jackie; Ruth Negga, Loving; Hailee Steinfeld, Edge of Seventeen; Sally Field, Hello My Name is Doris; Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins; Kate Beckinsale, Love and Friendship<\/p>\n

    Supporting Actor<\/h1>\n

    Tracy Letts, Indignation<\/p>\n

    Sunny Pawar, Lion<\/p>\n

    Russell Hornsby, Fences<\/p>\n

    Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water<\/p>\n

    *Mahershala Ali, Moonlight<\/p>\n

    Honorable Mention:\u00a0 Tom Bennett, Love and Friendship; Gil Birmingham, Hell or High Water; Simon Helgberg, Florence Foster Jenkins; Ashton Sanders, Moonlight<\/p>\n

    Supporting Actress<\/h1>\n

    Michelle Williams, Manchester-By-The-Sea<\/p>\n

    *Naomie Harris, Moonlight<\/p>\n

    Kate Dickie, The Witch<\/p>\n

    Molly Shannon, Other People<\/p>\n

    Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures<\/p>\n

    Director<\/h1>\n

    *Barry Jenkins, Moonlight<\/p>\n

    Robert Eggers, The Witch<\/p>\n

    Chan-wook Park, The Handmaiden<\/p>\n

    Damien Chazelle, La La Land<\/p>\n

    Denis Villeneuve, Arrival<\/p>\n

    Documentary<\/h1>\n

    City of Gold<\/p>\n

    Tickled<\/p>\n

    Presenting Princess Shaw<\/p>\n

    The Eagle Huntress<\/p>\n

    Thirteenth<\/p>\n

    *OJ: Made in America<\/p>\n

    Animated Feature<\/h1>\n

    Zootopia<\/p>\n

    Kubo and the Two Strings<\/p>\n

    *The Red Turtle<\/p>\n

    Foreign language feature<\/h1>\n

    *The Handmaiden (South Korea)<\/p>\n

    Train to Busan (South Korea)<\/p>\n

    The Wave (Norway)<\/p>\n

    In Order of Disappearance (Norway)<\/p>\n

    The Duelist (Russia)<\/p>\n

    Cinematography<\/h1>\n

    Caf\u00e9 Society (Vittorio Storaro)<\/p>\n

    *Nocturnal Animals (Seamus McGarvey)<\/p>\n

    La La Land (Linus Sandgren)<\/p>\n

    Moonlight (James Laxton)<\/p>\n

    The Handmaiden (Chung-hoon Chung)<\/p>\n

    Production Design<\/h1>\n

    *La La Land (David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco)<\/p>\n

    Hidden Figures (Wynn Thomas)<\/p>\n

    The Witch (Craig Lathrop)<\/p>\n

    The Handmaiden (Seong-hie Ryu)<\/p>\n

    Costume Design<\/h1>\n

    *La La Land (Mary Zophres)<\/p>\n

    Hidden Figures (Renee Ehrlich Kalfus)<\/p>\n

    The Handmaiden (Sang-gyeong Jo)<\/p>\n

    Funniest<\/h1>\n

    Deadpool<\/p>\n

    *Office Christmas Party<\/p>\n

    Sausage Party<\/p>\n

    Neighbors 2<\/p>\n

    People who need to be a bigger deal<\/h1>\n

    T.J. Miller, who was so terrific in Deadpool and Office Christmas Party<\/p>\n

    Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch)<\/p>\n

    Gil Birmingham, low-key but irresistible in Hell or High Water<\/p>\n

    Jerrod Carmichael (The Meddler, Neighbors 2)<\/p>\n

    Blake Jenner (Everybody Wants Some!!, Edge of Seventeen)<\/p>\n

    Glen Powell (Everybody Wants Some!!, Hidden Figures)<\/p>\n

    Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Hidden Figures)<\/p>\n

    Writer\/Director Jeremy Saulnier, whose film Green Room was the thriller of the year<\/p>\n

    Writer\/Director Mike Birbiglia, who showed amazing growth between his first feature (Sleepwalk With Me from 2012) to this year’s Don’t Think Twice<\/p>\n

    Jenny Slate, so good in Zootopia and My Blind Brother<\/p>\n

    Best Sly Casting Joke<\/h1>\n

    Tom Everett Scott in La La Land.\u00a0 Think about his resume and you’ll get it.<\/p>\n

    Best performance as a lesbian taco<\/h1>\n

    Salma Hayek in Sausage Party<\/p>\n

    Best Performance by a former game of thrones actor<\/h1>\n

    Kate Dickie in The Witch<\/p>\n

    Country whose movies need more viewers and awards and stuff<\/h1>\n

    South Korea.\u00a0 If you’re not going to South Korean movies these days, you are really missing out.<\/p>\n

    what the\u00a0 actual @*^ do they have to do to win a freaking oscar?<\/h1>\n

    Annette Bening<\/p>\n

    John Goodman<\/p>\n

    Guilty Pleasures<\/h1>\n

    Hardcore Harry<\/p>\n

    Office Christmas Party<\/p>\n

    Best Thriller<\/h1>\n

    Green Room<\/p>\n

    Best Mystery<\/h1>\n

    Tickled<\/p>\n

    But At least it looked good.\u00a0 right?<\/h1>\n

    Warcraft<\/p>\n

    Weirdest<\/h1>\n

    The Lobster<\/p>\n

    Most reprehensively deceptive trailer<\/h1>\n

    The Lobster<\/p>\n

    Underrated!<\/h1>\n

    Sing Street<\/p>\n

    The Nice Guys<\/p>\n

    The Witch<\/p>\n

    Midnight Special<\/p>\n

    Best Extended dialog scene<\/h1>\n

    Indignation:\u00a0 Logan Lerman (college student) and Tracy Letts (Dean) spar in an increasingly odd and uncomfortable exchange.<\/p>\n

    Memorable lines<\/h1>\n

    Moonlight:\u00a0 “Ok. Let your head rest in my hand. Relax. I got you. I promise. I won’t let you go. Hey man. I got you. There you go. Ten Seconds. Right there. You in the middle of the world.”<\/p>\n

    The Witch:\u00a0 “Did ye make some unholy bond with that goat?”<\/p>\n

    Hidden Figures:\u00a0 “There are no colored bathrooms in this building, or any building outside the West Campus, which is half a mile away. Did you know that? I have to walk to Timbuktu just to relieve myself! And I can’t use one of the handy bikes. Picture that, Mr. Harrison. My uniform, skirt below the knees and my heels. And simple necklace pearls. Well, I don’t own pearls. Lord knows you don’t pay the colored enough to afford pearls! And I work like a dog day and night, living on coffee from a pot none of you want to touch! So, excuse me if I have to go to the restroom a few times a day.”<\/p>\n

    Zootopia:\u00a0 “Fear ALWAYS works!”<\/p>\n

    Overrated<\/h1>\n

    Jungle Book (sorry, everyone)<\/p>\n

    The Feel-bad movies of 2016<\/h1>\n

    Weiner Dog<\/p>\n

    Nocturnal Animals<\/p>\n

    High-Rise<\/p>\n

    Just a hot mess<\/h1>\n

    The Little Prince<\/p>\n

    Worst movies of 2016<\/h1>\n

    Too Late<\/p>\n

    Goat<\/p>\n

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    In Memoriam<\/h1>\n

    The roster of performers and other show business types we lost in 2016 is absolutely overwhelming.\u00a0 Feel free to skip this portion if you’ve run out of tears.\u00a0 But here goes.\u00a0 The purely objective short list of the losses that particular sadden me are at the top.<\/p>\n

    Alan Rickman<\/p>\n

    Maurice White<\/p>\n

    Harper Lee<\/p>\n

    Umberto Eco<\/p>\n

    Pat Conroy<\/p>\n

    Patty Duke<\/p>\n

    Gene Wilder<\/p>\n

    Edward Albee<\/p>\n

    Florence Henderson<\/p>\n

    Carrie Fisher<\/p>\n

    Debbie Reynolds<\/p>\n

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    Pat Harrington, Jr.<\/p>\n

    David Bowie<\/p>\n

    Dan Haggerty<\/p>\n

    Glen Frey<\/p>\n

    Abe Vigoda<\/p>\n

    Vanity<\/p>\n

    George Gaines<\/p>\n

    Sonny James<\/p>\n

    Tony Burton<\/p>\n

    George Kennedy<\/p>\n

    George Martin<\/p>\n

    Keith Emerson<\/p>\n

    Phife Dawg<\/p>\n

    Garry Shandling<\/p>\n

    Jim Harrison<\/p>\n

    Eric Bauersfeld<\/p>\n

    Merle Haggard<\/p>\n

    Doris Roberts<\/p>\n

    Prince<\/p>\n

    Billy Paul<\/p>\n

    Guy Clark<\/p>\n

    Alan Young<\/p>\n

    Muhammad Ali<\/p>\n

    Theresa Saldana<\/p>\n

    Ron Lester<\/p>\n

    Anton Yelchin<\/p>\n

    Ralph Stanley<\/p>\n

    Bernie Whorrell<\/p>\n

    Michael Cimino<\/p>\n

    Noel Neill<\/p>\n

    Garry Marshall<\/p>\n

    David Huddleston<\/p>\n

    Pete Fountain<\/p>\n

    Barry Jenner<\/p>\n

    Kenny Baker<\/p>\n

    Fyvush Finkel<\/p>\n

    Steven Hill<\/p>\n

    Juan Gabriel<\/p>\n

    John Polito<\/p>\n

    Alexis Arquette<\/p>\n

    W.P. Kinsella<\/p>\n

    Curtis Hanson<\/p>\n

    Bill Nunn<\/p>\n

    Tommy Ford<\/p>\n

    Leonard Cohen<\/p>\n

    Robert Vaughn<\/p>\n

    Leon Russell<\/p>\n

    Holly Dunn<\/p>\n

    Sharon Jones<\/p>\n

    Ron Glass<\/p>\n

    Grant Lake<\/p>\n

    Grant Tinker<\/p>\n

    Joseph Mascolo<\/p>\n

    E.R. Braithwaite<\/p>\n

    Alan Thicke<\/p>\n

    Zsa Zsa Gabor<\/p>\n

    George Michael<\/p>\n

    Rickey Harris<\/p>\n

    Richard Adams<\/p>\n

    Barbara Tarbuck<\/p>\n

    William Christopher<\/p>\n

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    PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS! \u00a0I look forward to arguing with you!<\/p>\n

    Average Rating: 4.4<\/span> out of 5<\/span> based on 187<\/span> user reviews.<\/span><\/div><\/p>

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